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• Iver Torkelson correspondence, 1863-1878

  Copies of letters of a Norwegian-born Jackson County, Wisconsin, farmer, county official, and Civil War veteran (letter from Camp Dennison, Ohio). One American letter discusses farm crops, horse thieves, and church. Torkelson was a member of Company H, Fifteenth Wisconsin Regiment. Cf. O.A. Buslett "Femtende Wisconsin," p. 577 and Waldemar Ager, "Oberst Heg og Hans Gutter," p. 281.
• Andrew Tollefson correspondence, 1881-1906

  Correspondence of a Norwegian-born teacher and sheep rancher written mostly from Montana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, dealing with health, rural schools, politics, and economic conditions on farm and ranch. There are letters concerning St. Olaf College, Augsburg College, Concordia College, Augustana Academy, and Scandinavia Academy. Tollefson was a student at St. Olaf College (1890-1893). Includes letters from Sam Solberg, Edwin Solberg, Inga Halverson, Lottie Halverson, O. Sandness, L.H. Dalen, Henry Thorseson, John Edward Beum.
• Zacharias M. Toftezen papers, 1806-1939

  Correspondence, legal papers, and biographical information of a Norwegian who immigrated in 1847 and came to Washington in 1850. Toftezen was probably the first Scandinavian in the Stanwood area. His mother, sister, and brother came later. A Toftezen memorial stone was erected in 1939. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written in Norway, Washington, and Door and Oconto counties, Wisconsin, by and to members of the Toftezon family, and deal with church, crops, health, and weather. A collection of clippings (1931-1939) tells of the Toftezen family and of the dedication of the monument. Includes photocopy of article by H.M. Tjernagel, "Toftezons, et kapitel af norsk-amerikansk historie" in "Symra," v. 10 (1914) pp. 240-250.
  
• Elling Thompson correspondence, 1904-1921

  Letters written by a Wiota, Wisconsin, farmer to a friend in Norway describing farm activity, topography, recreation, travel, and politics, and expressing appreciation of both America and Norway.
• Nils Otto Tank biography, 1907-1955

  A biography, 20 typescript pages, and a collection of articles, mostly in the form of clippings (1907-1946), of a Norwegian-born philanthropist and churchman, Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Nels C. Lerdahl, Madison, Wisconsin. Subjects treated are heritage, church, motives for emigration, marriage, Moravian community at Green Bay, and Tank Cottage, the oldest dwelling in Wisconsin. The clippings include articles by H. R. Holand, N. N. Rønning, Jon Norstog, Nels C. Lerdal, and others. Includes: "Nils Otto Tank," by Hjalmar R. Holand, 1909, "Nils Otto Tank. Wisconsin's Most Romantic Pioneer," by N.C. Lerdahl, 1955, "The Pioneer Norwegian Educator in America," by Hjalmar R. Holand, n.d., 2 p. notes on "Mr. And Mrs. Behrent Olson," n.d., 1 p. note on "Mr. And Mrs. Halvar T. Nelson" n.d.
• Søren A. Tystad local history, 1924

  A history of the Norwegian settlement in Miner County, South Dakota (1880-1924), prepared for the Nordfjordlag convention at Howard, South Dakota, in 1924, by Tystad, one of the first settlers. It gives names of pioneers, comments on the 1880 snowstorm, prairie fires, and farming, and discusses religious life in the settlement.
• Irene Turlie novel, undated

  An unpublished manuscript of "The Three Red Hills," a novel treating the western prairie during the decade following 1912. Hunger for land is the central theme.
• Axel P. Trockstad biographies, 1893-1991

  Papers of a Norwegian-born (Drammen) journalist. A biographical sketch of Martin Ulvestad, author of "Nordmændene i Amerika" and other books, 1915, 5 pages, and an article on Ole Omdalen from "Skandinaven," May 18, 1937. Trockstad was a journalist and for a time edited "Folkets Avis" in Hillsboro, North Dakota. See P. 569, includes article "Axel P. Trockstad fra Wisconsin skriver raskt og muntert om minder fra Kong Oscar den Andens besøk I Drammen." Includes "The Trockstads of Drammen: pioneers in newspapering," by Arlow W. Andersen, 1991, 77 p., mimeographed, admission ticket for "Norway's Day, 1814-1893, 17th May. World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago, Cunard Line S.S. "Scythia" vaccinated pass. "The Trockstads of Drammen: Pioneers in Newspapering"
• Harry Rudolph Tosdal biography, undated

  Biographical notes concerning a professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
• Ingvald Torvik lectures, 1950

  The Language Situation in Norway and "Seventeenth of May Thoughts," by a visiting professor at St. Olaf College.