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• Clause Hanson Sether family history, 1958

  "History of the Clause Hanson Sether Family," telling the story of his father who emigrated from Vardalen, Trondelag, to Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868, and later moved to Jackson County, Minnesota.
  
  A pamphlet, "Early History of the Upper Midwest," compiled by Evelyn Wigen Watland is included (from "History of Jackson County")
• Cleng Peerson Memorial Institute papers, 1970-2013

  Reports describing the activities and collections of the Institute: Norseman's World-Wide Emigration Archives, in Stavanger, Norway. The institute was established in 1970.
• Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994

  Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act for Telief (1855), and Texas warranty deeds which Peerson signed as a witness, a biography by Rasmus B. Anderson, an article by Theodore C. Blegen, and pamphlets concerning the Bishop Hill colony. Peerson, the founder of the first Norwegian settlements in New York, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, spent his last years in Texas, and was buried there in Bosque County.
• Cleofas Christianson family history, 1948

  No description available.
• Clifford Larson biography, undated

  A biography of Peder Borderud (1818-1890), the author's grandfather, who settled with his family at Kindred, North Dakota, in 1871. Topics treated are the trek from St. Ansgar, Iowa, to the Red River Valley, purchase of land, beginnings of the new settlement and its institutions, and relations with the Indians. Borderud was born in 1819 in Grue, Solor, Hedmark. He died in 1890.
  
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  Clifford Larson Article. (n.d.)
• Cliford H. Swenson family history, undated

  Family history materials, primarily of Clifford H. Swensen, Jr.'s grandparents Harold Swensen and Oline Martinson (married Dec. 3, 1891). Swensen emigrated with his brother, Swen Navrude, from Reinli, Valdres, Norway in 1888. For a time he operated a shoe and harness shop in Clinton, Minnesota. Later moving to Kanabec County and remained until 1944. Includes photographic prints.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Clifton Junior College catalogue, 1896-1954

  Catalogues of a Lutheran school founded at Clifton, Texas, in 1896 as the Lutheran College; later, Clifton College, Clifton Junior College. Closed fall 1953, merging with Texas Lutheran College. Its building was later used by the Bosque County Conservatory of Fine Arts and Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home (founded Feb. 8, 1954).
• Clyde Johnson article, 1973

  An issue of "Inland" from the Inland Steel Company of Chicago, containing an article entitled "Saturday Night on the St. Mary's," the story of a Great Lakes oreboat, captained by Clyde Johnson, whose father, Harold A. Johnson, was also a captain.
• Coeur d'Alene Homes journal, 1935

  Journal of a home for the aged at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
• Colonel Bernt Balchen papers, 1906-2004

  Biographical material, articles, correspondence and photographs of an aviation pioneer and artist. Balchen was born in Tveit, Norway, 1899. Trained in the Norwegian Army and later volunteered for Finland's White Army. A top athlete, Balchen was a member of Norway's Olympic boxing team and set records in cross-country skiing and bicycling. He joined the Royal Norwegian Naval Air Force, graduating in 1921. Assisted in Amundsen attempted flight across the North Pole in the dirigible "Norge." Richard E. Byrd asked Balchen to join him in the United States as a test pilot in 1927. In 1948, he began a serious study of water color painting techniques and achieved critical acclaim for his works. Awarded the Air Force distinguished Service Medal (1956) and a special Congressional Medal for Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930). Enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame.