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Christian J. Muri biography, circa 1939
An autobiographical sketch of a Montana rancher. Born on the Muri farm, Innvik, Nordfjord, he emigrated 1893 to North Dakota, moved next year to Montana, settling near Harlow (Wheatland Co.) -
Ole A. Myrvik history, 1933, 1949
Family and church histories prepared by Myrvik, a farmer born in North Dakota of Norwegian parents. The family history gives an account of the 1869 journey from Hemnes, Nordland, by way of Bergen & Montreal to Minnesota, eventually to Cabalier Co., North Dakota. Includes comments on travel by covered wagon, land sharks, snowstorms, diseases, schools, and prices of commodities and crops. The history of Stefanus (St. Stephen) Lutheran Church, Milton, North Dakota (1883-1933), includes the names of the founders and ministers and a history of the auxiliary societies. -
Mons Samuel (Monssini) Baker papers, undated
Publications of a Minneapolis railroad machinist who emigrated from Voss in 1859 as Mons Sjurson Bakkethun, eventually settling in Goodhue County, Minnesota. He received a preacher's license from Yale University in 1878, an M. A. from Carleton College in 1879. He was active as a singer in Minneapolis late in the last century. He wrote and published poems in Norwegian and English, often meant to be sung to familiar tunes, and tracts expressing his socialist beliefs. "Strilevisen-Fiskevisen" (32 pages) includes poems linked by autobiography, "Monsinnis lille katekismus" (32 pages) states his economic beliefs in catechismal format. He published six "Monssinian Cards" on similar themes. His father, Sjur Monsen Bakkethun (1806-1866) emigrated from Haugesund 1858 to Long Prairie, Ill. In 1861 to Leon Township, Goodhue Co., Minn. -
Jacob A. Nelson papers, 1933-1939
John Hanson and the National Domain (22 typescript pages) by an Iowa attorney, and brochures announcing the publication of Nelson's book, "John Hanson and the Inseparable Union" (1939). John Hanson was "President of the United States in Congress Assembled" (1781-1782). -
Norwegian National League (Chicago) records, 1899-1980
Programs and reports of a Norwegian organization founded in Chicago in 1899 to unite all Norwegian societies in order to assist needy Norwegians and support all major projects of such groups as were not controlled by church, corporations, or political parties. Finding aid coming soon. -
Poems, 1840-1952
Poems in manuscript and print by several authors, including Andreas Bersage, Ulrikka F. Bruun, Christian O. Brufoldt, Borghild Dahl, Kristofer Dalager, Rolf Fjelde, Gunda Thykesen Fugleberg, C. Gundesen, Bernard H.J. Habel, Bjarne Hagmann, L.B. Henning Hommefoss, Olaf Holen, Tarkjel Landsverk, N.M. Minne, John Mortenson, Nils J. Njus, H.G. Odden, August Olsen, Gideon J. Olsen, Johan Ovren, Palma Pederson, Wilhelm Petterson, Olaf Refsdahl, Detlef G. Ristad, Ola P. Rise, Soren Roinestad, B.J. Rothnem, J.O. Saeter, Harald Schmidt, T.K. Skov, O.S. Sneve, Carl K. Solberg, Oscar J. Sorlie, Oscar Strømme, Edward Søvik, Erik A. Travaas, Reier Knudson Ulen, Henrik Voldal, Karl H. Xavier, Oscar O. Ødegaard. -
Martin Bronn Ruud papers, 1837-1935
The Second Generation, by a professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Comments on the death of Minneapolis Tidende and the need for Norwegian Americans to preserve their cultural heritage, 1935, 2 typescript pages, eight clippings about Ruud, among them are a review of "Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads", which Ruud edited with Theodore C. Blegen, a copy of his lecture given on the 1940 WLB radio series "Arts and Letters of Scandinavia," and an obituary. Includes: "The Second Generation." Published in "Signalfires," May 1935, newsletter of the Emergency Education Division, E.R.A., State of Minnesota Department of Education. "Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads, manuscript, Norwegian and Emigrant Songs." -
Halvor O. Sageng bochures, 1910-1912
Brochures and clippings concerning the Sageng combination gasoline engine thresher, invented by Sageng in 1908. -
Frederic Schaeffer correspondence, 1928-1940
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born engineer and inventor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dealing with "Det Norske Selskap." Schaeffer Equipment Company Railway Materials, located in the Henry W. Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, PA. -
Fredrik A. Schiotz papers, 1925-1954
A manuscript of Schiotz's book, "Release" (1935), a history of the Lutheran Student Association of America (1925), and a biographical sketch of Schiotz, a former president of the American Lutheran Church.