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Pamphlet compiled by Sagen, who lived in Hevne Parish, Sor Trondelag. The annals cover mainly births and deaths; after 1860 they include crops and weather, with some incidental information about major events in the area. The emigration of a brother, Morten, in 1971, and of a son, Lars, in 1881 are noted.
Typescript of a speech delivered by a native of Slemmestad, Norway, at the annual convention of Landingslaget, Mayville, North Dakota, 9-10 July 1971. Also in the file is a covering letter from Mr. Sandaker to Clarence H. Tollefson.
Pamphlets by a native of Trent, South Dakota, expressing his views about creation and human life. The views are based largely on his reading and observation. Two letters to Dr. H. M. Blegen give further expression to his ideas.
"Minner Langs Livsvien," brief sketches written by a native of Vik, Helgeland, who emigrated in 1902, settling in the Thief River Falls, Minnesota, area. After study in a Minneapolis Bible school he became a minister in the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church. He served as superintendent of the Norwegian Chistian Home for the Aged in Brooklyn for some 15-16 years.
"The Life Story of Alice (Oian) Sandsness - by Herself, "with an introduction by Ole G. Landsverk (26 manuscript pages). Obituary notices and the funeral sermon for a woman who lived at Rushford, Minnesota.
A pamphlet, To the Slums with Love, by Marie Sandvig and Doris Nye; a copy of the Minneapolis Tribune Picture Magazine, September 4, 1983, which tells the story of how Sandvig, a Norwegian immigrant, opened a Revival Mission in 1940 and brought material help as well as the Gospel to the unfortunate in what was then a Skid Row district. The Marie Sandvig Center moved to Franklin Avenue in 1974.
"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.
Scrapbooks, albums, and unidentified photographs which belonged to an immigrant from Satrang, Haug Parish (near Hønefoss), Ringerike, Norway, who came to Chicago in 1892. He became vice president of the State Bank of Chicago, which failed in the economic collapse of the 1930s. He was an active member of Normennenes Singing Society and in 1923 was elected national treasurer of the Norwegian Singers Association. The scrapbooks contain correspondence and clippings regarding the Society and Association. The photographic albums cover family affairs. Many of the items belonged to his daughter Irene (born 1908) and cover the years into the 1930s.
Papers regarding Jesse Saugstad's great uncle, Christian Saugstad, and his founding of a Norwegian colony in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
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Article "A Mountain is Named" by Jesse Saugstad about his great uncle, Christian Saugstad, and his founding of a Norwegian Colony in Bella Coola, British Columbia (1963). Includes map of the area.
Articles, letters, and clippings regarding Christian Saugstad and the Norwegian colony at Bella Coola, British Columbia (1969-1996); 5 Photographs of the area and of Saugstad; "Like the Shade of a Great Rock," Founders Day Address, Augsburg College, by Dr. Bernhard Christensen (16 November 1976).