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Kopperdahl family history, undated
"Kinfolk: Tracing the Footsteps of my Scandinavian and German Ancestors from Minnesota to Washinton" by Margie Lee -
Koren family history, 1953
Clipping from a Norwegian newspaper. -
Krakreid family history, 1995
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Kristian Prestgard papers, 1884-1945
History/Biography:
Kristian Prestgard was born on the Harelstad farm in Heidal, Oppland, Norway. His parents were Gudbrand Kristensen Harelstad (1829-1869) and Marit Prestgard (1841-1897). When his father, Kristian and Marit moved back to her family farm in Prestgard.
Prestgard attended the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as a correspondent for Oplandenes Avis, a Norwegian newspaper. Instead of returning home to Norway, he started working in the Norwegian-American press. In 1897, he married Oline Musum (1873–1919) and took a position with a Norwegian language newspaper company in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
He was co-editor and editor of "Decorah-Posten" (1897-1946); co-editor and publisher of "Symra" (1905-1914); editor of Norske Kvad (1906); translator of "Fra Livet i Vestjylland" by Jakob Jakobsen (1894); author of "Nansenfaerden" (1896), Skrøneboka (1911), En Sommer i Norge (1928), "Streiftog, Stemninger og Skildringer" and "Fjords and Faces" (1937); and a founder of NAHA and a member of its board of editors (1925-1933).
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, and a scrapbook of a Norwegian-born journalist and author.
The letters by Prestgard and those by his correspondents deal largely with such subjects as the language controversy both in Norway and America, the tour of Norway by twelve American newspapermen in 1927, Knut Gjerset's unfinished dictionary of Norwegian-American biography, the writings of Ole E. Rølvaag, the Norwegian-American Historical Association, the merging of "Minneapolis Tidende" and "Decorah-Posten" in 1935, genealogy, immigration history, and gladioli. He gained a reputation as a horticulturist by developing 30 new varieties of gladioli.
The Ola K. Stokkestad letters to Prestgard (1884-1897) are unique in that they treat not the economics of rural areas but cultural pursuits mainly in the city.
The Arne Odd Johnson letters (1934-1938) deal with editorial and publication problems connected with using the Prestgard-Ivar Kleiven correspondence as basic material in a history of the migration of Norwegians to America.
The John Heitmann letters (1928-1945) are primarily about the problems of translating, editing, and publishing "Fjords and Faces," the English version of "En Sommer i Norge."
Among the other correspondents are R. B. Anderson, Henry Armstrong, Mrs. L. M. Boomer, Th. Caspari, Borghild M. Dahl, Juul Dieserud, P. J. Eikeland, Johan Falkberget, Arne Garborg, C. J. Hambro, J. C. M. Hanson, Hjalmar R. Holand, Halvdan Koht, Hanna Astrup Larsen, Fridtjof Nansen, John Norstog, Julius Olson, Franklin Petersen, Ragnhild Prestgard, A. N. Rygg, Ludwig Saxe, Th. H. Svanoe, A. A. Veblen, and Henry A. Wallace.
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Kristian Tjønn photographs, circa 1950
Kristian Tjønn was a cousin of Paul Tweet (Tveit) who married Ella Valborg Rølvaag. Kristian spent some time in the US, and then returned to Norway. His family was originally from the Nordbø farm, but at some point his father bought the farm at Tveit. Kristian played the hardanger fiddle. -
Kristian Torgerson papers, 1920
Transcript of an "America Letter" from Fairdale, North Dakota, 1920; emigration certificate, 1883, for Torgerson's sister Karen; and family data from a niece, Petra Arnesen. -
Kristin Lerohl interview, 1996 January 17
In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today." Celeste Holm was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve Unprocessed This item is currently restricted. -
Kristina W. Rosbe student paper, 1985
"A Norwegian-American Dream," a story told in the first person about a woman returning to Norway for a visit. The account is based on the writer's reading of immigrant history of a Wisconsin community. -
Kristine Brevik clippings, 1968
A pamphlet "Silver Mountain," a fairy tale by Kristine Brevik, illustrated by Odd Nesse, published as a supplement to the Chicago Tribune, 14 January 1968, and a clipping from Vinland Describing the work.
In the NAHA Collection of the St. Olaf Library is a book, "Search for Silver Mountain" by Kristine Brevik, given by the author, 1979. -
Kristine Haugen papers, 1900-1955
Haugen was born in the valley of Oppdal, emigrating in 1899 to North Dakota. Married John Ellingsen Haugen, carpenter, in 1904 and settled in Sioux City, Iowa. Scrapbooks of clippings from the Norwegian-American press on a variety of subjects, including NAHA, and letters from Ole E. Rolvaag. Mrs. Haugen was correspondent for the Norwegian-American press and was editor of Oppdalslaget yearbook from 1928 to 1935. Awarded the Medal of St. Olav in 1955.