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The Diary of Gilbert J. Gilbertson, in Archives of St. Ansgar, Iowa, Heritage Association, translated by Ervin Dietrich, circa 1975 annotated by Therkelsen, 2010. Sporadic diary entries from 1860 to 1912 with family events.
Formerly part of P539.
"Pennestrøg—Opplevelser," the reminiscences (150 pages) of an emigrant from Feda to Brooklyn in 1880. He had been a teacher and a sea captain in Norway; in Brooklyn he established himself as a ship chandler and shipbuilder. He was influential in the religious life of the community as a lay preacher and a Sunday School teacher. He was one of the founders of Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooklyn and also of the Norwegian Deaconess Hospital there.
The collection includes biographical notes and a summary of "Pennestrøg" in English. "My First Voyage as Skipper," is a translation of pages 60-66 of "Pennestrøg" by Gabriel Bernard Fedde, a grandson.
Gabriel Skjerpe autograph book (transferred Gustavus Adolphus College). Handwritten entries by fellow students, circa 1905, Norway, before Skjerpe immigrated and settled in Cooperstown, North Dakota.
Formerly part of P539.
A collection of articles, most them in the form of clippings, by a Wisconsin-born farmer at Norway Lake, Minnesota. According to his obituary he was much involved in community and religious affairs and wrote about pioneer days in "Decorah-Posten" under the name "Pionergutten." Stene was born near Rio, Wisconsin to emigrant parents who moved to Norway Lake in 1867. According to his obituary, "Gabriel was a very well-known man, very involved in community and religious affairs. He has written much about the pioneer days, among other things writings in "Decorah Posten" with the name "Pionergutten."
Contains "The life and work of Miss Pauline Fjelde: Minnesota weaver-embroideress, 1971. Copy of masters thesis from the University of Minnesota.
Contents information on her life, embroideries, flags, banners, domestic textiles, garments, weavings and selected memorabilia and photographs from Fjelde scrapbooks; biographical sketches of the designers of the tapestries.