Salvation Army]]> Hymns]]> Location:
5/C/5]]> Andersen, Margaret]]> Donor:
Margaret Andersen
115 Knollwood Road, Elkton, MD 21921
mla@udel.edu

Deed of gift:
2019001_DOG_MargaretAndersen.pdf]]> Architecture]]> California]]> Washington]]> Sønnichsen, Sønke Engelhart]]> Biography/History:
Sønke Engelhart Sønnichsen (1878-1961) was born in Oslo, Norway to S.P. and Mathea Sonichsen. Sønnichsen was educated in Norway and Germany and immigrated in 1902. He was an architectural draftsman in Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver for various firms. In 1916, he opened his own office in Seattle. He formed a partnership with B. Marcus Priteca, a theater architect, in Los Angeles in 1926, and was a designer for engineering and transportation companies during World War II.

His brother was Yngvar Sønnichsen, a Norwegian-born, American artist known for his portraits, landscapes, and murals. In 1917, Sønke and Yngvar designed and decorated a Seattle lodge with oil canvas murals and paintings. Today, it is now the Raisbeck Performance Hall at Cornish College of the Arts. 

Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born architect, consisting of professional documents, pictures, plans, correspondence, and clippings, dealing with his training and accomplishments. 

]]> Sønnichsen, S. Engelhart]]> Graff, Olga]]> Støylen, Sigvald]]> Naeseth, Henriette Christiane Koren 1899-1987]]> Westergaard, Waldemar, 1882-1963]]> Chippewa Falls (Wis.)]]> Tyvende Aarhundrede (Den Tyvende Aarhundrede)]]> Daglyset ]]> Berge, Lawrence G.]]> Engelstad, Sigurd]]> Friis, Jacob]]> Hirsch, Camilla Thrane]]> Krook, F. Hilding]]> Norske Amerikaner ]]> Øverland, O. A.]]> Salberg, Ellen]]> Schmetz, Irma Thrane]]> Struck, Vasilia Thrane]]> Thrane, Fredrik]]> Thrane, Lucile]]> Thrane, Paul]]> Von Hirsch, Madge L.]]> Jostad, Morten]]> Christianson, Ole]]> Skarstedt, Ernst]]> Pryser, Thore]]> Krook, Linsie Hirsch]]> Thrane, Marcus Møller, 1817-1890]]> Stenholt, Lars Andreas]]> Koht, Halvdan, 1873-1965]]> Teigen, Knut M. O.]]> Thrane, Arthur D. H.]]> Hansen, Carl G. O. (Carl Gustav Otto), 1871-1960]]> Thrane, Marcus Møller, 1817-1890]]> Aaker, Knud S.]]> Civil War]]> Muus, Bernt Julius, 1832-1900]]> Hoyme, G. (Gjermund), 1847-1902]]> Finseth, Knute ]]> Aaker family]]> Dane County (Wis.)]]> Luther College (Decorah, Iowa)]]> Minnesota]]> St. Olaf College]]> Aaker, Jerry]]> Aaker, Judy]]> Aaker, Lars K.]]> Akre, Charles H.]]> Akre, Henry]]> Akre, Hans C. Aadnesen, 1831-1911]]> Bordsen, Marie Aaker]]> Dietrichson, J. W. C. (Johannes Wilhelm Christian), 1815-1883]]> Groven, Halvor P.]]> Groven, Saave Aaker]]> Haugen, Gwen]]> Holmquist, Albert M., 1891-1966]]> Huseth, Anna]]> Jacobson, Ole Rudd, 1824-1899]]> Kleve, Ida T. ]]> Lunde, Arne E. W.]]> Lundeberg, Karl R.]]> Nordby, Josephine M. Akre]]> Rowberg, Andrew]]> Rowberg, Brynhild]]> Rygh, Clara Aaker]]> Scott, Andrew]]> Shipstead, Halvor]]> Shipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960]]> Solberg, Ole J., 1828-1911]]> Genealogy]]> Papers of Knud Saavesen Aaker (1797-1873) and his descendants: articles, correspondence, Civil War letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, albums, clippings, family histories, charts, and a diary. Includes letters from B.J. Muus, G. Hoyme, and Knute Finseth.

