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• Bertha Buan clippings, 1932-1964

  Lyric verse published mainly in the "Duluth Skandinav" by a poet who came from Beistad, Trøndelag, and who lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of her poems were set to music, of which several are found in the collection. Includes a 16-page pamphlet titled "Stevne minne; Dikte". For a biographical sketch of Haldor S. and Bertha Buan, see "Family Sagas," ed. Kristine Leander (1997), pages 19-20.
  
  See in library collection, "Tre-Kløver-Hjørnet" (Duluth, Fuhr, 1947, 56 p.), on which she collaborated with Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud and Marcus Tellevik. Another copy in Johnsrud papers, (see P0948).
  
  Includes scores, "Bluebells" (1944); "DU Deilige Trondhhjems Fjord" (1943); "My Christmas Boat" (1942); "My Home Land (Norway)" (1944); "Song to our Flag" (1942); "When the Boys Come Home Again" (1944). Poems: "Trøndere!"; "Tribute to Minnesota"; "Vår Syttende Mai"; "Christian Ellingsen og Egil Hammer (in memoriam)"; "Marcus Televik (in Memoriam)"; "Henrik Ibsen"
• Bertha O.F. Johnson letters, 1874-1888

  Letters to Bertha Fjeld from her mother, Oline Fjeld of Fåberg, Norway, after Bertha's emigration to Blair, Wisconsin, and a few from a sister. Many are from Karl Emil, her future husband, written from various towns where he worked as a railroad station agent. Karl Emil was also known as Charles E. Johnson. A final letter to him is addressed Zumbrota, Minnesota. Folder 1: Letters from Norway (1874-1886). Folder 2: Letters from Karl Emil (1875-1877). Folder 3: Miscellaneous letters. Includes vaccination certificate (1855).
• Berthe C. Petersen papers, 1927-1975

  Papers concerning a Norwegian-born Chicago clubwoman. Mrs. Petersen was active in Norwegian National League, President of the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, served on the Norse-American Centennial Committee, and promoted the idea of Leif Erikson Day. In 1940 she received the St. Olav Medal from Haakon VII of Norway.
• Bertinius K. Savre biography, 1960

  Autobiography of a Norwegian-American teacher and journalist, who served as administrator and teacher at church-affiliated academies: Clifton College, Texas; Glenwood Academy, Minnesota; and Grand Forks College, North Dakota; and as a teacher at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. From 1918 until his retirement in the 1950s he was editor and publisher of the Glenwood, Minnesota, "Herald." He was also president and curator of the Pope County, Minnesota, Historical Society.
• Bertlesen/Bertleson family history, undated

  "Is it Bertlesen or Bertleson? A family history," by Richard C. Thompson
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  Bertram Jensenius papers, 1922-1973

  Papers of a Norwegian-American journalist and author, born in Madagascar of Norwegian missionary parents. At age nine or ten, he journeyed alone to a home for missionary children in Stavanger, Norway. He was educated in Norway, then lived in France for three years, after which he participated in a race across the Atlantic in 1922, which brought him to the United States. He settled finally in Chicago, where he engaged in various occupations. In 1958 he took over the Norwegian weekly newspaper "Viking" and renamed it "Vinland." He and his wife (Ingrid Hermanson) also ran the Vinland Travel Bureau. He was involved in the many Norwegian organizations in Chicago. He wrote articles, short stories, essays, and plays, and published four books: "Deilig er Jorden" (1948), "Calling on Eternity" (1956), "Misjonærens sønn" (1972), and "Misjonærbarna på Korsteig" (1973). The papers include a broad range of correspondence, articles, manuscripts, reviews, clippings, and information about the Norwegian-American community in Chicago.
  
• Bethania College papers, 1894-1917

  Catalogs, correspondence, and reports concerning a Lutheran secondary school located first in Poulsbo (1894-1896) and later in Everett (1904-1917), Washington, under the auspices of the Lutheran Free Church.
• Bethany Lutheran College papers, circa 1911-1926

  Bulletins and catalog of a school at Mankato, Minnesota, founded in 1911 as a Lutheran school for young women (Bethany Ladies' College, Bethany College for Girls) under the Synodical Conference, but in 1926 transferred to a group of ministers and laymen of the Norwegian Synod to provide a college for their synod.
• Bethesda Homes papers, 1896-1946

  A history (1896-1946) and a journal of a children's home and a home for the aged at Beresford, South Dakota.
• Betty Bergland article, 2003

  Faculty member at Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls, Bergland presented her paper, "Norwegian Immigrants, Wisconsin Tribes and the Bethany Indian Mission in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1883-1955" (37 typescript pages) at the NAHA-Norge, 2003.