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Sigurd Anderson lectures, 1961-1963
A lecture titled "Lawyers in the Civil War," delivered before the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1961), and an outline of an address, "Whatever Happened to Ole," given before Det Norske Nationalforbund in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1963). Anderson was a member of the Federal Trade Commission and served as Governor of South Dakota from 1950 to 1954.
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- Article: "Lawyers In the War", delivered before the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. February 14, 1961. Mentions lawyers in the cabinet of Abraham Lincoln, including Edwin M. Stanton, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Senator William Fessenden, Edward Bates, Caleb B. Smith,and Montgomery Blair. Confederate cabinet members who were lawyers included Alexander Stephens, Robert Toombs, Robert M.T. Hunter, Judah P. Benjamin, John C. Breckendridge, Christopher Memminger, Thomas Bragg, Thomas Hill Watts, George Davis, Stephen R. Mallory and John Henninger Reagan. Four lawyers who served in the Union army would later become president, including Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester Arthur and Benjamin Harrison. 7 members of the Supreme Court served in the armed forces during the Civil War - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Stanley Matthews, William B. Woods and John M. Harlan fought for the Union, Edward B. White, Lucius Q.C. Lamar and Horace H Lurton fought in the ranks of the Confederacy.
- Article: "Whatever Happened to Ole?" delivered before Det Norske Nationalforbund i Minneapolis, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis Minnesota July 14, 1963.
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A. B. Andreassen catalog, undated
Norwegian-born artist and manager of a Norwegian art shop in Minneapolis, who dealt in reproductions of Norwegian art. Andreassen operated at 526 Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Agency for H. Abels Kunstforlag, Kristiania, selling reproductions of Norwegian art. -
Alfred Andresen papers, circa 1893
Advertisements from the firm Alfred Andresen, the Western Importer, Minneapolis, established in 1893, regarding such items as "Sunhets Saltet" and other medications, spinning wheels, and "kromkagejern."
Contents:- Advertisements and imported articles, undated
- One sheet (one-side) advertises and illustrates various "Norwegian wares." A double-sided sheet has endorsements "from leading European men" of medication, and also one from H.P. Leachman "of the firm J. Leachman & Son" of Minneapolis, Feb. 12, 1897. A very large sheet issued by Heymann Bloch & Co. of Copehagen, is devoted to endorsements of the medication, but does not mention Andresen. The address of Andresen's firm is given as 1310 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis.; Added (Aug. 24, 2009) photocopied article from magazine The Spinning Wheel Sleuth (July 2006, no. 53): Alfred Andresen, Spinning-Wheel Entrepreneur, by Michael B. Taylor. Added December 7, 2016: Laurann Gilbertson, Chief Curator, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, "Cast Iron,Flax Straw, and Celluloid: Business Ventures of an Immigrant Entrepreneur" (presented at the Northern Great Plains History Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota, September 15, 2016. 8 pgs.)
- Advertisements and imported articles, undated
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Ole Andreson (Anderson) correspondence, 1864-1887
Letters to his wife at Wiota, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, from a Norwegian-born farmer who enlisted February 2, 1864, with Company H of the Third Wisconsin Regiment of Infantry and was killed May 25, 1864, at Dallas, Georgia. Andreson gives instructions to his wife regarding farm operations, purchase of land, and collection of his pay. He describes the health and living conditions of his company, the slaves he meets, destruction of property, and the battle engagement north of Atlanta. Two letters from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, are descriptive of logging days.
Contents:- Correspondence, Civil War and other letters, circa 1886-1887
- All letters in Norwegian; one letter transcribed. Letters from Olaus Fjeld of Rice Lake Wisconsin, December 12, 1886 and March 6, 1887. One letter from Anders Thorsen Aase, Dane County, Wisconsin, December 19, 1867, all addressed to Ole's widow, Ragnild.
- Correspondence, Civil War and other letters, circa 1886-1887
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Anniversary pamphlets, 1900-1943
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Includes birth, death, ordination, and wedding pamphlets.
Contents- Includes pamphlets on Pastor Rasmus B. Andersen, Karl R. Andresen, Commercial Club Banquet Committee (1911), "Til Guldbrudeparret Guldseth," by Johannes Hoeifjeld, Ernest Johnson (wedding 1921), Andrew G. Lundblad (wedding 1900), Joseph G. Norby (1937), Johan Nygaardsvold (1942), Frederick Ingvald Schmidt (ordination 1943), Captain Otto Sverdrup (1910)
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Georg B. Anthonisen papers, 1935-1940
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Papers of a Norwegian-born inventor and engineer who emigrated in 1910 and worked for the Great Northern Railway and the Minnesota Highway Department. Correspondence and blueprints of his spring spikes and variable twisted track spikes. See "Norwegian American Technical Journal," 10:8 (Feb. 1937) and Kenneth Bjork, "Saga in Steel and Concrete" (1947), p. 379.
Contents- Correspondence and blue prints
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Anundsen Publishing Company papers, circa 1872-1984
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Program for an 1899 banquet honoring B. Anundsen; obituaries of Anundsen; clippings about him and Decorah Posten; and special historical issues of the newspaper issued in 1923, 1924, 1934, and 1949.
