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Margaret Juleen Munson Lee Erickson memories, 1994-2004
Memories of Margaret Juleen Munson Lee Erickson (1994, with updates thru 2004). Topics covered: telephone party line, quilting, threshing, lefse, harvesting, religion/church, listening to the radio, school, games, berry picking, eggs and candling, taking baths, remedies/sickness, long underwear, reading, ediphone operator, wedding, honeymoon, lutefisk,and Eskimos. Included are several pages of memories of daughter Loretta by others. Obituary: Margaret Juleen Erickson, 91, of Moose Lake died Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake. She was born April 25, 1918 in Catawba, Wisconsin to Anton and Josemina (Haugdahl) Munson. Juleen attended high school in Amery, WI and later in St. Paul. Juleen was united in marriage to her first husband, Lorin Lee on October 11, 1941 in St. Paul. They lived in Fargo, St. Paul, Alaska, Richfield and Pine City. Juleen was united in marriage to her second husband, Elmer Erickson on November 27, 1990 in Duluth. Juleen and Elmer lived in Windemere Township."Haugedalen and Pedersen Family History" (ca. 2003), "A Brief Record of the A.T. Munson Family Covering the Years 1904-1923" (ca. 1994). Topics covered: home remedies/accidents, movies, bathing, wedding, pregnancy, scouting, and fruit orchard. Includes letters (1947-1957) from Luther and Lillian Reinertsen, missionaries in South Africa, and "Our Family" by Charles and Clarice Nelson. -
Rolf H. Erickson papers, 1790-1992
Articles, correspondence and other papers concerning the Circulation Services Librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. A graduate of St. Olaf College and of the University of Wisconsin, Erickson has been involved the major Scandinavian activities in the Chicago area. He served as chairman of the Chicago History Committee, was a vice-president of NAHA, was a member of the board of the Swedish Historical Society and the Vesterheim Museum.
In connection with the Norwegian-American Commission of the Sesquicentennial, 1975, he served as co-chairman of the photographic exhibit entitled "With Our Hands and Minds," in Chicago. The exhibit gave rise to the publication of Our Norwegian Immigrants, by Dreyer Forlag, Oslo, 1978. Among Erickson's many interests were Norwegian-American artists and composers, including the lesser known ones. One study, "Norwegian-American Artists' Exhibitions Described in Checklists and Catalogs," appeared in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 31, 1986. A 17-page paper titled "Norwegian-American Composers" is dated July 31, 1989.
His collection includes papers with titles as follows: "The Norwegian Lutheran Church at Jambo Creek in Gibson Township," Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, "A Walking Tour of the Lessor Cemetery, Shawano County, Wisconsin", "Bay, Gjelsness, Hansen, Nyholm, Solberg and Strom: The Scandinavian as Librarian", a biography of Theodore Wesley Kock for the American Library Directory, "A Catalog of Art at Norway Center." He pursued family history: "Family Papers: Icons or Source Materials?" and "Mother, Karen Ramseth" (who was his great-grandmother). Some portions of the Erikson papers remain to be processed. He died of cancer at the peak of his career at age 52. A published Erickson family history is in our books collection. -
Christian Simon Erickson collection, circa 1960
Photographs taken of a grave site in Mountain Grove, Missouri, circa 1960 with photocopied obituaries.
Formerly part of P539. -
Anna Eriksen letters, 1892-1895
Copies of 8 letters written from Faribault, Minnesota, to the Nels Jensen family of Hudson, Wisconsin, by an acquaintance and fellow immigrant from Mo i Rana. Anna worked for an Episcopal "prestefamilie," earning two dollars a week, and later for a school. Her letters tell of declining health, possibly tuberculosis. A letter from a Bertha Hauge informs the Jensens of Anna's death. Eriksen comments on church life and interdenominational strife and on her own preference for the "Haugianers." America differs greatly from Norway, she writes, and is difficult until one gets used to things. Nonetheless, she did not want to live in Norway again. -
Ingebret (Tveten) Eriksen papers, 1826-1948
Letters to Eriksen, farmer and merchant at Scandinavia, Wisconsin, from Lutheran clergymen regarding theological disputes; from friends and relatives concerning agricultural profits and losses; and from Civil War soldiers. The compilation volume contains typewritten copies of these letters, copies of documents, and a family history. Correspondents include O. F. Duus, N. J. Ellestad, W. J. L. Frich, J. Krohn, Amund Mikkelsen, H.G. Stub, and H. A. Preus. Alfred O. Erikson's article, "Scandinavia, Wisconsin," in "Studies and Records," volume 15, 1949, is based partly on these papers.
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Ingebret Eriksen Papers: Correspondence. Includes a vaccination certificate (1826). -
Oline Ernstsen reminiscences, 1939-1956
Eleven pages of handwritten recollections by a Norwegian-born pioneer housewife at Bear River, Minnesota, of her passage to America and of early pioneer days. Deals largely with religious life, transportation, and communication. Also, a 5-page handwritten historical sketch of the origin (1906) of the Ladies Aid at Bear River, Minnesota, Lutheran congregation, and a photo of a yoke of oxen at work.
According to the congregational directory, D. Ernstsen was a trustee of the Bear River Lutheran Church in 1908 when it was founded. Oline Mathisen and Daniel Ernstsen were married at Harstad May 27, 1902 one day after leaving their home in Troms; went to Trondheim for a ship to Hull. -
Emil Espeland photographs, circa 1910-1924
Photos and slides of paintings and a biography of an emigrant from Fana near Bergen, who came to Milwaukee in 1910, and moved to Chicago in 1924. He became noted for his "Norwegian house" in Chicago which he had decorated in Norwegian style. -
Christopher (Ostrem) Evans diary, 1885-1918
Copy of the translated diary of a Winneshiek County, Iowa farmer who came from Vang, Valdres, Norway, in 1850. The translation was made by Carl T. Narvestad of Granite Falls, Minnesota, and biographical introduction was supplied by a great-grandson, Robert O. Evans. -
Eyvind Evans clippings, 1930-1982
Clippings from Norwegian newspapers, August 1979, about Eyvind Evans. The clippings are mainly about his visit to Norway where he turned over to the University Library (Oslo) his extensive collection of Norwegian-American literature. The file includes some bibliographic notes and a list of books he donated to NAHA. For additional information, see "Evans, Eyvind J. 1900," a University of Oslo thesis, 1982, by Judith Torvik.
Includes newspaper clippings of articles on and copies of poems written by Evans, 2 short biographies, and 2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings: 1930-1958, 1932-1979. -
Evan I. Evanson papers, 1879-1965
Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born farmer of Portland, North Dakota, and Stanwood, Washington, dealing with church, farm, family, health, and patriotism. Correspondents include Bjug Harstad and Johannes Tingelstad.
Contents- Four letters (in Norwegian) from J. Tingelstad (pastor of the Bruflat Lutheran Church, and principal of Bruflat Academy, Portland, North Dakota.
- Evan I. Evanson's Fourth of July, 1879, speech in English at Portland, Dakota Territory.
- Fiscal Report on the United States by Evanson.
- Letter from Knut K. Bjørgo (1900).