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Lise Aubert Lindbaek papers, 1944-1945
Notes and other materials of a Norwegian war correspondent who lectured in the United States in 1943-1945. Beginning in 1925 she covered news from Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and North Africa. For a time she was correspondent for "Nordisk Tidende" in Brooklyn.
Her book "Tusen Norske Skip" was translated by Nora Solum and published under the title "Norway's New Saga of the Sea." One folder, 33 items, concerns Norwegians in Oregon.
Includes folders: clippings and lecture tour data and correspondence; Peter Myrvold biography and articles on Alaska and California; and Norwegians in Oregon. -
Christ (Kristen) Gundersen America letters, 1923-1934
Excerpts of letters that were published as a part of series titled "De gamle Amerika brev" in "Fædrelandsvennen," Kristiansand, 1975.
The letters to his family in Øvrebø were written by a mason contractor who came to Brooklyn about 1900 and established his own business. Many of the excerpts deal with the effects of the economic depression of the 1930s.
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John K. Hanson manuscript, 1983
"The Winnebago Story, 1958-1983," a 155-page account of the growth of a recreational vehicle manufacturing company located in Forest City, Iowa. Hanson was a member of the Forest City Development Commission which brought the travel trailer company to the community and made it into a flourishing enterprise.
A Hanson family history is filed under P0539, and a published family history by Robert L. Lillestrand and Barbara Hanson Bulman is in the NAHA books collection (see: Winebago, Industries)
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Olaf Mandt Hustvedt clippings, 1921-1995
"Olaf Hustvedt og Slaget om Atlanterhavet," an article in "Nordmanns Forbundet," no. 2, 1982 (photocopy), and newspaper clippings, including an obituary of a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy who commanded battleships in World War II.
One clipping concerns a grandson, Frederick H. Hauck (1941-), who was co-pilot of the Challenger space shuttle mission in 1983. -
J. Rode Jacobson papers, 1914-1921
Clippings, photos, programs, a music school catalog, and "Scales and Exercises" (1914, 34 p.) of a Chicago composer, teacher, and organist.
Jacobson was born in Madagascar where his Norwegian parents were missionaries. He was sent to Stavanger at age 13 to attend school. Later he studied music in Oslo and in Berlin. He came to Chicago in 1898 and was influential in the musical life of that city.
Includes photograph of choir of Christ Norwegian Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois (Rev. J.H. Meyer, Prof. J.R. Jacobsen, organist); Catalogue of the Anna Balatka Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (64 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois, 1921); Souvenir Program for Kristus-Kirkens Indvielse (1912) for Kristus Norwegian Lutheran Church, Chicago; "Geburtsdags Sang" for Marie Byhre; "Tredie Komle Lag Niende November 1924" -
Hans Johnshoy (Jenshus) autobiography, 1928
Photocopy of a 60-page manuscript account of the life of an emigrant from Søndre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, who came to Wisconsin in 1867 and moved to Pope County, Minnesota, in 1870, where he settled on a homestead south of Starbuck. The account deals with many aspects of pioneer life.
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John Linderup student paper, 1983
"John Linderup and the Norwegian-American Press," by Cindy Perry, covering Linderup's journalistic contributions to the Chicago papers "Skandinaven"," Scandia," and "Viking." Born in Tromso, Norway, Linderup came to the United States in 1924.
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Mount Olive Cemetery Association history, 1886-1983
"History and Information..." (24 pages) concerning a cemetery originally surrounded by farmlands, which served middle class families, mainly Scandinavians, in the north and west portions of Chicago and surrounding communities. The cemetery held the name "Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery" when it was founded in 1886 and changed to "Mount Olive" in 1903. "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson is included.
Includes photostats of articles in "Skandinaven," Sept. 22 and Nov. 17, 1886; Aug. 31, 1898. Photocopies of list of stockholders, and record of lot owned by Mrs. Ole Stangeland; article, "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson (Swedish American Genealogist, Sept. 1983). -
Hjalmar Olsen family history, 1982
Roald Steen's translation of his article about a naval family, which was published in "Nordmanns Forbundet," no. 3, 1982. Hjalmar Olsen, an emigrant from Oslo, had a long career with the United States Navy. Five of his sons pursued a similar career. -
Alice Larson Peterson memoir, 1981
"Random Recollections" of a Norwegian American who grew up in Polk County, Wisconsin, but who spent much of her life in or near Northfield, Minnesota.
Peterson, Alice Larson (1894-1981). "Random Recollections" of a Norwegian American who grew up in Polk County, Wisconsin, but who spent much of her life in or near Northfield, Minnesota (attended St. Olaf College). Father, Peter Larson (family name was Myhrehaugen), was a shoemaker in Gudbrands Dalen, Norway. Mother was Ingeborg Aasen from Brottum, Norway. Includes clipping about the 1898 tornado that struck Richmond, Wisconsin; and St. Olaf Professors P.O. Holland and F.M. Christiansen.