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Jacob Amundson Berven papers, 1911-1927
Clippings, consisting of an account of an emigrant journey in 1872 from Bergen to Lee County, Illinois; poems and memorial tributes to friends, most of which were published in "Visergutten" and in "Lutheraneren". Berven, a native of Hardanger, moved from Illinois to Radcliffe, Iowa, in 1882, where he was a farmer. Part of his written work was compiled in "Reisebreve og Digte," Radcliffe, Iowa, 1916. -
Jacob and Anna Johnson family history, 1973
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Jacob and Sarah Nearness Apland family history, 1972, 1996
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Jacob Hodnefield papers, 1929-1955
Translations: English versions of Henrik Ibsen's poetic dramas "Brand" (178 p., typescript) and "Peer Gynt," (189 p., typescript) by a Norwegian-American librarian and bibliographer; a translation of H. R. Holand's chapter 54 of "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," which Hodnefield titled "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa"; a manuscript titled "Iowa Life, 1875-1925: The Story of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants"; a copy of "Annals of Iowa," July 1955, which contains Hodnefield's "The Story County Colony of 1855"; and an offprint of "Minnesota as seen by Travelers: A Danish Visitor of the Seventies," a three-part article that appeared in "Minnesota History" (June-December, 1929). Hodnefield's translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905," is in the Oley Nelson Papers, P 258. Hodnefield served on the staffs of the Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, and of the Minnesota State Historical Society. He compiled the section "Some Recent Publications" for the NAHA "Studies and Records," volumes 5-18. Born in Story County, Iowa to John and Malena Hodnefield. See Family Histories and genealogies for family history.
Includes:- "Iowa Life 1875-1925. The Story of a Central Iowa Community of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants," by J. Hodnefield (225 p., typescript), 1955
- "Brand: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen, circa 1955
- Translation "Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen circa 1955
- Translations of H.R. Holand's "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," (1908), Chapter, Articles, Correspondence. Includes: translation of Holand's chapter, re-titled, "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa" (12 p., typescript); Article (3 p., typescript) "What was the Norwegian heritage?" and correspondence (1955) between Hodnefield and T.C. Blegen; article on Bjørnson ("St. Paul Dispatch? 1932); translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905) is in the Oley Nelson papers; article in three parts which appeared in "Minnesota History (June-Dec. 1929, offprint) "Minnesota as seen by Travelers. A Danish visitor of the Seventies [1870s]"; and "The Story County Colony of 1855" published in "Annuals of Iowa (July 1955). 1929-1955
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Jacob Olson papers, 1933-1935
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Bosque County, Texas: articles, pictures, a letter, and a poem by Franklin Petersen. The articles by Olson give information on Texas pioneers: names, dates of arrival, house construction, farm operations, Cleng Peerson, and the Civil War. Other articles concern Gustaf W. Belfrage, a Swedish entomologist of Bosque County.
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Jacob Stefferud papers, 1916-1964
Articles, brochures, clippings, correspondence, reports, and scrapbooks of a Norwegian-born Minneapolis resident. Stefferud was chief clerk for the Norwegian America Line in their New York and Minneapolis offices, acting consul for Norway, and a commissioner for Nordmanns-Forbundet. -
Jacob Theodore Sohner biography, 1986
"J. Theodore Sohner, Portrait Painter," by Ione Kadden, the story of a versatile artist who was also a fine musician. Subjects for his paintings were distinguished Minnesotans: governors, senators, judges, scientists, and musicians. A plea is made in the story for locating the extant Sohner portraits so that a record may be preserved at Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. -
Jacobsen family history, 1955
"Who is Who Among the Jacobsens" and "The Jacobsen Jubilee Journal" -
Jacobsen family letters, 1923-1940
Original letters from siblings Jenny and Asbjorn Jacobsen. Includes the book: "Brev Fra Brooklyn, 1923-1940" by Kirsten Limstrand: A group of four siblings emigrated from Salten in Nordland to America in the period 1923-1927. The book is based on many hundreds of letters to and from the siblings. The book is a family story, but at the same time gives a picture of how life and business behaved for most people in Brooklyn at this time. -
Jacon and Virginia Lien family history, 1996
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