]]> Click here to view the digital collections of the Aaker family papers.]]> Location:
Box 1-12: 1/A/1-1/A/2
Box 13: 68/B/4]]> ]]> Gerald Aaker: Access to Deed of Gift]]> World War I]]> Rossing, L.A.]]> Rossing, Victor B.]]> Argyle (Wis.)]]> Augsburg Seminary]]> General stores]]> Biography/History: 
Lars A. Rossing (1845-1913) was Norwegian-born. He married Helena Monson in 1869 at Cherry Branch (E. Wiota) church. They arrived in Argyle in 1870 and purchased the J.S. Waddington store, including the dry goods and clothing portion of the business. Their son, Hjalmer, obtained a degree in civil engineering at UW and supervised the construction of the new Rossing store in 1911. They had two other children, Victor and Viola, who were twins. 

Scope and Content: 
Correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, account books, photographs, and "The Rossings and Their Store" of a Norwegian-born merchant at Argyle, Wisconsin, dealing with merchandising, church, local history, and family interests. The L. A. Rossing general merchandise store was founded in 1870. Included are letters from Victor Rossing during World War I. 

]]> To view the digital collections to the Lars A. Rossing papers, please click here.]]> Rossing, Lars A.]]> The Rossings and Their Store: 50th Anniversary
Access to the Deed of Gift]]> Norwegian Glee Club (Minneapolis, Minn.)]]> Hansen, Carl G. O. (Carl Gustav Otto), 1871-1960]]> Norwegian Singers Association of America]]> Norwegian Singers Association of America. Sangerfest]]> Biography/History:
The Norwegian Glee Club of Minneapolis, a member chorus of the Norwegian Singers of Association of America, was formed on August 7, 1912, by the Norwegian Good Templar Singing Society and the Hugnad Male Chorus. The Club's first director was Carl G.O. Hansen who served as director until 1944. 

Scope and Content:
Included in these records are journals, letters, rosters, audio recordings, pamphlets regarding the National Sangerfest, and photographs and sheet music.

]]> Location:
5/C/5-7]]> Norwegian Glee Club (Minneapolis, Minn.)]]> The wonder of Williams: A history of Williams County, North Dakota]]> Williams County (N.D.)]]> Genealogy & local history]]> Biography]]> Williams County Historical Society]]> Eide, Marlene]]> 5417 Hacker Court
Cheyenne WY 82009
Link to Deed of Gift]]> Beck, Richard]]> Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910]]> Falkberget, Johan, 1879-1967]]> Thoresen, T. H. H. (Thorstein Hartvig Haugen), 1885-1956]]> North Dakota]]> Norwegian American papers]]> University of North Dakota]]> Abstract
Papers, 1927-1954, 1976. Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.

