https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/files/original/1c2f08a5b8ab6adb6b09667aa6ac9385.pdf 9fce8fceb40ceeb6d318a73f6fad3782 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finding aid to the Norwegian-American Singing Societies collection PDF Text Text Collection Name: Norwegian-American Singing Societies collection Collection Number: P0570 Extent: 9.6 cubic feet (24 archives boxes) Abstract: An umbrella collection for singing societies from all regions of the United States: constitutions, correspondence, histories, anniversaries, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, membership records, Norway tours, visiting choirs, programs, clippings, tributes, photos, and badges. 1 1904-1916. Includes: clippings and programs for the Norwegian Students' Choral Union, American Tour, 1905. Translation of pages 1 108-115, Northfield, MN, from booklet regarding tour (1906) 1904 1916 1 1 (loose) Harstad Mandskor (1913-1923). 2 Norkse Studenters Amerikakor 1923 1925 1923 1925 1 1 (loose) 10de Landssangerstevne Bergen 1926 Festskrift. 3 1926-1949. 1926 1926 1926 1949 1 4 Norske Studentersangforening Vestover igjen. Singing Boys of Norway, Ragnvald Bjarne, conducting. (Dec. 1951 5 to April 1952) 1939 1939 1951 1952 1 1 (loose) Oslo Haandverker Sangforenings Nordlandsfærd. June 1926 1926 1926 1 (loose) Oslo Haandverker Sangforenings Sangerorden (1891-1941). 1941 1941 1 (loose) SAS Male Chorus visit to the United States. Oct.- Nov. 1959. 1959 1959 1 1 (loose) Norske Solistkor. Pamphlets. 7 Norwegian Groups (1975-) 1960 1975 1960 1979 1 8 Danske Studentersangforening. 1911 1911 2 1 Norway Tour "Norsk-Amerikanske Sangere" 1923 1923 �2 2 Minneapolis Norway Chorus Norgeskor (loose volume) "Sangerfærden til Norge 1914, Norske Sangerforbund I Amerika," by Th. F. Hamann. Minneapolis, 1915. 304 p. (envelope of clippings) Includes: clippings about "Th. F. Hamann"; and his long article, "En tur paa sangens norske vinger i U.S." called et prægtig overblik over norsk madssangs historie i Amerika" ("Skandinaven," May 1, 1941) 1 General. (clippings) 1947 1947 1915 1915 1932 1893 1943 1962 2 Norsk Sangerforbund. (F.M. Christiansen, member) Danish-American Singing Groups. Including Elberg of Racine, 3 Wisconsin. United Scandinavian Singers. Includes: Programs & songbooks; World's Fair Singing Festival (1893); Third Biennial Musical Festival held at the Coliseum Hall, State University Grounds, Minneapolis, 4 MN (1891) Northwestern Scandinavian Singers Association. Includes programs, songbooks and souvenir of the Biennial Festival held at 5 various cities. (loose) Photo album "Fra Sangerfesten i Grand Forks. Juli 1904"; Sangerfest, Fargo, North Dakota, 1912; Norwegian-Danish Singers Association Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1908; Norwegian-Danish Singers Association Festival, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1910; North-Western Singers' Scandinavian Association Festival, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1902; Northwestern Scandinavian Singers Association, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1906; Nordvestlige Skandinaviske Sangerforbunds, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1906; Norske Sangerforbund i Amerikas, Fargo, North Dakota, 1912. Added Feb. 18, 2016: Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, St. Paul, 1924; Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, Sioux City, Iowa, 1922; Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, Winnipeg, Canada, 1928 (includes panoramic photograph). 1891 1953 1905 1921 1887 1893 1892 1912 1902 1928 4 Norwegian Singers Association of America. Includes clippings, photographs, music and programs of annual meetings 1912 1932 5 Norwegian Singers Association of America. Includes clippings, photographs, music and programs of annual meetings 1932 1996 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3B �6 1 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Nordmændenes Male Chorus. 