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Collection Number​: P1715
Extent:​ 3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)
Abstract​: Artifacts and volumes received from various sources.
Box
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6

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Folder

Description
3 volumes
● Greeting from Norwegian Press Association, May 17, 1925.
● Greetings from Nordmanns Forbund to NAHA, 1925, 1950.
● Greeting from Norwegian government, 1925.
3 volumes.
● Greeting to the Norwegian-American 100 year fest from four
Norwegian schools (Kgl. Frederiks Universitet, Norges Tekniske
Høiskole, Norges Landbrukshøiskole, Bergens Museum), 1925.
● Greeting from Norges Rederforbund, 1925; Kongelige Selskap for
Norges Vel, 1925.
Miscellaneous.
● 2 photocopies of newspaper articles: "Gavel Carved from Viking
Ship Rudder Given to Erickson," Appleton Post Crescent, June
23, 1938.
● "Far from Valhalla, fading Viking ship needs a rich berserker,"
Daily Herald, March 24, 2007
● 5 photostats of articles on the viking ship in The Chicago Daily
Tribune, July 12-13, 1893 and July 13, 1898.
● "A History of the Norwegians of Illinois" packet, compiled by A.E.
Strand, John Anderson Publishing
● "The Viking Ship" DVD, Chicago Tonight #4192, with permission
of WTTW, April 4, 2006, run time 56:46, with attached letter from
Lorraine Straw, Norwegian National League
● Letter regarding the viking ship from Kim Peart to Professor Gary
De Krey
● Large group photograph, captioned "Den Forenede Kirke's 22
Aarsmøde (The United Church's 22nd Annual Meeting), St. Paul,
June 15-22, 1911"
● "Reisen til Amerika" poster, June 23-September 16, 1984
● 4 photographs of the Selbulaget: 1923, 1933, 1938, 1941
● Photograph of Stavangerlaget at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, June
1916.
1 volume.
● Greetings from Borgund Stavkirke to the wives of pastors in the
Norwegian-American church, 1925
Flags and pennants

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9

10

20 Norwegian flag configurations hung from Nicollet Mall,
Minneapolis, October 8-14, 1975
● 4 cloth Norwegian flag pennants
Flags and pennants.
● 2 Norwegian flags
● 1 Sesquicentennial banner, 1975
● 1 pennant, 1914
Miscellaneous:
● Buttons and pins
○ Several Norwegian and Norwegian-American themed
buttons, including buttons from Minnesota Syttende Mai
celebrations and the Norwegian-American
Sesquicentennial, as well as buttons with phrases such as
"Crown Prince Olav", "Hossen går det?", "vikings",
"Norwegian power, eat lefse!", "Norsk Power", "Think
Lutefisk", "Kiss me, I'm Norwegian", "Hold kjeft", "Ransom
County Centennial, 1981", "All the way with Hemenway",
etc. Also includes a small pennant from Camp Norway;
small booklet of Julens Sanger (Christmas songs) from
Den Norske Amerikalinje; unopened deck of "Norwegian
Trolls" playing cards, made by Normanns Kunstforlag
Hand-embroidered tapestry displaying the Norwegian coat of arms.
● 31" x 43" with the lion in the center and a furled Norwegian flag on
the left side. Given to St. Olaf College in 1958 by Mrs. Walter H.
Ude of Minneapolis, "through the courtesy of Mrs. Siqueland." A
second tapestry (unknown origin, but similar in design) is included
with folio.

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