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Det Norske Skytterlag papers, 1900
Papers of a Chicago Norwegian-American Sharpshooters' Society. Chr. J. Bergum was secretary. -
Peter Norbeck papers, 1910-2002
Speeches by a United States Senator from South Dakota on agriculture, immigration, and Iceland's parliament millennial; clippings (1914-1937); and "Recollections of the Years," by Lydia Nordbeck, 213 typescript pages, 1953. Includes information (pp. 209-213) on Peter Norbeck family, Nels Anderson (b. July 1, 1827) family, and Endre Nilsen Eidsvaag family.
Includes:- Speeches and Reports. Includes "The Black Hills of South Dakota," by Peter Norbeck (1925) 3 p. typescript; "Economic Justice for the Northwest: Speech of Hon. Peter Norbeck (1926); "What Should Our Immigration Law Be? Speech of Hon. Peter Norbeck (1929); "Art Meets Politics: Peter Norbeck, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Sylvan Lake Hotel Commission" ("South Dakota History," Summer 2002, pp. 117-148.
- Letters, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Norbeck. "A Visit to Iceland," by Mrs. Peter Norbeck (1930). Letters written regarding travels in Europe.
- Lydia Norbeck Recollections. "Recollections of the Years" (1953). Topics: moving to Yankton, South Dakota in 1877 (p5), laying of college cornerstone (p5), family meals (p12), prairie fires (p13), Armour, South Dakota (p15), visiting Niagara Falls in 1900 (p22), Redfield, South Dakota (p30), visiting the Black Hills (p43, p51), inauguration of Peter Norbeck as governor of South Dakota (p46), scarlet fever (p47), tea with President and Mrs. Harding (p64), Norwegian-American Centennial, 1925 event in St. Paul (p84),Charles Lindbergh in Washington, 1927 (p111), The Coolidges in the Black Hills (p113), Iceland Millennial celebration (p136), and Nils and Kari Eidsvaag family pedigree (p211)
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Harriet Pierson letters, 1846
Written in English from Hartland, Michigan to Sarah and Nancy Austin in Kendall, Orleans County, New York, regarding family affairs. -
Physicians and surgeons articles and book, 1912-1957
Includes book, "The Shaping of a Profession: Physicians in Norway, Past and Present," Øivind Larsen, editor, and Bent Olav Olsen, assoc. editor. (Science History Publications, 1996). -
Carl Wilhelm Pettersen papers, 1866-1998
Includes "The Pettersen Family History (1998) by Dave Plette and Plette's "The Guttersen Family History (P539, box 48). Poems (presumably by Pettersen), correspondence, and pages from a general store ledger of a Madelia, Minnesota, bricklayer who emigrated in 1867. -
Samuel P. Peterson papers, 1926-1930
Clippings of articles by a Norwegian-born meteorologist in the United States weather bureau at Wichita, Kansas, recounting his experiences at sea for several years during the 1890s. -
Henry J. Peterson papers, 1935-1952
Includes a biographical sketch (3 p. typescript, 1935) of Aven Nelson (1859-1952), president of the University of Wyoming and professor of botany at the same institution. -
Nissedahle collection, 1928-1992
Articles and clippings regarding a Norwegian folk museum at Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, established by Isak Dahle, Chicago.
Digital Collection:- Valley of the Elves, Little Norway, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, circa 1925-1945
- Snapshot of Valley of the Elves, Little Norway, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, circa 1925-1945
- Guides--Little Norway. Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, circa 1925-1945
- Snapshot of Valley of the Elves, Little Norway, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, circa 1925-1945
- Formal portrait of Herman B. Dahle, undated
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Hagbarth Nielsen papers, 1899-1952
Reminiscences from mining days in Alaska and the Yukon (1899-1902) and several poems by a Norwegian-born miner and dairyman. Nielsen emigrated in 1893 and lived in California.
Digital Collections:- Settlement in valley [near Dawson City, Northwest Territory?], circa 1900
- Gold miners climbing over the hillside, 1898
- Midnight Scene of Dawson, 1899
- Gold miners in front of their log cabin near Dawson City, Northwest Territory, circa 1900
- Close-up of log cabins for gold mining camps near Dawson City, Northwest Territory, circa 1900
- Near Dawson City, Northwest Territory, circa 1900
- Gold mining camps in valley near Dawson City, Northwest Territory, circa 1900
- Formal portrait of Hagbarth Nielsen and Chris Jennesen, circa 1900
- Gold miners (underground) in vicinity of Dawson City, Northwest Territory, circa 1900
- informal portrait of three men, near Dawson City, circa 1900
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Kneut Neutson papers, 1941-1947
Papers of a Norwegian-born insurance man and chief promoter of the Minnesota Credit Union Law of 1925: a autobiography, his story of the Jesse James raid in Northfield, and a review of his book "Memoirs of a Pioneer" (1938). The family emigrated from Arendal to Faribault, Minn. See Minn. Historical Society, K. Neutson reminiscences, 1934, P1191. Reminiscences of Life in the Red River Valley in the 1870s. Neutson worked on the steamboats and on the building of the telegraph line, and trapped for furs.