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• Per Goplerud papers, 1921-1978

  Papers concerning the area of Hedalen, Valdres, the Hedalen Stavkirke, the families of the area, and letters from Per Goplerud.
• Deb Nelson Gourley papers, 1863-2005

  Raised on the family 150-year-old Norwegian ancestral farm in Amherst, Near Canton, in southeastern Minnesota. Author of "Astri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories." Inspiration for Deb's stories are her Norwegian ancestors, who began emigrating as early as 1845 from various areas of Norway, including Hallingdal, Numedal, Telemark, Voss, Sognefjord, Valdres, and Selbu near Trondheim.
  
  Includes tabloid sized colored pictures that illustrate her research on the 1862 Belmont (Jackson County, MN) Massacre [continuation of published work on the Hjørnevik family]; family pedigree chart; photocopies of letter (dated Dec. 18, 1863) by Ole Estenson Lonashaug describing the Belmot Massacre.
• Olga Graff papers, 1876-1955

  Copies of poems, letters, and clippings of a Norwegian-American journalist. Much of her work appeared in "Urd," a Norwegian women's magazine. The papers contain articles by her husband, Harald Graff, a medical doctor in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; drawings by her daughter, Gerda, an artist in Oslo; and items about her son Einar, who lived in Chicago
  
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  • Einar Graff, 1909-1917
  • Harald Graff, 1876-1893
    • Includes: "Tuberculosis of the Lymphatic Glands of the Neck and its Surgical Treatment," paper by H. Graff (read at the 43rd annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, June 6, 1889); "A New Method of closing the canal in radical operation for inguinal hernia," by H. Graff (1894); "Antiseptic surgical precautions of special importance to the general practitioner," by H. Graff (1888); "What Today should be the standard treatment of Hernia, Truss or operation?" by H. Graff (1893); "Senn's Intestinal Anastomosis in operations for strangulated hernia," by H. Graff (1893); "Penetrating wounds in the Knee Joint," by H. Graff (1888)
  • Gerda Graff, 1903-1955
    • Includes: drawings by Gerda, an artist in Oslo; and items about her son Einar, who lived in Chicago. Includes clipping "I was Hitch-hiking to London," by Gerda Graff (1944)
  • Olga Graff, 1888-1938
    • Includes: obit (1938); article "Norge i Amerika og Amerika i Norge. Nordmandsforbundet og red. Hambro. Og ellers litt av hvert. ("Urd"); poem by Markus Thrane, "Finn Graff" (dated Aug. 28, 1887. On the occasion of Fin's birth. Thrane was in Chicago at that time); "To Olga Graff from Ethelyn Bryant Chapman. Christmas poem, 1925"; poem "View from the 'L'" [Chicago transit]; "Compensatioin" poem (1933); "Norsk Kunst i Amerika
• Helen Billberg Granat video cassettes, 1985

  "A Norwegian Interlude: Impressions of Mother's Norway," a composition by Ms. Granat which was performed at Western Washington University, and "Once upon a Norwegian Time: Hild Hildahl and her Dolls." Ms. Granat was born and raised in Roseau, Minnesota, and was a long-time friend of Hild Hildahl.
  
  For Hildahl papers, see P1285.
• Grandum family history, 1974

  Slekta frå Gammelutstumoen (The Family of Gammelutsumoen, Tynset, Norway), by Ola Grandum. Printed by Gisle Grandum, 1974. 2 copies, 1 translated by Rolf Erickson.
• Mikael Granum autobiography, 1995, 2004

  Growing up on a farm near Lake Mjosa, Granum joined the Norwegian merchant marine for two years in 1936, then he was drafted into the Norwegian navy for nearly two years. Rejoining the merchant marine in 1939, he was in England when Norway was invaded. Ending up in Minnesota, he joined the U.S. Army and became a U.S. citizen. Eventually he was sent to France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald camp. Revisiting his family after the war he discovered that one of his brothers had been a collaborator. Returning to Minneapolis, he was trained as a printer and worked for over thirty years for the Minneapolis public Schools.
• Oral History

  Dennis Graupe interview, 1995 September 10

  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.
• Hans-Petter Grav dissertation, 2018

  Vesterheim in Red, White, and Blue: The Hyphenated Norwegian-American and Regional Identity in the Pacific Northwest, 1890–1950 (Dissertation, Washington State University, 2018). 291-page unbound volume. Chapters include: “Norwegian Migrants and the Promise of a New Scandinavia”, “Race, Whiteness, and Nationalism Among Norwegian Americans”, “Seattle’s Celebration of the Norwegian Constitution Day”, “The Multorporean Birdmen and the Slat-Riders of the 1930s”, and “Marie Vognild Lund, Dorthea Dahl, and August Werner: the Art of Norwegian-American Cultural Creation.”
• Merle Winton Gregerson history, 1852-1982

  Norsk Turkey River Settlement contains family stories of immigrants from Hallingdal and Numedal who settled in northeastern Iowa. Extensive genealogical charts accompany the history. Includes a translation to English of Gunder Gregerson's autobiography (1842-1919) and information about Highland Lutheran Church (pages 116-123). Relatively little community history is given.
  
  Added: clipping from "Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad" (July 28, 1976) describing Gregerson's work and a list (dated June 18, 1988) of "Some of the first settlers, Jefferson Prairie settlement, Rock County, Wisconsin (1 page) added 2001: Gregerson's March 19, 1996 letter to Odd Lovoll describing his researches, and Lovoll's reply. Pamphlet: "1593 Norway family farm surname and names and emigrant lists for Norwegians." (26 pages) pages 5-13 list farm names and names/addresses of people researching families on those farms. Pages 15-22 are "early emigrant member records from 1845-1857" of Luther Valley Church, Orfordville, (west of Beloit) Wisconsin. 1095 names in family groups, many with place and data of birth and confirmation.
• Arne Fremmegaard scrapbook, 1924-1939

  Scrapbook of clippings and photographs concerning Norwegian-Americans and their activities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Some of the photos were taken on the occasion of the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. Mr. Fremmegaard was a prominent Minneapolis banker who came from Norway in 1924. He was general chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. He was made a Commander of the Royal Order of St. Olav by King Haakon.