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Sigurd Styrk Reque articles, 1938
Series of seven articles, "Fra pionertiden of fremover," published in Decorah Posten, Aug. 19-Sept. 23, 1938. Subtitles: 1. Den aeldste norske bosaetning i det nordostre hjorne af Iowa og sydostre hjorne af Minnesota. 2. Nils Brandts forste kirkelige handling i Iowa. Hans forste gudstjeneste i Winneshiek County. Rare stedsnavne. Den forste brudevielse. Da Decorah bestod af ett hus. Det forste kaldsbrev af 1852. 3. Brandts 40,000 mils missionsreirser. Han blir knyttet til Luther College og Decorah. Diderikke Brandt. Ulrik Vilhelm Koren modtar kaldelsen fra Amerika. Fra has studenteraar i Kristiania. Ordination og bryllup med frk. Else Elisabeth Hysing. 4. Lidt om Pastor Korens og hustrus reise til Amerika. Jernbanen gik med 18 mils fart. En spaendende ferd over Mississippi. Ankomsten til Washington Prairie. 5. Korens forste dag paa Washington Prairie. Nybyggernes forste boliger var primitive. Prestefolkene blir kjendt med sine sognebarn. 6. Af praeriens saga. Erick Anderson. Den forste laererinde. Det hjertensgode, afholdte aegetepar "Onkel" Ole og "Tante" Mary Anderson. 7. Springfield menigheds historie. Menighedens prester fra 1852 til idag. Presteseminar i Springfield. Mange velkjendte navne. -
Sigvald Støylen papers, 1885-1980
Marcus Thrane I Amerika and "The Kensington Rune Stone" by a Norwegian-born teacher in the Minneapolis Schools, and clippings concerning Norwegian-American Writers. Includes: documents concerning Bernt Støylen, "A Personal Historical Record of the Family Doris Swenson (Swanson) Stoylen (1980), clipping "Norwegian Pioneer Life in America," by S. Stoylen, photocopy "Remarks of Mayor Arthur Naftalin (Minneapolis, MN) prepared for the Inauguration Ceremony of the Institute of Emigration and the House of Emigrants (Aug. 31, 1968, Sweden), "The Kensington Rune Stone" (American Book Collector, Nov. 1965) -
Sigvald T. Lillehaugen autobiography, 1924
Autobiography of Sigvald T. Lillehaugen, transcribed Shirley Lillehaugen Santoro. -
Sigvor Davidson (Gulbraa) family history, 1864-1880
Sigvor Davidson (Gulbraa) family history donated by Arlene Jorges. Traced to Lars Davidson Gulbraa. Includes photocopies of letters (1867-1880). Settled in Freeborn County (1864) -
Silas Peterson and Patricia Kueteman interview, 1995 October 31
In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Odd Lovoll interviews Patricia Kueteman and her father, Silas Peterson. They discuss their family’s history and involvement with the Slooper Society, as well as family traditions while Silas was growing up. Both interviewees share how they met their spouses, their views on political issues of the time, and their current professions. The end by talking about Norwegian heritage and the identity of Norwegian-Americans.
This item is currently restricted.Kueteman, Patricia “Patti” Peterson (1965-)
Patricia Kueteman was born May 10th, 1965, in Aurora, Illinois, to June and Silas Peterson. After graduating high school, Patricia moved to Texas with her husband, Keith Kueteman, who was in the army. While in Texas, she attended junior college. After moving back to Illinois a few years later, Patricia spent a couple of years as a schoolteacher before she and Keith had three children, after which she stayed home to care for them.
Peterson, Silas “Si” (1942-)
Silas Peterson was born February 25th, 1942, in Ottawa, Illinois, to Gladys and Grant Peterson. Silas grew up helping on his family farm and later worked as a truck driver, salesman, and factory worker. He was the treasurer of the Slooper Society for many years. Silas married June Peterson, and they have two children together. Today, Silas still lives in the Norway, Illinois area where he grew up.
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SIMCON Organizing Committee records, 1979-1985
Scandinavian IMmigration CONference Organizing Committee records of and about a "working conference of representatives from three scholarly organizations that concentrate on the life and history of Scandinavians in America," Danish American Heritage Society, NAHA, Swedish Pioneer Historical Society (later the Immigration History Research Center of the University of Minnesota was added for its Finnish coverage). Three conferences were held at Decorah, Iowa, hosted by Luther College and Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum.
Includes correspondence among those planning the meetings (including John R. Christianson, Lloyd Hustvedt, Odd S. Lovall, H. Arnold Barton, Erik Lund, A. William Hoglund, John S. Mattiasson, Kenneth O. Bjork, Thorvald Hansen, Joel W. Lundeen), programs background papers, minutes, lists of participants, etc. Received from Lloyd Hustvedt, with additional papers transferred from the Kenneth O. Bjork and Rolf Erickson papers.; I.Oct. 26-27,1979. II. A conference on Scandinavian American literary life, hosted by the Symra Society of Decorah (which later published the papers as Scandinavians in America: literary life, 1985), October 30-31, 1981. III. Scandinavia to America: the transfer & transformation of objects, October 24-27, 1985.; Background papers for I: Areas of cooperation, by H. Arnold Barton. Co-operation among Scandinavian-American historical societies, by Kenneth O. Bjork and Odd S. Lovall. Approaches to cooperation, by J.B. Christianson. Danish-American research resources, by Thorvald Hansen. Swedish-American archives in the Midwest, by Joel W. Lundeen. -
Simerson Johnson family history, undated
Harold C. Simerson Family Tree Sara Simerson Murray
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Simon and Lydia Olsen family history, 2002
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Simon Hovland family history, 1968
Simon Hovland family history of Fillmore, Wisconsin and Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. -
Simon Johnson papers, 1907-1925
Short stories, novels, and poems in print and in typescript by a Norwegian-born novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. Johnson, called "The Poet of the Prairie," wrote Et geni (1907), Lonea (1909), I et nyt rike (1914), Fire fortæIlinger (1917), Fallitten paa Braastad (1922), and Frihetens hjem (1925). He was editor of the Grand Forks Normanden, and co-editor of Decorah-Posten. "An Immigrant Boy on the Frontier" by Johnson, translated by Nora Solum, appeared in Studies, volume 23, 1967.