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Erling N. Sannes articles, 1990
"Free Land for All: Ei ung Snåsakvinne som nybyggar i Nord Dakota; oversett fra engelsk av Erik Gran," appeared as an article in Kumur; årsskrift for Snåsa historielag, nr. 11, 1990. The original English version, "Free Land For All," 25 typescript pages, is included. Bertine Gurine Olesdotter Kjalan (1879-1955), Erik Gran's grandmother, emigrated from Snåsa in 1902 and took a homestead in Bottineau County, North Dakota. She married Erick Oluf Sannes in 1904. -
Alexander Wiley clippings, 1923-1991
Wiley (originally Vilaplassen) was born in Chippewa Falls to parents who had emigrated from their home near Kongsberg, Norway. Wiley served twenty-four years in the United States Senate (1938-1962). He was a prominent member of and at times the chair of the Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees. Wiley attended Augsburg College for two years, completing his education at the Universities of Wisconsin and Michigan. He was a banker, lawyer, and an operator of a dairy farm, and served as a Kiwanis governor. The clippings include obituaries about Wiley and his family, an excerpt from a interview in the Columbia University Oral History Project, and information about his papers. -
Amund Jensen stories, undated
Jensen emigrated from Bye, Løiten, Norway, in 1881 and ran a business in West Duluth. The second story may be autobiographical.
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Finn Haakon Frolich clippings, 1908-1991
Clippings about an Oslo-born "sailor and sculptor" who studied in Paris under Louis Ernest Barrias and in New York under Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He was active in California in the early part of the century. Frolich founded the "Norse Studio Club" in Hollywood in 1923, and made portrait busts of persons like James J. Hill, Edvard Grieg, Luther Burbank, Roald Amundsen, Anna Q. Nilsen, and Jack London, who became a close friend. His work also includes monuments like "The Spirit of the Pacific." The collection provides information and illustrations of his work. -
Søren S. Urberg papers, 1880-1931
Born in Aust Agder, Norway, Urberg emigrated in 1889 and graduated from Luther Seminary in 1893. He spent the remainder of his life as a minister in Blair, Wisconsin, serving parishes in Trampeleau and Jackson counties. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts of sermons and speeches, and family trees with statements about members of the Urberg family. En synodeprest blir Texthistorie: Søren S. Urberg, by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, 69 pages. "Kilder: Skriftlig matteriale etter S. S. Urberg, publisert og upublisert; Brev, minnebøker, intervju...."- Correspondence, 1883-1929
- Includes (all photocopies): 9 letters from his mother and brother in Norway (1911-1918); letters to Urberg from Waldemar Ager, Johannes R. Birkelund, Halvor Bjørnson, Hjalmar R. Holand, Peder O. Langseth, Laur. Larsen, Anders Larsgaard, Amund G. Lunde, Johannes H. Lunde, Johannes O. Saeter, Andreas K. Sagen, Peer Strømme, H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1903-1920, n.d.); letters from Urberg to his brother-in-law--Martin A. Christensen--his daughters, Pastor Myhre (Olaf C.?), H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1883-1929, n.d.).
- Speeches, 1901-1923
- Includes (all photocopies): manuscripts of sermons and speeches, including these subjects: K. E. Runnestrand (b. 1844), architect/builder of churches in the Blair area; memorial for President McKinley (1901); Ibsen's childhood, given at Gale College (1907); Ibsen; Vinje; President Harding (1923); Hans Nilsen Hauge; North Beaver Creek congreagation (Ettrick, Wis.).
- Miscellaneous, 1880-1901
- Includes (all photocopies except 1991 article): transcript from Kristiania Borgor- og Realskole (1880); letter by H. A. Stub to Trempeleau Valley and Blair congregations (1907); letter to Urberg from H. A. Stub (1902); document signed by Berthea Winger giving guardianship of her sons (1907); Charity Thinketh No Evil, But Rejoiceth in the Truth, article from Church Messenger, coauthored by Urgerg (1914); invoice from Chicago fish merchant L. A. Leistikow (1925); application for sacramental wine (1928); dues statement, Wis. State Hist. Soc. (1929); church trustee resolution that U. quote(call his own assistant) (1928); funeral expenses; letters and Gale College Bulletin relating to Urberg's death (1930); newspaper article discussing Urberg (1991).
- Family history, 1928-1997
- Includes: 2 copies of En synodeprest blir teksthistorie: Søren S. Urberg i Wisconsin, 1893-1930, av Øyvind T. Gulliksen (1991); 2 newspaper articles in Norwegian (1928 original, 1930 photocopy); booklet with a number of family trees with narrations about individuals who are a part of the Soren Sorenson Urberg family, 45 pp., given to Gulliksen by Sigurd Urberg, July 1990; photocopy of clipping about 1997 marriage of Monica and Jørn Urberg Tveten, from Varden, in Urberg church on Urberg avenue; detached article Julen minner om… by Fernanda Urberg Malmin, from Jul i Vesterheimen (1957).
- Correspondence, 1883-1929
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J. E. Sivesind letter, 1853
Photocopy of a letter written from Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, to Sivesind's sister in Wisconsin, with a typewritten translation by the Reverend Donald L. Berg. Sivesind writes "Land is still available...government land...$50 for 40 acres. An ordinary laborer has from 1/2 dollar to six shillings per day....On the first day of Christmas our new pastor (V. Koren) who came here 3 days before Christmas held the service here in the settlement....He used our old religion which we have learned from Norway on." -
Stina L. Hirsch thesis, 1985
The Swedish Maid: 1910-1915, a De Paul University Master of Arts thesis, 75 pages. -
Swedish-American Archives catalog, undated
Descriptions of 30 collections, varying in size from 1 to 139 manuscript boxes. Each description is separately paged. -
Society of Scandinavian-American Artists (Brooklyn) catalog, 1932
Photocopy of "Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists, April 11 to May 15, 1932," Brooklyn Museum, 24 pages. Cites 299 works by 88 artists and their addresses. -
Norse Art League (Chicago) catalog, 1931
An 8-page catalog of the "First Semi-annual Art Exhibit, March 1-15, 1931." Includes lists of the board of directors, art exhibit committee, jury, prizes, artists, and the titles of the 80 works exhibited. The Norse Art League was "organized two months ago by Norse Artists and a few friends for the purpose of encouraging art among the Norsemen." See "Norwegian-American Artists' Exhibits Described in Checklists and Catalogs," by Rolf H. Erickson in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 31