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  Kristofer Janson papers, 1876-1964

  Biography/History: 
  Kristofer Nagel Janson (May 4, 1841 – November 17, 1917) was a Norwegian poet, author and Unitarian clergyman. Born in Bergen Norway, Janson is commonly recognized as the founder of the Norwegian Unitarian Church. After being ordained in Chicago, Janson moved to Minneapolis (1881-1893) to serve as a minister. He organized several Unitarian congregations, including one in Hanska, Minnesota, and wrote several novels about his countrymen. Janson returned to Norway in 1893 and introduced Unitarianism to Norway, whereafter the Norwegian Unitarian Church (Norwegian: Unitarforbundet Bét Dávid) was established in 1895.

  Scope and Content: 
  Papers of a Norwegian author and Unitarian clergyman: clippings, correspondence, photos, bibliographies, and pamphlets.

  
  
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  Kristofer N. Janson and family, 1880
  
  Location:1/B/2-1/B/3, 68B5
• Eva's journey: One Wisconsin women's will to prevail (1918-1954)

  The story of Eva Mildred Johnson who was born in 1909 to Gustav and Caroline Jouhnson in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. The story focuses on her life from 1919-1954. Written by Donald Jennerman.
• Amund Jensen stories, undated

  Jensen emigrated from Bye, Løiten, Norway, in 1881 and ran a business in West Duluth. The second story may be autobiographical.
  
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  Birgit (Larsen) Jensen papers, 1913-1980

  Clippings, correspondence, poems, pictures, notes, and souvenirs concerning a Chicago woman and her activities in Norwegian organizations in that city.
• Oral History

  Edgar H. Jensen interview, 1995 November 27

  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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Hanna Bugge Jensen papers, 1873-1956

  Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife at Highland Prairie, Minnesota: reminiscences; the congregation's formal request (Aug. 29, 1956) to the Norwegian Synod for a pastor; and her husband's first sermon in the parish. The reminiscences (5 manuscript leaves) include a description of the journey to America, the parsonage, living conditions, and parish activities. Manuscript sermon, July 24, 1859, 17 p. Nils Edward Schancke Jensen (Sept. 21, 1824-1874) emigrated 1859, was pastor at Rushford, 1859-69; Houston, Minn., 1869-73; Winona, Minn., 1860-73).
  
  Location:1/B/2
• Magny Landstad Jensen clippings, 1947-1978

  Copies of clippings about a Norwegian-born poet who came to the United States in 1926, living first in New Jersey and later in California. She has written for newspapers and periodicals and has published "Girdle Stones," 1975; "Wilding Ballads," 1976; and "No Love is Lost," 1977; "Cookbook of Norwegian Recipes," 1947. Some of the poems are based on Norwegian themes. She is a great-granddaughter of the Norwegian poet and hymnwriter M. B. Landstad.
• Oral History

  Scott Jensen interview, 1995 September 26

  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 AmericansToday,” Lovoll interviews Scott Jensen about being a Norwegian-American. At the time, Jensen was the Majority Leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
  
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  Scott Jensen is a politician and lobbyist from Wisconsin who has served as majority leader and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor’s degree in 1982 and from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government with a Master’s degree in public policy in 1984. He resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2006.
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  Bertram Jensenius papers, 1922-1973

  Papers of a Norwegian-American journalist and author, born in Madagascar of Norwegian missionary parents. At age nine or ten, he journeyed alone to a home for missionary children in Stavanger, Norway. He was educated in Norway, then lived in France for three years, after which he participated in a race across the Atlantic in 1922, which brought him to the United States. He settled finally in Chicago, where he engaged in various occupations. In 1958 he took over the Norwegian weekly newspaper "Viking" and renamed it "Vinland." He and his wife (Ingrid Hermanson) also ran the Vinland Travel Bureau. He was involved in the many Norwegian organizations in Chicago. He wrote articles, short stories, essays, and plays, and published four books: "Deilig er Jorden" (1948), "Calling on Eternity" (1956), "Misjonærens sønn" (1972), and "Misjonærbarna på Korsteig" (1973). The papers include a broad range of correspondence, articles, manuscripts, reviews, clippings, and information about the Norwegian-American community in Chicago.
  
• Alfred C. Jesness collection, circa 1886-circa 1922

  Afred Jesness was born in Sawn Lake Township, Stevens County, Minnesota on 1883 February 2. His parents, Ole and Berte Larson, immigrated from Hedemarken, Norway in 1872 and moved to Stevens County in 1875. They homesteaded adjacent to Ole's half brother. The two families shared a sod house that theybuilt on the property line between the two homesteads. Each family lived in the half of the house that was on their claim. The women shared a cast iron cooking stove located in the middle of the house. Ole built a frame house for his family while his brother continued to live in the sod house for several years. 
  
  In 1893 Ole changed his name to Ole Larson Jesness, taking the nae of the farm where is family lived in Norway. According to family lore, there were too many Ole Larsons and the mail got mixed up. The family lived in Stevens County until 1900 when Ole sold the farm and moved to Polk County near Fosston, Minnesota. The new owner was a widower with three daugthers. Alfred was interested in the oldest daughter of the new owner. He returned to Stevens County in 1901 to work on his older brothers farm When his brother, Ludvig, was killed in an accident in 1904, Alfred helped Ludvig's widow with the farm for another year and a half. during this time, he courted Clara, the daughter of the new owner of the farm where he grew up. 
  
  On 1907 July 3, Alfred Jesness and Clara Carlson married at teh farm where he had lived for 17 years. They moved to a farm near Fosston where Alfred's parents lived. Their oldest daughter, Lillian, was born there in 1909. Clara was not happy living in a house that was said to be haunted. Clara's father remarried shortly after he moved to Stevens County. In 1908, Clara's step mother died in childbirth. The next year, Alfred, Clara, and their baby moved back to Stevens County to live with her father, two sisters, and half sister. 
  
  Alfred worked on his father-in-laws farm for four years, and in 1913 bought the farm from him. He ended up wowning the farm where his father homestead. Five more children were born here: Phillip (1914), Dorothy (1917), Elmer (1921), and Ruth (1926). Alfred was the amateur photographer who took these family photographs.