1902 1932 6 2 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Norwegian Glee Club. 1929 1929 6 3 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Norse Male Chorus. 1929 1944 6 4 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Norwegian Glee Club 1930 1953 6 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Norwegian Glee Club. Includes: membership lists, outline of history of the Norwegian Glee Club of 5 Minneapolis; concert programs; and clippings 1941 1953 6 6 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Norwegian Glee Club Programs. 1912 1972 6 7 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Dovre Singing Society. 1906 1934 6 8 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Nordkap Singing Society. 1912 1979 6 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Odin Club (Swedish). Includes 9 program for a banquet to Victor Nilsson (1917) 1917 1939 6 10 (Minnesota Male Choruses). United Norwegian Male Chorus. 1929 1947 6 11 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Minneapolis Groups. 1902 1942 6 12 (Minnesota Male Choruses). St. Paul Groups. 1902 1923 6 (Minnesota Male Choruses). Duluth & Goodhue County Groups. Added April 15, 2010: Sanger Hilsen: Photographs and Recordings of the Normanna Male Choir of Duluth, MN (1940s-50s) and Viking Male Choir of Cloquet, MN (1978-87). 3 CDs, prepared by 13 Christopher Susag. CD containing numerous scanned photographs. 1896 1987 9 1 Norwegian Glee Club, Chicago. 1908 1956 9 1950 1950 9 8 8 8 2 Norwegian Women Singers' League of America. Other Chicago groups. Includes history of the Grieg Ladies Singing 3 Society (1915-1975) 1 Unsorted clippings. 2 Canadian Groups. 4 California Groups. 1888 1896 1912 1920 1975 1963 1932 1948 8 East Coast groups. Added folder 3A (March 1, 2010): Norwegian 3 Glee Club of Boston. Includes account book (1950-1997), 1920 1997 �8 membership lists, and programs. 5 Iowa groups. 1910 1941 8 6 Luren Singing Society, Decorah, Iowa. 1901 2000 8 8 7 Minnehaha, Mandskor, and other South Dakota groups. 8 North Dakota groups. 1901 1922 1989 1951 1870 1936 1930 1964 8 8 9 Pamphlets. Normanna Sangerkor, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Viroqua, Wisconsin. Fridtjof Mandskor, Milwaukee Norsemen Glee 10 Club, Other States (Nebraska, Michigan, Montana, Illinois (other than 11 Chicago) 12 Red River Valley. 1903 1894 1937 1941 8 13 Seattle Norwegian Men's Chorus. 1967 1967 8 8 10 1 Normennenes, Chicago. Constitution & early records. 1870 1932 10 2 Normennenes, Chicago. Correspondence. Folder 1. 1880 1900 10 3 Normennenes, Chicago. Correspondence. Folder 2. 1880 1900 10 5 Normennenes, Chicago. World War I, service record 1918 1918 10 6 Normennenes, Chicago. Norway Tours (1924, 1938, 1952, 1964) 1924 1964 10 4 Normennenes, Chicago. History (1920, 1945, 1951) 1920 1982 10 7 Normennenes, Chicago. Anniversaries. 1920 1955 10 8 Normennenes, Chicago. 60th-65th anniversaries. 1930 1935 10 9 Normennenes, Chicago. 70th anniversary. 1940 1940 1949 1960 1970 1970 1980 1983 10 10 10 10 Normennenes, Chicago. 75th-85th anniversary. (loose) Normennenes, Chicago. 100 anniversary. 11 Normennenes, Chicago. Newsletter. �(loose) Bjornson Ladies Club (3538 West Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Illinois). Originally named "Bjornson Male Chorus Ladies Club" then "Bjornson Singers Ladies Club." Intent of organization: to assist the Bjornson Male Chorus when needed. Includes minutes. 1925 1976 11A,11B, 11C,11E 11E,12A, 12B,12C, 13A,13B, 13C,13D Normennenes, Chicago. Music, Anniversary programs, photos, badges, clippings, items sold in 1979, minutes 1883 1979 Bjørgvin Singing Society, Chicago. Collected records. 