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Clippings, naturalization certificate, letters, and other data concerning a Norwegian-born minister who came from Karmøy in 1888. After serving a parish in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for 25 years he became editor of Lutheraneren, the official organ of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America. A manuscript, "En fiskedag paa vestsiden af Karmøi", consists of reminiscences from 1880.
Biographical data, clippings, photos, sermons, and poems of a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and 1916 graduate of St. Olaf College. He studied a year at Menighetsfakultetet in Oslo. After serving in several parishes he became Executive Secretary for the Zion Society for Israel, 1943-1952.
Biographical data, family history, correspondence and letters of call concerning a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister who served parishes in the Midwest.
Correspondence, clippings (1931-1950), and records dealing chiefly with Landsforbundet for Norsk Luthersk Ungdom i America. Born in Nordfjordeid, Norway, Hjelmeseth was editor of Landsforbundet's publication Norsk Ungdom. He was also associated with other Norwegian-American publications.
"A Norwegian Interlude: Impressions of Mother's Norway," a composition by Ms. Granat which was performed at Western Washington University, and "Once upon a Norwegian Time: Hild Hildahl and her Dolls." Ms. Granat was born and raised in Roseau, Minnesota, and was a long-time friend of Hild Hildahl.
Olaf Trygvason: Tidskrift for Religion og Politik, volume 1, no. 1, Chicago, February, 1883. An issue of a journal edited by H. Tambs Lyche, an engineer, Unitarian minister, and editor who came to the United States in 1880. He returned to Norway in 1892 and became editor of Kringsjaa. An article from Bergens Tidende is included. Throughout his life Tambs Lyche sought to interpret the United States to the people of Norway. An article by Paul Knaplund in volume 24 of Norwegian-American Studies is titled "H. Tambs Lyche: Propagandist for America."
New York Times article, December 30, 1985, about the discovery and origin of the copper skin of the statue. The copper came from a defunct mine which was located at Visnes, a small village on the Island of Karmøy; "Scandinavian of the Month: Kay Lande Selmer," from Scandinavian-American Bulletin, September, 1986. Selmer authenticated the truth about the copper. Celebrating the Immigrant, an administrative history of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, 1952-1982 (transferred to library in 2000).
"Memories of My Childhood," compiled and transcribed by Carol Christopherson. Quickstad tells of growing up in a Norwegian-American home on a farm near Peterson, Minnesota.
"A Catalog of the Oyen Collection from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse," which gives a history of the Oyen Interior Design Firm. Oyen came from Trondheim in 1870 with his parents to Chicago and later to Madison, Wisconsin. After some study of art in Chicago, Oyen settled in La Crosse in 1888 where, together with Louis Nelson, he organized an interior decorating firm, working chiefly on public buildings. The firm was discontinued in 1931.