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Gulbrand Loken clipping, 1980-1982
A review of Loken's "From Fjord to Frontier, A History of Norwegians in Canada." Loken, the son of immigrants to Canada from Eidsvoll, Norway, became professor of Educational Administration at Calgary University in 1971.
His book is the first comprehensive account of Norwegian migration to Canada. It centers on the western provinces that have the greatest concentration of Norwegians.
Also includes a copy of the publication within folder. -
Minnesota State Fair Norway Exhibit correspondence, 1943-1946
Letters between Norwegian representatives and members of the Minnesota State Fair Board, arranging an exhibit from Norway. One of the items exhibited was a rowboat in which two Norwegian boys had crossed the North Sea as escapees from occupied Norway. -
C.B. Solberg notebook, 1918
Copies of poems by Solberg, who was living at Herbert, Sask., Canada in 1918. -
Susie Williamson Stageberg papers, 1867-1958
Writings and memorabilia (222 pages) of the daughter of Norwegian immigrants who was active in education, politics, and journalism in Iowa and Minnesota. Among the papers is a diary kept when she was a "validated member of the press" at the Congress for Disarmament and International Cooperation in Stockholm, July, 1958. She was influential in the Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota and was candidate for Secretary of State in 1922, 1924, and 1928. She ran for Lieutenant Governor on the Progressive Party ticket in 1950.
Includes seven letters to Ms. Stageberg's parents from a family on the Sagaard farm in Rogaland, 1867-1888. See Minnesota Historical Society P2662 Stageberg Papers. -
Patricia Boddy Tharp report, 1983
"From Emigrant with an E to Immigrant with an I...," a copy of a 26-page paper presented to the Dhahran Saudi Arabia Genealogical Society. The paper deals with general aspects of Norwegian emigration from 1830 through World War I. The concluding section is a series of "America Letters" from the 1880s, written by E.B. Hillesland and his brothers who settled on North Dakota farms near the writer's grandfather. -
Torske Klubben Minneapolis/Lakselaget pamphlets, 1933-2002
Commemorative booklets published to highlight various occasions in the history of the luncheon club, an informal group meeting monthly for "good fellowship and good food." Since 1946 the club has sponsored graduate fellowships at the University of Minnesota for students from Norway.
Added clippings (1934-1967) and several memoranda and programs, including a mimeographed talk by R.N. Thorshov at the 15th anniversary meeting, Nov. 6, 1958; history and membership directory (60th anniversary edition, 2002. -
Cemetery transcripts records, 1980-2000, undated
Many are lists prepared by Gerhard Naeseth now in the Vesterheim Genealogical Center in Madison, Wisconsin, but lists from many other sources are included. The Rice County listings by John Dalby (microfiche), for example, records burials through 1996 in 69 Minnesota places.
Includes:Norway Township, Humboldt County, Iowa.Story County, Iowa. "A History of Boe Cemetery"Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Morganville, Clay Co., Kansas, from "Kansas Kin" (Nov. 1989, pp 68-69)Highview Christiania, Farmington, Dakota Co., Minnesota.Goodhue County, MinnesotaAspelund, Emmanuel. Goodhue County, MinnesotaBelvidere, Goodhue County, MinnesotaCannon Falls, Goodhue County, MinnesotaDale, Goodhue County, MinnesotaEidswold Methodist, Goodhue County, MinnesotaGol (Kenyon), Goodhue County, MinnesotaGoodhue, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHauge (Old Stone Church), Goodhue County, MinnesotaHegre, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHof, Goodhue County, MinnesotaKenyon, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHolden (Kenyon) Goodhue County, MinnesotaLands (Zumbrota) Goodhue County, MinnesotaLittle Cannon Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Holden Township, Goodhue County, MinnesotaMinneola (Zumbrota), Goodhue County, MinnesotaNazareth ?, Goodhue County, MinnesotaPine Island, Goodhue County, MinnesotaStanton, Goodhue County, MinnesotaStordahl, Goodhue County, MinnesotaUrland, Goodhue County, MinnesotaVang, Goodhue County, MinnesotaVasa, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWanamingo, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWangen Prairie, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWells Creek, Goodhue County, MinnesotaZumbrota (United Lutheran Church and town cemetery), Goodhue County, MinnesotaAurdal, Ottertail Co., Fergus Falls, MinnesotaNannestad (Hauge) Cemetery, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Hitman Family Cemetery (near Goose Lake, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, MN. Formally Arne Hitman farm.; Old Norway Lake Cemetery; Peterson Cemetery, northside of Scandinavian Lake, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota; Sather Family Cemetery, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota; Seventh-Day Adventist Cemetery, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota;East and West Zion Lutheran Church Cemeteries, Pope County, Minnesota. 1872-1953, by Calvin E. Pederson.Eklund, Rice County, MinnesotaFox Lake, Rice County, MinnesotaMoland, Steele County, MinnesotaNerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota.North Grove (Faribault), Rice County, Minnesota.Microfiche, Rice County, Minnesota. Listings by John Dalby. Vol. 1: Bridgewater, Erin, Forest, Northfield, Webster & Wheatland townships. Vol. 2: Morristown, Shieldsville and Wells townships. Vol. 3: Cannon City, Richland, Walcott, Warsaw and Wheeling townships.Valley Grove, Rice County, Minnesota.Canton, South Dakota (Tonella Cemetery).Brownsboro, Texas. Letter from Deerwood Johnson (1959)Clifton, Texas. Norse CemeteryRichland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin. Clipping about erection of marker for 3 early settlers (Ole Jansen, Torkel Evenhaugen, Mons Monson)Cemetery Transcripts. Records/ Wisconsin: Franklin, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Jambo Creek Cemetery, Scandinavian Cemetery (Now Holy Innocents, Pine Lake), Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cemetery (1974) by Rolf H. Erickson, East Koshkonong Church, La Crosse County Cemeteries (Weverstad Family Cemetery)Cemetery Transcripts. Records/ Wisconsin: Luther Valley Cemetery, Rock County, Wis. -
Scandinavia Today (National) papers, 1982-1983
Scandinavia Today (National). News releases, programs, and clippings of a Scandinavian festival in the United States sponsored jointly by the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden) and the American Scandinavian Foundation.
The festival featured a variety of events: exhibits, lectures, concerts, tours, and seminars. It opened officially in Washington, D.C., September 8, 1982. In Minneapolis it opened with a "Salute to Scandinavia," at the Metrodome on September 11, which was attended by an estimated 50,000 people. The exhibitions, which presented outstanding selections of textiles, paintings, graphic arts, design, and photography, traveled to major American cities starting in September 1982.
Includes folders "Washington, D.C."; "Chicago, Illinois"; and "Minneapolis, Minnesota (including Red Wing)" -
Jevne and Almini, Chicago history, 1855-1871
Copies of a statement by C. M. Jevne about a decorating firm in Chicago and of excerpts from "Chicago History" concerning the contribution made by this firm in the publication of "Chicago Illustrated." This volume has been called "the best source for the physical appearance of the city the Great Fire destroyed." The senior member of the firm was Otto Jevne, who came to Chicago from Faaberg, Norway, in 1853. He died in 1905.
Includes a letter from Christian H. Jevne to parents and a photograph of office. -
Anton Gustav Helgeson Overn sermons, 1879-1905
"A Pioneer's Proclamation: Uncompromising Truth/Unfailing Love," (1983, 751 pp.) the translated sermons of a minister who served the Norwegian Synod from 1879 to 1905, in parishes of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, and Utah. The translator, Alfred Victor Overn, is a son.