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Marie Johnson Enochson autobiography, 1939
Typescript of an autobiographical sketch. The author recounts her memories of Aadalen, Norway, the journey (1868) to America, and life in the Wild Rice Community, Richland County, North Dakota, located in the Red River Valley. -
Ruth DeWitt pamphlet, 1976
Brochure entitled "Rural America Revisited, Town of Dunn Bicentennial Tour." A record of the landmarks and history of Dunn Township, Dane County, Wisconsin, prepared for the United States Bicentennial celebration. -
Tuve family papers, 1924-1982
Papers concerning the descendants of an immigrant family. Anton Tuve, the son of Gulbrand and Torbj Tuve, was President of Augustana College, Canton, South Dakota, 1892-1918. His four children, George, Merle, Rosemond, and Richard, all earned doctor's degrees in American universities and because of their distinguished careers in their respective fields were awarded honorary degrees at Commencement Excercises, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1961.
Includes: Clippings, letters and photographs regarding Anton Tuve, President of Augustana College, Canton, South Dakota, 1892-1918, and his four children, George, Merle, Rosemond, and Richard (1924-1982). A copy of "Families of the Five Tuve-Tuff-Tew Brothers" by George L. Tuve, Cleveland, Ohio, is in the St. Olaf Library: CS71.T85 1977 NAHA. -
Gerhard Hinrich Armauer Hansen articles, 1910-1967
Excerpt from the memoirs of a Norwegian physician who discovered the leprosy baccillus (leprosy has been called Hansen's Disease). The excerpt, Chapter 6 "Amerika" from his "Livserindringer og Betrangtninger," published in Kristiania by H. Aschehoug & Co., deals with Dr. Hansen's journey in 1887 to St. Paul to work with Dr. Edvard Bkmann and with travel in the Midwest. -
Seraf B. Holter pamphlet, 1968-1970
A pamphlet concerning the emigration of Seraf Holter's grandparents Christoffer Olson Holter (1827-1866) and Anna Holter (1827-1922) from Nannestad, Norway, in 1862 and their first years in America. They came on "Nordlyset" to Quebec, and went on to Koshkonong, Wisconsin; later to Fillmore County, Minnesota, and finally to Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The pamphlet included information about Nannestad and Rundalen, Voss. Two sons became Lutheran clergymen and editors: C. C. Holter (Seraf Holter's father) and K. C. Holter, who founded the K. C. Holter Publishing Company in Minneapolis. -
Clyde Johnson article, 1973
An issue of "Inland" from the Inland Steel Company of Chicago, containing an article entitled "Saturday Night on the St. Mary's," the story of a Great Lakes oreboat, captained by Clyde Johnson, whose father, Harold A. Johnson, was also a captain. -
Amandus Norman papers, 1884-1942
Papers of a Norwegian immigrant whose father homesteaded in Clay County, Minnesota. Amandus Norman was influenced by Kristoffer Janson and was trained for the ministry at Meadville Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. He served as Janson's successor at Nazareth Church in Minneapolis from 1893-1906, where he spent winters. During the same time period, summers were spent in Hanska, Minnesota, where, after 1906, he served the Unitarian congregation. He also spent some time as a journalist. -
Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1930-1988
Dr. Qualey, a graduate of St. Olaf College, was prominent in the affairs of the NAHA as writer, board member, and editor. After his retirement as Professor of history at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, he was associated with the Minnesota Historical Society, serving as editor of "The Immigration History Newsletter."
Includes:- Articles: "Pioneer Norwegian settlement in North Dakota" from "North Dakota Historical Quarterly" (1930); "Pioneer Norwegian settlement in Minnesota" from "Minnesota History Magazine" (1931); "The Fox River Norwegian Settlement" from "Illinois State Historical Society Quarterly Journal" (1934); "Pioneer Scandinavian settlement in Michigan" from "Michigan History Magazine" (1940); "Newer interpretations of American history to 1860" from "National Council for the Social Studies, Yearbook 17" (1946); "Territorial history: a bibliographical note" from "Minnesota History" (1947); "Recent scholarship and interpretations in American history" from "Social Education" (1951); "Immigration in American history" from "History Teachers' Club" (1963); "On being an ethnic historian" for Friends of the Library, Western Reserve Historical Society (1972); "Norwegians in the Upper Midwest: immigration and acculturation" for the Conference on Norwegian Influence in the Upper Midwest, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 22-24 May 1975; "Immigration to the United States since 1815" published in 1980, written for the Wuppertal Colloquium, West Germany, preparatory conference for the 1975 International Congress of Historical Sciences in San Francisco; "Racism, nativism and nationalism as factors in the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924" by Lillian Ray Bowman (1951) for a seminar in U.S. History taught by Qualey; "Ethnic studies and higher education" (1972). See also Qualey's article "A typical Norwegian settlement: Spring Grove, Minnesota" in "Norwegian American Studies and Records" volume 9, pages 54-66 (1936). NAHA published in 1938 his "Norwegian Settlement in the U.S.," for related material see P1000, Box 38.
- "An Academic Autobiography" (1986); copies of articles from the "Carleton Voice" (1970); clippings (1932-1988); Correspondence with NAHA (1960-1986); photograph of Qualey.
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Jeremias Rost Schefstad biography, 1974
Biography of a Norwegian-born violinist who emigrated from Norway in 1888 and came to Crookston, Minnesota, where he studied at a business school and worked as a clerk for the city. He continued study of the violin and spent the years 1894-1899 at the Leipzig Conservatory. He returned to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he spent the rest of his life as a teacher and concert artist. He had been invited by Gustav Mahler to become concertmaster of a New York orchestra, an invitation which he turned down. He contracted tuberculosis and died in Arizona at the age of 41. -
Reidar Stavseth articles, 1975
A series "I Midt-Vesten" which appeared in "Adresseavisen," a newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, featuring Norwegian-Americans and their achievements in the Midwest. Mr. Stavseth travelled in this area early in 1975 and wrote the articles becue of the interest in the sesquicentennial of Norwegian immigration to America.
Subjects are: Sønner av Norge; Rapid City, South Dakota; O. E. Rølvaag; Decorah, Iowa, Luther College, and the Norwegian American Museum (Vesterheim); St. Olaf College; Snoose Boulevard Festival (Minneapolis, 1973, 1975); The Norwegian American Historical Association (NAHA); South Dakota Farms; Wall Drug, South Dakota; Black Hills, South Dakota; The "bygdelag" movement.