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Nils N. Rønning papers, 1903-1955
Collection Number:
P0585
Extent:
1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) and 1 folio
Abstract:
Letters, clippings, articles, pamphlets, reviews, correspondence, and notes of a Norwegian-born
journalist and author. Includes reviews of Rønning's books, notes on Hans Nielsen Hauge and
Elling Eielsen, and historical sketches of the Homme Home for Boys, Wittenberg, Wisconsin.
The reports and articles include materials on fiddlers, sketches of Torkel Oftelie and Th. N.
Mohn, and a statement of the value of bilingualism to the Norwegian American by Anna
Thykesen. Rønning was editor of "Ungdommens Ven," "Familiens Magasin," "The Friend," and
"Telesoga." Correspondents include Richard Beck, Theodore C. Blegen, J. A. Holvik, Hanna
Astrup Larsen, K. O. Lundeberg, O. M. Norlie, D. G. Ristad, and Mrs. O. E. Rolvaag.
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Description
1912-1952
"A Summer in Telemarken" manuscript reviews, 1903-1905
"Abraham Lincoln" and others reviews, 1908-1955
"The Boy from Telemark," reviews, 1933-1935
"Fifty years in America," reviews, 1938-1942
"Select Sketches," reviews, 1949-1950
Hans Nielsen Hauge notes and clippings, 1921-1951
Includes "Hans Nielsen Hauge" by Pastor John Nymark (1921).
Elling Eielsen notes and clippings, 1926-1942
1935-1962
Homme Home for the Boys clippings, 1944-1950
Includes: "Professor Thorbjørn Nelson Mohn, President, St. Olaf
College, The First Twenty-Five Years," (July 14, 1942. Published
in "Lutheran Herald."
Telestevne and "Telesoga" clippings, 1908-1949
Telestevne and "Telesoga" correspondence, 1937-1955
Telestevne and "Telesoga" pamphlets and pictures, 1935-1952
Ebenezer Home clippings, 1917-1944
"A Call to Lutheran Laymen," address at Lutheran Brotherhood
Convention, Minneapolis, MN, undated

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"The North Star," 1919-1921
Vol. 3, Number 3, March and April 1921, edited by N.N. Rønning.
Contents: "The first lady of the land," Gudrid Karlsefne, mother of
the first white child born in America, over nine hundred years ago;
"The First White Colonist in America," Thorfin Karlsefne, who with
more than 160 Icelanders spent three years on the American
continent, from 1003 to 1006; "Position of Scandinavian Women in
Days of Old"; "Evina, The Chimney-sweep's Daughter," by Jonas
Lie, translated by Gustav Melby; "Senator Holm O. Bursum of
New Mexico," of Norwegian stock. Recently appointed United
States Senator; "Scandinavian Studies in the High Schools of
Minneapolis"; "When the King Came to Town," By Elias Kraemer,
Norwegian humorist. Translated by Mabel Johnson Leland;
"Ibsen's 'The Master Builder,'" By Viljam Olsvig, the Norwegian
scholar; "Fridtjof Nansen and the League Assembly"; "Peter--A
Prize Story by Gunnar Pederson"; "The Hard Work of Writing";
"Miss Clara Olsen of New Mexico," secretary to ten governors of
that state. Added Oct. 26, 2012: "The North Star" (Vol. 1, Number
9, August 1919), edited by N.N. Rønning. Contents: "Versailles,
Past and Present," by Anna Corstvet; "With the Pinies and Pikes
at Piney Ridge," by N.N. Rønning; "Food Preservation," by Dagny
Frich, "Her Well-Conditioned Grandmother," by Waldemar Ager.
Books, undated
Hans N. Hauge document, 1820
Framed.

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