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  August Reymert papers, 1832-1945

  Biography/History:
  August Reymert was born on October 4, 1851 in Vågå, Norway. He died on May 31, 1932 in Long Island, New York, United States. He was the son of Theodor DeNoon Reymert and Anne Malene Beer. August was a lawyer in New York City, and served as president of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York. August Reymert was the lawyer and legal representative of Ole Herman Krag and Erik Jørgensen who were the developers of the Krag-Jørgensen rifle. This rifle was the standard rifle of the American Army in 1892. Reymert was also a founder of the Scandinavian Seamen's Home in New York and of the Norwegian hospital in Brooklyn. He was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St. Olav and was decorated with the Vasa Order. 

  Christen Reymert (1782–1868), a shipowner and merchant in Leith in Scotland, later customs treasurer in Farsund. Christen was August’s grandfather. Jeanette Sinclair Denoon Reymert (1788–1843), born in Scotland. She was married to Christen Reymert, and August’s grandmother. Christen and Jeanette had three children: Christian, Theodor, and James. Theodor Denoon Reymert (1815-1891), father of August Reymert. Theodor was a brigade doctor and a major in the sanitation division of the Norwegian army. Theodor married Anne Malene Beer. Together they had six children: Jenny, Thorwald, Caroline, August, Theodore, and Elisabeth. James Denoon Reymert (1821-1889), an American newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician. He was a pioneer settler near Muskego, and was an editor of the first Norwegian-American newspaper, Nordlyset. James Reymert was August Reymert’s uncle. 

  Scope and Content:
  Correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, and photographs of a Norwegian-born New York attorney. The correspondence deals largely with family affairs in America, Norway, and Scotland. The letters by James Denoon Reymert, August's uncle, first editor of Nordlyset (1847), first Norwegian-American member of a Wisconsin State Legislature, and attorney, deal with opportunities for law practice on the American frontier. Ole Bull was also a correspondent. Other items include biographical sketches of family members, a family chart, and an article about Hans Balling, the portrait painter. 

• Augustana Academy papers, 1920-1927

  Papers of a church-related high school founded in 1920 as Canton Normal School (5 years); in 1927 the preparatory courses of Augustana College (Sioux Falls) were merged with the school and its name changed to Augustana Academy. Catalogs. Yearbooks, bulletins, photographs, etc.
  
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  • "The Saga" (yearbook) 1923 1923
  • School Newspaper. Includes newspaper, "The Augustana Academy Clarion" (1936-38); pictorial editions (yearbook function) of Augustana Academy (1942, 45, 48) 1923 1923
  • School Newspaper. Includes newspaper, "The Augustana Academy Clarion" (1940-56, not inclusive) 1940 1956
  • Bulletins, Clippings, Pictures. Includes: "The Oldest School, [Norwegian high school in America]" by Dr. O.M. Norlie (4 p. typescript, 1942); "Glimpses of Canton Lutheran Normal School," by Thelma Alness; newsletters (1951-55); posters 1890 1961
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  Augustana College papers, 1889-2002

  Biography/History: 

  Augustana College was founded in Chicago in 1860 by Norwegians and Swedish Lutherans. In 1863, Augustana moved to Paxton, Illinois. Eventually, in 1869 the Norwegians withdrew and moved to Marshall, Wisconsin. Divisions among the Norwegians led to several seminaries breaking off, and Augsburg moving to Minneapolis in 1872. The group which stayed at Marshall in turn moved in 1881 to Beloit, Iowa; and three years later to Canton, South Dakota. The 1917 church merger brought a merger of Augustana and the Lutheran Normal School (founded in Sioux Falls, in 1889) and a move to Sioux Falls. The preparatory function was later returned to Canton, merging with Canton Lutheran Normal, founded in 1920. This complicated history is traced in Beulah Folkedahl's article, "Marshall Academy: a history" (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 1964).

