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Evelyn McCormik article, 1997
In 1880 nearly 1,000 Norwegians left from Drammen on the "Beta" and the Musca" as indentured laborers to work on sugar plantations. Some later returned to Norway, others went to Eureka and the surrounding Humboldt county in California. The author tells about some of these latter people: Andreas Pederson family; Nicholai Johnson and his sons; Jon Jakob Anderson; Gustav Waldner; Edward Olsen; Gus Christopherson; Julius Jacobsen.
"Nordics on the North Coast; many sailed abourad the Beta and the Musca." Privately published, 1997; Bibliography: pp. 46-47. See Kenneth O. Bjork, West of the great divide (NAHA, 1958). -
Ruth Lima McMahon papers, 1866-1976
Correspondence, articles, clippings, and accounts concerning the settlement of Griggs County, Dakota Territory (1881), and pioneer life there. Letters written by Mrs. McMahon's parents, Ole Lima (1860-1931) and his wife Martha (1868-1900), make up the bulk of the collection. Translations of most of the letters and accounts are by Mrs. McMahon.
Includes:- Correspondence and Explanatory lists, 1976
- Article about Rølvaag. Clipping from "The Dakota Scientist" titled "Program Includes Tribute to Rølvaag" (student publication of the North Dakota State School of Science, Nov. 20, 1931)
- "Ole Lima Story," by Ole Lima and Ruth McMahon (9 pg. Typescript), 1929
- Ole and Martha Lima letters, 1866-1927
- Andreas and Ane Lima Vatne letters, etc, 1886-1939
- Ole H. Westley accounts and letters, Westley Church History, 1881-1976
- Greetings [from North Dakota] to David and Gunhild Lima, Golden Wedding in Norway, 1905'
- Clippings from Cooperstown, N.D., newspaper, 1975-1976
- "Ættetavler for Ruth Lima" by S. Arneson (Dec. 4, 1928. 2 v. *32, 26 p.)
- Stavanger Settlement, Griggs County, North Dakota. Includes: "The Elling (Johnson) Froiland Story" (1928); "Our Family in North Dakota [Story of Endre Aarestad family] by Mrs. Lorraine Barr (n.d.); "Betuel Herigstad's Story of the Stavanger Settlement in Griggs County, Dakota, 1881) (1928)
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Mikkel Mehus letter, 1883
Photocopy of an letter (Dec. 18, 1883) written at Newburgh, North Dakota, dealing mainly with the drinking problem among Norwegian settlers.
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Mikkel Mehus Letter. Obituary clipping. -
O. Myking Mehus clippings, 1931-1977
Typescript of a speech by O. Myking Mehus and clippings about him. He is a graduate of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1916, and earned a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Dakota. He was President of the State College at Winona, Minnesota, 1939-1943, and was Chief of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Division, Veterans' Administration, St. Louis, Missouri, 1943-1963. He served as president of Hallinglaget, 1964-1969. In retirement, he became the owner of Old Shepherd's Book Shop in Branson, Missouri. See also P0236, about his father, Mikkel Mehus. -
Rasmus J. Meland papers, 1903-1959
Correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, and notes of a Lutheran clergyman. Much of the material concerns the activities of Nordfjordlag and related enterprises. He made early attempts to found a Norwegian-American archives. Included is a collection of anecdotes submitted to Meland by clergymen for "Pioner presters saga," a publication never realized. Among these anecdotes are reminiscences (7 typescript pages) by Mary Nelsen Wee (Mrs. M. O.) under the title "Church Union." Meland was the author of John J. Meland and Marie Brekke Genealogy (1959), co-author of "Norske settlementer og menigheter i Sherbourne, Benton og Mille Lacs Counties, Minnesota" (1903), and editor of several Nordfjordlag annuals.
Includes:- Book "Norske Settlementer of Menigheder i Sherburne, Benton, og Mille Lacs Countier, Minnesota" (1903)
- Manuscript material for "Fra Pioner Presternes Saga" (27 July 1928-25 June 1932)
- Correspondence and reports (8 December 1896-20 October 1923)
- Correspondence and reports (12 April 1924-1 March 1957).
- Correspondence regarding a Norwegian-American Archive (11 May 1912-5 May 1914)
- Correspondence with O. M. Norlie (1922-1958)
- Clippings (1902-1948, n.d.).
