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Agnes M. Kittelsby papers, 1891-1940
Correspondence, a scrapbook, a biography and biographical notes and a diary of an Iowa-born teacher. Miss Kittelsby taught at St. Ansgar Seminary, Waldorf College, Augustana College, St. Olaf College, and Unity School, Honan, China. Much of the material deals with life at the schools she served. She also spelled her surname Kittelsby. -
Kjorstad family history, 1997
Kjorstad Family History (prepared for family reunion, August 9-10, 1997). Family of John Bryn Kjorstad (1872-1942) and Rena Skinde Kjorstad (1885-1968) and nine children. They farmed near Williston, North Dakota -
Eivind Klaveness papers, 1902-1947
A scrapbook, 10 volumes of correspondence (2,408 letters), 9 notebooks, and 43 pamphlets and addresses of a Norwegian-born physician, writer, and lecturer. Klaveness practiced in Brookings and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. He held many offices: president of Vestfoldlag, of the Minnesota Leif Eriksen Monument Association, of Scandinavian Republican State League of South Dakota, and was medical director of Sons of Norway and of the Surety Fund Life Company. He founded the Klaveness Corporation (investment bankers representing Klaveness Bank in Oslo); wrote two books, The Enchanted Islands (1939) and Norske læger i Amerika 1840-1942 (1943). He was a frequent radio and after dinner speaker; and was an equally frequent contributor of articles on medicine and politics to newspapers and journals. His correspondence with Richard Olsen Richards of the Richards Trust Company of Huron, South Dakota (3 volumes), reflects the story of that state's politics during the first three decades of the 20th century.
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Bernhardt J. Kleven thesis, 1930
A thesis submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, Master of Arts. August 1930. Bibliography: 2nd sequence of pages.
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Paul Knaplund papers 1924-1961
Offprint articles by and newspaper clippings about a distinguished historian, who emigrated from Bodo, Norway, in 1906. His desire for an education led him to the Red Wing Seminary, where he received the B. A. degree in 1913. From there he went to the University of Wisconsin, earning a Ph.D. in 1919. He began as a teacher at Wisconsin and eventually became chairman of the Department of History and was recognized as an authority on British History. His autobiography, Moorings Old and New: Entries in an Immigrant's Log, tells of his background. -
Marion Knapp papers, 1885-1924
Pamphlets and handwritten transcriptions of Norwegian verse which were family mementos from Norway. Also pictures and a letter regarding skiing for Asbjorn Knappen, 1924.
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Camilla Mogen Knatvod reminiscences, 1913-1975
Reminiscence about members of her family who came from Norway and settled in Wisconsin and later in Lake Preston, South Dakota, four pages typescript. Some genealogical charts for the Mogan, Oien, and Reitan families are included, as are obituary notices for and tributes to S. G. Mogen, the father of Ms. Knatvold. For a scrapbook containing articles by him, see Chicago Norwegian National League Papers, P 277, box 3.
Includes obituary notice and tributes to Sven (Samuel) Gundersen Mogen, the father of Mrs. Knatvold. S.G. Mogen wrote extensively for the Norwegian newspapers and for "Numedalslaget Aarbog," a few clippings are included here. -
Burt Knatvold collection, 1916-1930
Papers of a foreign sales representative for the American Gas Company of Albert Lea, advertisements for his company, travel routes in Norway, a folk high school annual report, and a petition protesting a proposed highway through the Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, area. Mrs. Knatvold's grandfather, Knut Olson Hastvedt, was a prominent citizen in the Blue Mounds area.
Includes Aarsmelding fraa Vestuppland Folkehøgskule (1906-1916); couple of "Norske Reiseruter" for Valdres and Sogn and the Bergen-Oslo Railway. -
Alf Lunder Knudsen dissertation, 1989
"The Norwegian Male Chorus Movement in America: A Study," a University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation which includes a bibliography and appendixes that list Norwegian singers associations, American-Scandinavian male choruses, and Sangerfest cities, directors, and officers. Includes a biographical questionnaire (1984) and a photograph of Knudsen. -
Knud Knudson papers, 1839-2002
Papers of a Norwegian-born blacksmith, farmer, and prospector consisting of a printed diary of Knudson's trip from Drammen to Detroit; a 17-page typescript translation of this diary by C. O. Solberg; and two letters by Solberg concerning Knudson and his emigrant party.- Diary and letters, 1839-1944
- Beulah Folkedahl papers, correspondence and manuscript, 1965-2002
- Includes Forrest Brown's letter to Derwood Johnson, synthesizing information on the family from "Norge I Texas," Naeseth's "Norwegian Immigrants," v. 1, and Folkedahl's research.