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Clarence Tweet clipping, 1978
An article in the "Minneapolis Tribune Picture Section", November 26, 1978, about a retired Norwegian-American farmer in Reeder, North Dakota, who had donated his collection of 16,000 books and other materials to the local school library. He had been known as a "populist radical." -
Westergaard Foundation, Honnold Library records, 1969
A brochure and a list of books describing a collection of Nordic materials left to Pomona College, California, by Waldemar Westergaard, a teacher of history, first at Pomona College and later the University of California at Los Angeles. -
Lorna Anderson papers, 1956-2000
Clippings, letters and outlines for a slide presentation entitled "Overland over Sea," a general view of immigration which features Anderson's great-great-grandparents who came from Kviteseid, Telemark in 1851, and to Fillmore County in 1854. Includes a reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980. See in St. Olaf Library, "Overland Family History with Roots in Telemark, Norway," by Audrey Overland and Lorna Anderson. 3 v., 1986.
Includes:- reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980.
- "Anderson/Holen Family Memoirs," dedicated to Helen and Manfred Anderson….Lorna Anderson, editor." Typescript. Sequel to "A Genealogical Record Compiled by Anders Anderson Myrum descendants," 1978. Pages 1-8: Helen Holen Anderson, "Growing up in South Dakota 1902-1912," Britton, Waverly Township. Mentions: threshing, cook car, prairie fires, and angel food cake and egg noodles. "Life in Louisburg, Minn." (pages 9-13). Mentions: swallowing a pumpkin seed and lodging in her windpipe. pranks. "Rural School teaching, Louisburg, Minn. 1918-1923." (pages 14-15). "Farm Life, Depression and Drought of the 1930s" (pages 16-21) with sub-chapters of "A Farm Wife's Typical Day During Threshing," "Fires," "Mail in the Good Old Days," and Orval (Rusty) Holen's "M.O. Horses."
- Papers. "Grass Roots Grow Deep," a book to be written by Lorna Anderson. 2000 years of stories, following the Eric Overland family--Halvor Erikson--Fillmore County." 221 pages, typescript.
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Martha Ostenso papers, 1924-1980
Translations by Johan Tofteland (English to Norwegian), of fifteen poems from "A Far Land" by Ostenso, a Norwegian-American novelist, who wrote in the 1920s and 1930s; a collection of clippings (1924-1938); and Joan N. Buckley's Ph.D. dissertation on Ostenso, University of Iowa, 195 pages. For an article about Ostenso by Joan N. Buckley, see "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 28, 1979. O. E. Rvaag translated into Norwegian Ostenso's "The Story of a Pioneer of the Prairie, Einar Hoidale of Minnesota." The original and the translation are in the Rolvaag Papers, box 26, volume 17.
For additional information see, see Einar Hoidal collection, P 163.
Includes:- Translations, clippings, etc.
- Materials collected by Pauline Farseth, C.G.O. Hansen clippings. Includes "Martha Ostenso, Daughter of the Vikings," by Charles C. Baldwin (Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 20 pages., n.d.)
- "Martha Ostenso: A Critical Study of Her Novels," by Joan Naglestad Buckley. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Iowa. July, 1976. 195 p. typescript; "Slegten," (Oslo, 1927); "Wild Geese" (New York, 1925); "The Dark Dawn" (New York, 1926)
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Anton Beutlich papers, 1980
Biographical notes and other data about an immigrant from Stavanger who came to Chicago in 1887 and became a commercial portrait artist, working with other Chicago artists. Together with his wife, Emilie Pederen Beutlich, he exhibited at the Chicago Norske Klub. Also information about a relative Anna (Schiotz) Nygaard, who also exhibited at the Klub. -
Paul Hjelm-Hansen papers, 1868-1983
Papers mainly about a Norwegian lawyer and journalist who came to the United States in 1867 and became a primary publicist for the Red River Valley. He was associated with several Norwegian-American newspapers: "Frelandet og Emigranten" at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Minneapolis-based "Maanedstiden, Budstikken," and "Minnesota Skandinav."
