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Knud Østensen Rulland correspondence, 1859-1863
Civil War and other letters received by Rulland (born in Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, emig. 1854), Coon Prairie, Wisconsin. -
Ole Rundahl (Roundal) Knutson (Knudsen) papers, circa 1850-1933
Articles, correspondence (1850s-1860s), emigration papers, and biographies of a Norwegian-born, Coon Valley, Wisconsin, farmer, born Lårda, Telemark, emigrated 1851. -
Christian O. Ruste papers, 1887-1928
Business records of Ruste's enterprises: Rippling Rill Farm and Creamery and Barber Cheese Company. Ruste was born at Mr. Horeb to Ole Arneson Ruste and his wife Anne, who were early settlers and founders of Perry Lutheran Church. In 1887 h emarried Betsey Anderson of Blue Mounds and they settled on the homestead which he later called Rippling Rill Farm, living there until 3 years before his death. "One of his first acts after he started farming for himself was to purchase a purebred Holstein herd sire and develop a herd of dairy cattle that for years has ranked among the foremost in the dairy history of Southern Wisconsin." He helped "develop his neighborhood into one of the leading dairy centers of the world." He wrote for local papers and farm journals, and wrote "Sixty Years of Perry Congregation" in 1915. Ruste is related to "Snowshoe Thompson."
- Journals and ledgers of business records. 4 volumes of Rippling Rill Farm and Creamery, expenses, income, and transactions: 1897-1903, 1905, 1905-1906, 1900-1913.
- Journals and ledgers of business records. 8 volumes of Barber Cheese Company expenses, income, and transactions: 1887-1896, 11893-1899, 1896-1900, 1900-1904, 1906-1913, 1914-1916, 1917-1919, 1920-1922/1924-1928.2 volumes of business records. Expenses, 1914-1922; Miscellaneous, 1900-1922.
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Erick Olsen Ruste papers, 1972
Biographical sketch of a Norwegian-American clergyman by his daughter, Sofie Ruste; "En Hilsen Hjem," a poem by Reverend Ruste; a letter from R. G. Ruste concerning the poem; a "folk song" by Anton Amundson; and a photograph of a log house believed to have been a parsonage of Olsen.
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Martin Bronn Ruud papers, 1837-1935
The Second Generation, by a professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Comments on the death of Minneapolis Tidende and the need for Norwegian Americans to preserve their cultural heritage, 1935, 2 typescript pages, eight clippings about Ruud, among them are a review of "Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads", which Ruud edited with Theodore C. Blegen, a copy of his lecture given on the 1940 WLB radio series "Arts and Letters of Scandinavia," and an obituary. Includes: "The Second Generation." Published in "Signalfires," May 1935, newsletter of the Emergency Education Division, E.R.A., State of Minnesota Department of Education. "Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads, manuscript, Norwegian and Emigrant Songs." -
Andreas N. Rygg papers, 1923-1944
A scrapbook of clippings from "Nordisk Tidende," concerning Norwegians in the Boston area, membership lists of two Norwegian societies, a sea narrative, and an article concerning Karel Hansen Toll, Schenectady, New York. The file also includes a collection of clippings in loose form. Rygg was a Norwegian-born editor of "Nordisk Tidende," Brooklyn, New York, and the author of "Norwegians in New York" (1941). Includes a 10 p. manuscript account of Captain Anders Johnson rescue of 49 persons from the passenger boat, Central America on September 12, 1857 (author Rygg?, 1944). -
Ida Rygg travel journal, 1967
Ida Rygg travel journal to Norway. Herman and Ida Rygg lived near Sioux City, Iowa. Includes a few snapshots. -
Jens Rynning articles, 1839-1930
A 12-page typescript copy of an article by a Norwegian clergyman that was published in "Morgenbladet" (October 10, 1839). It includes the Hans Barlien letter which announced the death of the author's emigrant son, Ole Rynning, and offers criticism of the emigration movement. Includes an offprint of Jacob S. Worm-Muller's address on Ole Rynning (July 4, 1937).
