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Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute pamphlet, 1980
"Documentation of Traditional Music in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan," final report of an ethnic music project conducted at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin. -
Theodor Ellingson Strand manuscript, 1931-2016
"The Norwegian Fox Lake Settlement," the reminiscences of a Rice County, Minnesota, pioneer about the church life in the community and the building of a church, 5 pages typescript. The translation is by the Reverend A. J. Torgerson. A letter is included. -
Julie Svendsen diary, 1882
Copy of a "Dagbog over Atlanterhav" kept by a passenger on the ship "Thingvalla" during the voyage of July 27-August 14, 1882. A translation by Serena Bjornstad is appended. -
Tilda Akersmyr Tofteland biography, 1982
An interview with a Norwegian immigrant, conducted by Clarence Kilde for the "Minnesota Talking Book Calendar." Mrs. Tofteland emigrated in 1925 and became a busy farm wife and mother who found time to paint and write. She was a charter member of Agderlag and was its secretary for 24 years. Includes a biographical sketch and an obituary. -
Thorvald Anderson letters, 1883-1927
Letters from family and friends to an emigrant from Stavanger who came to Menekaunee, Wisconsin, in 1884. He moved to Iron River, Michigan, in 1899 and from there to Chicago. His last address was Prosser, Washington. He was engaged in various enterprises, including lumbering and mining. A summarized account of the letters was prepared as well as an outline of Anderson's family history. -
Ole Thostenson notebook, 1879-1880
Biographical notes about a Wisconsin resident, telling of his father Tosten Olson's problems in selling his farm, and of his enlistment in military service (Civil War). He served in the 15th Wisconsin Regiment from 1861 to 1865, attaining the rank of sergeant. For a biographical sketch see Buslett's Femtende Wisconsin, pages 577-578. His father was a Slooper; lived in Michigan, Fox River settlement, and in 1840 to Albion township, Dane Co., Wis. -
M. Falk Gjertsen papers, 1880-1986
Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982.
Includes:- Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982. Added: Includes newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family (1880-1938); photos of Gjertsen and his father, Johan Peter Gjertsen; a poem, "Nordens sønner"; An address before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis, November 16, 1908" 17 p.; "Ta1e ved afsløring af Gjertsen monumentet, Lakewood Cemetery, 9/12/15" by Thorwa1d E. Nelson, 5 p., and "Unvei1ing of the M. Fa1k Gjertsen Monument" 4 p.; "MindefesteR over ska1den Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1910" 30 p., with "Mindetale" by Gjertsen, pp.17-30; entries about Carsten Hansteen (1856-1923) from "Norsk Biografisk Leksikon," "Studenterne fra 1874" (1899) and "Studentene fra 1874" (1924); correspondence, including "anonymous 1etter,". Hansteen's letter to Georg Sverdrup, Dec. 17, 1900; letter to Esther Paulsen, 1910; letter to Amund Ness, 1912; letter to Adolph Moss (photocopies or transcriptions); letters to Nina Draxten, 1977-86. "Harald Heg" (1914). 2 volumes: "Utkast til Prædikenes, Minneapolis, 1882." 241 p., and 1 volume of sermon notes by Sundays of the church year; artic1e by Eyvind J. Evans on "Harald Hegg" (Nov. 16, 1967); and 2 folders of Draxton notes, arranged by envelopes with notations of sources.
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Mark Bastoni article, 1980
"Horror on Smutty Nose," by Mark Bostoni, in Yankee, March, 1980, gives the account of two sensational murders on Smuttynose Island (Isles of Shoals), Maine, 1873, committed by Louis Wagner, a fisherman. The victims were two sisters-in-law of John Hontvet, an 1868 immigrant from Norway, who had befriended Wagner. Hontvedt's wife was in the house at the time of the murders, but managed to escape. See also, "Ole Bull and the Isles of Shoals" by Einar Haugen, in Haugen papers, P0545, box 7. -
A. Jorgensen report, 1865
Reproduced copy of "The Emigration from Europe During the Present Century" published in Quebec in 1865. The causes and effects of emigration are based on Norwegian statistics and reports and on a French history of emigration. Transferred to library for cataloging, 2001. See Blegen's "Norwegian Migration to America: The American Transition (NAHA, 1940), p. 360n, 379-380. -
Roald Kverndal pamphlets, 1977-1978
An issue of Methodist History containing an article " The Bethel Ship: John Wesley,'" and an offprint of "The Origin and Nature of Nordic Missions to Seamen," by a minister at the Lutheran Memorial Church in Chicago, who also served as a seamen's chaplain. The offprint "originally appeared in the Norwegian Yearbook of Maritime History for 1977," published by the Maritime Museum of Bergen. Pp. 103-133. Also included is another version of the Bethel Ship article, typescript, 18 p. See in library collection, his 1986 book, "Seamen's Missions: their Origins and Early Growth" (Pasadena, W. Carey).