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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.
  
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  • 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.
• 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)." 

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  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.

• 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)
• Carl Hagen memoirs, 1980

  Reminiscences of a Norwegian American from Halloway, Minnesota, covering farm and village life in the area up to 1908. Hagen later became an officer of the National City Bank of New York and spent part of his career in Latin America. Part of a larger manuscript.
• Carl J. Foss narrative, undated

  "The Immigrants: An Autobiography," a 95-page story of the life of John (presumably the writer) who was born at Raak in the Bjugn Fjord area of Sør Trøndelag. He emigrated in 1902, via Hull and Liverpool, and came to Virginia, Minnesota, where he became a construction worker in Mesabi Range towns. His wife, Inger, arrived in 1905, and the story continues with their family life. They lived in different places in the United States, Canada, and Alaska. The story ends with a note about their life in Palo Alto, California. While in Virginia, Foss was converted to Methodism by Carl Schevenius.
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  Carl K. Solberg papers, 1886-1951
  

  Correspondence, articles, diaries (10 boxes), poems, pamphlets, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and notebooks of a Lutheran clergyman, poet, author, and lecturer. The diaries cover most of the period between 1892 and 1945, including Solberg's student career at St. Olaf College and United Lutheran Church Seminary. Among the articles are such titles as "The Restoration of Israel," "Do We Need a Chair in English Bible in Our Seminary?" "Spiritualism," "Our Greatest Enemy" (temperance), and "A Scene from College Life" (St. Olaf College). Solberg was parish minister in South Dakota, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Among his books are "A Brief History of the Zion Society for Israel" (1928), "Scriptural Evangelism" (1935), "In Quiet Moments", and "Sacred Verse" (1940).
  
• Carl L. Boeckmann papers, 1914-2000

  Clippings, photos, and exhibition descriptions of a Norwegian-born artist who came to the United States in 1887. He painted portraits, landscapes, and religious subjects. The papers were collected in connection with an exhibition of Boeckmann paintings at the Hennepin County Government Center (October 4-6, 1976) under the sponsorship of the Richfield, Minnesota, Bicentennial Commission. His painting "The Battle of Killdeer Mountain" hangs in the Minnesota Capitol Senate hearing room.
  
  Includes photos and description of the exhibition (Hennepin County Government Center, 1976); catalog of paintings compiled by Marilyn B. Anderson from research and exhibitions from Sept. 1967 to Nov. 2000. 6 pages (lists 94 paintings, usually with present owner); and photography of self-portrait.
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  Carl L. Lokke papers, 1872-1965

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