Includes: An article by H.R.M. on Barlien is included (no source given, pp. 15-16); manuscript (1 folded sheet) with typed transcription with heading "On the death of Anna Nicoline Lund: a manuscript found among the Rynning papers." 5p.; manuscript (16 p.) of poems, with typed transcription with heading "A manuscript book of verse found among the Rynning papers 14 p. (Only one is ascribed to an author, J. St. Munch); and a letter from L. W. Boe to Theodore C. Blegen (Jan. 27, 1930) and Blegen's response (Jan. 30) concerning gift of Rynning's library to St. Olaf College.
See also papers of his son, Ole Rynning (P341) and his grandson, B.J.Muus. The latter includes a photocopy of Muus's "Jens Rynnings aet" (1894). And, in St. Olaf library, the Rynning family history. Copies of these letters, and a January 8, 1930 letter from Bergitte Muus Klüver to Boe, are in NAHA Publication papers, P 1000 box 2, Blegen-Boe correspondence -
Ole Rynning papers, 1837-2016
Material regarding prominent early immigrant, author of "Ole Rynning's True Account of America"(NAHA, 1926). See the introduction of that book for further information. Includes "A letter to Ole Rynning," 1837, ms. in possession of Arne Larsen Rosseland, Kvam, Hardanger," typed transcription, 2 p.; Copies of "Student Ole Rynnings Amerikabog" with introduction by R.B. Anderson, Madison, Wis., "Wis. Nordmandens" Bogtrykkeri, 1896. 56 p. (Orig. pub]. 1839.); Clippings, articles, programs, mainly about 1937 observance of centennial of Rynning's death at St. Olaf College and Snaasa, Norway. Includes 1919 article ("North Star") by Theodore Blegen, "Ole Rynning and the America book"; "Ole Rynning og kolonien ved Beaver Creek" by Gunnar Malmin (Decorah Posten, Feb.27, 1925; "Et blad av den norsk-amerikanske historie" by R. Nyman-Figved Nordisk Tidende 1927?; poems by P.O.Bugge.
See also the papers of his father, Jens Rynning (P 340) and his nephew, B.J.Muus. See also NAHA Publication papers, P 1000; file 1.
Added December 21,2016: Arnt-Erik Selliaas "Jens Rynnings boksamling ved St. Olaf College" (Snåsa Historielag 2016). -
Ola Johann Saervold papers, 1840-1941
History/Biography:
Ola Johann Saervold was a sailor on the Great Lakes (1886-1889); a student at Luther College (1889-1895); a correspondent for "Inter-Ocean" (Chicago) (1895-1898); a lecturer and newspaper correspondent who described his travels in Norway (1899-1910); a farmer on the ancestral farm in Strandvik, Midthordland, Norway, which he equipped and operated according to American standards (1910-1918); a traveler and correspondent for "Skandinaven" (1921-1925). He was the author of four books: "Erling" (1898), "Det store stevne i Camrose, Canada" (1926), "Reisebreve," 3 volumes (1926), and "The Discovery of America" (1931).
Abstract:
Biographical miscellany, correspondence, articles, clippings, account books of a Norwegian-born, American-educated, Minneapolis resident, world traveler and lecturer, journalist and linguist, farmer and sailor. His papers contain transcripts of legal documents dealing with the history of the Saervold farm; his Luther College report cards; a recipe book (manuscript) from the Lutheran Ladies' Seminary (Red Wing, Minnesota); a domestic science course (1908-1909); and manuscripts titled "Prestehjemmenes plads i vort folkeliv," "Kirken og det norske sprog i Amerika," and "What Is the Matter with Minnesota and Why" (a study of taxation). Correspondents include B. E. Bergeson, L. W. Boe, Juul Dieserud, Einar Hoidale, Peter Norbeck, and Henrik Shipstead.