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Per Lysne clippings, 1939-2004
Biographical information about an immigrant from Ordal, Sogn, who settled in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1907. He became well-known for his work in floral painting known as "rosemaling"; information about Knut Mevastual, 1784-1862, Telemark rosemaler (includes many digitally printed photos, 2004). -
Per Øverland article, 1997
Article about (Ole) Magnus Jemne, his ancestors and descendents, focusing especially on the Jemne Building in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Jemne was born on the Silset farm, Gjemnes kommune, More og Romsdal fylke, March 31, 1 882. He immigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota, and worked as an architect. He married a German-American artist, Else Laubach, and together they designed the Jemne Building in 1931 for the Women's City Club. From 1970 until the 1990's the Minnesota Museum of Art used the building. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as "the finest example of art deco in the Middle West, perhaps in the entire country." IN 1996 the city purchased the building, later selling it to Wold Architects and Engineers for $459,000. The new owners spent about $2.2 million on renovations and furnishings, including a $250,000 subsidy from the city. The building is at the corner of St. Peter Street and Kellogg Boulevard; Information about Jemne's two daughters and their children was supplied by David E. Cross of the Minnesota Genealogical Society. Clipping of a Minneapolis "Star-Tribune" article (March 22, 1999) supplies the latest information.; Jemne also designed the war memorial at Summit Ave. and Mississippi River Boulevard in St. Paul, and homes on St. Paul's Crocus Hill and on Manitou Island in White Bear Lake. See also the Rowberg File for related items. -
Per Øverland family history, 2009
Per Øverland family history book, Øyhusslekta Ingrid og Arne Øyhus og deres slekt (fra gården Øyhus Nordre i Bagn, Bok, Bok, Bokmål, 2009,Trondheim, 2009, 133 pages).
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Periodical collection, 1909-2010
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Peter A. Rasmussen papers, 1830-1941
Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, and clippings of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, author, and editor. Rasmussen immigrated in 1850; was a parochial school teacher (1850-1852); minister, Lisbon, Illinois (1854-1897); president, Eielsen Seminary, Lisbon (1854- 1855); organizer of Lisbon Society for Publication of Textbooks and Devotional Books (1856); editor of "Kirkelig Tidende" (1856-1861) and of "Opbyggelseblad" (1877-1887); and author of books and articles treating theological subjects.
Some of the topics discussed are education, foreign and home missions, theological doctrine, union of synods, lay activity in the church, recruitment of pastors from Norway, St. Olaf College, Augsburg Seminary, and life in the Lisbon settlement. Among the correspondents are Ludvig M. Biorn, August Cramer, Nils J. Ellestad, E. S. Holland (his brother-in-law), Gjermund Hoyme, Gisle Johnson, John N. Kildahl, J. Landsverk, N. J. Laache, Olaus Nielsen, and Friedrich A. Schmidt. Many of the letters are from Rasmussen. -
Peter and Ane Følling family history, 1993
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Peter and Anne Swedin family history, 1982
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Peter and Greta Hatlestad family history, undated
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Peter Andreas Munch papers, 1855-1985
Records pertaining to the Norwegian-American interests of a sociologist who was born at Nes, Hedmark, and who received his early education in Norway. After graduate study at the Universities of Oslo, Oxford, Halle-Wittenberg and Chicago he received his first Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Oslo. He came to live in the United States in 1948, starting as a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin. He taught at St. Olaf College, 1949-1951, at the University of North Dakota, 1951-1957, and at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1957-1977.
He was also a lecturer and visiting professor at several other American and Scandinavian Universities, and served on the Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association, 1961-1984. In 1939 he wad been part of a Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Atlantic. The experience led to his becoming an expert on the island about which he published numerous articles and books, the most famous being "Crisis in Utopia" (1971). In 1970 he and his wife, Helene Munch, published "The Strange American Way," which was based on their traditions of the letters of Caja Munch, his grandmother, and on excerpts from the autobiography of the Rev. J. St. Munch, who served parishes in Wiota, Wisconsin, and in the surrounding area, 1855-1859. P.A. Munch's essay, "Social Class and Acculturation," is part of the book. After Munch's retirement from Southern Illinois University in 1977 he was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science for his contributions to Sociology.
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Peter Andressen papers, 1975-1979
Clippings from a Hawley, Minnesota, newspaper "The Herald" which published the "America letters" of a pioneer farmer in Clay county, Minnesota. Written from 1869 to 1901 to relatives in Rollag, Numedal, Norway, the letters cover aspects of pioneer life (in Emmet County, Iowa, and Clay County, Minnesota) and give news of family and friends. Andressen emigrated in 1869 and settled near what became Rollag, Minnesota, in 1877.
Includes: clippings of photographs and some biographical material translated by Otto Bratlie, but only two translations are included. One photograph was taken in 1975.