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Aasletten (Anderson) family history, 1980
The Aasletten (Anderson) Family From Øyer to America. 1798-1980. Volume I (Grand Forks, N.D.: self-published, 1980) bu Junie Mellby. 202-page unbound digital copy/printed. Story of Anders Jensen Nedremoen and Anne Jensdatter Kielgaard in the Øyer parish near Lillehammer in Oppland, Norway. They emigrated and died in Silver Lake, Iowa. -
Ole Anderson Mellby papers, 1972-1944
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman (pastor at New Richland, MN, 1872-1914): 1876-77 correspondence, receipts for money given to St. Olaf's School, signed by B.J. Muus; a biography of Mrs. Mellby by Carl A. Mellby, a son; the letters are by H. A. Preus (Sept. 29, 1872), U. V. Koren (July 31, 1903), Thina M Bjorn to Clara Schmidt (March 20, 1898), later Mrs. Carl A. Mellby.
Digital Collections:
Formal portrait of Carl A. Mellby, circa 1890
Formal portrait of Gisle Mellby, circa 1900
Formal portrait of Rev. O.A. Mellby, 1881 -
Gulbrand Mellem biography, 1923
Clippings and a 25-page typescript translation of an article that appeared in "Decorah-Posten," January 2, 1923, concerning Mellem, a Norwegian-born farmer in Worth County, Iowa. The sketch touches on subjects such as chinch bugs; logging in Missouri; slavery; caravan to Iowa from Rock Prairie, Wisconsin; Indian visits; purchase and sale of land; public service; and the slavery question in the church. Part of Mellem's land became the site for Northwood, Iowa. For a time he was considered the largest landowner in Iowa. The translation was done by Mrs. Brede Wamstad, a granddaughter.
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Gulbrand Mellem Article: Pioneer Life in North Iowa. Includes clippings. -
Emil Lauritz and Helle Margrethe Mengshel papers, 1908-1944
Helle Mengshoel (1863 [?]-1929), a daughter of Pastor Jonas Wessel Crøger, emigrated to Minneapolis about 1893. With her second husband, Emil Mengshoel (1866-1945), who emigrated in 1891, she published from 1903 to 1925 Gaa Paa, proclaimed to be the only Norwegian-American newspaper representing the Socialist party. The title changed to Folkets Røst in 1918. The collection consists of photocopies of letters to Norwegian Socialist leaders Christian Holterman Knudsen, Olaf Kringen, and Carl Jeppesen. One letter is from Helle Mengshoel's son A. O. Devold, an attorney who was a contributing editor to the newspaper and served in the Minnesota legislature. Also, a collection of clippings that treat both the Mengshoels, including obituaries. See "Emil Lauritz Mengshoel: A Norwegian-American Socialist," by Odd Steinem Granhus in Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, Oslo, 1986.
Includes: photocopies of 3 newspaper articles (1929, 1945); photocopies of letters (1908-1925) to the Norwegian Socialist leaders Christian Holtermann Knudsen (Mrs. Mengshoel wrote Knutsen) (1845-1929), Carl Jeppesen (1858-1930), and Olav Kringen (1867-1951). One letter from Mrs. Mengshoel's son A. O. Devold, an attorney who was a contributing editor to the newspaper and served in the Minnesota legislature. File also contains photocopy of article Seeks Senate Seat Through False Pretenses, submitted, printed, published, and circulated by A. O. Devold (ca. 1918?).
Clippings from Hansen collection. Includes: various newspaper articles (original and photocopy), all in Norwegian, except 1 in English, including obituaries of both E. L. and H. M. Mengshoel; an article by Carl Søyland; Personlige erindringer om Amerikas mest berømete humorist -- Mark Twain, by E.L. Mengshoel, Nordisk Tidende (Jul. 23, 1942); two articles (July 27, Oct. 8, 1930) from Minneapolis Daglig Tidende on a world language; an article on Devold from Tidens Tanker with a picture of Senator Olaf Devold (May 1921); several 1929 articles about Helle's father, Jonas Wessel Crøger (a pastor in the Church of Norway who attempted colonization in Brazil in the 1850s); clippings of poems by E. L. Mengshoel, including Under Poppeltræet (1930), Canto Omesso (1943) -- a canto on the Radio Curse to supplement Dante's Inferno -- Versenkt?, Sammarsnatt ve Mjøsa, En Wessel-episode, En Landflygtigs Hjemve; editorial cartoons from Gaa Paa! (Jan-May 1904); photocopied photograph (from newspaper?) of A. O. Devold. File also includes typed copy of Under poppeltreet with edits (6/17, 1930); handwritten note by Helle bewailing sudden disappearance of her son and his wife, and begging them to return or let her know where they are; photocopy of sections about Gaa Paa and Norske blade i Sioux City, Iowa -- which mentions E. L. Mengshoel -- from Norsk-amerikanernes festskrift 1914, ed. Jahs(?) B. Wist., Decorah, IA, Symra company. -
Ellenor Ranghild Merriken collection, 1999
Looking for Country: A Norwegian Immigrant's Alberta Memoir by Ellenor Ranghild Merriken, 1999.