  Scope and Content:
  Brochures, bulletins, catalogs, clippings, magazines, journals, programs; Emil Erpestad's history of the college; a 1956 dissertation, published in 1971 with a postscript by H. M. Blegen; and Beulah Folkedahl's article about the Marshall, Wisconsin, years.
• Augustus Christian George (Hans Abramson) Elholm papers, 1731-1799

  Correspondence and article by Miecislaus Haiman, "Major Elholm, The Champion of Polish and American Liberty." (1932)
  
  Contents:
  Article: Miecislaus Haiman. Note: A preprint chapter from Haiman's book, "Poland, and the American Revolutionary War (1932), presenting the thesis that Augustus Christian George Elholm,a major in the American Revolutionary War army, a companion of Pulaski, and a co-founder of the state of Franklin, to which Tennessee is a successor, was born in Norway. Also includes lettes between Haiman and Theodore C. Blegan, 1932.
  
  Location: 
  1/A/5
  
• Aurthur O. Lee family history, 1994

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Austen Daae papers, 1907-1979

  Clippings, photographs, and documents about various members of the Daae/Doe family. Anders Doe (1852-1924) emigrated 1880, became a prominent doctor in Chicago. His brother Ivar (1843-1921) was a furniture manufacturer in Chicago. Anders' son Jens became a major general, was active in the Pacific during World War II. Much of the collection consists of clippings of articles by and notices about Austen Daae (1905-1978), who at one time was editor of the newspaper "Scandia" during the period 1940-1975.
• Austin K. Rollag papers, 1880-1956

  Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer at Garretson, South Dakota, including a letter to H. H. Einung containing family history; a golden anniversary booklet; and two articles: "Da Professor Koren kom til Beaver Creek menighet" (3 typescript pages) and "Da James brødrene drog gjennem Syd Dakota" (3 typescript pages); "Memoirs of Austin Knutsson Rollag," translated by Brynhild Rowberg; "A History from Old Times," Valley Springs, South Dakota, 1938, 5 pages; "Ancestry of Gro Knutsdatter Rollag and [of] Øystein (Austin) K. Rollag."
  
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  • Articles, Booklet, letter, 1933-1938
  • Rollag - origin of the family name; Rollag Family History (1930); Biographical notes accompanying ancestral chart of Ole Knutsdatter Rollag and Austin Knutson Rollag; History of the Quisling family; Family tree of Rev. Abraham Jacobsen; Descendents of Ole Nils Bloch of Tylland, Denmark; Children of Jon Tovson and Anne Hansdatter of Middle Rollag Farm; The Quisling Ancestry by Aslak Grimstad; The Quisling Family by Clara Jacobson; Jacob Hanson Morland; Thomas Olsson Block; Lauritz Qvisling; Letter from A.K. Rollag to Mr. Einung of Rjukan, Norway; Notes Taken in Conversation with A.K. Rollag, June, 1932; The Summer of 1880, by A.K. Rollag; When Professor Koren Came to Beaver Creek Congregation; The Snowstorm [blizzard] of January 12, 1888, by A.K. Rollag; Notes from Conversation with Mrs. Ole Rollag, June, 1932; From Notes left by Mrs. Ole P. Rollag; Recollections from the Old Days, by Mrs. Ole Rollag; Excerpts from "Tinn Soga" and other sources; "Garretson News," August 7, 1941, Obituary of A.K. Rollag; "Garretson News," July 19, 1956 and "Rock County Star," Feb. 28, 1939; interview with A.K. Rollag; Two letters from Rollag relatives: Rev. Arthur H. Rholl and H.O. Rollag of Lethbridge, Alberta, 1880-1956
• Autographs collection, undated

  A proclamation signed by Christian IX (1863-1906), and separate signatures of Ole Bull and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
• Avis Anderson article, 1973

  "Scandinavians in Dawson County, Montana," is based on a thesis for a Master of Arts degree, University of Utah.
• Awes family history, 1981

  "Martin Olaus Awes: Story of our Norwegian Family" by Marie Awes Wilson