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Totenlag papers, 1910-2010
About Totenlag:
Organized at the Minneapolis office of Dr. O.J. Berg, July 10, 1910. Totenlag did not convene after the Second World War.Past presidents include:
John H. Gordon (1910-11)
Johan C. Gran (1911-26)
M. Dysthe (1926-45)Past secretaries include:
M.P. Thune (1910-13)
Chr. Berg (1913-16)
P.L. Slagsvold (1916-17, 1926-27)
Helmer Hansen (1917-20)
Casper Smedsrud (1920-23)
A.K. Hensvold (1923-25, 1927-34)
Carl Nelson (1934-)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). -
Town of York (Green County, Wisconsin) School records, 1891-1939
Papers of School District No. 3 in Town of York, consisting of petitions, warranty deed papers (1918), district survey (1919), teacher's contract (1919), teachers' reports (1898-1916), school census reports and annual reports (1912 - 1939), and financial records. Also includes: papers from teachers' retirement fund, photo of the school and students (1895), school insurance papers (1916). Ninety-eight per cent of the residents of the district were of Norwegian background. -
Toycen family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Tracts newsletters, undated
A continuing file for tracts in English and in Norwegian published by various religious groups, including the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. -
Traedal family history, 1965
"The Traedal Family" by Harold N. Nelson. -
Trane Company papers, 1954-1991
Papers relating to an air conditioning company and its founder, Reuben Trane, son of James A. Trane, a Norwegian immigrant who came to La Crosse in 1864, and who started a plumbing establishment in 1885. The Trane Company was an early leader in the field of air conditioning. -
Troe family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Tron-Oppegaardeie-Ostby-Hamre family history, undated
Christian Christenson Tron, Johanna Paulson Oppegaardeie, Even Evensen Ostby, Martha Jonsdatter Hamre family history, by Eric E. Christenson -
Tronhiem customs book, 1776
Front of the book states that it's an "outgoing counter book for the general customs tenants at Tronhiem's customs." -
Tronson family history, undated
Tronson family record.