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Julius B. Baumann papers, circa 1916-1923
History/Biography:
Julius Berg Johannesen was born in 1869 to Johannes Johannesen Bauman and Barbro Susanna Pedersdatter in Kiby (Tyby), Nord-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway. His father, Johannes Baumann, was a fisherman and partner of Per Kristian Glein, a well-known skipper and merchant on the island of Dønna. He married Barbo Susanna in Dønna, foster daughter of Per Kristian Glein.
Julius became a fisherman and laborer in Norway after his father died when he was 10. His mother encouraged to find work elsewhere, knowing that he did not want to be a fisherman. He became a private tutor to children of a wealthy family, and was appointed assistant postmaster at Osen, north of Trondheim. When two young men came to visit from America, they became acquainted with Julius and offered to pay for his transportation to the United States. In 1891, at the age of 20, Baumann immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Minnesota.
Baumann wrote songs and poems on the Norwegian-American immigrant experience, and his poems were frequently memorized, and sung to well-known melodies. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924). He was well acquainted with Norwegian-American Authors Waldemar Ager and Ole E. Rølvaag.
See “Julius B. Baumann: A Biographical Sketch" by John Heitmann( Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 15) for more information.
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born poet and register of deeds in Carlton County, Minnesota: poems, letters, clippings, and three scrapbooks containing newspaper articles by Baumann, responses to his articles, and discussions on Norwegian-American literature by a variety of authors. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924). -
Julius Boraas papers, 1891-1997
Papers of a professor of education at St. Olaf College: articles on educational subjects, a history of the Boraas family, correspondence, biographical data, clippings, diaries (55 volumes, 1899-1951), and a record of Boraas's public addresses. Some material concerns his work as superintendent of schools in Goodhue County, Minnesota, and with the Minnesota State Board of Education, on which he served 28 years. -
Julius E. Olson papers, 1896-1930
Clippings and pamphlets that contain speeches made by Olson at Norwegian-American festivals, and also an Olson family history. Olson was professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin (1884-1935). -
Julius Julson family history, 1994
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Julius Oscar and Hilma Walstad family history, 2004
The Edited Journals of Julius Oscar Walstad (1869-1950). Sub-chapters include: boyhood memories of Decorah, Iowa (Native Americans/Indians, falling through ice resulting in pneumonia and treated with cod-liver oil); Nebraska (In 1878 the family moved to dugout near Bladen and later Riverton. Mentions fleas, dances, alcohol, sod schoolhouse, snake indugout); Riverton (moved to a house in 1881. Mentions: working in afurniture store, sexual relations: "Then while he [the owner] went home for breakfast and took a good long time at it and to chin his wife as they had lately been married, I had to stay and take care of the store", Mrs. Oney);Farmer's Creek (moved to in 1884. Mentions: drunkenness of father, homestead mortgage troubles, teaching Sunday school, preaching, tent meetings); Hastings (1900. Mentions trouble with uncles and alcohol/kegs of beer); Beginning of Preaching Ministry, Evangelist (1902-1924. Scandinavian Gospel Mission Work, married Hilma Latt in 1912). -
Julseth family history, 1995
Julseth family history, compiled and researched by Jay M. and Dorothy E. (Bergh) Steinberg -
June Kompas papers, 1887-1977
Biographical information about a Norwegian-American woman who grew up in the home of her immigrant grandparents, Peter (1848-1936) and Martha Petersen (1854-1951), at Manistee, Michigan. Includes notes, clippings, and photographs. -
Juul Dieserud papers, 1893-1923
Papers and articles by and about a Norwegian-born librarian who served as Chief of the Division of Cataloging in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Includes newspaper clippings and a 12-page Dieserud letter to C. G. O. Hansen, July 3, 1926. For other articles by Dieserud see Symra, volume 1 (1905). -
Juve family history, 1978
"Descedants of Ole Juve and Helga Juve" -
K.E. Nelson papers, 1773-1834
Norwegian legal documents (1773-1834).