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• Beulah Folkedahl papers, 1949-1971

  Papers of a trained historian who spent her retirement years, 1960-1971, as curator of the NAHA Archives, organizing the collections and making available a great mass of historical material for further research. Volume 25 of "Norwegian-American Studies" is dedicated to her memory.
  
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  • Correspondence, tributes, photographs (1949-1971). Includes several photographs of Ms. Folkedahl working in NAHA.
  • "From the Archives," her working papers and typescripts for the section which appeared in the "Norwegian-American Studies" volumes (n.d.).
  • Reprints of articles written by Folkedahl for "The Wisconsin Magazine of History" (1952-1954).
  • Lindaas letters, translations of selections from materials in the Wisconsin Historical Society (1958-1960). Lindaas letters date range: 1858-1869.
• Anund and Sveinung Olsen Fetvedt America letters, 1868-1885

  Photocopies of letters written by two immigrant brothers to their family in Vinje, Telemark, Norway, beginning with an account of their 1868 journey from Norway and later recording their experiences as Minnesota farmers. The last letters are from Otter Tail County, Minnesota. A genealogical sketch prepared by a descendant of Anund is included. The letters were turned over to F. A. Fedtvedt, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, July 1970, by Margit Fetvedt, Vinge, Telemark, Norway. Letters were received by NAHA 20 November 1970. Subject to recall by Margit Fetvedt, but not likely that such recall will be made. (From notes left by Beulah Folkedahl.)
• Herman Oskar Henrikson papers, 1967

  Two biographical sketches by a Norwegian-born Lutheran pastor, and his working papers for them. Includes: iographical sketches and working papers: Anders Emil Fridricksen (1810-1882), The first Norwegian Lutheran pastor in Portland, Oregon, 1871-1882 (1967); Gunder Herlofsen, an early Norwegian settler in Kansas (1967). Included is a photograph of Hendrikson.
• Christian Fredrik Midelfort papers, 1970-1982

  Non-Migration and Migration in Twenty-five Hundred Families, by a physician at the Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin. A statement in the preface reads: "One of the purposes of this study...is to throw light on the non-migratory families, their physical and mental illnesses." The study is based on clinical histories of patients seen by the writer over a twenty-year period (1950-1970). The patients come from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Dr. Midelfort is the author of The Family in Psychotherapy, New York, 1957. Norwegian Families is an offprint from Etnicity and Family Therapy, 1982.
• Carlo A. Sperati biography, 1970

  Biographical sketch by Barbara L. Bauman, prepared for a course in Music Education by a public school teacher in Edina, Minnesota. It contains a bibliography. Sperati, an ordained minister, came in 1905 to Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where he stayed for the rest of his life. He had a distinguished career as a teacher of music, band director, choral director, and promoter of musical interest in the church and in the nation, as well as at Luther College.
• Franklin Petersen papers, 1900-1911

  Manuscripts of sea stories and poems by a Norwegian-born New York City editor, poet, and railroad employee. Petersen was editor of "Nordisk Tidende" (1907-1911), founder of "Det nye Norge" in 1911, and contributor to "Norgesposten." He was author of two collections of poems: "Ensomme frivagtsstunde" (1900) and "Siv i strommen (1907).
  
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  • Kallebas' første feise tilsjøs" published in "Decorah Posten" (1938).
  • "Farlige skibskamerater" published in "Skandinaven" (1938).
  • "Episoder fra de hvite seilsdage" (n.d.).
• Carl Martin Roan papers, 1880-1907

  The Immigrant Wagon, typescript of a family history written by a Minneapolis physician about which he states in the introduction: "A commonplace narrative of pioneer events interwoven with contemporary data" The narrative is chiefly the story of his immigrant parents. Roan's father, Ole Roen Johnson (1825-1903) came from Hedalen, South Valdres, Norway, to Grant County, Wisconsin in 1852; Roan's mother, Beret Eggen (1932-1907) came from Tolgen, Trondhjem/Trondheim diocese, Norway, to Southern Wisconsin in 1853. After their marriage they moved to Minnesota. In 1855 they settled in Bergen Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, where they lived for thirty years. In the 1880s they moved to Todd County, Minnesota, some twenty miles from Alexandria, Minnesota.
• Storm Bull papers, 1894-1907

  A copybook of letters written by Storm Bull, a Norwegian-born, Swiss-educated engineer, who came to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1879, where his uncle, the violinist Ole Bull, had lived earlier. Storm Bull, a member of the engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin, served on the city council and was for a time mayor of Madison. The letters deal with University affairs. The file also contains four obituary notices.
• Richard Canuteson papers, 1974

  A letter, a photograph, and clippings concerning the erection of a marker at Kendall, New York, commemorating the "Slooper Settlement" there following the arrival of Norwegian immigrants on the sloop "Restauration" in 1825. Several other clippings on Kendall are included, including "Township of Kendall," an excerpt from "Historic Sites in Orleans County, New York." Canuteson wrote several articles on the Kendall settlement which were printed in "Norwegian-Amercan Studies," volumes 18, 25, and 27 (1954, 1972, 1977).
• Lutheran Historical Conference newsletter, 1966-1973

  An incomplete file of a typescript newsletter distributed by the Lutheran Historical Conference organized in 1962 at Chicago, Illinois, to provide cooperation among persons concerned with the research, documentation, and preservation of resources relevant to Lutheranism in America.