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Copies of newspaper articles which relate the story of a successful search for ancestors in Naustdahl, Sunnfjord, by a woman whose adoption papers indicated a Norwegian background.
"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.
A pamphlet, To the Slums with Love, by Marie Sandvig and Doris Nye; a copy of the Minneapolis Tribune Picture Magazine, September 4, 1983, which tells the story of how Sandvig, a Norwegian immigrant, opened a Revival Mission in 1940 and brought material help as well as the Gospel to the unfortunate in what was then a Skid Row district. The Marie Sandvig Center moved to Franklin Avenue in 1974.
"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.
"Reflection on Our Times: The Art of Lloyd Herfindahl," a catalog giving information about exhibits at the Minnesota State Capitol and at the St. Louis County Heritage Arts Center in Duluth. Herfindahl is an artist from Albert Lea, Minnesota, where many of his murals are located. He has exhibited in London, Paris, and Monte Carlo, and is the recipient of several European awards.
"Pennestrøg—Opplevelser," the reminiscences (150 pages) of an emigrant from Feda to Brooklyn in 1880. He had been a teacher and a sea captain in Norway; in Brooklyn he established himself as a ship chandler and shipbuilder. He was influential in the religious life of the community as a lay preacher and a Sunday School teacher. He was one of the founders of Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooklyn and also of the Norwegian Deaconess Hospital there.
The collection includes biographical notes and a summary of "Pennestrøg" in English. "My First Voyage as Skipper," is a translation of pages 60-66 of "Pennestrøg" by Gabriel Bernard Fedde, a grandson.
"‘Hans'; a Translation of Hans Nielsen Hauge's Major Work ‘The World's Folly' Together with a Discussion of Its Impact on the Hauge Lutheran Church in Immigrant America."
"An Interview with Svein Ellingson," 20 pages, reported in The Hymn, April, 1986. The interview with the Norwegian hymn writer and translator took place at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in August 1985.
Pictorial record of occasions involving the Norwegian-American community in Chicago: May 17, appearances of Bernt Balchen, Governor Adlai Stevenson, the Oslo Håndverkers Chorus, and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Blessum, a Chicago businessman and for a time Clerk of Cook County Court, was present at these events. He was a son of Ben Blessum, the Norwegian-American painter.