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              <text>Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902</text>
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              <text>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.</text>
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              <text>&lt;br /&gt;Contents:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Radio address, March 15, 1933
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Includes a pedigree chart, biographical data of Knud Wefald, and a song (Vi er et Fold) with Norse lyrics written by K. Wefald &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wefald family in America, 1979-2005&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Family History of Knud Stork Wefald and his wife Sarah Skree&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Articles, Clay County Herald about his trip to Norway, 1903&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Norwegian Poems written by Wefald, 1887-1928&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Correspondence and "Dikt i Samling Selected Poems" by Welfad&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;English Poems and translations by K. Wefald
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Includes address given in 1910 on the 4th of July, or probably on Decoration Day, May 30th; and "Dikt I Samling Selected Poems," 1987.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extracts copied from "Congressional Record"
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Includes remarks regarding the National-Origin Quota Base in the Immigration Law of 1924 (1927). &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Material on ship "Oceania. [Oceanic]"
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Includes notes on S.S. Thingvalla.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clippings from C.G.O. Hansen collection
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;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.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jon Wefald articles (President of Kansas State University)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Photographs, 1896&lt;/li&gt;
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              <text>Wefald, Knut</text>
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