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Solveig Zempel collection of America letters, undated
Photocopies of 1,274 America letters collected in preparation for her book In their own works: letters from Norwegian immigrants, published in 1991 by the University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with NAHA. The letters were collected from NAHA, Minnesota Historical Society, many private collections, and "more that a thousand letters" were collected in Norwegian archive in 1984. Zempel selected letters from nine immigrants which she translated and edited.
In some cases, letters from the donor, translations, and related materials are included. Box 7 includes a computer print-out (285 p.) which gives for each letter: number, archive, sender, place from, date, receiver, place to, subjects, evaluation, language, remarks. Also, a subject index.
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Sondre and Ragnhild Reishus family history, 1999
No description available.
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Sonja (Hegge) Hillestad papers, 1995
Ole Hegge was "a world-famous ski jumper…In 1926, skiing for Norway, he won the King's Cup in the combined event for jumping and cross country…In 1928, in the Olympics, he won a silver medal for Norway, again for a combined event. He was a member of that country's Olympic cross-country team three times." He emigrated in the 1930s and "worked as a carpenter for the Westchester Co. YMCA and for Camp Sloane in Lakeville, retiring in 1966. He skied in local races and helped coach jumping and cross country for the Salisbury Winter sports Association." His wife was Solveig (Thorkildsen), 1904-1986.
Mrs. Hillestad's biography of her father is 24 typescript pages; that of her mother 15 typescript pages. The photocopies are mostly undated.; According to a May 7, 2002 letter, in 1926 "King Haakon broke the Norwegian cultural/racial exclusion of nordlanders by dramatically including Ole publicly in his person sphere A very similar experience to our Jackie Robinson being accepted in our US popular culture…In 1930, Ole and Sonja Henie were sponsored to present skating and skiing to Americans via Madison Square Garden. This resulted in the first ski train being chartered to the first northeastern ski jump in Norfolk, Conn. In Norfolk, the boy from nordland physically built the facility." Includes family stories, biographies of her parents, and photocopies of newspaper articles and other materials about her father's athletic career. -
Sons and Daughters of Norway Building Association of Minneapolis, Inc. papers, 1920-1958
Correspondence, minutes, and financial reports of a group composed of several Sons of Norway and Daughters of Norway lodges organized to provide a place for lodge meetings. The Association was dissolved in 1958. -
Sons of Norway and Daughters of Norway papers, 1907-2014
History/Biography:
Sons of Norway/Sønner av Norge was founded by 18 members on January 16, 1895, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to promote and preserve the heritage and culture of Norway and to provide life insurance to its members. Membership was originally open to males of Norwegian descent between the ages of 20 and 50 who were capable of giving proof of being morally upright, in good health, and capable of supporting a family. A second lodge was established in South Minneapolis in 1899 and a third was founded in the northeastern section of the city in 1900. The Minneapolis model quickly spread. By the end of 1900, lodges had been established in cities and towns with substantial Norwegian-American populations across the United States.
The organization published a monthly magazine, Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway), which kept members updated on activities of the group.
In December 1938, the Sons of Norway absorbed the American auxiliary of The Knights of the White Cross Order (Riddere av Det Hvite Kors) which had been founded in Chicago in 1863. Women were admitted to local groups as early as 1916, in areas where the female auxiliary was unorganized. Daughters of Norway lodges in the Midwest were merged with the Sons of Norway in 1950 and a system of junior lodges was created in 1956. The Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Norway, which dates to 1908, continues as a separate association.
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Soper family history, 1983
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Sophia Stuegaarden Syse papers, 1853-1930
Emigration documents and letters concerning the Anders Stuegaarden family. -
Soren C. Danielson family history, undated
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Soren C. Roinestad articles, 1949-1965
"A Hundred Years with Norwegians in East Bay" (1963) by Roinestad, a Norwegian San Francisco builder and contractor. Loose clippings and other short articles included with bound article about churches, societies, festivals, programs, leading Norwegian Americans in education, industry, government, and art (83 pages), "A Short Treatise on Thomas Paine" (1952) in "American-Scandivianian" (March 15, 1962), "Mistaken Identity: A Holiday Experience in Minnesota" (1949), and "Soren Roinestad Honored" in "Western Viking" (February 5, 1965). -
Soren Oleson papers, 1898
A historical sketch of early Norwegian settlers in Marshall County, Iowa, including Oleson, by C. R. West.