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Lewis O. Anderson essay, circa 1940
Papers of Lewis O. Anderson. Essay, "People's Revolution," written during World War II, discusses nationalism vs. internationalism.
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Lewis O. Anderson Article. "People's Revolution," discusses nationalism vs. internationalism. Three pages typed. -
Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness family papers, 1888-1975
Family papers of Lingah (Leirgat) Christine Anderson (1871-1954) who married Jens Anderson Ness (1863-1937) in 1902. He was born in Sogndal, Norway, and immigrated 1872. Lingah was a graduate of St Olaf College in 1894; and attended the Univ. of Kansas (1894-95) and Peabody Conservatory of Music (1987-98). She served as an instructor of music, German, and history for a time at Park Region Luther College In Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Jens Ness obtained degrees from Luther College (1890), and Johns Hopkins Univ. (Ph.D., 1901). He was a teacher of Latin, French, and Greek. A long-time faculty member at Wittenberg College (1904-1935). Collection comprises several folders of photographs; letters of reference for Lingah; diaries, clippings and family correspondence. -
Lorna Anderson papers, 1956-2000
Clippings, letters and outlines for a slide presentation entitled "Overland over Sea," a general view of immigration which features Anderson's great-great-grandparents who came from Kviteseid, Telemark in 1851, and to Fillmore County in 1854. Includes a reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980. See in St. Olaf Library, "Overland Family History with Roots in Telemark, Norway," by Audrey Overland and Lorna Anderson. 3 v., 1986.
Includes:- reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980.
- "Anderson/Holen Family Memoirs," dedicated to Helen and Manfred Anderson….Lorna Anderson, editor." Typescript. Sequel to "A Genealogical Record Compiled by Anders Anderson Myrum descendants," 1978. Pages 1-8: Helen Holen Anderson, "Growing up in South Dakota 1902-1912," Britton, Waverly Township. Mentions: threshing, cook car, prairie fires, and angel food cake and egg noodles. "Life in Louisburg, Minn." (pages 9-13). Mentions: swallowing a pumpkin seed and lodging in her windpipe. pranks. "Rural School teaching, Louisburg, Minn. 1918-1923." (pages 14-15). "Farm Life, Depression and Drought of the 1930s" (pages 16-21) with sub-chapters of "A Farm Wife's Typical Day During Threshing," "Fires," "Mail in the Good Old Days," and Orval (Rusty) Holen's "M.O. Horses."
- Papers. "Grass Roots Grow Deep," a book to be written by Lorna Anderson. 2000 years of stories, following the Eric Overland family--Halvor Erikson--Fillmore County." 221 pages, typescript.
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Mons Anderson clippings, 1974-1982
Data covering an immigrant from Valdres, who came to Milwaukee in 1848 and moved to La Crosse in 1851. He established his own business in 1856 and became known as "The Merchant Prince of La Crosse." The clippings consist of biographical notes and information about the house he purchased in 1865. There is also a description of a coin which he had had minted with his lion trademark on the obverse side.
Contains newspaper clippings on Mons Anderson and his home in La Crosse. -
Life story of Rasmus B. Anderson
Autobiography of Rasmus B. Anderson. -
Rasmus Bjørn Anderson papers, 1872-1918
Clippings, correspondence, genealogy, music, pamphlets, and photographs of a Wisconsin-born author, diplomat, editor, and educator. The clippings deal largely with Anderson controversies. Anderson was professor of Norwegian at the University of Wisconsin, United States minister to Denmark, and editor of "Amerika" (1898-1922), Madison, Wisconsin.
Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936 at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison is over 16.8 cubic feet (65 archives boxes) and contains photographs, correspondence, and more.
See "Rasmus Bjørn Anderson: Pioneer Scholar," by Lloyd Hustvedt, NAHA, 1966. -
Jordahl letters, 1890-1950
Jordahl letters: Original letters transcribed by Ruth Jordahl Anderson Collection of letters that tells the story of two sisters, Ida and Martha Wangen, who married two brothers, Jens and Sivert Jordahl. -
Kittil Newhouse and Hans Wiliams family history, 2018
Includes pamphlet “Ruth’s Reminiscences: The Kittil Newhouse and Hans Williams families, Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin” by Ruth Newhouse Anderson. In this self-published volume, Gwen Newhouse Jones tells the stories gathered by Ruth Anderson, born into the Norwegian settlement located at Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin, about family stories on immigration to the United States that documents three generations. Included in this volume are stories, photographs, and pedigree chart. -
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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Thorvald Anderson letters, 1883-1927
Letters from family and friends to an emigrant from Stavanger who came to Menekaunee, Wisconsin, in 1884. He moved to Iron River, Michigan, in 1899 and from there to Chicago. His last address was Prosser, Washington. He was engaged in various enterprises, including lumbering and mining. A summarized account of the letters was prepared as well as an outline of Anderson's family history.