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  Joanne Englund papers, circa 1890-2023

  Biography/History: 
  Joanne Alfreda (Wickoren) Englund (1930-2025) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Alfred and Audrey Sands Wickoren. Throughout her life, Joanne was deeply connected to St. Paul. She dedicated her life to service, advocacy, and community engagement. A deep commitment to public service and social betterment defined her professional journey. She worked for the City of Saint Paul across several departments, including Model Cities, Planning and Economic Development (PED), and Public Works. 

  Joanne also held numerous leadership positions. She served as the past president of the League of Women Voters in both Saint Paul and Shoreview. She also led the Ramsey County Historical Society and the Council of Independent Professional Consultants. A proud graduate of Metropolitan State University (Class of 1974), Joanne later served on its board, contributing to the institution that had played a formative role in her own education.

  Scope and Content: 
  Personal and family papers, photographs, and correspondence regarding the Wickoren family of St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes numerous extended family photographs.
  
  Location:
  20/C/4-5

• Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Engseth papers, 1824-1898

  Personal and financial documents of one of the pioneer settlers of the Valley Grove community, Rice County, Minnesota. Engeseth emigrated from Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane fylke in 1855 to Northfield township, where his brothers Sjur (1823-1888) and Erik (1828-1904) and sister Kari (1816-1866) also settled. His first wife was Anna Iversdatter Grinde (1823-1862); his second wife was Durdei Larsdatter Hamre (1831-1898).; The documents were "found in a leather wallet kept by (son) Erick Engeseth (1866-1959) and For a Engeseth Johnson".
• Marie Johnson Enochson autobiography, 1939

  Typescript of an autobiographical sketch. The author recounts her memories of Aadalen, Norway, the journey (1868) to America, and life in the Wild Rice Community, Richland County, North Dakota, located in the Red River Valley.
• Adolph G. Ensrud family papers, 1879-1948

  Majority of the collection focuses on Adolph Ensrud's youth spent in Wells, Minnesota and then at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (class of 1917). Additional photos and memorabilia from the family of Bernt O. Ensrud and Randi Henjum Ensrud.
  
  

  • photo/postcard album (Wells and Northfield, MN). Includes Rev. Joseph O. Ensrud, Edmore, ND; Henjum Machine Shop, Wells, MN; Flour Mill ruins in Wells; group of soldiers (WW I); Ginseng Garden of H. Rolfson, Wittenberg, Wis. 1910-1918
  • photographs. Includes images of B.O. Ensrud's General Store in Wells, MN (ca. 1900); Kickapoo Lutheran Church, Viraqua, Wisc.; Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Wells, MN; unidentified minister; Torger Steenson's Men's Clothing Store, Osseo, WI; oversized photo of interior of Our Savior's Lutheran Church; oversized photo of Einar Hooverson's funeral flowers and inset photo [this image placed in oversized folio photo box 4) 1900-1915
  • Miscellaneous family documents. Includes: excerpt from the 40th anniversary (1936) of the Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home Society (attached is a photoprint); booklet of the 40th anniversary of Zion Lutheran Church, Chicago (1932); photocopies of citizenship papers; photocopies of marriage certificate of grandparents, Bernt O. and Randi Henjum Ensrud (1887); naturalization certificate of Hans Gilbertson; (1894); obit notice for Bernt O. Ensrud (1948); obit notice for Hans Gilbertson (1927); obit notice for John B. Henjum (1922); obit notice for Randi Henjum Ensrud (1937); obit notice for Betsy Thompson Hooverson (1929); student paper on Eidsvoll by Egil Ensrud (n.d.); Randi Henjum's confirmation certificate 1879-1948
• Elmer Erickson autobiography, 1971

  An account by a Norwegian-American farmer who lived in Shawano, County, Wisconsin. He writes about the pioneer lives of his parents and grandparents, his own education at St. Ansgar Seminary in Iowa, his experiences as a teacher, and finally his life on a farm, beginning in 1917, together with details about family and family events. His account goes up to 1945. His son Luther Erickson added a postscript which covers details up to his father's death in 1971.
• Emil A. Erickson papers, 1953

  "Account of the lives and life-work of "the author's parents, "Based on the recollections of friends, relatives, and members of the family, the whole emphasis is on the parents, their early lives, the building of the farm, and the raising of the family." Forward.; Born at Vestnes, Romsdal, in 1875, Christopher worked as a sailor from ages 17 to 25. In 1900 he emigrated to Wisconsin, working in the woods and in the kilns of Ashland, Wis. There he met Anna Leidenberg, who was born in Minnesota 1882 to a Swedish father and Norwegian mother. In 1907 a farm near Grand Rapids, Minn., was purchased and the family moved there in 1912. Christopher died 1950. Genealogical data on the family on p. 19.
• John T. Erickson papers, 1857-2000

  Papers collected and compiled by John T. Erickson.
  
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  • Anton Christiansen Tommeraasen papers (born 1857), including correspondence and Norwegian military documents (1857-1976).
  • Fliers from America Line, Chicago (1885, 1888); Letters, some in German (1869-1873).
  • Account book of Sorenson and Storaasli, merchants in Glyndon, Clay County, Minnesota (1882).
  • Books and articles by and about Erickson: "Petersen fra Peterson" (1985); "Gamle brev til Peterson, Old Letters to Peterson" (1983); "Heritage, Peterson, Minnesota" (1976); "Haslerud, Peterson's Legacy" (1976); Articles about Erickson (1982-2001).
  • Correspondence with George M. Haslerud (1983-1984); Haslerud family history and papers (n.d.).
  • Bibliography Scandinavian-American Books, Local Histories, and Miscellaneous Subjects in the Private Collection of John T. Erickson, La Crescent, Minnesota (3 June 2000).
• Lenorah Erickson papers, circa 1960

  Travelogue and itinerary of Lenorah’s experience as a Norwegian missionary in India, China, and Taiwan. Also included are letters and manuscript materials about life as a missionary. Lenorah was influential in helping establish the Taiwan Lutheran Church in 1952.
• 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.