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The file contains poems, correspondence, stories, and articles by Selnes, and biographical information about him. Of five collections of poems and stories, "Vestlandstoner" (1918) was the only work to be published in the United States. He contracted tuberculosis and spent some time in a sanatorium in Portland, Oregon. He returned to Norway in 1920 where he remained. See "En Amerikareise, med nedtegnelser av J. A. N. Selnes fra hans reise i 1906 og hjemturen i 1920", by Bjarne J. M. Selnes, Oslo, 1998, in the NAHA books collection.
Copies of family records from Norway consisting of vaccination, 1852, Lysaker (Akers-hus), apprenticeship (1871), conscription, and contract papers (1871) for Hans Christian Johannesen Schen, and a testimonial (1869) for Karen Olsen, who later married Hans Schen. Included are some John A. Miller (1856-) papers. His daughter became Dagny Miller Skoien. The translations are by Helen Fletre.
Reports and miscellaneous papers of an organization serving seamen from all countries who come to the Port of Chicago. Interested Chicagoans of Norwegian descent have been prominent in the administration of the Center. Papers include general information, charter and by-laws, reports, board minutes, and correspondence.
A letter to an employee by a Norwegian-American businessman while on a world cruise. Enger founded the Enger and Olson Furniture Company in Duluth and donated land for the Enger golf course and the Enger Tower. A park was also named in his honor.
Photos and slides of paintings and a biography of an emigrant from Fana near Bergen, who came to Milwaukee in 1910, and moved to Chicago in 1924. He became noted for his "Norwegian house" in Chicago which he had decorated in Norwegian style.
Poems by O. S. Sneve, Fredrik Lhen and by Ben Blessum; letters (H.H. Aaker, F.L. Trsdal, B.B. Haugan) and clippings about a "Prohibition Park" near Twin Valley Minnesota (later called Heiberg Park), which had been established by Heiberg, a flour mill operator and an ardent Prohibitionist; and "The Slettebak Saga." A daughter in the Slettebak family, Augusta Ann, married J. F. Heiberg.