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Mindekirken: Against The Current, 2022
"Mindekirken: Against The Current" tells the story of the founding of Mindekirken in 1922. It describes the context in which it was born and examines how young people in the Phillips neighborhood worked to found an exclusively Norwegian speaking congregation, going against the currents of the day. It tells of the building of the church edifice from 1926-1930, led by Pastor Christian Munson, and finished just as the Great Depression struck. The group was left with an enormous debt. When Pastor Elias Rasmussen came to serve the congregation, it had a debt of almost $250,000 and not quite $50 in the bank. The book tells the story of how the congregation emerged from the Depression, lived through World War II, and the Fifties, and the work of their diligent pastors, Mons Wee, Anders Hulteng, Christian Munson, and Elias Rasmussen. -
Ingebright Halstensen Grindeland papers, 1831-1889
Certificates and letters of a Norwegian-born (emigrated 1850) Winneshiek County, Iowa, pioneer.
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Ingebright H. Grindeland Papers: Certificates & Letters. -
Svein Grodys articles, 1984-1986
Two articles and a letter by a Norwegian writer who attempts to prove that the explorer and discoverer of America was not Italian, but a member of a family from Nordfjord, Norway. -
Jens K. Grondahl clippings, 1869-1940
Biography and poems by a Norwegian-born editor, state legislator, and poet, who lived in Red Wing, Minnesota.
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Includes clippings and sheet music: "America, my Country; the new national anthem"; words by Jens K. Grondahl; music by E.F. Maetzold. Red Wing Printing Co., Soprano solo; vocal and instrumental; chorus-quartet; baritone; for solo or unison singing; for men's voices; four-part harmony for mixed voices; three-part ladies' voices. -
Lars Olai Grondahl papers, 1911-1964
Articles, citations, and an autobiography (30 typescript pages) of a Minnesota-born (Hendrum, Norman Co.) physicist, teacher, research consultant, inventor, and author
Includes: "The Thermoelectric Behavior of Heusler Alloys in a Magnetic Field," By L.O. Grondahl and S. Karrer (1911); "A Box Photometer," by Grondahl (1916); "Submarine Detection in an Alternating Magnetic Field," By J.B. Whitehead and L.O. Grondahl (1920); "A Method of Studying Sound Waves by Means of a Synchronous Commutator," By Grondahl (1921). Grondahl's "intellectual autobiography" written for the American Institute of Physics (1963) contains a list of his publications, and a list of his patents. -
J. Christian Gronvold papers, 1878-2002
Papers of a physician in the Holden Community of Goodhue County, Minnesota, and a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health. Dr. Gronvold was born at Fron, Gudbrandsdal, Norway, and studied and taught at the University of Kristiania. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and received a medical degree from Humboldt Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1869, after which he came to Goodhue County. -
Aasor Halstenson Groth papers, circa 1860-2001
The Groth family, Halsten Assorson Tufte Groth and his wife Ragnhild Kitilsdatter Mørk and their nine children, emigrated from Hol, Hallingdal, from years 1848 to 1852, most of them settling in Clay County, Iowa. Assor, one of the sons, joined the Clausen colony at St. Ansgar in 1854 and lived there until his death. He helped many Norwegians find a home in northern Iowa, in southern Minnesota, and in the Dakotas.
The papers consist of a typed version of a diary and two volumes of letters (photocopies) compiled and arranged by Assor's grandsons, Conrad and Claire Groth. The 155-page diary provides almost daily but brief entries from 1881 to 1898. The letters fall into two categories: "Letters Written by Members of the Family," which in turn is subdivided according to writer. For example, headings such as from Assor, from the Halsten Groth family, from the Ole--- , Svend---, Syver---, Torkel Groth family, etc.
The second overarching category is "Letters Written to the Family," which offers a long list of correspondents from many stations, including C. L. Clausen and Civil War soldiers. "The Story of Assor and Kjirsti Groth" (22 pages), by the Groth brothers, and "Groth Family Record, Including Hou, Gudbrandsgard, Hastenson-Groth and Nasby Branches" (422 pages) is an updated version of an earlier work by Anton C. Groth. For additional information, see Ollie L. Nasby's "Family History and Characteristics" in Norwegian Immigration Articles (NAHA Collection, P 287), which includes "Slegt fortelling af Assor O. Nasby, Petersburg, Minnesota, May 22, 1894" and J. J. Akre's "Gulbryllup: Assor og Astrid Nesby feirer femtiaars-dagen for sitt bryllup."
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Egil Harald Grude pamphlet, 1989
"Fra Vagen til America," a brief history of the emigrant journey, 1825-1930, published by the Stavanger Museum. The 10-page story describes the kinds of ships, the accommodations on board, and the reception at the emigrants' destinations. -
Peer Gulbrandsen papers, 1969
Copy of a clipping from "Østlendingen" (November 9, 1969) about Peer Gulbrandsen, a Norwegian-born artist in the Chicago area. Also, notes of an interview with him conducted by Rolf Erickson in 1976.
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Esther Gulbrandson papers, 1887-1991
Miscellaneous papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College who was active in promoting Norwegian studies and interest. The bulk of her papers are in the St. Olaf College Archives. The papers here consist of a family history; diaries; the WCAL "Coffee Hour" program; Camp Little Norway; Normanns Forbundet correspondence; sermons of her father, the Reverend Ole Gulbrandsen; photographs; funeral folders and a memorial statement by Lloyd Hustvedt.