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Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902
- Title
- Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902
- Identifier
- P1308
- Date
- 1887-1902
- Creator
- Wefald, Knut
- Description
- Letters written by a resident of Yttre Vefald, Drangedal, Telemark to his son Knud, who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1887. Some of the letters are from other relative and friends. (see also: Kund Wefald (1869-1936) papers, P 400.
Contents:- Radio address, March 15, 1933
- Includes a pedigree chart, biographical data of Knud Wefald, and a song (Vi er et Fold) with Norse lyrics written by K. Wefald
- Wefald family in America, 1979-2005
- Family History of Knud Stork Wefald and his wife Sarah Skree
- Articles, Clay County Herald about his trip to Norway, 1903
- Norwegian Poems written by Wefald, 1887-1928
- Correspondence and "Dikt i Samling Selected Poems" by Welfad
- English Poems and translations by K. Wefald
- Includes address given in 1910 on the 4th of July, or probably on Decoration Day, May 30th; and "Dikt I Samling Selected Poems," 1987.
- Extracts copied from "Congressional Record"
- Includes remarks regarding the National-Origin Quota Base in the Immigration Law of 1924 (1927).
- Material on ship "Oceania. [Oceanic]"
- Includes notes on S.S. Thingvalla.
- Clippings from C.G.O. Hansen collection
- Includes clipping of speech given by Wefald at Sons of Norway celebration, Pelican Rapids, MN., dated Aug. 1927; R.A. Trovatten, 1914, about Amund Thorson and the "bur" he built; "Tale om Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson," obituaries, and an article on Wefald by Martin W. Oddland.
- Jon Wefald articles (President of Kansas State University)
- Photographs, 1896
- Radio address, March 15, 1933
- Extent
- 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
- Language
- Norwegian
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
Collection
Citation
Wefald, Knut, “Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10981.