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• Scandinavian American Fraternity papers, 1905-1969

  Official organization of a fraternal benefit society, founded in 1896 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which in 1970 merged with Bankers Mutual Life Insurance Company of Freeport, Illinois. The publication was issued bi-monthly. According to a "Synopsis of history of our order" in the 1930 convention program, the Independent Scandinavian Workingmen's Association was originally started in Chicago in the 80s. In 1889 a branch was started in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as "Norden no.8"; a disagreement with the Chicago lodge led to separation on March 2nd, 1893; the same year a branch was begun in Hayward, Wisconsin.
  
  The society was incorporated in Wisconsin and licensed to do business in Minnesota, North Dakota and Illinois. A journal was issued monthly beginning September 1901. Originally in Norwegian and called "Maanedlig I.S.W.A. Journal; officielt journal for Den Uafhngige Skandinaviske Arbeiderforening," it switched to English in 1918 and was called "Scandinavian American Fraternity Journal." For information about the Fraternity, see Jørn Brøndal's Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics (NAHA, 2004), p. 58 - 65.
  
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  Periodicals. Includes issues of the journal from: January, April, July, December 1908; July, August 1909; February, May, August 1910; June, November 1911; March 1915; February, August, September 1918; 1 pg from a 1919 issue; September 1926 (25th anniversary number); March, April 1928; March, May, August, September 1938; May, July, October 1939; August 1942; March, April, July, August, September, October, November 1943; July 1946; March, April 1953; January 1965 through December 1969.

  
  Clippings. Includes clippings (mainly from the Minneapolis Tidende) August 1905 - January 1954; a program for a convention (1921); pages from the program for a convention which include lists of officers and delegates, presidents, and the conventions held 1894 - 1927 (1930).

• Peter Julius Rosendahl cartoons, 1918-1980

  Bound copies of the first and second compilations of "Han Ola og Han Per," the only continuous Norwegian cartoon published in America. The series appeared in Decorah Posten, 1918 - 1942, with re-runs until the paper was discontinued in 1972. The compilations were transferred to St. Olaf library for cataloging in 1997, a duplicate copy of the second is included here. The creator of the cartoon was a farmer near Spring Grove, Minnesota, the son of immigrant parents from Norway. His brother Carl Otto Rosendahl was a distinguished botanist at the University of Minnesota. Also includes "Han Ola og Han Per: A Prairie Comic Strip," by Robert Bly, published in A Lake Superior Journal, v.1, no. 1, winter-spring 1975, "Selections from Han Ola og han Per" sponsored by Ye Olde Opera House, Inc., Spring Grove, Minnesota, 1980, 37 pages, poem "A cabin in the woods", 'Han Ola og han Per' published by Air Push hog Press, 1980, "Peter Julius Rosendahl" by John Wogsland, 17 p. typescript, newspaper clippings about Rosendahl.
• Hogan Ouren autobiography, 1907

  An account by an immigrant from Kristiania, Norway, who came to Quebec in 1853, covering his life up to 1907. He describes his experiences in Chicago and as a sailor on Lake Michigan journeys to Colorado and California settling in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1866, as a merchant-farmer and finally moving to California in 1905. 29 pages, typescript. Three different copies of the account are included in the file, one of which was published in Nebraska History in Summer 1977 and includes portraits of Ouren as well as several pages of explanatory notes. The account itself is also notable for the fact that it is originally written in English, rather than being translated from Norwegian.
• Claus Magnusen papers, 1952-1977

  Clippings, pictures, a pamphlet and copies of articles by a Norwegian-born writer who came from Bodø to New York as a young man and lived later in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Not much is known about him, but he was greatly interested in the Vikings and in music, about which he wrote extensively for the newspapers Nordisk Tidende and Western Viking.
• Ole Hanson papers, 1854-1872
  

  Certificates of bounty land grants and of land purchases in Dane County, Wisconsin, 1854 - 1855, made by Hans Hanson, and a citizenship statement issued to Ole Hanson in 1872.
• Ole Knutson Finseth papers, 1859-1895