1882 1971 Folio 2 United Scandinavian Singers of America scrapbook, 1887-1893. 1887 1893 Folio 1 Bjorgvin Choral Society. 4 large photographs of singers from 1932, 1962, 1963, and one with no date; attendance poster from 1973. 1932 1973 1932 1987 1910 1973 1935 1941 1955 1959 1883 1928 1870 1928 1884 1926 1909 1947 1973 1948 18 Oversize d 7 7 7 1B 11B 11C 12B 12C 12C Nina Grieg ladies singers. Account books: 1938-1966; records for Nina Grieg chorus: 1932-1987; scrapbook of clippings and programs, no date. Newspaper clippings and programs. Ladies choir groups: including 1 Olive Fremstad Singers, Norwegian Womens singers, etc. Nina Grieg Singers. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, 2 programs, and notes. Bjørnson Male Chorus. 3 volumes: Minutes 1941-1959. Normennenes Chicago. 5 volumes: Treasurer's record 1908-1928, 1909-1915, 1899-1922; Sygekasse 1883, 1908-1918; Membership list 1920-1927. Normennenes Chicago. 2 volumes: Minutes 1916-1926; Membership 1870-1920; "Leif Erikson" music, 1897; Orkesterstemmer til Leif Erikson; Skravla spring festival and market, 1928; stamp: "Property of Det Norske Sangerforbund i Chicago"; photograph of Normennenes Chicago, no date. Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago. 3 volumes: Minutes 1884-1888; Protokol 1892-1900, 1914-1926. Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago. 4 volumes: Minutes 1909-1913, 1948-1973. 1 Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago: Scrapbook. �13C 13D 9 10 15 13E Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago. 4 volumes: Membership list, 1892-1894; Financial record 1882-1886, 1919-1924, 1947-1968. Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago. 5 volumes: Financial record 1902-1904, 1909-1930, 1968-1970; Sykekassen 1909-1928; Proposed Norway Tour 1932. Bjørnson Male Chorus. 4 volumes: Minutes 1925-1941; Record of Organization, 1924; Concert programs, 1924-1964. Bjørnson Male Chorus: Miscellaneous. Includes programs, 1 newspaper clippings, and history of the group. Grieg Ladies Singing Society and Grieg Male Chorus. Miscellaneous: Includes correspondence to Odd Lovoll, Histories of the groups, programs, membership lists, programs, photocopies of group photographs: 1920, 1969, 1975; 2 photographs of the Grieg 1 Ladies Singing Society, 1996. Bjorgvin Singing Society, Chicago: Miscellaneous. 4 pins; pin from Wendell's Inc, Minneapolis; 32 group photographs of Bjorgvin Singing Society; The Ladies' Auxiliaries of Chicago Sangerfest; (Studios include: Mueller, Rockford, Illinois; George Daniel Stafford Studio, Chicago; Moffett Studio, Chicago; Faco Fox, Chicago; Holgerson, Chicago; Fred Fox, Chicago); letter from Harry Hansen, mayor of Bergen; newspaper clippings, 1938; Minutes volume, 1888-1892; 2 Normennenes Singing Society scrapbooks (1887-1920). 1882 1968 1902 1970 1924 1964 1924 1984 1920 1996 1880 1970 �4 Norwegian Singers Association of America. Includes clippings, photographs, music and programs of annual meetings. Added Nov. 1, 2012: Souvenir Program Twelfth Biennial Sangerfest at Chicago (1914). Includes photos of the following: Th. F. Hamann, A.C. Floan, O.M. Oleson (Fort Dodge, Iowa), C.J. Halling, C.A. Sperati, A.L. Wrightm Theo L. Dahl, Dr. J.R. Nannestad, L. Christianson (Fargo, N.D.), H. Heitman, C. Mannerud, Ivar Einarson, H.L. Oftedahl, Nils Nilsen (Providence, R.I.), Anton Wetlesen, Brynjolf Pedersen, Julius Jæger, Carl t. Newgaard, A.O. Sætrang, Emil Biørn, Inga Ørner, Irma Brynelson, Esther Erhart Woll, Donna Flaaten, Otto Clausen, Cartsten Woll, Eivind Børsum, Anton Pedersen, Alfred Paulsen, Math. Pedersen, "Bjørgvin" (Benson, Minn.), "Brage" (Thief River Falls, Minn.), "Dovre" (Minneapolis, Minn.), "Ljom" (Fergus Falls, Minn.), Norwegian