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W.F. Schilling pamphlet, 1935-1996
Article in pamphlet form entitled "Up and Down Main Street [Northfield, MN] Forty Years Ago, 1895-1935" includes reminiscences of a Northfield, Minnesota, farmer, editor, and antique collector. Includes photocopy of letter from Charles E. Mason, great grandson of Jesse James. Letter states that Jesse James did not attempt to rob bank in Northfield, 1876. (Letter dated Dec. 22, 1966) -
Anna Thykesen papers, 1910-1951
Papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College: a Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson letter and a scrapbook of clippings dealing largely with Bjørnson and the centenary of his birth, a scrapbook on O. E. Rølvaag and other writers (1931-1956), and a scrapbook of clippings on the reorganization problem in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in the early 1930s. -
Knud Østensen Rulland correspondence, 1859-1863
Civil War and other letters received by Rulland (born in Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, emig. 1854), Coon Prairie, Wisconsin. -
Malcolm Rosholt papers, 1902-1990
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central Wisconsin, especially the Norwegian settlements described by Thor Helgesen as "Indianeres land," which encompass sites such as Stevens Point, Iola, and Scandinavia. A translation of J. W. C. Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter"; a history of St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; a serial in the "Iola Herald" (1965-1970) entitled "From the Indian Land" (based on Helgesen's "Fra Indianernes lande" (1915), on plat books, and town, school, and church records) that relates the history of Norwegian settlements in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; cassettes containing interviews, mainly about the late author O. A. Buslett; "A Photo Album of the Past"; and biographical information about Rosholt himself and about his earlier family members who gave Rosholt, Wisconsin, its name.
See: A letter from Mina Hellestad to Rosholt's wife, donated 1994, will be found in the Oscar 0. Hellestad papers, P 149.Audio recordings include coversations with:
- Amelia Nottelson (Scandinavia, WI), circa 1950
- Sonia Nilsen (Scandinavia, WI), 1953
- She is the daughter of Ole Nilsen.
- Oscar Hellestad, China missionary, circa 1965
- John Solem, concerning Buslett, 1976
- Rev. S.H. Njaa, undated
- Roshol is his son-in-law. Interviews about Njaa's early life as a mission paster in Canada in the early 1900s.
- Alfred Erickson (Chicago, IL), undated
- Hallis Wilson (Amherst, WI), undated
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Norwegian America Line papers, 1910-1960
Pamphlets, articles, a tribute to "Stavangerfjord," and photos of ships that transported thousands of Norwegian Americans for a visit to their homeland. Includes "Den Norske Amerikalinjes Oprettelse," (1938), "Hvorfor bør du ta en tur fil Norge?" by Sigurd Folkestad, (1922), song, "Festmarsj Tilegnet Den Norske Amerikalinje," Tekst: Alf Rød, Musikk: Allan Johannson, (n.d.), passenger list of S.S. "Stavangerfjord" June 25, 1920 and Nov. 30, 1949, passenger list "Oslofjord" March 21, 1950, Added Nov. 6, 2013: N.A.L. Sangbok -
Per Hvamstad papers, 1964-1967
An article about the Kubberulle by Hvamstad, a letter from Volin, South Dakota by Henrik O. Stroem (b. 1861, emig. 1873 to S.D.), and a biography of Ivar John Saugen (Feb. 4, 1901-1957), a Lutheran clergyman in British Columbia. Includes "Pioneren Peder Borderud og hans 'log cabin,'" (1967) -
Nanna T. Boedker pamphlets, 1915
Catalogues from "The Norwegian Shop," which operated at 203 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, in 1915, and which featured items of Norwegian handicraft, especially those of Norwegian needlework. -
J. Olson Anders biography, circa 1959
Article in pamphlet form entitled "From Selbu to the Dakota Prairie: Recollections of Frontier Life on the Middle Border," an account of the life of Andrew Olson (Størset: 1839-1918, emig. 1870) and his frontier experiences at Andover, Day County, South Dakota, as related by his son.
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Articles, pamphlets, reprints and clippings collection
Articles by Norwegian Americans in the fields of language, literature, natural sciences, mathematics, and social sciences. Finding aid coming soon. -
Norwegian Literary Society of Minneapolis minutes, 1929-1951
Secretary's record of a society organized in 1929 to promote Norwegian-American literature.