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• Mathilde Berg Grevstad papers, undated

  Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg: Pioneers, a translation of Mrs. Grevstad's account of her parents who emigrated from Norway in 1861, first to Wisconsin, then to Fillmore County, Minnesota, and finally to the Red River Valley. The author presents a vivid picture of the journey to the Red River Valley and of the pioneer community (Lake Park) where her parents settled. Translated by Agnes Grevstad Lee.
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  Nicolay Andreas Grevstad papers, 1892-1925

  Biography/History: 
  Nicolay A. Grevstad was a practicing attorney and editor of Dagbladet (Oslo) before emigrating in 1883. In America he was editor of Nordvesten (St. Paul); leading editorial writer for Minneapolis Daily Tribune; editor of Skandinaven (Chicago) (1892-1911); United States minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1911-1915); publicity director of Minnesota Safety Commission; chief of the foreign language press publicity service for the Republican National Committee (1919-1925); agent of a Chicago bank syndicate for Uruguay; and editor of Skandinaven (1930-1940). Articles by Grevstad on courts of conciliation in Norway and in America appeared in the Atlantic Monthly (September, 1891 and November, 1893). 

  Scope and Content: 
  Correspondence, articles, reports, and clippings of a Norwegian-born journalist, diplomat, and financier. The correspondence includes dispatches to the United States Department of State and letters concerning American interests in Uruguay and Paraguay, national political problems, Norwegian settlement, and investment opportunities. Among the correspondents are William Jennings Bryan, Gilbert N. Haugen, Nils P. Haugen, E. H. Hobe, Hanna Astrup Larsen, Medill McCormick, Knute Nelson, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and William Howard Taft. Primary election reform, patriotism of the Scandinavian press.

• Talleiv Olavsson Huvestad biography, 1987

  Translation of an account by Olaf Grimalden of the life and work of Huvestad, a farmer from Eidsborg parish, Lårdal, Telemark who was a delegate at the Eidsvoll constitutional convention of 1814. His daughter Anne and her two children emigrated to the United States. Translated by Norman Hagen, Milan, Minnesota.
• Carl Martin Grimstad memoirs, 1927

  A condensation (edited by Henry H. Bakken, his son-in-law) was published in Norwegian-American Studies and Records, v. 13 (1943) pages 1-45. His grandson Carl F. Arneson made a complete transcription of the hand-written memoirs in 1994, 99 p. typescript. The memoirs of his "nearly ten years of life in Dakota Territory" were written at Mt. Horeb, Wis. In 1927
  
  Topics addressed: Preparation for starting a farm (p.2-3); Saying goodbyes (p.3); Binding grain (p.4); River ferry (p.5); Irish immigrants (p.5-6); Alcoholism (p.6); Dakota Wars (p.6-7); Working animals (p.7-8); Blizzard (p.7-8, p.15-16, p.22-23); Railroad land grants (p.9); Oxen (p.10); Burial grounds (p.11); Sod houses (p.12); Red River Valley (p.12); Land claim filing (p.12-13); Pioneer schools (p.13); School certification (p.14); School teacher (p.15); Court system of Dakota Territory (p.16); Daily life in winter (p.16-17); School house design (p.17); Theological disputes (p.18); Gender relations (p.18-19); Bedbugs (p.19); Snow caves (p.20); Treating illness (p.21); Wood stove (p.23); Oxen in winter (p.24); Frostbite (p.25-26); Postal mail service (p.26); and Road trip (p.27).
• Abraham Grimstvedt correspondence, 1850-1875
  

  Nybygger-breve fra Amerika, a compilation of 33 letters by Abraham Grimstvedt, who lived in Nissedal, Telemark, Norway, were intended for publication in Norway. The letters, written by Grimstvedt's three sisters and their husbands living in Dane County, Wisconsin; Fillmore County, Minnesota; and Decorah and Lake Mills, Iowa, give a favorable picture of life in America. The topics most often discussed are health conditions, farming, school, church, and transportation. The letters were published, with extensive introduction and footnotes by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, by NAHA-Norway and the Nissedal Historielag, as "Saa nær hverandre" (1999), in the NAHA library collection.
  
  Contents:
  Abraham Grimstvedt Correspondence.
  
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• Ole Grimstvedt reminiscences, 1842-1902

  An earthy and realistic account by a western Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer regarding his life in a hospital during the Civil War. He served in the Co. C, 12th Wis. Vol. Inf. As Ole Olson. Knut O. Grimstveit and family emigrated from Nissedal, Telemark, in 1850, settling in the Perry parish near Mt. Horeb. Reminiscences titled "Ole Grimstvedt's Hospital Life from 1862 till April 2nd, 1866."
  
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• Mindekirken: Against The Current, 2022

  "Mindekirken: Against The Current" tells the story of the founding of Mindekirken in 1922. It describes the context in which it was born and examines how young people in the Phillips neighborhood worked to found an exclusively Norwegian speaking congregation, going against the currents of the day. It tells of the building of the church edifice from 1926-1930, led by Pastor Christian Munson, and finished just as the Great Depression struck. The group was left with an enormous debt. When Pastor Elias Rasmussen came to serve the congregation, it had a debt of almost $250,000 and not quite $50 in the bank. The book tells the story of how the congregation emerged from the Depression, lived through World War II, and the Fifties, and the work of their diligent pastors, Mons Wee, Anders Hulteng, Christian Munson, and Elias Rasmussen.
• Ingebright Halstensen Grindeland papers, 1831-1889

  Certificates and letters of a Norwegian-born (emigrated 1850) Winneshiek County, Iowa, pioneer.
  
  Contents:
  Ingebright H. Grindeland Papers: Certificates & Letters.
  
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• Svein Grodys articles, 1984-1986

  Two articles and a letter by a Norwegian writer who attempts to prove that the explorer and discoverer of America was not Italian, but a member of a family from Nordfjord, Norway.
• Jens K. Grondahl clippings, 1869-1940

  Biography and poems by a Norwegian-born editor, state legislator, and poet, who lived in Red Wing, Minnesota.
  
  Contents:
  Includes clippings and sheet music: "America, my Country; the new national anthem"; words by Jens K. Grondahl; music by E.F. Maetzold. Red Wing Printing Co., Soprano solo; vocal and instrumental; chorus-quartet; baritone; for solo or unison singing; for men's voices; four-part harmony for mixed voices; three-part ladies' voices.
  
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