Glee Club (Minneapolis, Minn.), "Norkap" (Minneapolis, Minn.), "Normændenes" (St. Paul, Minn.), "Fram" St. Paul, Minn., Normændenes (Minneapolis, Minn.), "Normanna" (Duluth, Minn.), Mons Hauge, W.P. Rognlie, O.W. Peterson (Crookston, Minn.), O.T. Hertsgaard, Andrew Nesheim, "Norrøna" (Moorhead, Minn.), "Symra" (Emmons, Minn.), Twin City Quartet Club, Minn., "Viking" (Cloquet, Minn.), "Viking" (Crookston, Minn.), "Warren" (Warren, Minn.), "Snorre" (Fergus Falls, Minn.), Norwegian Quartet Club (Virginia, Minn.), Greig Mandskor (Fort Dodge, Iowa), "Grieg" (Decorah, Iowa), "Luren" (Decorah, Iowa), Olaf Halten, R.C. Rasmussen, Carlo A. Sperati, Alfred Paulsen, Ole Windingstad, "Normændenes" (Sioux City, Iowa), "Normændenes" (Brooklyn, N.Y.), "Normanna" (La Crosse, Wisc.), "Nordrøn" (Superior, Wisc.), "Varden" (Rhinelander, Wisc.), "Normændenes" (Milwaukee, Wisc.), "Grieg" (Canton, S.D.), "Minnehaha" (Sioux Falls, S.D.), "Nordraak" (Madison, S.D.), John Sayland, P.a. Rudd, Ole Holm, Jens Flaaten, Fred Wick, "Viking" (Aberdeen, S.D.), "Lyren" (Abercrombie, N.D.), "Kjerulf" (Hatton, N.D.), "Norden" (Devils Lake, N.D.), "Orpheus" (Fargo, N.D.), "Norrøna" (Petersburg, N.D.), "Andvake" (Providence, R.I.), Norwegian Glee Club, Winnipeg, Canada, "Freia" (Elgin, IL), "Normændenes" (Chicago, IL), "Bjørgvin" (Chicago, IL), The Norwegian Glee Club, Chicago, IL, The Norwegian Club Singing Society, Chicago, IL, "Lærken" (Chicago, IL), A.C. Floan, Julius Jæger, Th. T. Hamann, A.O. Sætrang, Emil Biørn, The "Norway Jubilee Chorus" of Chicago, Hauman G. Haugan, Hon. Oscar H. Haugan, Norwegian National League, Chicago, IL (1914) 1912 1932 �17 3B (loose) Bjornson Ladies Club (3538 West Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Illinois). Originally named "Bjornson Male Chorus Ladies Club" then "Bjornson Singers Ladies Club." Includes minutes, membership cards, and treasurer reports (1951-1955). Intent of organization: to assist the Bjornson Male Chorus when needed. Added Nov. 2, 2012: reprinted photographs of the Bjornson Male Chorus, Park Ridge, Chicago, Illinois (1924 and 1926). Image scanned. 1924 1955 (loose) Photo album "Fra Sangerfesten i Grand Forks. Juli 1904"; Sangerfest, Fargo, North Dakota, 1912; Norwegian-Danish Singers Association Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1908; Norwegian-Danish Singers Association Festival, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1910; North-Western Singers' Scandinavian Association Festival, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1902; Northwestern Scandinavian Singers Association, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1906; Nordvestlige Skandinaviske Sangerforbunds, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1906; Norske Sangerforbund i Amerikas, Fargo, North Dakota, 1912. Added Feb. 18, 2016: Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, St. Paul, 1924; Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, Sioux City, Iowa, 1922; Norwegian Singers' Association of American Sangerfest, Winnipeg, Canada, 1928 (includes panoramic photograph). Added July 29, 2016: Sangerfest, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1916. 1902 1928 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0570 Title A name given to the resource Norwegian-American Singing Societies collection Description An account of the resource An umbrella collection for singing societies from all regions of the United States: constitutions, correspondence, histories, anniversaries, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, membership records, Norway tours, visiting choirs, programs, clippings, tributes, photos, and badges. Location: 5/A/4-5/B/2, 68/A/2, 68/B/2, 68/B/5 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 9.6 cubic feet (24 archives boxes)