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An Account of the Life of Anders N. Teslow, A Diary, a translation of the diary of a Norwegian-born merchant and farmer, who came with his wife and family to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1862. In 1865 he moved to a farm in Freeborn County, Minnesota, where he lived the rest of his life. The diary begins with reminiscences of his life in Norway, his marriage, and the journey to America, and continues with the record of his experiences in Minnesota. Account translated by Dr. Gunnar Malmin, and edited by Anders Teslow's daughter and grandson, Valborg Teslow Fynboe (1976) The account was translated by Gunnar Malmin, and edited by Valborg Teslow Fyneboe and Carl Fyneboe.
Manuscript copy of a book which appears to be an anthology of poems or hymns. The author's name was written into the book by O. M. Norlie and no further information on the author is available. Bound in pigskin.
Correspondence and biographical notes regarding a Norwegian-born citizen of California. "A Short Treatise on Tom Paine," in "American-Scandinavian," March 15, 1962; "Mistaken Identity: A Holiday Experience in Minnesota"; and "Søren Roinestad Honored," "Western Viking," February 5, 1965. The letters consist largely of the correspondence of his father, Abraham Rogstad, Norway.
Letters to a Norwegian-born farmer at Sunburgh, Minnesota. Correspondents include Thorstein Berg, Johannes Halvorson, Bjug A. Harstad, T. T. Kopseng, T. P. Satner, and Johannes Tingelstad. All in Norwegian.
Biographical sketches of a Norwegian-American clergyman and educator who served as a teacher and administrator at Pacific Lutheran College from 1925 until his retirement in 1961. The sketches were written by his wife, Emma Kvindlog Ramstad.
Includes: "Anders" and "Memories that Cast a Glow Over Retirement" written by Anders Ramstad's wife, Emma Kvindlog Ramstad.
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)
