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Ut, opp og fram: Barnevandring på Agder, 1720-1920
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Kent Freeland collection
Collection of books published by Kent E. Freeland. Includes:
Norwegian Saga:
"Andrew's life seem to stop when he found out his father was dead and that his mother and siblings were going to move, not to another town, but to a different country. The new country was America in the 1880's, and the prairies were still a lonely place to roam. Young Andrew finds his place in his adopted home with the new love of his life. He faces the challenges of raising a family with all the problems of language, prejudice, and fears that accompany have accompanied immigrants throughout history. Family tragedies of death, relationships destroyed, and heartbreaks end a victory that you must read."
Prairie Pioneers:
"Prairie Pioneers is an adventure story of a group of Norwegian immigrants who traveled from Lisbon, Illinois to Story County, Iowa in 1854. It is historical fiction, based on some facts, but generously augmented with interesting invention. The central character in the story is Ole Apland, who gives leadership and inspiration to his traveling companions. Ole braves hardships and faces dangers on the 600-mile trek. Along the way, he forms a friendship with one of the young women, so that, at the journey's end, the two of them are ready to begin a new life in the Midwest Scandinavian community."
Rails West:
Story about Knute Apland.
The Norskie Terror:
Story about Oley Nelson. -
Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos family papers, 1889-1984
Records of the Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos families. Sigrid Eline Harstad Kjos was born in Arendahl, Filmore County, Minnesota on November 29, 1869. She married Andreas (Andrew) J. Kjos on December 12, 1894. Andrew Kjos died on April 13, 1908. Together they had 8 children: Joseph Gerhard Kjos (April 29, 1896); Clarence Eugene Kjos (May 17, 1899-March 26, 1936); Ellen Beatrice Kjos (August 7 1901); Neil A. Kjos (Febuary 28, 1904); Ahlfeld Silian Kjos (May 2, 1907-January 27, 1907).
Documentation, photographs, and correspondence from Ellen’s Kjos-Harstad family from Freemont County, Minnesota. Includes records on:- Bjug Harstad (Ellen’s maternal great uncle). Founder, or co-founder of many early settler churches in MN, ND and Oregon and Pacific Lutheran University.
- Kittel Harstad (Ellen’s grandfather), Very active in developing Lutheran church growth in S.E. Minnesota.
- Harstad/ Kjos family groups and individual photos.
- Carl Andreas Kjos (Ellen's father)
- Sigrid Harstad Kjos (Ellen’s mother, Kittel and Eli Harstad’s daughter, and Bjug Harstad’s niece)
- Neil Kjos Sr. (Ellen's brother). Music publishing - Chicago, IL.
- Joe Kjos (Ellen's brother). Prominent Mayville, ND banker and owner of several farms.
- Clarence Kjos (Ellen's brother). Unmarried/no children, prominent Portland, OR doctor who died very suddenly at 39. His mother, Sigrid, was living with him at the time.
- Early church materials from Minnesota and Mayville, ND: Gran Lutheran Church, North Prairie Lutheran Congregation, Mayville Congregation, Greenfield Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- Harstad family in Norway.
- Photographs and records of the Fjelstad family.
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Chicago glass plate negatives, circa 1895
One hundred glass plate negatives presumably of a Norwegian-American family from Chicago, Illinois, Ca. 1895. Collection located in a residence's stairwell, hidden for nearly a century. Called the "Lost Faces of the Windy City." Includes physical copies of the negatives. -
Rudolph Martens collection, circa 1920-1940
Rudolph Martens was born in Oslo, Noway in 1869. Martens, and his wife Clara, left Oslo for Boston in 1892. He was a partner in the firm Thoner and Martens, Electricians and Machinists in Boton, Massachusetts. In late 1921, the Martens family and their adopted son, Rolf Martens, went to Norway for a few years on business. The family settled in West Roxbury, Massachussets.
The collection consists of nineteen 16mm film reels. Most were filmed by Rudolf Martens. The discriptions on the reels include:
- Traveling from 1920-1930
- 2 reels of invasion of Norway
- 1 of the reels was from HELL, Norway
- Marblehead-Plymouth-Concord-Boston; Boston '44
- World's Fair-Northeast Harbour
- Oslo to US 1926
- New York to Oslo
- Canada, Niagara Falls 1930
- Winter War Miami Garden 41-42-43
- Bern-St.T. Mart-Curac-Cartagena Canal
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Benson family history, 2020
The Benson family of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. This is a reprinted book authored by Paul Welch. The book begins with Bent Hansen. Many of the early Benson family members were closely connected with the Scandinavian Lutheran Church in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, a village in Waupaca County. -
Allan G. Solomenson memoir, 2020
Memoir entitled "Across the century: The life of a Wausau teacher, 1962-2020." -
Verda Hammer autobiography, 2022
Autobiography of Verda Hammer of Stavanger and Chicago. The book was compiled by Don Metcalfe and titled "Ahma."
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Karl Braud diary, 1896-1907
Karl Braud's diary written from 1896 to 1907 on his travels back to Byberg, Thimes, Norway, and back to the United States. Also includes a transcription and translation of the diary. -
Ivar and Hulda Aas/Aus family papers, 1938-2021
Records of the Ivar and Hulda Aas/Aus family. Includes information on Ivar, Hulda, and children Hans and Berit. Ivar Asbjørn Aas (1906-1993) was born in Ski, Norway on December 2, 1906. He married Hulda Unhjem in 1938. Hulda was born in Ørsta, Norway, December 20, 1909. They had two children, Hans Magnus Aas who was born in Ørsta on March 14, 1941, and Berit Marie Aas who was born in Mysen on March 6, 1947. In 1947, the family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York where Ivar was an associate pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church. In the 1950s, the family moved from Brooklyn to settle in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For many years, Ivar Aus was the pastor at the Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church (Mindekirken) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ivar Asbjørn Aas
Name change to Ivar Asbjørn Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County New York
Born: Ski Norway, 12/2/06
Education: Hamarkatedralskole, University of Oslo, Menighetsfakultet, Union Theological Seminary
Employment: Norway: Santal Misjon Norway, State Church
of Norway; United States: Trinity Lutheran Church Brooklyn New York, Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Mindekirken) Minneapolis Minnesota, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Edina Minnesota, Central Lutheran Minneapolis, Nile Nursing Home Minneapolis.
Death: September 26, 1993 Minneapolis Minnesota Interment Central Lutheran Columbarium Minneapolis Minnesota
Hulda Unhjem Aas
Name change to Hulda Unhjem Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County New York
Born: Ørsta Norway December 20, 1909
Education: Ørsta skole, Volda middleskole, Volda gymnas, Ullevål sykepleskole
Employment: Norway: Ørstabruk, Ullevål Skyehus; United States none
Death: March 3, 1999
Interment: Central Lutheran Columbarium Minneapolis Minnesota
Hans Magnus Aas
name change to Hans Magnus Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956,Kings County New York
Born Ørsta Norway, 3/14/41
Education: Public School 102 Brooklyn New York, Fort Hamilton High School Brooklyn New York, University of Minnesota, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona.
Employment: Newspaper boy, Brooklyn Eagle, University of Minnesota student employment, Sandia Corporation Albuquerque, University of Colorado Fort Collins Colorado, Max Planck Institute Goettingen Germany, University of Wuerzburg Germany.
Death: May 26, 2018, Karman Cyprus
Buried: Karman Cyprus
Berit Marie Aas
name change to Berit Marie Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County New YorkPortion of the collection is restricted.