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Fra Fjord til Prærien (2013). In1997, the authors inherited a small farm in Norway from their maternaluncle. In cleaning the home, they discovered many letters written by theirparents, Helmer and Elfrida Nord, Appam, North Dakota, from 1930 until1950. These letters, and addition to already known correspondence from1923-1929, comprise the book (transcribed, in Norwegian)
Country Ragamuffins: Reflections on a Midwestern Farm Childhood (Minneapolis, Minn., Two Harbors Press, 2013. Recounts life inDalton, Minnesota. Grandmother Galena Hilaria Hansel Bergerson(1898-1975) "was a significant influence on our childhood. This is the storyof a grandmother who passed along a deep appreciation of her Norwegiancultural heritage to the generations that followed." Short writings on avariety of topics: Depot Agent, Barn Chores, Don't pop the Clutch (learningto drive), Cooking and Baking from Scratch, Garden Produce and a BlueSpeckled Canner, Wringer Washer, Cleanliness is Next to Godliness,Allowance, "Put an Egg in Your Shoe and Beat it", Summer Evenings,Hunting and Fishing, High Card Deals, Radio Flyer Sleds, Flour Sack Dresses,Cod Liver Oil, Four of July Picnics, Halloween, Christmas on the Farm,Hardcover Friends [books], Visiting, 4-H Country Club, Rural School,Religious Influences, Endless Talking, and Grandma Galena's Recipe Box
Dolcye A. Johnson family (all photocopied items). Includes: funeral service of Dr.Arthur Edwin Hanson (1894-1966); obituary for Alfred Bernhard (Ben)Torgerson (1889-1967); obituary for Augusta Alfrida Torgerson (1890-1982);obituary for Clarence L. Torgerson (1891-1975); funeral services for AlbinLlewellyn Torgerson (1900-1987), Wallace Ben Torgerson (1926-1984),William J. Torgerson (1897-1973) with obituary; funeral service andobituary for Irwin Ellickson (1904-1997) and Sydney Ellickson (1911-1997),funeral service for Margie Ferrero (1913-2012); funeral service for Aaron M.Ellickson (1872-1961); and funeral service for Knut K. Olson (1868-1961)with story by H.G. Torgerson, "The Kittil Olson Saete Family"
Thor Hermanson Family: A Prairie Sketch (1950) by Christie Monson. In 1873, 11 coveredwagons carried the Berdahl, Brandvold, Hermanson, Jensen, Loftesness,Power, Torin and Wangsness families to new lives in Dakota Territory.Booklet contains family pedigree.
Transcript of Interview with Janise Timbeross. The interview took place at Mrs. Timbeross's hom in Kenyon, Minnesota. The interviewer was Barbra W. Sommer. It took place on May 26, 1999.
Copy of a book titled Kjære Sigrid: Letters to Sigrid H. (Børseth) Bordson- Immigrant to America 1914-1927 by Sandra Hendrickson and NAHA Newsletter. Also includes original letters.
Oral interview by Sandra Hendrickson with Ole Foss available online here.
