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Paul Pederson (Sabø) papers, 1852-1891
A biography, emigration and citizenship papers, and a pastoral letter of call of a resident of Renville County, Minnesota. -
Thomas Pederson autobiography, undated
Photocopy of "Some recollections of Thomas Pederson" which was published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, v. 21 (1937/38) pp. 16-34, 175-1909, 301-321, 405-19; v. 22 (1938/93) pp. 46-73, 176-194.
Pederson was born 1862 near Holmen, La Crosse co., Wis. To parents born in Norway. He gives a vivid picture of life as he was growing up. When 16 he went to Alexandria, Minn. To live with relatives there a few years. He tells of working in the pineries. In 1886 he married, and the next year pioneered in North Dakota, then worked as a merchant in Hendrum, and later (for 23 years) at Randall. In 1906 he began working for a mining company, getting options on land throughout the state. He later moved to Mildred and became involved in politics in Cass county. In 1933 he was appointed a member of the farm debt adjustment committee. -
Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994
Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act for Telief (1855), and Texas warranty deeds which Peerson signed as a witness, a biography by Rasmus B. Anderson, an article by Theodore C. Blegen, and pamphlets concerning the Bishop Hill colony. Peerson, the founder of the first Norwegian settlements in New York, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, spent his last years in Texas, and was buried there in Bosque County. -
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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Mrs. Nels U. Person letters, 1925-1929
Letters addressed to Mrs. Nels U. Person, Columbus, North Dakota, from relatives in Norway, and one from her mother, dated Montevideo, Minnesota. Many of the letters are undated and fragmentary. These letters were found in an abandoned farm house near Columbus in August 1966 by John Paul Rhinehart of Amarillo, Texas. -
Berthe C. Petersen papers, 1927-1975
Papers concerning a Norwegian-born Chicago clubwoman. Mrs. Petersen was active in Norwegian National League, President of the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, served on the Norse-American Centennial Committee, and promoted the idea of Leif Erikson Day. In 1940 she received the St. Olav Medal from Haakon VII of Norway. -
Franklin Petersen papers, 1900-1911
Manuscripts of sea stories and poems by a Norwegian-born New York City editor, poet, and railroad employee. Petersen was editor of "Nordisk Tidende" (1907-1911), founder of "Det nye Norge" in 1911, and contributor to "Norgesposten." He was author of two collections of poems: "Ensomme frivagtsstunde" (1900) and "Siv i strommen (1907).
Includes:- Kallebas' første feise tilsjøs" published in "Decorah Posten" (1938).
- "Farlige skibskamerater" published in "Skandinaven" (1938).
- "Episoder fra de hvite seilsdage" (n.d.).
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Peter L. Petersen articles, 1976
A New Oslo on the Plains; Anders L. Mordt Land Company and Norwegian Migration to the Texas Panhandle, reprint of an article published in the "Panhandle-Plains Historical Review," Canyon, Texas, 1976. "A Diamond Jubilee; Seventy-Five Years of Lutheranism in the Texas Panhandle" by Peter L. Petersen and Frederick W. Rathjen. Dr. Petersen was an Associate Professor of History at West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, in 1976. Additional copies and information found in P0537 Congregations, Texas, Oslo. -
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. -
Dorothy C. Aslakson Pederson student paper, 1938-1967
Grandpa's Biography was written by Pederson when she was ten years old; "One Hundred Years in America" was written as a student at St. Olaf College in 1947; a short story, "The Truth in Love," was awarded a prize in the 1967 Minnesota Amateur Writer's Contest; and, finally, "Moen History, 1847-1975." Two items in the file are papers prepared for the University without Walls, an adult education program sponsored by the University of Minnesota. The first examines the transition of the Norwegian language to English in the churches of the Pope County area, Minnesota; the second, "The Troll Church," is a short story.