  Certificates of bounty land grants, land purchases, warranty deeds for land which was acquired in Goodhue County, Minnesota, by members of the Finseth family, 1859 - 1891, and a diploma from the Goodhue County schools, 1895, for Marcus Finseth.
• Brager Cheese Company (Blanchardville, Wisconsin) record, 1887-1967

  Ledgers of a cheese factory which discontinued operations in 1961.
• Periodical collection, 1909-2010

  Alphabetized collection of periodicals from various organizations.
• Ruth Langland Holberg papers, 1900-1975

  Papers, photographs, and manuscripts belonging to Ruth Langland Holberg. Her grandfather was Knut Langeland, a prominent pioneer Norwegian-American journalist, who was the editor first of Nordlyset and later of the influential Chicago newspaper Skandinaven. Her other grandfather was Isak Nielsen, born Skien 1832, captain of Great Lakes boats.
  
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  • Pen and ink drawing, possibly an illustration for one of Ruth's books.
  • Photographs, Aunts. 4 portraits of Jeanette Nelson, Minnie Nelson Smith and daughter Lillian, Thea Dahle Langeland; studios include Bishop Bro, Minneapolis; Comber, Milwaukee; Hagendorff, Milwaukee; Voigt, Milwaukee.
  • Photographs, Lydia Nelson Eidemiller. 9 portraits of Lydia Nelson Eidemiller, her husband, and son Howard. Studios include Bishop Bro, Minneapolis; Wollensak, Milwaukee; Sutter, Milwaukee; A.N. Ovsans, Minneapolis; J.A. Brush, Minneapolis.
  • Photographs, Malinda Langland Brimble. 3 portraits. Studios include Wollensak, Milwaukee; Armstrong, Milwaukee.
  • Photographs, Benjamin Langland and James Langland. 4 portraits; newspaper clippings. Studios include Hugo Broich, Milwaukee; Max Platz, Chicago; Heartley, Chicago; L.M. Bell, Washington, D.C.
  • Photographs, Richard Holberg. 3 photographs and portraits. Studios include Guttenstein, Milwaukee; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, James T. White & Company, New York.
  • Photographs, Mildred Langland. 14 photographs and portraits. Studios include Armstrongs, Milwaukee; A.M. Opsans, Minneapolis; Thomas, Milwaukee; Sandor, Milwaukee; Krosse; A.E. Lange.
  • Photographs, Ruth Holberg. 21 photographs and portraits. Studios include Armstrongs, Milwaukee; Wollensak, Milwaukee; Peter A. Juley and Son, New York
  • Photographs, James Leroy Langland. 5 photographs and portraits. Studios include Armstrong, Milwaukee; Wollensak, Milwaukee. Also includes one "The Chiropody Record" newsletter, dedicated to the late editor, Mr. J. Leroy Langland.
  • Photographs, Ida Nelson Langland and her parents. 10 photographs and portraits. Studios include Armstrong, Milwaukee; La Tour, Chicago; Brouch, Milwaukee; Hagendorff, Milwaukee; Bishop Bro, Minneapolis.
  • Photographs, Knud Langland, his wife, and their home. 5 photographs and portraits. Studios include Armstrong, Milwaukee; Melander, Chicago; Hagendorff, Milwaukee.
  • Papers. Includes biographical notes with transcription, and a manuscript, "Musings." The notes also include a bibliography of the 40 children's books which were written by Mrs. Holberg.
  • Inventory of photos.
  • Photographs, Charles K. Langeland. 9 photos and portraits. Studios include Klein and Guttenstein, Milwaukee; Robinson and Roe, Chicago.
• Solstraala magazine, 1934-1938

  Solstraala was a handwritten magazine prepared for Bondeungdoms-laget in Chicago. This lag was also called Ungdomslaget "Norge." The journal consists of two bound volumes: October 1934 - April 1935, and May 1935 - October 1938. Both volumes were edited by Aasmund Rørvik. The articles copied into the volumes represent a great variety, some apparently are written by members, others are by Norwegian authors.