Contents- Clippings, 1874-1984
- Includes: subscriber lists from various dates; photostats of microfiche 1874, 1877, 1880, 1882, 1913 (parts of Anundsen's obituary), Sept. 1918, Nov. 1921 (all are small portions, some water damaged, in Norwegian); article about the Norwegian author Jonas Lie, and his connections to the newspaper, Decorah Posten; clippings announcing the merger of the Decorah Posten with the Western Viking, Dec. 28, 1972 - photocopy in Norwegian.
- Booklets, publications, etc.
- Includes: Bound copy of Familie-Løsning Illustreret (Family Solution Illustrated), Nos. 2 March 1896, Nr. 4 October 1896; History of Decorah Posten 1867-1897, in English (includes photos of the offices and staff); pamphlet: "The Norwegians" published by the Decorah Posten December 1909. Includes photographs and stats of early Norwegian educational institutions; pamphlet: To-aars-budskab fra Staten Iowas Guvernör, Samuel Merrill, til den fjortende folkeforsamling, januar 1872.
- Correspondence.
- Includes letters written by Dr. Odd Lovoll to Erling Innvik, and Rasmus Dahle-Melsæther, dated 20 July 1975 related to his research on the Decorah Posten. Letter in response by Erling Innvik dated Feb 7, 1976 (in Norwegian).
- Artifact, dip pen desk set
- 444 Dip-less Fountain Well by Esterbrook that belonged to Jack Anundsen, publisher of the Decorah Posten.
- Clippings, 1874-1984
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Arlington Times papers, 1944 Aug 17-1946 Aug 15
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A Washington (Snohomish Co.) newspaper that carried stories concerning pioneer dairying, logging, settlers, and politics.
Contents- Pioneer Issues
- August 17, 1944
- August 15, 1946
- Pioneer Issues
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Axel Arneson papers, circa 1911-1941
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Notes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas telling of pioneer life, frontier hospitality, relations with the American Indians, church and school life.
Contents- "Notes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas," undated
- Arneson emigrated in 1872 from the little town of Hamar on the shores of Lake Mjosen in Eastern Norway. He lived in Fort Worth, Texas. According to his letter of Nov. 28, 1911 (included in folder) the article focused on the Bosque settlement. It was published in "Southwestern Historical Quarterly," v. 45 (1941). Pgs. 12-135. (Copy of article is included in folder).
- Nordmands-Forbundet, 2.hefte, 1912
- First Norwegian to homestead in Texas was Johan Nordboe from Gudbrandsdal who took up land in section now occupied by the City of Dallas. Norwegian Nicalai Hanson told early Norwegian explorers about the hill country beyond the Bosque River. First comers included Anders Bretta and Ole Ween; Karl Questad, Jens Ringness, Hendrik Dahl, Berge Rogstad, Johan Bronstad, Anders Huse (all from Hedmark). Next arrived Salve Knutson, Terje Nystel, Jens Halvorson, Ole Burreson, Knut Salveson, Knut Olson, Paul Paulson, Aslak Nilson, all with families, also Lars Olson and Peder Spandberg from Mjøsen. Also Jens Jenson and Ole Person from Arendal, Ketil Grimland from Aamli and Gleng Peerson with Ole and Knut Canuteson, coming from the Illinois settlements. In 1858 came Bersvend Swenson, Omund Omundson, Joseph Olson and Ove Colwick. In 1866, sailing directly from Galveston came Ole Sinderud, Jens Jenson and the Paulsons of Waco all from Stange. In 1872 Hendrik Dahl returned to Norway to visit his mother and a description of his return trip with a number of others, including Axel Arneson is related. Ole Ringness fashioned a plow based on his experience with a badly dished wheel, but died while en route to Washington to patent his design. Karl Questad is noted for his unusual intelligence. The Hendrik Dahl family was noted for the exceptional hospitality. Gustaf Wilhem Belfrage, Swedish and Scotch was foremost entomologist of the time.
- "Notes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas," undated
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Peter Christian Asserson papers, circa 1881, 1944
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Biographical information on a Norwegian-born rear admiral and civil engineer in the United States Navy. He was an ensign in the navy during the Civil War, and as the senior member of the Corps of Engineers, 1872-1901, was in charge of building most major American dry docks. Includes an article by Kenneth O. Bjørk (n.d.).
Biographical information:
Born in Egersund, sailed as a youth in Norway, took courses in navigation, astronomy and engineering at Cooper Union in New York in preparation for service in the Union Navy at the onset of the Civil War. Served on the Florida as navigator and divisional officer. Following the war he raised four battleships, two frigates and a number of river boats. Placed in charge of the reconstruction of the navy yard in Norfolk in 1873. In 1885 he was sent to rebuild the navy yards in New York. Became known as a dry dock expert, retired in 1901, died in 1906. Children were William C. Asserson, Frederick A. Asserson, Henry R.Asserson, M. Alice Asserson, and two daughters who married W. B. Fletcher and William F. Spicer.
Contents- Clipping, Biography by Kenneth Bjørk published in Nordisk Tedende, March 23, 1944
- In English.
- Photocopy of application as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, circa 1881
- Approved as member in June 1882.
- Clipping, Biography by Kenneth Bjørk published in Nordisk Tedende, March 23, 1944