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Lokensgard family papers, 1915-1994
- Title
- Lokensgard family papers, 1915-1994
- Identifier
- P0963
- Date
- 1915-1994
- Creator
- Lokensgard, Hjalmar
- Description
- A series of reminiscences translated and bound into one volume, "printed for the Lokensgard Kindred." Translations were made by Emil O. Ellingson and Hjalmar Lokensgard.
Authors of reminiscences include: Mrs. Sigrid L. Ellingson (sod roof, covered wagon, Indian outbreak of 1862; Prof. Knute Lokensgaard, "Christmas in Pioneer Days." Touches upon a prairie fire; Oluf Lokensgaard, "Reminiscences"; Ole Lokensgaard "Pioneer Stories." Touches upon: coming to America by boat, crossing Lake Michigan by steamboat, German Grove/Nerstrand, language barriers, sod roof, prairie fires, Lauritz Larsen, B.J. Muus, Christopher Lockrem, Ole Ericksen Sando, moving to the Dakota Territory 1861, prairie schooner, Big Woods, Abraham Jacobson, winter of 1861-62, returning to Rice County, Minn., Indian uprisings in Nichollet County, 1862, reminiscences of Nicollet County, Lake Prairie Township (school and church) in the 1860s, a visit with Ole Bull, and Christmas memories, added January 2008 3 double oversized banker boxes (look to available lower shelving near end of collection). Collected extended family correspondence, bound by year, from 1931-1991; includes: R.L. Lokensgard, H.O. Lokensgard, G.W. Lokensgard, Mrs. J.M. Hardy, Rev. O. Lokensgarad, Ellen Lokensgard, Mrs. R.G. Drewry, A.S. Lokensgard, Mrs. Hardy Rowberg, and Fritz T. Lokensgard (some correspondents were St. Olaf College students). - Extent
- 3.2 cubic feet (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box)
- Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Lokensgard, Hjalmar , “Lokensgard family papers, 1915-1994,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10411.