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Papers dealing with a camp (first at Eckbo School near Lake Mjøsa, from 1978 at Sandane, Nordfjord) offering "five weeks of total immersion in Norwegian language and culture" sponsored by the Norwegian-American Cultural Institute, accredited by Augsburg College (Minneapolis) and the Minnesota State Department of Education. Correspondence, reports, minutes, newsletters, lists of members and officers, etc. Donated by Marion Nelson and Christian K. Shjervold. Includes copy of By-laws
Copy of a clipping from "Østlendingen" (November 9, 1969) about Peer Gulbrandsen, a Norwegian-born artist in the Chicago area. Also, notes of an interview with him conducted by Rolf Erickson in 1976.
Genealogical information, a photograph, and clippings describing the work of a Norwegian American who was the chief engineer for the Ford Motor Company and the designer of the Willow Run bomber plant near Detroit, Michigan.
Clippings and letters concerning the needlework artistry of a Norwegian-born housewife who emigrated in 1906 and who lived in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1939 some of her work was exhibited on the occasion of the visit of Crown Prince and Princess of Norway.
A biographical sketch of Hoie, and photographs and descriptions of paintings done by a Norwegian-born artist who emigrated to the United States in 1924. Hoie served in the 99th Infantry of the United States Army in World War II, a battalion composed of Norwegian nationals and U.S. citizens of Norwegian background. Hoie's work has been shown in different museums in the United States. There is a permanent collection of his works at the Brooklyn Museum.
Includes contact sheets (photocopies of photos and artwork) of 99th Infantry Battalion of the U.S. Army in World War II.
Clippings, correspondence, poems, pictures, notes, and souvenirs concerning a Chicago woman and her activities in Norwegian organizations in that city.
Biographical information about a Norwegian-American woman who grew up in the home of her immigrant grandparents, Peter (1848-1936) and Martha Petersen (1854-1951), at Manistee, Michigan. Includes notes, clippings, and photographs.
Minutes, yearbook, membership lists, and correspondence of a technical society organized in Chicago in 1922. Similar societies were later organized: the Norwegian Engineering Society of New York in 1925 (later, Society of Norwegian American Engineers); and the Norwegian-American Technical Society in 1927. N.B.: The book by Dr. Kenneth Bjork, "Saga in Steel and Concrete" and the publication files of NAHA give a great deal of information about these technical societies.
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.