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• Carol Hasvold remembrances, 2016

  Warm Remembrances: Essays and Letters (2016) by Carol Ann Williams Hasvold. Includes memories and photographs regarding the Williams and Tillotson families of Rock County, Wisconsin, and Boone County, Illinois, personal stories of several seasons in archeology in Iowa and in Israel, and narratives of author’s years as Registrar and Librarian at the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, and a brief Wilhelmsen/Williams family genealogy compiled by Anna Williams in the 1970s.
• Carson family history, 1984

  A brief History of the Life of Ole J. Carson, his ancestors and descendants. Also talks about the "Carson Homestead Centennial."
• Carsten Johnson biography, 1988

  "Dr. Johnson's Images," a biographical sketch of a dentist who took up painting as a hobby, was written in connection with an exhibit at Mount Pleasant Public Library, Pleasantville, New York.
• Carter J. Johnson and Bessie (Berg) Johnson papers, circa 1900-circa 1942

  Biography/History:
  Carter J. Johnson and Bessie (Berg) Johnson were Norwegian American residents of the Wausau, Wisconsin, area, born in the 1890s to parents who had immigrated from Norway between the 1870s and 1880s. Following their marriage in 1919, the couple relocated to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they raised one daughter. During her studies at the University of Wisconsin, their daughter met an Alabama native enrolled in Officer Training School; the two married in September 1945 and subsequently settled in Birmingham, Alabama, where they raised six children.
  
  Scope and Content:
  The collection includes numerous photographs and photo albums spanning many years, along with a set of postcards containing correspondence. The postcards document a range of Wisconsin communities, including Wittenberg and the Bethany Indian Mission.
  
  Location:
  20/C/6
• Casper Bernhard Nervig papers, 1936-1940

  Why did Anders Emigrate Only Thirteen Years Old? (39 p. tyepscript) and "The Great Snow Winter of 1880-1881" are accounts based on the experiences of Nervig's father, the Reverend Anders Johansen Nervig (1867-1951), who came to the United States in 1880 to live with his aunt and uncle on a homestead near Kerkoven, Minnesota. Casper Nervig was also a Lutheran minister.
  
  Includes translation of articles Anders Nervig published in "Decorah Posten" (Dec. 22, 1936 & Oct. 22, 1940); photograph of A. Nervig and a clipping (1937) about him.
• Casper Oimoen papers, 1973-1979

  Memorabilia and a biographical sketch of an immigrant from Raufoss, Toten, who became a famous American skier. He was captain of the U. S. Olympic Team in 1936 and was inducted into the Skiing Hall of Fame in 1963. He was later recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award, the highest honor the State of North Dakota can bestow on a current or former citizen of the state. His daughter, Sonja Oimoen Afset, traveled with her parents to Norway in 1979. Her diary of the trip is included.
• Cass County School Dist. 45 (North Dakota) records, 1885-1892

  Records of pupil attendance, course of study, text books, property, and visitors.
• Catalogues collection, 1877-1959

  Book catalogues issued by Scandinavian-American publishers and bookstores.
  
  
  Includes:
  

  • Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, 1927-1959
  • Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, 1900-1929
  • John Anderson Publishing Company, Chicago, 1877-1933
  • Albert Bonnier Publishing House, New York, 1915-1929
  • Anundsen Publishing Company, Decorah, 1888-1923
  • Broderbaandet Publishing Company, Grand Forks, 1927
  • C. Rasmussen Company (Skandinavisk Boghandel), Minneapolis, 1903
  • Danish Lutheran Publishing House, Blair, Nebraska, 1895-1949
  • Norwegian & Danish Publishing Society, Chicago, 1882, 1901
  • Evangelisten Publishing Society, Chicago;
  • Gammelt og Nyts Boghandel, Minneapolis, 1899
  • Gyldendal Publishing Company, (Chicago office)
  • Hauges Synodes Boghandel, Red Wing, 1908-1909
  • J. T. Relling & Co.'s Boghandel, Chicago, 1878/79-1890
  • K.C. Holter Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 1910, 1916
  • L. H. Lunds Boghandel, Chicago; Lutheran Free Church Book Concern, Minneapolis, 1909-1913
  • Lutheran Publishing House, Decorah, 1893-1916
  • Nordisk Tidende Bokhandel, Brooklyn; Northfield Publishing Co.'s Boghandel, 1889
  • Thyra Fjellangers Bokhandel Brooklyn, 1877-1949
• Oral History

  Celeste Holm interview, 1995 October 11

  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.
• Celia and Linne Thompson correspondence, 1906-1976, 2014

  100+ original letters, spanning the years 1906-1976, which were used as the basis of the book by Lester Swenson, These Two Are Champions: A chronological book of facts, history, letters, pictures and interviews about the lives of two amazing women [Celia (1884-1978) and Linnie Thompson (1884-1979) from Radcliffe, Iowa]. Celia served as a missionary and teacher in Madagascar, and Linnie worked as a nurse and family caregiver.