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Bob Selmer Bergland papers, 1978
A brochure, prepared by Halvor Nordbø, welcoming the Berglands to Telemark, Norway. Includes information about Bergland's Norwegian ancestry and about the Bergland farmstead in Telemark. Bergland, a former Minnesota congressman, was Secretary of Agriculture at this time.
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Hans and Anna Skinvik family history, 2003
Hans and Anna Skinvik: From Norway to Wisconsin (2003). Family settled in Minong/Frog Creek (1891-1913) and Oak Grove Township(1914-1925). -
Olaf Bernts papers, 1828-1966
Papers (chiefly personal) of a Norwegian-born attorney who came to the United States in 1907 and began service with the Norwegian Consulate in Chicago in 1909. He was appointed Consul General in 1920 and held that post until his death in 1936. In 1931 he was decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olaf.
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- Scrapbook, includes many articles and photographs of various royal families of Europe. (dates unknown)
- Correspondence, Eldrid and Norma Bernts (daughters), 1926-1966
- Correspondence, Mrs. Nora Petersen Bernts, 1935-1963
- Photographs. Includes photo of Bernts presenting Jane Addams with the Nobel Peace Prize (1931).
- Newspaper clippings from both English and Norwegian papers (mostly Norwegian), for the most part articles which reference to Bernts, 1913-1935
- Correspondence, some in English, some in Norwegian. Includes birth certificate of Bernts' daughter Eldrid Martha Bernts, 1904-1955
- Documents, pertaining to Bernts' education and appointment. Includes diplomas; certificate declaring Bernts' Vice Consulship (1916); a Membership List of the Consular Corps of Chicago (1931); document awarding the order of St. Olaf to Bernts (1931).
- Personal Documents, 1828-1871
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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. -
Arnold Berwick writings, 1993-2001
A Nowegian-American author living in California who stories center in Norway.
Includes: photocopy from "Reader's Digest (May 1993) "The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time." The story tells about the author spending the summer of his 10th year in Norway with his grandfather, Jørgen. Berwick returned to Norway with his family 34 years later and was able to re-connect with a grandfather who had been gone for decades. A DVD produced by Norwegian TV-NRK (1997); "Eric of Bjørndal" (spiral bound, 293 pages. 2001). A historical novel set in the early 1500s in Norway; "Who Was Uncle Ole? The Life and Times of Ole Nelson (1864-1945)" compiled by Berwick. A traditional family picnic called the "Uncle Ole picnic" got the young people asking "Who was Uncle Ole?" The author's mother, a niece of Uncle Ole, decided to find answers about this Norwegian immigrant who ended up in Santa Barbara, California. Using transcripts from interviews in the 1970s, the author was able to learn about the group of friends from Stranda, Ansok and Overå, Norway who were able to buy adjoining parcels of land in Santa Barbara and start new lives; "The Search for Clary Downer" a play (spiral bound, 287 pages). -
Anton Beutlich papers, 1980
Biographical notes and other data about an immigrant from Stavanger who came to Chicago in 1887 and became a commercial portrait artist, working with other Chicago artists. Together with his wife, Emilie Pederen Beutlich, he exhibited at the Chicago Norske Klub. Also information about a relative Anna (Schiotz) Nygaard, who also exhibited at the Klub. -
Werner Bill papers, 1977
A Tale of the North, a story written by a retired businessman in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The tale is set in a Wisconsin village on the shore of Lake Superior in the early part of the 1900s. It concerns a boy who won a skating race and the blacksmith who sharpened his skates for him. -
Boral Biorn papers, 1907-1995
Several works concerning the author's grandfather, L. M. Bjørn, and great-grandfather Nils Andreas Biørn: "The Leksvig Church—300th Anniversary," a translation, 4 pages. Nils Andreas Biørn served this Trondheim district congregation from 1850 to 1863. A biography of L. M. Biørn cast in the form of an autobiography, 1989, 108 pages. Supplementary notes: "L. M. Biørn and Gjermund Hoyme," and "L. M. Biørn as a Hymn Writer and Member of the Synodical Hymn Committees," 2 pages. See also Ludvig Marius Biørn Papers, P 1470.
Includes: Copy of letter from Ludvig Marinius Biorn, Zumbrota, Minnesota, Jan. 24, 1907, to his son Dr. Nils Andreas Biorn, Jackson, Minnesota. Dr. N.A. Biorn was the father of Boral Biorn. (In Norwegian) Added Dec. 1990 : A biography of Ludvig M. Biorn, by Boral R. Biorn (Mesa, Arizona, 1989) 108 p. Includes an "Introduction" (4 p.) with a translation of excerpts (written by N.A.B.) from the Journal of the Leksvig Parish; and an English translation of the above letter of L.M.B. (The biography is cast in the form of an autobiography.) Rev. Biorn gave a second copy in June 1995, with some passages highlighted in yellow: a note on p. 108 indicates these are "the areas that are authentic history" listed also on pp.109-110. It also includes two unnumbered pages: "L.M. Bjørn and Gjermund Hoyme" and "L.M. Bjørn as hymn writer and member of the synodical hymn committee," written Oct.-Nov.1993. See also in Ludvig M. Bjørn papers (P1470) Boral Biorn's "Three hymns of L.M.B.-I an essay." 1995. 32 p. Added Dec. 2011: translation of Norwegian newspaper clipping (May 6, 1992), "Wergeland Gift to the Folk Museum."; book and article translations by B. Biorn: "Church by the Fjord: Svenes Church on Strand 250 years" (edited by Jahn Børe Jahnsen, 1985) & "Aurdalskyrkja frå Lund sokn til Valdres prosti (Ivar Aars, 1987); article "Church Life in North Aurdal" (Kyrkjeliv nr. 3, May 1991) -
Gisle Biornstad papers, 1923-1939
Papers of a Norwegian-born physician who established a clinic and sanitarium in Minneapolis. File includes newspaper clippings from 1923 to 1939, and two pamphlets, "The New Science of Curing Diseases" and "Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine." -
Emil Biørn papers, 1890-1900
Scrapbook of clippings, programs of musical, dramatic, and other entertainment activities in Chicago, 1890-1900, among the Scandinavians. Biørn was a versatile musician and artist, around whom was centered much of the cultural life amont the Scandinavians in Chicago during his lifetime. An appreciative essay which appeared in Skandinaven at the time of his death is pasted into the scrapbook. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook.