Norseland (Minn.)]]> Tweit, Milton]]> Glenwood (Minn.)]]> Pope County (Minn.)]]> Starbuck (Minn.)]]> Letters, documents, and photographs related to the Koefoed family in the United States. Organized by Henning Koefoed who was interested in family history and the American branch of the Koefoeds. An English family history was created in collaboration with Olivia Peterson of Starbuck, Minnesota.

Included in the collection are:
  • Henning Koefoeds draft of the family book with a brief outline of the American branch;
  • Records regarding Hans Oluf Koefoed 
  • Records regarding Magnus Martinius Koefoed
  • Records regarding Hansine Koefoed (Peterson) 
  • Records regarding Hilma Koefoed (Wollan) 
  • Records regarding Lauritz Marius Koefoed
  • Records regarding Johan Christian Gerhard Koefoed 
  • Records regarding Eilert Koefoed 
  • Photographs and clippings of the Koefoed family reunion in Minnesota, 1955
  • Photographs and pamhlets from Glenwood and Pope County, Minnesota
    • Builders of Pope County
    • The Secretary's Record of the First 50 Years of the Indherred Congregation 
    • Glenwood Lutheran Church (1880-1955)
    • Indherred Menigheds Historie, 1870-1920
]]> Koefoed, Henning]]>
He then left Trondhjem as an able seaman on a bark from Tvedestrand for Arendal. From there he sailed on a Brig the "Thela" for Brunswick, Georgia in America. There he deserted together with the ships carpenter. He was about 18 years old. They hid in pinewoods over a week without much food and waited for the vessel to sail. He stayed on the coast for some time, sailing to the West Indies and Rio de Janeiro.

He then went to Chicago in February of 1882. He sailed the Great Lakes for 7 years as a sailor and mate. He met Lina (Caroline) Nelson and they were married December 15, 1883. He became a citizen in 1884 and quit sailing. He began to learn plate printing at William Freund and Sons in 1888. He learned quickly and was a foreman in 1892. He enjoyed writing stores and poems. Won a few prizes and had many published in the "Skandinaven" a Norwegian newspaper in Chicago. He and Lina had four children: Henry, Agnes, Mrytle, and Ralph. He died in September 22, 1929.

Stories included in the collection:
The Magic Table
Mr. Gorman-Prospector (1911)
Frank Jollyboy
The Uppedal Mystery
Be Good to Everybody and Everything
The Boy and The Wonderful Dog
Longhorn
The Boy Who Rescued the Six Princesses
Then She Awoke
The Two Brothers
Mr. Stillman's Coup (1910)
The Boy and the Curious Fish
The Dawn of Day
A Brave Little Girl
Peter Mellin
A Little Girl Shall Lead Them
On the Brink of the Abyss
Seeing the Brownies at Work
Kaja
The Boy Who Became A Grouse
The Hulder That Ran Away From Her Cattle
The Man Who Heard Things
The Hudler Who Spoke English
A Saeter Girl's Experience with Hudler
Ola and the Hulder
The Girl Who Did the Right Thing
A Hudler Story
Tears and Smiles
It Pays to be Good
The Boy Who Did Not Believe In The Forest-dwarf
The Three Boys Who Battled The Trolls
Cupids Pranks: A One Act Play
Innocence
Harry's Vindication
Hardships on the Island Seas]]> Neumann, George]]> 68A2 (Folio 8, Bowman tintypes)
68A3 (Folio 3, 6)
68A4 (Folio 1, 5, 9)
68A5 (Box 21)
68B2 (Folio 7)
68B3 (Folio 2, 4A)
68B4 (Box 7, 26B)
68C4 (Folio 5)]]> ]]> ]]> Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc.]]> Fisheries]]> Pacific Fishermen, Inc.]]>
Books include:
  • One Family, Two Continents: The Story of the Swasands and the Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc." by Fred F. Poyner IV
    • A comprehensive look at three generations of a Norwegian-American family and the fishing company they forged together: Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc. of Seattle, Washington.
  • "Pacific Fishermen, Inc. 150 Years of Heritage Norwegian Shipbuilding" By Fred F. Poyner IV and John Douglas Dixon.
    • A tribute to the Norwegian-heritage fishermen and shipwrights of the Pacific Northwest. An eclectic and essential group who have survived the ravages of the 1918 Spanish Flu and the 2021 COVID-19 Coronavirus. As a testament to this the King of Norway, HM King Harald V, specifically requested a visit to the shipyard on his tour of America in 2015. He specifically wanted to congratulate his cadre of Norwegian-American Fishing Pioneers and Knights-in-Waiting at a PacFish BBQ where he of course was served King Crab!
Oral histories include:
]]> Poyner, Fred F., IV, 1969-]]>