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• Chris Solum papers, 1920-1937

  Correspondence, reports, and clippings of a Norwegian-born shoe manufacturer and merchant of Racine, Wisconsin. The papers deal largely with matters pertaining to the Scandinavian American Fraternity and the Sons of Norway, especially the latter's sponsorship of the Colonel Hans C. Heg monument. Letters include comments on the unemployment situation in Merrill, Wisconsin, during the 1930s. A copy of a letter (July 30, 1862) by Colonel Heg to James Denoon Reymert is also included.
• Christ (Kristen) Gundersen America letters, 1923-1934

  Excerpts of letters that were published as a part of series titled "De gamle Amerika brev" in "Fædrelandsvennen," Kristiansand, 1975.
  
  The letters to his family in Øvrebø were written by a mason contractor who came to Brooklyn about 1900 and established his own business. Many of the excerpts deal with the effects of the economic depression of the 1930s.
  
  Includes photo newspaper clipping.
• Christi Tillotson correspondence, 1912-1922

  Letters written to a Norwegian immigrant living at Clinton, Wisconsin, in connection with her gifts to Opheim and Vinje Parishes in Vossestrand. The gifts were used for an old people's home in the Opheim parish and for a children's home at Voss. Each letter has an English translation. Also, "Ole Trondson Rong/Ole R. Tillerson; Martha Haavardsdatter Nyre; Christie Eriksdatter Slæn," by Terrance Hanold, edited by Ruth Hanold Crane.
• Christian Abrahamsen clippings, 1926-1983

  Biographical information about a Norwegian-born artist, who came from Bergen to the United States in 1918. He established himself in Chicago and in Madison, Wisconsin, and became widely known as a fine portrait artist. Two of his portraits, those of President Lars W. Boe and President Clemens Granskou, belong to St. Olaf College. Charlotte Jacobson and Rolf Erickson collected information about him in 1976, and a report of Erickson's interview with Abrahamsen (4 October) is included. Catalog of an exhibit of paintings and drawings, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1943. Correspondence and clippings about Abrahamsen, 1926-1983.
• Christian Brisvold papers, 1832-1903

  Copies of letters and doucments (with some translations by Karl Schulz) of Christian Brisvold and Gunleik Bjornson, both of whom served in Wisconsin regiments in the Civil War. A covering letter explains why much of the materials is illegible. Benson was from Tinn, Telemark, and later lived at Laberton, Minnesota. Also includes a vaccination certificate for Tore Bjørnsdtr, Rollag, Tinn, 1832.
• Christian Fredrick Omang biography, 1975

  Data in "Omansposten" about a Norwegian sailor who spent nine years at sea, much of the time sailing between San Francisco and the gold fields in the Sacramento River area. He returned to Hamar in 1865 and became an emigrant agent, first in Hamar and later in Christiania (now Oslo).
• Christian Fredrik Midelfort papers, 1970-1982

  Non-Migration and Migration in Twenty-five Hundred Families, by a physician at the Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin. A statement in the preface reads: "One of the purposes of this study...is to throw light on the non-migratory families, their physical and mental illnesses." The study is based on clinical histories of patients seen by the writer over a twenty-year period (1950-1970). The patients come from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Dr. Midelfort is the author of The Family in Psychotherapy, New York, 1957. Norwegian Families is an offprint from Etnicity and Family Therapy, 1982.
• Christian H. Josten family history, undated

  No description available.
• Christian H. Tollefsrude history, 1905-1933

  A scrapbook covering the history of the Norwegians in Rock County, Wisconsin, by Christian Tollefsrude, the son of H. C. Tollefsrude, a pioneer in the Rock Prairie area. The scrapbook is based on a 1917 typescript history of which Peder Olson Langseth was the principal author. Tollefsrude is credited with at least four of the sections. The original typescript has here seen many additions and corrections, and hundreds of clippings have been inserted, some pasted in and others loose. The total pagination is 792, compared with 377 in the original typescript. Another copy of the history, with manuscript corrections and additions, is in the Langseth collection (P 1249); the two copies should be used together, because each contains material not found in the other. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, articles, and other materials related to the Tollefsrude family and to Rock County, Wisconsin.
  
  

  • Includes clippings from Tollefsrude family reunions (1905, 1909); obituaries of C.H.T. and his wife; and letters written by Tollefsrude to C.G.O. Hansen (1928-29) commenting on Hansen's articles on Rock Prairie, Wisconsin.
  • Tollefsrude history, English translation and supplemental notes. 2 files. Includes pedigree charts of Ole Andrewson and Nattestad brothers; notes from other histories of Rock County, Wis., and miscellaneous notes from the Tollefsrude history. The translation is highly selective, comprising far less than half the original text. Page numbers from the original text have been added. Data collected 1905-1916.
  • Scrapbook. Several photographs included.
• Christian Hansen correspondence, 1876-1924

  Letters to Christian Hansen in Chicago from his brother Lars Hansen and nephews, and from H. Kolbjörnsen, Nils Bye, and Lundby, Kirkenær Christiania, Norway. Photocopies and translations.
  
  Content:
  Christian Hansen Correspondence.
  
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