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Carl A. Sjolander papers, 1852-1871
A testimonial issued by the parish pastor in 1852 to Sjolander's parents on their departure to America, and the constitution and by-laws of the Hekla Fire Insurance Company, Madison, Wisconsin, incorporated March, 1871, possibly the only such society operated by Norwegian Americans. Sjolander lived in Onalaska, Wisconsin. -
Carl Anthonsen papers, 1923-1975
Excerpts from the Journal of Carl Anthonsen, together with a tribute to Anthonsen from Russell S. Page, and a letter from Cynthia Anthonsen Foster, his widow, which includes biographical data about a Norwegian-American who came to Boston, Massachusetts, around 1900. -
Carl Ben Eielson clippings, 1926-1988
Data about a Norwegian-American born in Hatton, North Dakota, who rose to fame as aviator and Arctic explorer. In 1924 he piloted the first mail plane in Alaska in 1928 he served as pilot for the Hubert Wilkins Arctic Expedition from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), a distance of 2,200 miles, and also for the Wilkins Antarctic expedition. Both Eielson and Wilkins died in 1929 on a mercy mission in the Bering Straits, trying to rescue an icebound ship. This mission is the subject of Robert J. Gleason's book, Icebound in the Siberian Arctic. A mountain in Alaska and the Air Force Base at Fairbanks are named after Eielson. His boyhood home is a museum.
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Dorothy G. Page, "Polar Pilot: The Carl Ben Eielson Story" (1992) and "'Ben': The Life Story of Col. Carl Ben Eielson" (1930). -
Carl C. Berg family history, undated
Includes biography of Carl C. Berg of Fremont Township, Wisconsin and short genealogy. -
Carl Døving papers, circa 1923-1936
A letter from Døving to "Kjære ven," February 4, 1923; "The Døving Hymn Collection," by Frank R. Miller, published in "The Friend," February, 1936; photocopies of 15 hymns translated by Døving; and lists of translations which have been made of two Lutheran hymns. Døving was a Lutheran clergyman and a student of hymns. His collection was given to Luther College.
Contents- Miscellaneous letters received (June 1893). Letter from H. W. Scheel, Luther College; Regina Hilleboe; Rev. O. E. Jolseth, Rev. Carl Døving and his impressions of Washington, D.C.; G.H. Gerberding
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Carl Fredrik Solberg Civil War letters, 1862
Reports (March 7 to March 31, 1962) to Emigranten from the editor, who served briefly as war correspondent for the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, which he had helped recruit. The letters are translated and edited by Clarence A. Clausen. Includes assorted clippings, and a 3-page biographical sketch of Solberg. -
Carl G. Lawrence papers, undated
Lawrence was a South Dakota educator and father of Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and Dr. John Lawrence, University of California.
Includes:- Program from and tribute of his son, Dr. John Lawrence, from the dedication of the Carl G. Lawrence Library at Southern State College in South Dakota; News release, biographical sketch and photograph of John Lawrence; Tributes and photograph of Ernest Lawrence; Clippings.
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Carl G. O. Hansen clippings collection
Collection of clippings from Carl G.O. Hansen. Hansen was a Norwegian born emigrant to Minneapolis who was active in the Sons of Norway and was a translator for Norwegian American newspapers.
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Carl G. O. Hansen papers, 1862-1958
History/Biography:
Carl Gustav Otto Hansen was born on March 16, 1871 in Trondheim, Norway to Sivert Christian Hansen (1839-1872) and Marit Megrund (1842-1927). In 1881, Carl, alongside his mother and siblings, emigrated to the United States. They settled in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where Marit’s parents and siblings settled. In 1882, they moved to Minneapolis. Marit supported the family, as she did in Norway, by producing knitwear. In 1887, she married Halver Olson from Verdalen.
Hansen studied Latin, Green, history and composition at Augsburg Seminary from 1887 to 1889, however he was mostly self-educated. He worked for a time in a print shop and later opened his own place. He married Amalie Marie Edsten (1871-1945), daughter of furniture merchant Aaron Henry Edsten and Johanne Larsdatter Rognerud. Together they had four children: Conrad, Arild, Erling, and Mildred.
From 1897 to 1935, he wrote and edited for Minneapolis Daglig Tidende. From 1935 to 1937, he was in Chicago and employed at Skandinaven. He then edited the Sons of Norway magazine in Minneapolis and served as the educational director (1937-1954). Hansen was a lifelong musician and sang with and directed male chorus groups, including the Norwegian Glee Club of Minnesota (1912-1945). He was also president of the Norwegian-Danish Press Association, and a founder of Det Norske Selskap and of NAHA.Hansen was a music critic, a book reviewer, a biographer of Norwegian Americans, and the author of "My Minneapolis (1956)."
Scope and Content: :
Correspondence, articles, lectures, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, and diaries of a Norwegian-born Minneapolis journalist, musician, lecturer, and author. The papers deal with the activities of Norwegian-American singing societies in Minneapolis and other cities, the tribulations of translators, the cultural creativity of Norwegian Americans, the study of the Norwegian language in the Minneapolis public schools and at St. Olaf College, biographies of Norwegian Americans, and other related subjects. "Sagas of Today" (a "Minneapolis Journal'' column) and "For 50 aar siden," "Det Norske Amerika gjennem Hundred Aar," and "Glimt fra Livet i det Norske Amerika," columns that ran in "Minneapolis Tidende," are among the clippings. The collection contains correspondence from significant authors, journalists, and scholars of the day.
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Carl Gustav Finstrom papers, 2002-2003
Finstrom worked as a research chemist before joining the US Army where he served for over thirty years, seventeen years in Europe and four years in Asia. Active member of the Society of Scandinavian Historians, the Swedish military history society called "Svenskt Miltärhistoriskt Bibliotek, the Swedish aviation history organization called "Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening,' the Eight Air Force Association, and the US-Japan Manjiro Society. He has taught courses on eight different subjects, to include "Scandinavia in the Second World War," "The Military Installations in the Hampton Roads," and "The Role of the Military Attaché in International Relations.
Includes: 1 pg biographical sketch; published article, "Our Secret War in Scandinavia: The Story of US-Swedish Military Cooperation in World War Two" (2002); "Polar Pilot Bernt Balchen expressed his sensitivity to the Arctic's beauty through watercolors," by C.V. Glines (2003)