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Chicago History Committee (NAHA) papers, 1982
Information about, and papers given at a Chicago conference titled "Norwegians in Chicago: Their History," designed to provide an overview of the "colony" once regarded as the Norwegian capital of America. Rolf Erickson coordinated the event, with NAHA being one of the several sponsoring organizations. The papers cover topics like artists, authors and poets, feminists, medical care, and general history. -
Nikolai Johnson biography, 1952
"Hawaiian Adventure," a brief account (4 p. typscript) by an immigrant from Drammen who came to Hawaii in 1880 as an indentured servant. After a few months he was released from indenture by his father's paying the passage money. The file includes letters from Henry Hendrickson of Eureka, California.
See also, Evelyn McCormick article, P1590. The account was solicited by K.O. Bjork, who quotes from in "West of the Great Divide" (NAHA, 1958. Pp. 629-630). -
Ethel J. Odegard papers, 1931-1971
Manuscripts, correspondence, and notes of a Norwegian American who had a varied and distinguished career in nursing before her retirement in 1957. She was for a time the Executive Secretary of the Nurses' Examining Board, District of Columbia. Her article "Farewell to an Old Homestead," which appeared in "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 26, deals with Merrill, Wisconsin, and the home her parents established there in 1889. Includes the manuscripts "From Winchester to Tønsberg" (1960) and "The Norwegian-Danish Musical Heritage. A Layman's Discovery" (1964), clippings, genealogy, source material and notes
Folders 1-8: correspondence, NAHA; correspondence, G. Naeseth; correspondence, Olav Hillestad, Oslo; correspondence, Norway; manuscripts. "From Winchester to Tønsberg" (1960) and "The Norwegian-Danish Musical Heritage. A Layman's Discovery" (1964); clippings; geneaology; source material and notes -
Luke Molberg Pederson dissertation, 1980
"Nineteenth Century Social Change in Lesja, Norway," a paper submitted (96 p.) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree "summa cum laude," history major in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Spring, 1980. The study covers the period 1860-1919. -
Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980
An account by a Norwegian Augustana Synod clergyman who emigrated from Sandvigen, Bergen, in 1875. After ordination in 1883, he served various Midwest parishes. Translation is by P. D. Reinertsen, a son.
The file includes a letter, July 30, 1901, from Reinertsen to Professor Kildahl, recommending Ole Rolvaag for admission to St. Olaf. See O.E. Rolvaag papers, P0584 box 52, for 1960 letter from his son to Gudrun Hovde about relations between Rolvaag and Reinertsen.
Also includes family histories, photographs (photocopies), obituaries from Ladies Aid scrapbooks of Bergen Lutheran Church, and Bethesda Lutheran Chuch records, Bristol, South Dakota.
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Norwegian Art and Craft Club papers, 1937-2001
Miscellaneous records of an amateur artists' group in Brooklyn, New York, organized under the leadership of Karl Larsen, a painter from Flekkefjord, "to stimulate interest in art among Scandinavians in America." Beginning in 1939 the members held exhibits of their work at various galleries, museums, and other halls in the area. In addition, they sponsored workshops for students of drawing, painting, rosemaling, weaving, wood carving, and other crafts. For a time the membership numbered more than a hundred.
See also P1135 Art Exhibitions, New York.
Includes membership lists; correspondence, 1937-1942; Bernhard Berntsen clippings; clippings of history of the group; catalogs of exhibits. -
Bertha Buan clippings, 1932-1964
Lyric verse published mainly in the "Duluth Skandinav" by a poet who came from Beistad, Trøndelag, and who lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of her poems were set to music, of which several are found in the collection. Includes a 16-page pamphlet titled "Stevne minne; Dikte". For a biographical sketch of Haldor S. and Bertha Buan, see "Family Sagas," ed. Kristine Leander (1997), pages 19-20.
See in library collection, "Tre-Kløver-Hjørnet" (Duluth, Fuhr, 1947, 56 p.), on which she collaborated with Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud and Marcus Tellevik. Another copy in Johnsrud papers, (see P0948).
