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California Gold Rush clippings, 1850, 1937, 1941
Abstract
Articles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.
Contents- Photograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to California in 1850. Photo by Knut Vang of Brooklyn.
- Letter from Gunnar Skavlan (1937).
- Clipping, Gullgraverekspedisjnen til California, Fjell-Lyom, Dec. 22, 1941, in Norwegian.
- Clipping, Gullgravarar frå Innherad, Nord-Trøndelag og Inntrøndelagen, July 1941.
- Gullgraverne fra Røros, Østerdalen og Gauldelen som 1850 dro til California. Fjell-Ljom, December 1941 in Norwegian.
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Halvor L. Skavlem family history, 1915-1927
Copy of the a family history "The Skavlem and Odegaarden Families" by Halvor Skavlem and related papers. Halvor Skavlem lived in Rock County, Wisconsin. After becoming County Sheriff he lived in Janesville. His many interests included botany, ornithology, archaeology, and local history. He became an authority on Indian lore. -
Ski for Light records, 1975-2022
History/Biography:
Ski for Light, a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides opportunities for visually impaired and mobility-impaired people to experience skiing, was founded in 1975. They provide cross-country skiing programs, and pairs each person with an experienced, sighted cross-country skier. The motto for the organization, which was inspired by Erling Stordahl, is "If I can do this, I can do anything!"
The group’s annual event takes place at different locations across the United States and, like the Birkebeiner in Wisconsin, it builds on a ski event that was first held in Norway. Erling Stordahl, a blind Norwegian musician, is credited with the idea of giving blind people assistance to ski. His efforts led to the creation in 1964 of the Ridderrennet, or “Knights’ Race,” which is held at Beitostølen in the Valdres region of Norway.
In 1975, Olav Pedersen, a ski instructor at the Breckenridge Ski Resort and Barne Eikevik, the International President of Sons of Norway, launched Ski for Light that was inspired by the Ridderrennet. Olav Pedersen knew Erling Stordahl in Norway and went to him to get advice on how to launch a similar organization in the US.
The name, Ski for Light, came from Erling Stordahl from a metaphor in Peer Gynt. In Peer Gynt, a Norwegian Knight (part of the ridderrenn) needed to escape. He came to an abyss, and without knowing if he would safely make it, leaped with faith and succeeded. After the first event in Frisco (Colorado), the name changed from Race for Light to Ski for Light to emphasize the recreational nature of the program and deemphasize the racing aspects. To this day, Ski for Light is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Sons of Norway Headquarters.
Scope and Content:
This collection contains the organizational materials from the corporation as well as photographs, memorabilia, clippings, public relations information and other material related to the organization and their events. -
Edvard Skille papers, 1918
Den Metriske Kalender, by a Norwegian-born lumberman, with astronomy, mathematics, and local history as avocations, and three clippings. -
Nels Amundsen Skogstad letters, 1875-1880
English translations of letters written from Goodhue county, Minnesota, to his parents in Voss. Skogstad attended a Voss teacher training school and taught briefly at Vossestrand. Emigrated summer 1875 and worked on farms and taught, attending St. Olaf's School in Northfield fall of 1877.
In the 1880 census of Leon township he is living with Ivar D. Hustvedt, teacher and klokker of Urland Church. He married 1881 and moved to Codington county, S.D. where he took a homestead. Letters of Nov. 18, 1875; Feb 6 and Aug. 6, 1876; April 10, 1877; March 7 and Sept. 26, 1878; Jan. 7, 1880. Skogstad tells of farming methods, the success of many who had emigrated from Voss; he advises his parents not to emigrate to Goodhue co. Since land was very expensive.
The letters were found on the Haga farm in Voss in 1985 and translated by Albert Haga. Contributed by Clarice Aakre (Rt. 1 Box 98, Conrad, Mt. 59425) July 1996. also included are photocopies of photographs of Nels, wife and two children; and a son Amund as an adult. -
Lorentz Severin Skougaard letter and clippings, 1904-1930
An undated letter by Kristen Kvamme, Lutheran clergyman at Ossian, Iowa, to Ole E. Rølvaag, containing a sketch of Skougaard of New York City, concert soloist, voice teacher, and friend of Alfred Corning Clark, who published a Skougaard biography in 1885. The clippings (1910-1930) treat Skougaard, his mother, Sara, and a brother, Jens.Includes letter from Torstein Jahr to C.G. O. Hansen concerning Jens and Lorentz Severin. -
Dordi Glaerum Skuggevik manuscript, 1886
A 1,000-page typescript manuscript for the book Utvandringshistorie fra Nordmøre: Stangvik og Surnadal Prestegjeld, which was published in Surnadal, Norway, 1886. The book is an exhaustive account of emigration from the above-named parish, giving details of the individuals. The publication is in the NAHA books collection: JV6734.S56.
Includes: Introductory statement: "A 'Roadsign' to Readers in America" by the author. Also included is a review (in Norwegian) by St. Olaf College professor emeritus Odd S. Lovoll. Folder 2 contains manuscript part 1: "Emigration statistics." Folder 3 contains manuscript part 2A: "Michigan." Folder 4 contains manuscript part 2B: "Michigan." Folder 5 contains manuscript part 3: "Minnesota and Wisconsin" as well as a letter to St. Olaf College professor emeritus Odd Lovoll. Folder 6 contains manuscript part 4: "Diaries of Emigrants." Folder 7 contains manuscript part 5: "West Coast" as well as a letter to St. Olaf College professor emeritus Odd Lovoll. Folder 8 contains manuscript part 6: "Gard directories." Introductory statement by the author, "A 'Roadsign' to Readers in America," in typescript with handwritten editing marks. Hardcover copy of "Utvandringshistorie fra Nordmøre: Stangvik og Surnadal Prestegjeld," given to Carlton Qualey. Inside the front cover is a letter from the author to Qualey. -
Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdah family history, 1999
Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdahl:Emigrants from Sør-Fron to Dakota Territory. A Norwegian-American Family History (1999). Descendants of Paul Skurdall, Anne Skurdall O’Bryan, PeterSkurdell, and Anton Skurdall. -
Anderson family history, 2008
An Anderson Family History: Hjartdaland Ringebu to Winneshiek County, Iowa (20008). Descendants of CharlesAnderson (formerly Kittel Olson Aakre,1847-1915) and KarenMortensdatter Høye Anderson (1846-1912) -
Halvor Smedsrud letters, 1924-1933
Letters from relatives and friends in Norway to an immigrant from Heddal who came to Chicago in 1924. He was an active member of Bondeungdomslaget, Leikarringen, Heimhug, and the Chicago Norske Theater. A brief sketch from "Vinland," December, 1965, is included.