CATALOG UPDATES
Hei hei! NAHA is currently undating our archival catalog. Some finding aids are currently unavailable. Please contact the NAHA archivist with any questions.
Browse Items (3004 total)
-
Brue, Teigen, Tjernagel, and Wollan family histories, 2022
Documentary history of the Brue, Teigen, Tjernagel, and Wollan families. These four families – four men and five women – emigrated from Norway to the United States between 1856 and 1873. In addition to these nine founders, this collection documents their children, grandchildren, and some of their great-grandchildren, 295 people altogether. Accompanied by a self-published book, “Norwegian Families Becoming American: The Brues, Teigens, Tjernagels, and the Wollans, 1836-1956” (2022). -
Campbell Norsgaard collection, 1938-1946
Biography/History:
Norsgaard was a professional photographer and cinematographer, originally from Norway, but for much of his late life he lived in Lakeville, Connecticut. Campbell Norsgaard was the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNAF) and its training facilities in Canada from nearly the beginning of World War II until its closure. During this period, he photographed the servicemen and their airplanes, the Royal Family, various training facilities and many official and unofficial activities. Later in life, Norsgaard made nature documentaries for the National Geographic Society.
Campbell Norsgaard PhotographyThe photographic collection by Campbell Norgaard consists of approximately 23 4x5 inch color transparencies, 212 color slides, 745 35mm black and white negatives, 46 3x5 inch black and white negatives, and 950 black and white prints. All of the slides, transparencies, and negatives date from the early part of World War II through the close of the war.
Most of the color transparencies are from Canada, including aerial views of Vesle Skaugum, portraits of Colonel Ole Reistad and examples of pilots and their planes. A majority of the 212 slides are from the RNAF airlift of transport aircraft from Canada to India during the war. Some slides show airplane hangers and training facilities, as well as crewmen interacting with the people of India. 54 of the slides document the return of King Haakon VII to norway.
The 745 35mm black and white negatives cover different geographic locations from Canada, India, Norway, and England, not to mention Sigrid Undseth’s trip across the Soviet Union to Japan and the United States during the war. There are also some negatives of the Royal Family and Armistice in Norway.
The 46 3x5 inch black and white negatives are of peace days in Norway, the 199th Division United States Forces on Parade in Oslo (1945) and the RNAF in Canada in relation to the India airlift. Of the 950 black and white prints, there are approximately 300 portraits of Norwegian pilots standing with their aircraft which are signed in ink by the pilots.
Campbell Norsgaard Films
Nineteen 16mm reel-to-reel films from about 1942-1946. Much of the footage was filmed in black-and-white. Documents life at Camp Little Norway in Canada, the Royal Family in Canada, the Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Royal Family returning home, and Norway/Russia tour, and more.
-
James B. Vigen dissertation, 1991
Dissertation from Luther School of Theology at Chicago titled "A Historical and Missiological Account of the Pioneer Missionaries in the Establishment of the American Lutheran Mission in Southeast Madagascar: John P. and Oline Hogstad." -
Olaf M. Wangensteen papers, 1896-circa 1980
Biography/History:
Rev. Olaf M. Wangensteen was born in Lærdal, Norway, 1873. In 1889 he immigrated to the United States and settled in southern Minnesota. He first married Eleanora Avelsgaard in 1908. Together they had Two children: Mons (Monty) Olaf Bernhard (1910-1977) and Ragna (1913-). Eleanora died in 1913. He eventually was married to Julia Solberg. Olaf died in 1933 in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Abstract:
The Wangensteen papers contain many photographs of the family throughout the upper Midwest and in Canada. Wangensteen graduated from the U.C. Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1907. He served as pastor at various congregations including Iowa River, Waterloo Ridge, Falnes, Bergen, and Skudesnes. Correspondence, pamphlets, family history documents, and more highlight the life of the Wangensteen family and the congregations he served.
-
Harland Halvorson papers, circa 1890-circa 1960
Photographs, correspondence, and clippings of Harland Halverson familly. Most photographs are unidentified. Harland (1925-2014) was born to Rev. Harold P. and Clara J. (Nash) Halvorson. Harland was born in Tacoma, WA, and moved to Northwood, ND, and Wilmar, MN when he was young. For 60 years, he lived in Edina, MN. He sang in the Nordkap Male Chorus in Minneapolis. -
Magnus Harling lantern slides, circa 1906
148 hand-colored images of Norway, ca. 1906, by Swedish-American Harling. -
Ragnhild Fønhus Amble memoir, 2020
Memory book written by Norwegian-born Ragnhild Amble for her three sons, Finn, Peer, and Tor and their families. Ragnhild grew up on a big farm in Valdres and writes about the land, the farm, her upbringing an family, and about the war and occupation. She was 10 when the war came to Norway. -
Finbeck og Fla cartoon, 1945
Finback og Fla cartoon from Hjemmets Forlag. Includes wooden placque of women from Gjovik in her bunad. -
Stanley Clifford Henjum oral history, 2021
"Farmer, World War II Radar Officer, Aerospace Engineer, Family Man. This is the first installment of the oral history of Staney Clifford Henjum I. This record traces Mr. Henjum's remarkable life story, from the beginnings as a farmboy in rural Minnesota to his career in service of his country as WWII Navy man and then, after the war, as an erospace engineer in the space and defense industries. We see Mr. Henjum as not just an individual, but as part of a long generation story of his family stretching from Norway, where his grandparents immigrated from, to his grandchildren and great-grand children today."
"The first installment, Book One: Roots, 1921-1935 covers his youn years on the farm. He experienced firsthand the transition from horse-drawn plows to gasoline-powered tractors, from gas lamps and wood stoves to electricity, and the widespread advent of automobiles." -
Norwegian-American Genealogy Association records, 1983-2018
Constitution, membership records, correspondence, and meeting minutes of the Norwegian-American Genealogy Association (N-AGA). N-AGA was formed by members of the Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS). Al Dahlquist gathered together a group of Scandinavian MGS members who were interested in the five Nordic countries. This group was called the Scandinavian American Genealogy Society (SAGS) and was a branch of the Minnesota Genealogical Society. Sub groups of SAGS were a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish Genealogy Group. SAGS met for a number of years together and separately. Gradually each group had a meeting place, access to a newsletter and separate meetings. As a result, SAGS was dissolved and each group established its own relationship with the Minnesota Genealogy Society.
This collection is restricted. Contact the archivist for access.