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• Burt Knatvold collection, 1916-1930

  Papers of a foreign sales representative for the American Gas Company of Albert Lea, advertisements for his company, travel routes in Norway, a folk high school annual report, and a petition protesting a proposed highway through the Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, area. Mrs. Knatvold's grandfather, Knut Olson Hastvedt, was a prominent citizen in the Blue Mounds area.
  
  Includes Aarsmelding fraa Vestuppland Folkehøgskule (1906-1916); couple of "Norske Reiseruter" for Valdres and Sogn and the Bergen-Oslo Railway.
• Buss family history, 1984

  Erliss Anderson Burns family charts
• Bye family history, undated

  No description available.
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  Bygdelagene papers, 1896-2020

  History/Biography: 

  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.
  
  

  Scope and Content: 
  The Bygdelag papers consists of clippings, minutes, financial records, newsletters, photographs, memorbilia, by-laws, membership information and more for various Lags around the United States and Canada.

  Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655).
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  Bygdelagenes Fellesraad papers, 1901-2016

  About Bygdelagenes Fellesraad:
  Known as the Council of Bygdelags, they were organized November 17, 1916. Representatives of some bygdelag had first convened November 17, 1906, in Minneapolis. The Bygdelagenes Faellesraad was incorporated March 3, 1926. 

  Past presidents include:
  A.A. Veblen (1916-19)
  Rev. Jacob Tanner (1919-20)
  C.L. Opsal (1920-21)
  N.N. Rønning (1921-22)
  Rev. Lars P. Thorkveen (1922-23)
  Gisle Bothne (1923-26)
  N.T. Moen (1926-28)
  Rev. L.M. Gimmestad (1928-30)
  Thomas A. Walby (1930-31, 1932-34)
  Gustav M. Bruce (1934-37, 1939-41)
  H.M. Jacobson (1937-39)
  Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa (1938-39, 1941-42)
  Andrew A. Kindem (1942-44)
  J.P. Vigdahl (1944-46)
  John L. Moe (1946-47)
  E. Klaveness (1947-49)
  Rev. M.E. Helland (1951-52)
  Stephen White (1952-56)
  Olaf Viken (1955-56)
  O.I. Hertsgaard (1956-)

  Past secretaries include:
  Rev. Lars P. Thorkveen (1916-22)
  J.A. Hovik (1922-28)
  Eilev O. Bakke (1928-42)
  Ole Hegdahl (1942-55, 1959-62)
  Marcus Tellevik (1955-59)
  Thor Ohme (1962-)

  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).
• C. A. Helmer Anderson papers, 1979

  Sermon notes of a pastor, born in Arendal, Norway, who served congregations of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Muskegon, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and Jersey City, New Jersey, together with letters from his daugher giving biographical information.
• Oral History

  C. Marvin Lang interview, 1995 September 20

  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 AmericansToday,” Lovoll interviews C. Marvin Lang regarding being a Norwegian-American. Lang was a chemistry professor in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
  
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  Lang, Conrad Marvin (1939-2019)
  Marvin Lang was a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and an active member of the American Chemical Society. Lang received a bachelor’s degree from Elmhurst College, a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a PhD from the University of Wyoming.

• C. Stewart Peterson papers, 1938

  Article "Early Scandinavian State Settlements", a survey of early Scandinavian settlements in 28 states
• C.B. Solberg notebook, 1918

  Copies of poems by Solberg, who was living at Herbert, Sask., Canada in 1918.
• C.E. Johnson family history, undated

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.