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• Doris Orton Greear letters, 1865-2012

  The Letters of Doris Orton Greear Reminiscences of pioneer days, Orton family history of Clay County, South Dakota.
• Doris Stensland collection, undated

  Includes the books written by Stensland The Music Man from Norway, Haul the Water Haul the Wood and Ole's Promise.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Dorothy C. Aslakson Pederson student paper, 1938-1967

  Grandpa's Biography was written by Pederson when she was ten years old; "One Hundred Years in America" was written as a student at St. Olaf College in 1947; a short story, "The Truth in Love," was awarded a prize in the 1967 Minnesota Amateur Writer's Contest; and, finally, "Moen History, 1847-1975." Two items in the file are papers prepared for the University without Walls, an adult education program sponsored by the University of Minnesota. The first examines the transition of the Norwegian language to English in the churches of the Pope County area, Minnesota; the second, "The Troll Church," is a short story.
• Dorothy D. Tode family history, 1987

  No description available.
• Dorothy Mina Olson family history, 1993

  No description available.
• Dorthea Dahl papers, 1912-1929

  Papers of a Norwegian-born author who came to America at the age of two. After 18 years in Day County, South Dakota, the family moved to Idaho. She wrote several books and a great number of short stories which were published in the Norwegian American press.
• Oral History

  Douglas Larson interview, 1995 September 21

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Terje Joranger interviews Douglas Lincoln Larson of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Douglas tells about his Norwegian ancestor, who settled in Door County and raised his family there. He also gives more background on his family history. They discuss Douglas’ occupation in the local newspaper business, his family’s complicated religious history, and the various Norwegian festivals and organizations in the area. Douglas talks about his feelings on his Norwegian heritage and what he views as quintessential Norwegian traits.
  
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  Larson, Douglas Lincoln (1926-2017)

  Douglas Lincoln “Doug” Larson was born February 10th, 1926, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to Lincoln and Mathilda Larson. He was the second of five children. After serving in World War II, Douglas earned a degree in English from Carroll College, and then spent 34 years working in the newspaper business in Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay. Douglas and his wife, Phyllis, raised four children together. Even after retirement, Douglas continued to write a nationally-syndicated column for the Green Bay Press Gazette, and was a member of the Sons of Norway. He passed away on April 1st, 2017, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at age 91.

• Dørum family history, 1996

  "Dørums from Oppdahl"
• Dr. Kent S. Knutson biography, 2014

  Biography of Dr. Kent S. Knutson (1924-1973) by Bishop Gerhard Knutson. Former president of Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, and president of American Lutheran Church.
• Dreng Bjornaraa clippings, 1919-1987

  Newspaper items and some correspondence collected by a Norwegian American who lived in Minneapolis and had a varied career as a journalist, educator, federal government officer, and public relations officer for U. S. Steel.
  
  The clippings cover his interests in Norwegian-American activities. He sat on a number of boards: Lutheran Brotherhood, Fairview Hospital, and St. Olaf College. Family clippings concerning Bjorgulv Bjornaraa (1878-1942, father of Dreng Bjornaraa); Thorwald Bjornaraa (1909-1985, Dreng's brother); Bud Bjornaraa (Dreng's nephew); Knut Helland (1880-1919); and Clarence C. Knudsen (1902-1987); Obituary of Dreng Bjornaraa; Correspondence of Bjorgulv Bjornaraa; Photograph of Dreng Bjornaraa at a NAHA banquet, 1919-1987; Correspondence of Dreng Bjornaraa, 1951-1981; Nordmanns Forbundet correspondence and clippings, 1951-1981; Norwegian American Sesquicentennial clippings, 1975; Bernhard Knudsen  correspondence and obituary, 1927-1945; Olav, King of Norway, clippings, 1975-1976; Vesterheim clippings, 1965-1976; and Norwegians in the U.S. clippings, 1951-1986.