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Typescript of a speech delivered by a native of Slemmestad, Norway, at the annual convention of Landingslaget, Mayville, North Dakota, 9-10 July 1971. Also in the file is a covering letter from Mr. Sandaker to Clarence H. Tollefson.
Copies of articles by and about a Minneapolis, Minnesota, physician and writer, whose wide-ranging interests included religion and politics. The articles were copied from "Forskaren," a Swedish language journal, and mounted into a scrapbook. Dr. Teigen wrote for newspapers and medical journals. In 1905-06 he was editor of "Vikingen." Other articles have been added as well.
A Man to Watch the Mountains, by Marjorie Wagner published in "Frontier Times," June-July 1977, is the story of a Norwegian-born emigrant, who became a legendary hero of the West. His fame rests on the fact that he carried the mail across the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Placerville, California, to Genoa, Utah, often travelling on skis. In "West of the Great Divide" Dr. Kenneth Bjork devotes a chapter to "Snowshoe" Thompson. Other clippings and photographs are also included.
Copies of testimonials and clippings concerning Elling Tronnes, who emigrated from Norway in 1893. He established himself as a portrait painter in Chicago and was a curator for an art collector, Walter B. Gerlach.
Article about Anders Beer Wilse, a photographer, who was born in Flekkefjord, Norway, and educated at Horten Technical College. He emigrated to the United States and worked first as an engineer. He established himself as a photographer in Seattle, but returned to Kristiania in 1900 where he opened his own studio. The article deals with his career in Norway.
Ygdrasil, 1896-1971, a booklet prepared as a souvenir record for the 75th Anniversary of the Society in Madison, Wisconsin, and written by Olaf A. Hougen. The contents covers lists of members, a brief history, the constitution and by-laws, together with lists of officers, speakers, programs and papers by Ygdrasil members. One appendix lists the papers which have appeared in the publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. In addition, there are commemorative programs from 1917 and 1921; and clippings, 1921-1967.
Minute books and other papers of an organization which was organized "to bring Norwegian women of Norwegian descent into close union for mutual advantage and education, to encourage better civic conditions and to provide scholarships for worthy students of Norwegian descent." Among the achievements of the Federation was the saving of the Viking Ship and moving it from Jackson Park to Lincoln Park.
Papers of a Chicago woman, widow of the journalist and editor Reidar Rye Haugan. Mrs. Haugan was active in the Norwegian organizations in Chicago and was a leader in relief work for Norway during and after World War II. She was Secretary of the Chicago Working Center for Norway, a sewing and knitting group, 1944-45.
Among the interesting items in the papers are a letter from Johan Bojer to Reidar Rye Haugan, and one from Sigrid Undset to Mrs. Haugan regarding a speaking engagement in Chicago for Norwegian Relief.
The papers also include materials for Reidar Rye Haugan (1893-1972) wo was born in Trondheim and who came to the United States around 1920. After working for newspapers in North Dakota, he came to Chicago where he joined the editorial staff of "Skandinaven," and upon the death of N. A. Grevstad in 1940 became the editor-in-chief. "Skandinaven" suspended publication in 1941. Haugan, together with John Lindrup, then established the Chicago newspaper "Viking." That paper was succeeded by Bertram Jensenius' "Vinland" in 1958. In honor of his work as a journalist Haugan received the St. Olaf Medal from the King of Norway.