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Symra Society history, 1957, 1975
A commemorative pamphlet on the 50th anniversary of a society which was founded to assure support for the publication of Symra, a literary magazine started in 1905. A history of the periodical Symra, prepared by Einar Haugen for the Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial in 1975, and a listing of contents (by volume) of ten volumes of the journal with a broad subject index by Erik Christianson are included, as is a Kristian Prestgard article, "Hvordan skriftet Symra blev til," Decorah Posten, December, 1941. -
Trygve Rovelstad papers, 1938-1985
Correspondence, snapshots, and random information about the work of a Norwegian-American sculptor in Elgin, Illinois. During the 1920s he was a member of Lorado Taft's Midway Studio in Chicago. As early as 1922 he began planning a pioneer memorial to be erected in Elgin at its centennial in 1935. Because of the economic depression, funds were not available, but Congress approved the minting of his commemorative coin, "Pioneer Half Dollar," to begin raising money. He also proposed a colossal statue, "I Will," to be erected in the Chicago harbor. He was a medalist and sculptor for the U. S. Department of War during the 1940s. He designed the Combat Infantry Badge, and designed and edited the commemorative American Roll of Honor, placed in the American Memorial Chapel, St. Paul's Cathedral, London. -
Hans Fred Swansen thesis, 1938
"The Norse in Iowa," an abstract of a dissertation at the State University of Iowa, 1936. Swansen has contributed four articles to NAHA Studies and Records, volumes 4, 9, 10, and 11. -
Alice Sandsness biography, 1985
"The Life Story of Alice (Oian) Sandsness - by Herself, "with an introduction by Ole G. Landsverk (26 manuscript pages). Obituary notices and the funeral sermon for a woman who lived at Rushford, Minnesota. -
Nellie Rogney clipping, 1983
"Alone on That Prairie," excerpts from a memoir written about 1930 by a woman as she recalls the difficulties of life on a homestead in Rosebud County, Montana. With her Norwegian-American husband she had begun living in Montana in 1914. The story ends tragically with the murder of her husband in the early 1920s. -
Mathias N. Nelson correspondence, 1886-1985
Nelson lived in St. Paul, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; and Calgary, Alberta. The letters to Nelson are mainly from relatives in Norway.
Contents:- Anne H. Flaa correspondence, 1886-1893
- Letters to Mr. M.N. Nelson, 1911-1985
- Eskild Lovseth correspondence, 1890-1918
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Walter Mondale papers, 1979, 1984
History/Biography:
Born in Ceylon, Minnesota, 1928. Mondale attended Macalester College for two years before he transferred to the University of Minnesota. He graduated in 1951 with a degree in political science. After enlisting in the US Army and serving in the Korean War, Mondale enrolled at the University of Minnesota Law School. After his graduation in 1956 he served on the Minnesota Law Review, and a law clerk for the Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Thomas Gallagher. Before entering politics, Mondale practiced law in Minneapolis for a few years.
Mondale worked with Humphrey during his 1948 senate campaign, and for Orville Freeman’s campaigns from 1952-58. In 1960, Freeman appointed Mondale the attorney general of Minnesota at the age of 32. During the next election, Mondale was reelected as the attorney general. After four years in the attorney general's office, Mondal was appointed by Karl Rolvaag to fill the senate vacancy of Hubert Humphrey who was elected Vice President of the United States. Mondale was reelected until 1976 when he was chosen as the running mate for Jimmy Carter. Mondale served as the vice president for one term.After losing the 1980 election, Mondale returned to practicing law until the 1984 election when he ran for president. His running mate was Geraldine Ferraro – the first woman nominated for the position. They lost to incumbent Ronald Reagen. Mondale returned to practice law for many years, until he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan by President Bill Clinton. During Clinton’s presidency, he also chaired a study on campaign finance reform and was the special envoy to Indonesia.
Following the death of Paul Wellstone (Democratic Senator from Minnesota) 11 days before the election, Mondale stepped in as the candidate following the support of Wellstone’s relatives. Mondale lost this election – his last ever.
Scope and Content:
Various clippings, photographs, and newsletters relating to Walter Mondale. The Mundal-Mondale Clan, which gives complete information about Norwegian ancestry, is in the NAHA collection.
Includes:- Signed photo of Walter Mondale;
- Letter and signed photo from Hubert Humphrey
- Humphrey - Muskie campaign buttons
- The Mondale Memo, July 1975
- "Mondale Tours Flood-Damaged Area"
- Minneapolis Star and Tribune, July 13, 1984
- "Mondale, Ferraro make history"
- Scene, Twin Cities public television journal, June 1979, Vol. 4 No. 10, "Walter Mondale, There's a Fjord in Your Past"
- Time, June 18, 1984, "'I am the Nominee' Mondale Stakes His Claim"; Time, Oct. 29, 1984, "Showdown: Who Won, and Why"
- Minneapolis Star and Tribune Election Special, Nov. 8, 1984, "Reagan carried most segments of voters"
- Photo of Mondale at podium at sesquicentennial, 1975
- Chicago Tribune Style Section 7, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1986, "Who is Eleanor Mondale and what is she doing here?"
- Chicago Tribune, October 16, 1984, "Norwegians have their day sans Fritz"
- Newspaper article, "Norse VP to lead Columbus parade"
- Transcription of an interview with Joan Adams Mondale, Jan 29, 1997, 15 pages, unknown interviewer
- Biography 1978, " Mondale, Walter F(rederick)", 4 pages
- Nord. Tidens, Apr. 26, 1979, "Fjaerland på hodet"
- Viking, Oct. 2004, Politics Walter Mondale.
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Norman Midthun clipping, 1984
The story of a Norwegian American who became a pilot for the Norwegian Air Force in World War II. When the war was over he was assigned to be Crown Prince Olav's personal pilot when he visited cities and communities throughout Norway in order to inspect the needs incurred by the 5-year German occupation. Midthun later earned a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College and had a life-long career as a Northwest Airlines pilot.
Includes clipping regarding Norm Midthun's talk delivered in Feb. 2010, and several photographs of Camp Little Norway. -
Hild Næs Hildahl papers, 1939-1986
Letters and a memoir "Listugfarmen," (16p.) by a woman who emigrated from Kragerø in 1937 to Roseau, Minnesota, after her marriage to a Norwegian-born farmer who had settled there. She tells of her life in Norway and its contrast to her life in Roseau. She had been trained in handicrafts and as a hobby began making dolls illustrating Norwegian folk tales. This grew into a business and she traveled all over the United States, showing, selling, and lecturing about her dolls.
The St. Olaf College library has a collection of her dolls that is occasionally on display. A letter from Sigvald Støylen gives information about Ms. Hildahl. Also, see Helen Billberg Granat, P 1320. One of her cassettes is "Once upon a Norwegian Time: Hild Hildahl and Her Dolls."
Includes two letters from Mrs. Hildahl to Mrs. Johl; a letter from Sigavld Stoylen giving information about Mrs. Hildahl; an article from the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune about Mrs. Hildahl, and seven boxes of yarn dolls with accompanying descriptions prepared by Hildahl. -
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America records, 1890-2009
Materials related to the Hardanger fiddle, a traditional Norwegian folk instrument with eight strings, and to the association founded in 1983 in order to stimulate interest in the instrument and in Scandinavian folk music and dance.