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Bergan family history, undated
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Bergenslag papers, 1917-1992
About Bergenslag:
Organized in Minneapolis, May 17, 1907, as Ulriken. They continued activity after 1908, but in 1914 was revived as Bergenslaget. It’s a national society, but mostly remained a largely local membership in Minneapolis.Past presidents include:
Lars Trovik (1907)
Lawrence O. Hauge (1973-)Past secretaries include:
John Michelson (1907)
Lois Hauge (1973-)
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). -
Bergerson family history, 1939, 1978, 1996
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Berges Julius Bergeson papers, 1925-1942
Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa. Contents include "Rambles 'Round the Range of the Sunshine, Sandhill and Treasure States" includes a description of their visit to the Norse-American Centennial in June 1925. Publications summarize their travels throughout the United States visiting cattle farmers and markets, dates range from 1925 to 1942. -
Berget family history, 1995
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Formerly part of P539. -
Bergh-Steinberg family history, 1997
Dorothy Bergh-Steinberg family history, compiled and researched by Jay M. and Dorothy E. (Bergh) Steinberg -
Bergstrom Paper Company records, 1975
General information, reports, and photographs of a paper manufacturing firm which was founded by Dedrick W. Bergstrom, who came at the age of five to Menasha, Wisconsin with his parents from Christiania. He became a blacksmith, and later operated a stove works. In 1904 he purchased the local Winnebago Paper Mills, which is now the Bergstrom Paper Company, a producer of fine printing and writing papers from recycled waste paper. -
Bernhard Nalsund papers, 1974
Typescript of a history of Butli, the farm and the relationship, entitled: "Butli, Gorden og slekten."
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Bernhardt J. Kleven thesis, 1930
A thesis submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, Master of Arts. August 1930. Bibliography: 2nd sequence of pages.
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Bernson family history, circa 1910-1926
Christian (Magnussen) and Sophie Jellum Bernson immigrated to the United States in 1902 and settled in Hillman, Michigan. Correspondence of Sophie and Christian to their family in Norway is included, alongside translations and a brief family history.