Contents
  • Clippings and pamphlets
    • Icelandic literature and government, Olav Haraldsson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Johan Falkberget, K. Hamsun, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Anders Hovden.
    • Includes Beck's poem, "Salute to Norway," which was read at a patriotic rally in Grand Forks, North Dakota (April 27, 1942) addressed by H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav…"
    • Other published works: "Norway's Martyr-King and Saint" (n.d.); "The Icelandic Millennial Celebration" (n.d.); "Grimur Thomsen--A Pioneer Byron Student" (1928); "Gisli Brynjulfsson--An Icelandic Imitator of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (1929);
    • Book Reviews: Idealist and Cynic review of "Seven Days Darkness" by Gunnar Gunnarsson (1931);
    • Translation of God and the Soul, by Einar H. Kvaran translated from Icelandic, published in the 1931 Spring Number of the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota.
    • "Iceland's Contribution to World Literature" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, Spring and Summer 1932-1933.
    • "Bjornstjerne Bjorson - Poet and Leader of Men" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, 1932-1933.
    • Grand Forks Herald, "Norwegians Honor Memory of Bjorstjerne Bjornson", December 4, 1932.
    • Clipping from the Sons of Norway May 1933, "Professor Richard Beck, en trofast og vel rustet stridsmann for norskdommens sak." in Norwegian.
    • Poem "Julekveld" published 22 Dec. 1933 in the Decorah Posten (photocopy).
    • "The 17th of May and Norwegian Youth" clipping published in 1934, Grand Forks newspaper (in English).
    • "Norway's Day of Days" clipping published May 1934 in Grand Forks Herald.
    • "Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author Still Great at 75 Years", clipping published in Grand Forks Herald July 29, 1934.
    • "Our English Language Department", clipping published in the Sønner av Norge, January 1934 in English.
    • "En Islænder leder det skandinaviske Arbeide ved Nord Dakota Univ." published 30 June 1935 in Skandinaven in Norwegian.
    • "Forfatteren Johan Falkberget" clipping published July 16, 1934 in Norwegian.
    • "Iceland's Poet Laureate", The Friend, November 1937 in English.
    • "Nord Dakotas Statsuniversitet feirer 55 aars Jubileum", Grand Forks Skandinav, August 19, 1936, in Norwegian.
    • "Vigeland og Snorre Sturlason", Grand Forks Skandinav December 23, 1938, in Norwegian.
    • "Gunnar Gunnarsson, An Icelandic Master of the Novel", The Friend for December 1939, in English.
    • "Johan Falkberget Fyller 60 Aar", Sønner av Norge, December 1939 in Norwegian.
    • Correspondence from Dr. Rögnv. Petursson dated 13 December 1939 in Icelandic.
    • "Iceland's Poet Laureate [Einar Benediktsson]", Grand Forks Scandinav December 29, 1939 in English.
    • "Professor Richard Beck, Fra Fiskergutt til Professor og Doktor i Filosofi", Grand Forks Skandinav, June 7 1940 in Norwegian.
    • "Dikterpresten Anders Hovden", Grand Forks Skandinav, December 20, 1940 in Norwegian.
    • "Et amerikansk universitet som staar Norge nær..." clipping Normanden, October 28, 1943 in Norwegian.
    • "Prominent Sons of Norway Man [T.H.H. Thoresen] with cover letter dated April 17, 1950.
    • "Norwegian American Historical Association Observes 25th Anniversary" published in the School of Education Record October 1950.
    • Program, The University of North Dakota Convocation, November 29, 1951. Correspondence, to J. Jergen Thompson of St. Olaf College, dated December 13, 1951.
    • Thank you letter.
    • "Icelandic Americans" Member of the Month, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, April 1954, Vol III, No. 4.
    • "The Lone Eagle", reprint of poem originally published in the Minneapolis Tribune, inspired by Charles Lindbergh's historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, May 1927.
    • "Lincoln in Marble", poem reprinted in the Minn. Posten, Sept. 9, 1976.
Location: 
1/A/3]]> Beck, Richard]]> Bu, Olaf (Olav) A., 1842-1931]]> Bue, Hagbarth]]> Af vore indvandrers liv]]> Lutheran Church]]> Minnesota]]> Norway]]> Norway--Emigration and immigration]]>
Content: 
  • Olav A. Bu Correspondence.
  • Olav A. Bu Papers: "Af vore indvandrers liv" Clippings. Clipping on Hagbarth Bu (his son) from the Minneapolis Tribune, 1987.
  • Olav A. Bu Papers.

Location: 
1/A/3]]> Bu, Olaf (Olav) A., 1842-1931]]> Budde, Jan A.]]> Norway--Emigration and immigration]]>
Contents:
  • Typewritten transcript, 1928
    • Note: Sophie Bøe's translation of Budde's little book as it appears in "Studies and Records" III: 43-57 (1928) was made from this typescript copy of the original. Theodore C. Blegen discusses the book in "Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860," pp. 261-265.

Location: 
1/A/3]]> Budde, Jan A.]]>