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Aksel H. Holter papers, circa 1925
The Influence of Norway in Promoting Skiing in America and "Norwegian National Sports and Their Influence in the U.S. and Canada: Written for the Norse American Centennial Celebration 1925 by A. H. Holter." Holter was a Norwegian-born merchant from Ashland, Wisconsin, and an organizer and officer of the National Ski Association of America.
Includes "The Influence of Norway in Promoting Skiing in America." Holter's article "Norwegian National Sports and Their Influence in the U.S. and Canada" covers skiing, skating, sailing, swimming, tennis, and football.
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Alan W. Freeland translation, 1986
"‘Hans'; a Translation of Hans Nielsen Hauge's Major Work ‘The World's Folly' Together with a Discussion of Its Impact on the Hauge Lutheran Church in Immigrant America." -
Albert and Clara Steen Norvold family history, undated
Volga, South Dakota By Susan Norvold Aho.
Formerly part of P539. -
Albert and Mathilda Hansen family history, undated
"The Descendants of Albert and Mathilda Hansen" Compiled by Betty and Erv Chell -
Albert H. Quie papers, 1862-1982
History/Biography:
Born in Wheeling Township, Minnesota, 1923. Quie graduated from Northfield High School and joined the US Navy during World War II. After returning home, he enrolled and graduated from St. Olaf College. Quie first ran as a write-in candidate for the House of Representatives in 1952 but lost. However, from 1955-78, he served the Minnesota Senate. In 1958 he ran for Congress after August Andresen died. He won and was elected until 1979 when he ran for governor. He ran against incumbent Rudy Perpich and was elected. He served one term and did not seek reelection.
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-American politician from Dennison, Minnesota, who served in the Minnesota Senate, 1954-1958, as Congressman from the Minnesota First District, 1958-1978, and as Governor of Minnesota, 1978-1982. Papers include:- Speeches, etc. and Photos
- 'Quie's Quest for a Cane"
- "Gov. Al Quie Scandinavia Today. Metrodome Welcome, September 11, 1982"
- "Gov. Al Quie Farewell Address" (1982); statement concerning political career
- Photographs of Quie in office
- Family photographs
- Book "Politics with Integrity. Al Quie of Minnesota," by Wilfred Bockelman, foreword by Gerald R. Ford.
- Family History
- Nette and Albert Quie tree
- "Slekt-historie, 1638-1962" by O.K. Opsahl (26 p.) and translation
- Finseth, Brandvold, Ulsaker, Tryhus family tree, by Knute A. Finseth, 1933
- Rice County History excerpt; Flaa, Norway, history (photocopy)
- In library, Nancy Vaiden and Gretchen Quie's "The Seeds have Blown: Quie Family History. A supplement to "From Lantern to Yard light."
- Ole Quie. "Freds-Rosten" (1890, 1896) and "Blikket paa Jesus" (1906)
- Albert K. Quie Memoir (1968, 12 p.) and letter concerning Nerstrand State Park, 1972.
- Legal Documents of Halvor Halvorson Quie.
- Lease, Truls H. Quie, 1873
- Warranty deed, 1862
- Satisfaction of mortgage, Christian Knutson, 1896
- Naturalization papers, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Certificate of change of name, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Lori Sturdevant, "Roots of state's ambition stem from Civil War. One notable vet dreamed of education for all kids. Does that goal endure?" (Star Tribune, March 31, 2013)
- Map and letters from Norway
- Includes map of home areas in Norway; translations of letters from O.K. Opsahl and Nils Gislerud in Norway; and copies of pictures from Norway.
- "In the Potter's Hand" autobiography by Gretchen Quie with Karen Matison Hess (Augsburg Publishing House, 1981)
- Jacobson Family History (109 p.). Jacob J., 1768-c. 1842; Anne (1776-1854) typescript.
- Al Quie Day, Proclamation by the State of Minnesota, 2022
- Speeches, etc. and Photos
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Albert M. Bolstad family history, 1986
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Albert M. Holmquist papers, 1926-1960
Papers of a professor of biology at St. Olaf College, consisting of articles and pamphlets dealing with the history of Rice County, Minnesota, and scientific subjects.
Includes:- Articles and pamphlets
- Scrapbook diary written during summer abroad visiting relatives and ancestral scenes in Norway and Sweden in 1927 by Albert and Elsie Holmquist.
- "Studies in Arthropod Hibernation," by A.M. Holmquist, 1926
- "Studies in Arthropod Hibernation. II. The Hibernation of the Ant, "Formica ulkei" Emery," by A.M. Holmquist, 1928
- "Notes on the Life History and Habits of the Mound-Building Ant, "Formica Ulkei" Emery," by A.M. Holmquist, 1928
- "Rice County Historical Sites in Pictures," by A.M. Holmquist, 1956
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Albert O. Barton papers, 1916-1940
A journalist, author, and public official, Barton wrote extensively about early Wisconsin pioneers, often in his column in the Madison Capital Times. Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925).
Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925). Added Dec. 15, 2015: The Beginnings of the Norwegian Press in America (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916) -
Albertine Johnson cassettes, 1977-1978
Interviews with a Norwegian emigrant from Arnøy, in northern Norway, in 1917 to Duluth, Minnesota. She was cited by King Haakon VII in 1946 for her contributions to Norwegian work after World War II. The contents of each cassette is on the label. The interviews cover life in Norway, emigration, immigrant life in Duluth, and family history. A family history, by her son Rudolph Johnson, partly based on these interviews, was published in Nord Norge, June, 1994. A photocopy of the article is included. A more complete family history entitled "North Norway Ancestry," by Rudolph Johnson, third edition, 1986, is in the Family History Collection, P 539, box 26. -
Albion Academy papers, 1901-1918
Articles, correspondence, catalogs, and reports of a secondary school at Albion, Wisconsin, founded in 1854 by the Seventh Day Baptist Church and operated by Norwegian Lutheran congregations in the area from 1901 to 1918. From 1901 to 1906 operated under the name H.A. Preus Lutheran Academy. In June 1906 adopted the name Albion Academy.
See D.G. Ristad papers for further information.