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An article, letter by Erling N. Rolfsruf, and photographs (1925, 1957) relating to the Lutheran church for the deaf and the blind at Faribault, Minnesota. The article titled "The Scandinavian Influence in Minnesota" by Wesley Lauritsen, a teacher for forty years at the Minnesota School for the Deaf, stresses the contributions of the Norwegians.
An article that appeared in "Collier's" (May 11, 1956), titled "You Can Go Home Again," recounts his experiences on a visit to his native Velva, North Dakota, a "New York Times" obituary, July 10, 1992, and other clippings including sketch of his Norwegian background. Sevareid was CBS's chief Washington correspondent, an award-winning news interpreter, author, and lecturer.
Erick and Mari Erickson Borseth Family Pedigree Prepared by Sadie Lensch & Ruth Amundson, circa 1978. Erick Borseth emigrated from Trondheim, Norway in 1882; his wife and children the following year. Family settled in Calmar, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Biographical sketch of a Norwegian-American clergyman by his daughter, Sofie Ruste; "En Hilsen Hjem," a poem by Reverend Ruste; a letter from R. G. Ruste concerning the poem; a "folk song" by Anton Amundson; and a photograph of a log house believed to have been a parsonage of Olsen.