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An account of the journey Olson took in 1870 from Dodgeville, Wisconsin, to Coal Creek, Kansas. Towns on the route of travel and the supply of grass and water for his cattle are the chief topics. An 8-page typewritten translation is included.
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Bosque County, Texas: articles, pictures, a letter, and a poem by Franklin Petersen. The articles by Olson give information on Texas pioneers: names, dates of arrival, house construction, farm operations, Cleng Peerson, and the Civil War. Other articles concern Gustaf W. Belfrage, a Swedish entomologist of Bosque County.
Clippings and pamphlets that contain speeches made by Olson at Norwegian-American festivals, and also an Olson family history. Olson was professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin (1884-1935).
Manuscript "The Norse-American Centennial". Includes Obit clippings. Clippings and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, and a manuscript dealing with the observance of the Norse-American Centennial in the United States and in Norway.
The manuscript has been digitized and is available online here.
Certificate, Diary, Poem. A vaccination certificate, a diary of a trip from Kristiania (now Oslo) to New York, and a poem written on board ship in 1898.
Biography of a Norwegian-born boarding-house operator and housewife written by two granddaughters. The story includes life in Norway before emigration, hardships at sea on a trip to Hawaii via Cape Horn, and making a living in Hawaii and California.