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• Norwegian parchment, 1553

  A legal verdict from June 1553 written on sheepskin, the verdict decided legal ownership of a large estate between contestants Erik Bollsen and heiress Margaret Nilsdatter. The Oslo Courthouse jury found in favor of Bollsen, and each of the twelve jurors placed his seal in beeswax. All but one remains affixed to the parchment. 
  
  This parchment eventually landed in the hands of Axel T. Lindholm from Stillwater, Minnesota.
• Norwegian-American Technical Society papers, 1929-1983

  NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY. NORTHWEST BRANCH, MINNEAPOLIS. PAPERS, 1929 - 1983. Materials about a group founded in 1929 as a branch of the Norwegian American Technical Society (with other branches in Chicago, New York, Detroit). For related materials see these collections: Chicago Norwegian American Technical Society. Papers, P 882; Society of Norwegian American Engineers, New York. Papers, P 969.
• Magne Hatlevik interview, 1998 September 28

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Roy Harrisville interview, 1998 September 28

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Tor and Sunny Hansen interview, 1995 May 5

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Charles Haga interview, 2005 April 5

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Pete Gronlie interview, 1998 October 3, 1998 November 14

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Hoover Grimsby interview, 1998 December 16

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
• Else and Bjarne Grindem interview, 1999 May 25

  Part of a series of interviews captured by David C. Mauk's publication, "Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities."
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  Ivar and Hulda Aas/Aus family papers, 1938-2021

  Biography/History:
  Records of the Ivar and Hulda Aas/Aus family. Includes information on Ivar, Hulda, and children Hans and Berit. Ivar Asbjørn Aas (1906-1993) was born in Ski, Norway, on December 2, 1906. He married Hulda Unhjem in 1938. Hulda was born in Ørsta, Norway, on December 20, 1909. They had two children, Hans Magnus Aas who was born in Ørsta on March 14, 1941, and Berit Marie Aas, who was born in Mysen on March 6, 1947.

  In 1947, the family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, where Ivar was an associate pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church. In the 1950s, the family moved from Brooklyn to settle in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For many years, Ivar Aus was the pastor at the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Mindekirken) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

  Ivar Asbjørn Aas
  Name change to Ivar Asbjørn Aus at the time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County, New York.

  Born: Ski, Norway, 12/2/06

  Education: Hamarkatedralskole, University of Oslo, Menighetsfakultet, Union Theological Seminary

  Employment: Norway: Santal Misjon Norway, State Church

  of Norway; United States: Trinity Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, New York, Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Mindekirken,) Minneapolis, Minnesota; Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran, Edina, Minnesota; Central Lutheran, Minneapolis; Nile Nursing Home, Minneapolis.

  Death: September 26, 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Interment Central Lutheran Columbarium, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Hulda Unhjem Aas
  Name change to Hulda Unhjem Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County, New York

  Born: Ørsta, Norway, December 20, 1909

  Education: Ørsta skole, Volda middleskole, Volda gymnas, Ullevål sykepleskole

  Employment: Norway: Ørstabruk, Ullevål Skyehus; United States: none

  Death: March 3, 1999

  Interment: Central Lutheran Columbarium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Hans Magnus Aas
  Name change to Hans Magnus Aus at time of Naturalization to United States Citizenship, December 18, 1956, Kings County, New York

  Born in Ørsta, Norway, 3/14/41

  Education: Public School 102 Brooklyn, New York, Fort Hamilton High School Brooklyn, New York, University of Minnesota, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona.

  Employment: Newspaper boy, Brooklyn Eagle, University of Minnesota student employment, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, University of Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado, Max Planck Institute, Goettingen, Germany, University of Wuerzburg Germany.

  Death: May 26, 2018, Karman, Cyprus

  Buried: Karman, Cyprus

  Scope and Content:
  Collection of personal family papers for the Aas/Aus family. Contains photographs, correspondence, film, notebooks, cookbooks, and other records.