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• Carl Swain memoir, undated

  Autobiographical account of a Norwegian American who spent most of his life in educational administration. A graduate of St. Olaf College, class of 1907, he was given an honorary degreee by the College in 1940. Outline: boyhood on the farm (Roscoe township, Goodhue County; formal education (St. Olaf College). Mentions Siguard Sorenson; career in education; church administrator; mission work; politics
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  Carl T. Solberg papers, 1884-1999

  Son of a prominent Lutheran pastor, Carl K. Solberg, Solberg grew up mainly in Minneapolis and graduated from St. Olaf College in 1935. He and a friend briefly published a newspaper in Pierce County, North Dakota. He received a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at Oxford 1936-1939. He joined the staff of Time Magazine, but when war broke out he joined the Navy, ending up as an air intelligence officer on the staff of Admiral Halsey, Commander of the Third Fleet. At the end of the war Solberg rejoined Time and covered international affairs, writing several cover stories. In 1967 he left Time to become a free lance writer. He published five books, including a biography of Hubert H. Humphrey which the Minnesota Historical society issued in paperback in 2003. His last book, on the China Lobby, did not find a publisher. See also the papers of his brother Richard, P1656.
• Carl W. Schevenius memoir, 1878-1988

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Carl Wilhelm Pettersen papers, 1866-1998

  Includes "The Pettersen Family History (1998) by Dave Plette and Plette's "The Guttersen Family History (P539, box 48). Poems (presumably by Pettersen), correspondence, and pages from a general store ledger of a Madelia, Minnesota, bricklayer who emigrated in 1867.
• Carlo A. Sperati biography, 1970

  Biographical sketch by Barbara L. Bauman, prepared for a course in Music Education by a public school teacher in Edina, Minnesota. It contains a bibliography. Sperati, an ordained minister, came in 1905 to Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where he stayed for the rest of his life. He had a distinguished career as a teacher of music, band director, choral director, and promoter of musical interest in the church and in the nation, as well as at Luther College.
• Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1930-1988

  Dr. Qualey, a graduate of St. Olaf College, was prominent in the affairs of the NAHA as writer, board member, and editor. After his retirement as Professor of history at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, he was associated with the Minnesota Historical Society, serving as editor of "The Immigration History Newsletter."
  
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  • Articles: "Pioneer Norwegian settlement in North Dakota" from "North Dakota Historical Quarterly" (1930); "Pioneer Norwegian settlement in Minnesota" from "Minnesota History Magazine" (1931); "The Fox River Norwegian Settlement" from "Illinois State Historical Society Quarterly Journal" (1934); "Pioneer Scandinavian settlement in Michigan" from "Michigan History Magazine" (1940); "Newer interpretations of American history to 1860" from "National Council for the Social Studies, Yearbook 17" (1946); "Territorial history: a bibliographical note" from "Minnesota History" (1947); "Recent scholarship and interpretations in American history" from "Social Education" (1951); "Immigration in American history" from "History Teachers' Club" (1963); "On being an ethnic historian" for Friends of the Library, Western Reserve Historical Society (1972); "Norwegians in the Upper Midwest: immigration and acculturation" for the Conference on Norwegian Influence in the Upper Midwest, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 22-24 May 1975; "Immigration to the United States since 1815" published in 1980, written for the Wuppertal Colloquium, West Germany, preparatory conference for the 1975 International Congress of Historical Sciences in San Francisco; "Racism, nativism and nationalism as factors in the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924" by Lillian Ray Bowman (1951) for a seminar in U.S. History taught by Qualey; "Ethnic studies and higher education" (1972). See also Qualey's article "A typical Norwegian settlement: Spring Grove, Minnesota" in "Norwegian American Studies and Records" volume 9, pages 54-66 (1936). NAHA published in 1938 his "Norwegian Settlement in the U.S.," for related material see P1000, Box 38.
  • "An Academic Autobiography" (1986); copies of articles from the "Carleton Voice" (1970); clippings (1932-1988); Correspondence with NAHA (1960-1986); photograph of Qualey.
• Carmel Highlands Norwegian Lodge papers, 1956-1963

  An article and correspondence concerning an estate "in Norwegian style" near Carmel, California, built 1918-1927 for Mrs. Maude Reynolds.
  
  Contents:
  Carmel Norwegian Lodge: Article and Correspondence
  
  Location: 
  1/A/3
  
• Carol Anderson collection, circa 2008

  A collection of books published by Carol Anderson of Iowa. Includes:
  "Musings, Memories, Matriomony and more...," 2008
  "Never Move the King: A Memoir of Paul Anderson as Viewed by his Wife"
  "Eivind Birger Christoffersen Masonry Artist and the Building of Our Saviors Lutheran Church"
• Oral History

  Carol Buege interview, 1995 September 22

  "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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted."
• 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.