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Telelag papers, 1907-2017
About Telelag:
Organized in Fargo, North Dakota, January 16, 1907. Lag historians include Torkel Oftelie (1909-24, 1926) and N.N. Rønning (1938-53).Past presidents include:
Rev. Bendik Bondahl (1907-09)
A.A. Trovaten (1909-19)
Hans Samuelson (1919-20)
Rev. J.O. Saeter (1922-23)
N.N. Rønning (1933-38)
J.N. Jacobson (1938-)
Ole A. Rusley (1949-50)
Knute Haddeland (1950-53)Past secretaries include:
S.B. Salverson (1907-14)
N.N. Rønning (1914-16)
A.S. Houkom (1916-19)
Olav Ormbreck (1919-21)
Johanne Leifson (1921)
C.O. Teisberg
A.A. Rowberg (1949-50)
C.A. Clausen (1950-53)History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Temperance Movement papers, 1841-1962
Articles, reports, songs, stories, and pamphlets concerning the temperance movement among Norwegian Americans. There are reports from organizations in Alberta, Canada, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and articles by Waldemar Ager, Adolf Bredesen, Carl E. Carlson, Theodor H. Dahl, Knut Gjerset, Paul M. Glasoe, and Gjermund Hoyme.
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Terry Branstad interview, 1995 June 5
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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted. -
Texas Lutheran College papers, 1928-1967
Catalogues and brochures of a junior college and academy at Seguin, Texas, with which Clifton Jr. College later merged. Includes Catalogues, and Brochures. Includes: Rules and Regulations for Ladies Hall. -
Texas Norwegians collection, circa 1854-2003
A file consisting of letters, clippings, articles, news releases, etc. concerning Texans of Norwegian ancestry who have achieved distinction in various fields. -
The Central Iowa Norwegians, 1855-1905
The central Iowa Norwegians: Histories, memoirs, and studies of their settlements from 1855-1905 by Arlen Twedt. -
The Flying Ember: Forming the Ember publication, 1995
"The Flying Ember, Book 1: Forming the Ember" by Arnold Ingvald Temte. Also includes book 2. -
The Great Storm: Minnesota's Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873
On January 7-9, 1873, Minnesota residents experienced a violent blizzard when dozens of people died primarily on the State’s flat, tree-less prairies. Minnesota native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski takes the reader back 150 years and tells the stories of these victims using primary documents and secondary sources in her latest book, The Great Storm: Minnesota’s Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873. She has identified 84 people from 31 western and southern counties who died in this storm: men and women, children and babies, Civil War veterans and recent immigrants, homesteaders and villagers, state residents and visitors. Friends died together, neighbors died together, family members died together. Many died alone--suffering for one, two, or all three days. Sowinski also tells the stories of 25 people who suffered amputations and other life-changing injuries. The biography of each victim provides genealogical information, immigration story, place of residence, journey in the storm, and burial location. Each biography also includes a section titled “Adventures in Research” where Sowinski provides other information about the victim, local history, or her research process in identifying these victims. The reader will also learn about the State’s Native American population who were removed from their historic lands, making room for the homesteaders.
Carolyn Sowinski is a graduate of St. Olaf College (Class of 1980). -
The Norwegian Connection, undated
The Norwegian Connection From Bardalen to Sheldon by Anna Maria Hasselknippe
Formerly part of P539. -
The Promise of America exhibition papers, 1983-1986
Correspondence, clippings, brochures, etc. about an exhibition held in connection with the publication of Odd Lovoll's The promise of America, first at the Sonja Henie/Nils Onstad Art Center at Hovikodden June 23-Sept. 16, 1984, and later at the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn., June 22, 1985-June 1, 1986.; Includes also a prospectus for a proposed voyage of the Hardanger yacht "Anna Kristina" to a number of American cities, and special issues of "Samtiden:Tidsskrift for Politikk, Litteratur og Samfunnssporsmaal" (v. 93 no. 3, 1984) and "Prisma-Nytt" (no. 9, Summer 1984).
Also program and report of the Norwegian-American Seminar I held at Hovikodden June 26-30, 1984, proceedings of which were published in 1986 as Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, edited by Dorothy Burton Skaardal and Ingeborg Konglien.; The "Samtiden" issue has articles by John R. Jenswold, Hans Fredrik Dahl, Nils Johan Ringdahl, Terje I. Leiren, Kjetil Flatin, Ingeborg R. Kongslien, Caecilie Stang. Among subjects treated are Thorstein Veblen, Hans Tambs Lyche, Naakon Nyhuus.