In 1869 he was commissioned by the Minnesota Board of Immigration to travel in the Red River and write about the area. His reports were published in 13 issues of "Nordisk folkeblad" (Minneapolis) and they were credited with bringing Norwegians in great numbers to the Red River region. He died in Goodhue County, Minnesota, while spending the winter with his friend Doctor J. C. Grvold, and is buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Church cemetery at nearby Asplund.
In 1924 the Norwegian-Danish Press Association placed a memorial plaque, done by Paul Fjelde, in his honor in the Minnesota Historical Society building in St. Paul. Articles: "Om utvandringen til America og norske jordbrugeres onomike stilling," photostats of articles published in "Morgenbladet" (Oslo), May 25-June 27, 1866; "Til den kongelig norske regjerings department for det indre," June 20, 1868; "En Nordmand opdager Minnesota," which appeared first in "Nordisk Folkeblad," November 24, 1869, and was reprinted in Decorah Posten, September 25-October 2, 1942, including a supplement "Tre og sytti aar efter," by O. O. Enestvedt; print-outs from microfilm of articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," April 16, 1868, and August 9, September 1, 8, 22; eight articles published in "Minneapolis Tidende," April 25-June 13, 1926. Papers: A 20-page biographical-bibliographical appendix by Carleton C. Qualey, from his 1929 honors thesis at St. Olaf College, which includes a biographical introduction; summaries of 16 articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," 1868-1870; translations titled "From the Red River Country," August 11, 1869, and "Report...to the State Board of Immigration," February 2, 1870; and "Paul-Hjelm Hansen and the Campaign to Settle the Red River Valley," a paper by Tor Henning Ormseth, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Clippings: Random articles from American and Norwegian newspapers and periodicals about Hjelm-Hansen from 1907 to 1975. -
Endre Larsen Jaastad papers, 1923-1983
Letters to Margaret (Birkeland) Refsland and a manuscript on the church year, 20 p., written by an emigrant from Ullensvang, Hardanger, in 1869. He became a Lutheran minister serving a parish in Rushford, Minnesota, 1873-1920. Also, "History of the Rushford...Congregation and Autobiography of Rev. Endre L. Jaastad, 3/29/20," 49 typescript pages. -
Casper Bernhard Nervig papers, 1936-1940
Why did Anders Emigrate Only Thirteen Years Old? (39 p. tyepscript) and "The Great Snow Winter of 1880-1881" are accounts based on the experiences of Nervig's father, the Reverend Anders Johansen Nervig (1867-1951), who came to the United States in 1880 to live with his aunt and uncle on a homestead near Kerkoven, Minnesota. Casper Nervig was also a Lutheran minister.
Includes translation of articles Anders Nervig published in "Decorah Posten" (Dec. 22, 1936 & Oct. 22, 1940); photograph of A. Nervig and a clipping (1937) about him. -
Christian Fredrick Omang biography, 1975
Data in "Omansposten" about a Norwegian sailor who spent nine years at sea, much of the time sailing between San Francisco and the gold fields in the Sacramento River area. He returned to Hamar in 1865 and became an emigrant agent, first in Hamar and later in Christiania (now Oslo). -
Paul Paulson photographs, 1920-1942
Posters, photos, and clippings of a dance orchestra leader in Minneapolis. Paulson was also a member of the Norna Leikarring and of Nordkap Male Chorus. Paulson's parents were Ole and Johanna Paulson who emigrated from Selbu in 1907 and settled in Minneapolis, where they were active in the affairs of Selbulaget. Clippings in the file are from family papers.
Includes poster "WTCN and WDGY Radio Artists Latest Sound System Dance! Paul Paulsons Orchestra. Formally with Carl Danielson's Orchestra. The Band with that easy to dance to rhythm. Twin Cities favorites. Entertaining with Scandinavian old and new time music."; pamphlet "Sin" by Olaf Guldseth (n.d.); newsletter "My Father's Business" (Jan. 1942) with article by Clemens M. Granskou "The Mission of Christian Education"; pamphlet "He took God as His Lawyer" by Elizabeth Sisson. (n.d.)