Includes scores, "Bluebells" (1944); "DU Deilige Trondhhjems Fjord" (1943); "My Christmas Boat" (1942); "My Home Land (Norway)" (1944); "Song to our Flag" (1942); "When the Boys Come Home Again" (1944). Poems: "Trøndere!"; "Tribute to Minnesota"; "Vår Syttende Mai"; "Christian Ellingsen og Egil Hammer (in memoriam)"; "Marcus Televik (in Memoriam)"; "Henrik Ibsen" -
Erwin Kalevik pamphlets, 1984
Two accounts, "Kallevig Reunion" (1978) and "Georgeville, Minnesota, from 1860-1983," edited by Kalevik, a Norwegian American, who at one time was a resident of Georgeville, Stearns County, Minnesota. The Kallevig reunion was held at Willmar, Minnesota, where descendants of the three brothers, Alias, Johannes and Olle Kallevig gathered in the area where the three brothers originally settled in the 1880s and 1890s, after emigrating from Moster, Hordaland. -
Albert H. Quie papers, 1862-1982
History/Biography:
Born in Wheeling Township, Minnesota, 1923. Quie graduated from Northfield High School and joined the US Navy during World War II. After returning home, he enrolled and graduated from St. Olaf College. Quie first ran as a write-in candidate for the House of Representatives in 1952 but lost. However, from 1955-78, he served the Minnesota Senate. In 1958 he ran for Congress after August Andresen died. He won and was elected until 1979 when he ran for governor. He ran against incumbent Rudy Perpich and was elected. He served one term and did not seek reelection.
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-American politician from Dennison, Minnesota, who served in the Minnesota Senate, 1954-1958, as Congressman from the Minnesota First District, 1958-1978, and as Governor of Minnesota, 1978-1982. Papers include:- Speeches, etc. and Photos
- 'Quie's Quest for a Cane"
- "Gov. Al Quie Scandinavia Today. Metrodome Welcome, September 11, 1982"
- "Gov. Al Quie Farewell Address" (1982); statement concerning political career
- Photographs of Quie in office
- Family photographs
- Book "Politics with Integrity. Al Quie of Minnesota," by Wilfred Bockelman, foreword by Gerald R. Ford.
- Family History
- Nette and Albert Quie tree
- "Slekt-historie, 1638-1962" by O.K. Opsahl (26 p.) and translation
- Finseth, Brandvold, Ulsaker, Tryhus family tree, by Knute A. Finseth, 1933
- Rice County History excerpt; Flaa, Norway, history (photocopy)
- In library, Nancy Vaiden and Gretchen Quie's "The Seeds have Blown: Quie Family History. A supplement to "From Lantern to Yard light."
- Ole Quie. "Freds-Rosten" (1890, 1896) and "Blikket paa Jesus" (1906)
- Albert K. Quie Memoir (1968, 12 p.) and letter concerning Nerstrand State Park, 1972.
- Legal Documents of Halvor Halvorson Quie.
- Lease, Truls H. Quie, 1873
- Warranty deed, 1862
- Satisfaction of mortgage, Christian Knutson, 1896
- Naturalization papers, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Certificate of change of name, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Lori Sturdevant, "Roots of state's ambition stem from Civil War. One notable vet dreamed of education for all kids. Does that goal endure?" (Star Tribune, March 31, 2013)
- Map and letters from Norway
- Includes map of home areas in Norway; translations of letters from O.K. Opsahl and Nils Gislerud in Norway; and copies of pictures from Norway.
- "In the Potter's Hand" autobiography by Gretchen Quie with Karen Matison Hess (Augsburg Publishing House, 1981)
- Jacobson Family History (109 p.). Jacob J., 1768-c. 1842; Anne (1776-1854) typescript.
- Al Quie Day, Proclamation by the State of Minnesota, 2022
- Speeches, etc. and Photos
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Thomas Thomason papers, 1862-1984
Copies of various autobiographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous writings of a carpenter who emigrated from Arendal to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1861. In 1867 he settled in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he farmed and served in many county offices. He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Minnesota militia in 1870. He visited the Pacific Northwest in 1883 and Norway in 1897. He moved with his family to Sand Point, Idaho, in 1904. Papers consist of clippings of his contributions to newspapers about himself and various members of his family, personal documents, and letters from his family in Norway, including a vivid account of the 1863 fire which destroyed much of Arendal. Thomason interspersed his account with philosophical observations and poetry.
Includes:- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy), 1904
- Sefond journal. (second journal), undated
- Clippings, letters, etc. Includes photograph. Obituary (1913); "A Trip to Spokane Falls in 1883" by Doris Thomason Winslett (1984)
- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy) translation, 1904
- "Erindringer fra Ungdomsaarene" (Memories of My Youth), 1904
- Letters from his father, brother and sister in Norway, 1862-1889
- Second journal, translation, undated
- Newspaper clippings, translation, errata sheet. Includes: "Scraps of early history. Reminiscence of early days. Trails of the first settlers and other interesting bits of recollection from a paper prepared by Thos. Thomason for the Old Settlers" [Morris, Stevens County, MN]; translations regarding life in Morris, MN (1882, 1895); "Kootenai County, Idaho" (1905)
- Thomason's manuscripts. Includes "The Winter of 1896-97 versus 1872-1873" (blizzard) n.d.; "From the Fifties [1850s]; "Ocean Ice"; condensed autobiography covering years from emigration (1861) to move to Sandpoint (1904)