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• 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).
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
• Oral History

  Carol Espelien interview, 1995 August 23

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today." Celeste Holm was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• 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

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• Ole Evinrude papers, 1907-2006

  Ole Evinrude Pamphlet: Biography. Includes article "A Wisconsin Legend: Ole Evinrude and his Outboard Motor," by Ralph Lambrecht (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2006)
  
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  • Ole Evinrude and the Old Fellows (1947), 32-page biography of the Norwegian-born inventor of the outboard motor, by Gordon MacQuarrie (2 copies).
  • A few circulars presenting the history of the company, 1907-1974.
  • Clippings (1919-1934).
  • Photograph of Ralph Evinrude, a son.
  • Includes article "A Wisconsin Legend: Ole Evinrude and his Outboard Motor," by Ralph Lambrecht (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2006).

  
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