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Kirsten Oglaend papers, 1949
Manuscript of an address given at St. Olaf College on May 17, 1949 (Syttende Mai Day) -
Norwegian Immigration student papers, 1926-1950
General statements, genealogies, family histories, and histories of pioneer settlements by students who studied under O. E. Rolvaag at St. Olaf College. Includes a chart of emigration statistics by region, 1860-1925. -
Norwegian-American Women's Club of Detroit records, 1940-1950
Correspondence, records, and clippings of a society organized to raise relief funds for Norway.
Includes:- Photo wood cut of Nils H.F. Olsen, 1940
- Correspondence, 1940-1950
- Partial list of Ford Motor Co. individual contributions to Relief Fund for Norway (1940). "Object of the club: work for relief for Norwegians as long as Norway is at war and until she is re-habilitated."; reprint from the "Saturday Evening Post," "The Norwegians as Citizens." (n.d., no author)
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Norway Letters, 1842-1998
An assortment of letters written in Norway to friends and family in the United States.
Includes:- Copy of a letter from Olea Lovise Tobiasdatter Føinum, (dated May 17, 1891) to her cousin, and a copy of an English translation; correspondence from Mrs. Martin Olson; correspondence to Andreas Lein from his mother, O. Valberg
- Letters (1842, 1844) written to Ole Larsen (Dodgeville, Wis.) by his father Lars Hansen Bjørge, Sande "Herred" Vestfold "fylke." ("Sandeboka, 1939, p. 420); Other correspondence, (1930, 1998)
- Letters donated by Carl F. Arneson
- Photocopy of letters written by C.C. Diesen to his son Axel Diesen in Minnesota.
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Norwegian National League or Minneapolis records, 1920-2002
Programs, reports, clippings, and brochures of an organization designed to coordinate common goals of Norwegian organizations not controlled by church, political parties, or corporations.
Includes clippings and brochure about "Fællesreisen fra Norge" (1933, 1934, 1936, and 1937, sponsored by Nordmands-Forbundet and the Norwegian-American Line, including information about a "Norske Fest" sponsored by the Minneapolis Norwegian National League, 1933. -
Nordisk Tidende local history clippings, 1924-1991
Pamphlets published by "Nordisk Tidende," including detailed facts about Brooklyn Norwegians as to homes, shops, income, clubs, churches, building trades, newspapers, etc.
ncludes: Newsletter: Facts about Norwegians as workers, earners and spenders of American dollars. no. 1-11; Hvordan "Nordisk Tidende" blir til, with an appendix: an x-ray picture of a Norwegian-American colony. 31 p.; Facts about the Norwegian American colony in Brooklyn, N.Y.; published in connection with "Nordisk Tidende's" 50th anniversary. 32 p.; Introducing the third largest "Norwegian" city, metropolitan New-York. 31 p.; facts about "Nordisk Tidende," vol. 1 nos. l-4, June-Sept. 1930; "That letter home ... (from St.Olaf College) 1939 (by Oleanna, i.e., Norma (Arnesen) Knutson). 1 sheet; and clippings, including reprint of history published in "Symra," 1914, by P.S. Christensen. -
Norwegian-American newspapers collection, 1896-2018
Contains three article groups: articles by Iver Hain; a series titled "Den gamle Stogo" published in "Decorah Posten" by various authors: T.O. Tolo, D.G. Ristad, L.J. Njus, O.E. Rølvaag, G.T. Braatelien, Carl D. Kolset, J. Dørrum, Paul Knaplund, Kristian Bredeson, Torkel Oftelie, O.L. Kirkeberg, S.O. Møst, H.B. Hustvedt, Anna Granfor, O.H. Lien; and "De norske kvækere i Marshall County, Iowa" from series "Fra vore indvandreres liv." by Iver A. Hain. "En fremragende norsk-kanadisk pioneers levnetsløo," (Endre J. Kleven) by Knut Haddeland ("Visergutten," April 18, 1935).
Includes:- Clippings, Iver A. Hain. Includes: Translation, "From the Pioneer Period in Wisconsin: the first Norwegian Settlers in the town of York and the town of Adams, Green County, Wisconsin," by Iver A. Hain (1926);"De norske kvækere i Marshall County, Iowa" from series "Fra vore indvandreres liv." by Iver A. Hain; "En fremragende norsk-kanadisk pioneers levnetsløo," (Endre J. Kleven) by Knut Haddeland ("Visergutten," April 18, 1935). 1924-1926
- Clippings, "Den gamle stogo." 1925-1925
- Miscellaneous. Includes: Decorah Posten, (1896, 1924) Norrøna, (1944); Norse Tidende, (1933); Grand Forks Skandinav, (n.d.); Scandic America,n (1946); Norwegian-American Weekly, (2008); and Normanden, (1939). 1896-2008
- FPsalmodicon. Includes: added July 2007: newsletters (2008-2018); Added July 1, 2016: CD recording, “Psalmodikons: and Return to the Old Country Church” (2008), and songbook, "Music for Psalmodikon written in Sifferskrift" (2011, revised). 2008-2018
- Miscellaneous. Includes: Ugeblad publishing co., financial statements for year ended Dec. 31, 1931; . Added May 30, 2013: Odd S. Lovoll, keynote address "Migration and the Norwegian Ethnic Press, 1847-2010" (delivered at the NAHA-Norway Seminar, Decorah, Iowa, June 14-17, 2011); and Newspaper clipping, Vinland, "Norwegian-American Newspapers 1847-1973. (1973). 1931-2013
- "Norwegian-Americana Papers: 1847-1946" by O.M. Norlie. Includes: Three copies of Norwegian-Americana Papers: 1847-1946 by O.M. Norlie. (1946) 1946-1946
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Norwegian clubs collection, 1869-1995
Brochures and programs of various Norwegian-American organizations in the United States; a volume of minutes, "The Norwegian Social Hour," Fergus Falls, Minnesota. See also Ralph Enger Papers, P 664, and Scanpresence II, P 919 for 5 folders of questionnaires on "Norwegian Special Interest Societies," and "The History of the Norwegian club of San Francisco," compiled and edited by Enger (1947).
Includes:- Minneapolis, Odin club. Includes program for "Norwegian Boy Scouts on Parade. Oslo Boy Scout Troop No. 31" (1936). 1903 1938
- Brochures and Programs. 1869-1996
- Nordmanns-Forbundet. 1988-1996
- Scandinavian Art Society of America. 1913-1920
- Volume of minutes, "The Norwegian Social Hour," Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 1913-1920
- Heimskringla (Urbana, Ill). 1995-1995
- Newspaper clippings and articles from 1808-1995
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Norwegian Literary Society of Chicago records, 1925-1985
Papers of a literary society generally known as DeLiSa (Det Litteraere Samfund): programs; clippings; secretarial, financial, and library records; manuscript volumes which were the genesis of the yearbook "Forum" (1925-1926) and the literary journal "Norden" (1928-1933) published by the society; as well as copies of the Forum and some scattered issues of "Norden." -
Norwegian clubs of Chicago collection, 1914-1997
Papers of a large number of Chicago organizations: art, athletic, dance, social, student, and theater.