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Alfred B. Johnson letter, circa 1860
Letter by M. H. Messer, Onarga, Illinois, to Johnson regarding the Beaver Creek settlement in Iroquois County, Illinois. Johnson, an early settler in Chicago, was a lumber dealer and during the 1860s a member of the city board of supervisors.
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Andrew Johnson (Aasen) papers, 1847-1909
Mainly correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer in Wiota, La Fayette County, Wisconsin. The letters, written by relatives and friends from California, Iowa, Nevada, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, present a picture of the migration movement in its various aspects in both country and town. There are also letters by a student at Mount Horeb Academy (1895-1896).
Contents:- Reports and receipts, 1847-1895
- Commencement program for the State Normal School in Platteville, Wi., 1895.
- Correspondence, 1847-1895
- Correspondence, 1884-1909
- Reports and receipts, 1847-1895
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Bertha O.F. Johnson letters, 1874-1888
Letters to Bertha Fjeld from her mother, Oline Fjeld of Fåberg, Norway, after Bertha's emigration to Blair, Wisconsin, and a few from a sister. Many are from Karl Emil, her future husband, written from various towns where he worked as a railroad station agent. Karl Emil was also known as Charles E. Johnson. A final letter to him is addressed Zumbrota, Minnesota. Folder 1: Letters from Norway (1874-1886). Folder 2: Letters from Karl Emil (1875-1877). Folder 3: Miscellaneous letters. Includes vaccination certificate (1855). -
Bonnie E. Johnson article, 1992
An article entitled "Scandinavians in Montana: An Annotated Bibliography," which records books, journal articles, newspaper stories, oral histories, maps, unpublished materials, WPA interviews (1940-1942), and Scandinavian newspapers in Montana. The records are restricted to materials found in the libraries at the Montana Historical Society, the University of Montana, and the State University of Montana, and lists only sources in English. -
Charles A. Johnson legal document, 1926
Examination of Title for a piece of property, described as Lots 7 and 8 in M.N. Kimball's Subdivision in Section 26-40-13, Cook County, Illinois, prepared by Chicago Title and Trust Company. The record begins in 1841, the document is dated June 22nd, 1926. -
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. -
Emil Johnson papers, 1930-1934
Papers of an Erskine, Minnesota, farmer: personal documents, church records (Rodenes congregation), and local histories. Johnson was born at Rodenes, emigrated 1881 to Minneapolis, in 1883 settled Woodside township, Polk County, then in 1913 moved to Erskine.
Contents:- "Fra nybyggertiden ved Erskine, Minnesota, " January 10, 1930.
- "En pioneers erindringer, av Emil Johnson Skislet," in Minneapolis Tidende, February 23-26, 1931.
- "'13 Town' visen; en tur til de tretten townships, skrevet af Bergsvend Loe, Crookston, Minn., 8de Juni 1884," August 1932.
- "Fra nybyggersagaen; E.J. beretter om de 13 towns i ostlige Polk County, Minn.," January 11, 1934.
- "Fra nybyggersagaen...traek of Polk Countys og Crookstons historie," February 1, 19
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Peder and Mari Johnson family history, 2006
"From Husmann to Farmers: Norwegian Pioneers in Dakota Territory" by Eric C. Johnson follows the story of Peder Johnson and Mari Nielsdatter who were born at Nord-Fron, Gudbrandsdalen. They came to America in 1866-1867 and settled in Wisconsin, before moving to Dakota Territory in 1871 and settling in Abercrombie Township, Richland County. -
George (Guttorm Johnson Hovden) Johnson diary, 1863-1865
The Civil War Diary of a member of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, Company G, born in Sigdal, Norway, covering the years 1863-1865. Enlisted as George Johnson, 28 September 1861, he immediately became a Sergeant and later a Second Lieutenant. After the war he married Ragne Snersrud and lived on a farm near Ridgeway, Iowa. The diary was translated by Norma Johnson Jordahl and edited by O. M. Hovde in 1971. The original diary is in the Luther College Library at Decorah, Iowa. -
Gustav Elwood Johnson dissertation, 1940
"The Swedes of Chicago," a University of Chicago, Department of History, Ph.D. dissertation.