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Lawrence and Astrid Jensen interview, 1996 April 24
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,” Terje Joranger interviews Karston Solheim. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted. -
Lawrence Brynetad papers, 1860-1880
Copy of a report by Brynestad "Norwegian Lutheran periodicals, 1860-1880, and their reference to the 'Darwinian Theory of Evolution'" prepared for Michael C. D. McDaniel. -
Lawrence Nelson family history, undated
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Lawrence Onsager articles, 1985-1986
Copy of "Pilgrims in a Strange Land," as published in "Adventist Heritage," volume 11, no. 6, 1986; and "Oakland: The First Norwegian-American Seventh Day Adventist Church in America," Mauston, Wisconsin, 1985. The first Norwegian-American Seventh Day Adventist Church in the United States was organized in Oakland Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, in 1861 by four families who had emigrated from Vest Agder in the 1850s (Olsen, Johnson, Loe and Serns families). This church "became a center from which evangelistic work spread among Scandinavians both in the United States and in Europe." -
Lawrence R. Hafstad papers, 1919-1977
History/Biography:
Lawrence Randolph Hafstad was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1904 to two Norwegian Immigrants. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1926. In 1933, he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in physics. Hafstad died on October 12, 1993.
In 1931, he earned the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for his research with Merle A. Tuve and Odd Dahl.He was a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938-1941. During the war he was part of a scientific team at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University which developed the proximity fuse for use in anti-aircraft weaponry. This development marked a significant improvement in ordnance for the Army and Navy.
He was awarded the Medal of Merit from the United States Navy and the King's Medal in Defense of Freedom from the British Government in 1946. Among other positions, he was Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949; Director of Reactor Development, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1955; Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955; vice president of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories, 1955-1969. He traveled to Europe and Asia in 1955 on behalf of the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the United States in 1954 and the Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains reports, clippings, pamphlets, articles, photographs, and correspondence.Hafstad’s articles discuss various topics regarding atoms and nuclear energy, lectures on missiles, and more. His correspondence includes personal with his mother, and professional correspondence regarding Joint Research and Development Board, U.S. Department of Defense, and Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Travel documents regarding Peaceful Atomic Development in Japan, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan and Germany, also includes various photographs of his travels.
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Lærdal-Borgund emigration list, 1983-1984
Lærdal-Borgund emigration list (with a short biographical sketch). Research completed by Forrest Brown in 1984 for Alfred Espe, Lærdal, Norway. Includes over 116 individuals/families that settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota by 1880. A short biographical sketch. -
Leachman's Engelsk-Norsk Lomme Ordbok dictionary, 1897
A pocket dictionary, giving the Norwegian equivalents of 25,000 English words, intended to be useful for newly arrived immigrants. -
Lee Asjerd correspondence, 1931-1937
Eight letters sent to Lee (in Madison, Wis.) from her brothers Gregar and Guttorm Minnesjord in Flatdal, Telemark. They apparently were written for them by a teacher and family friend, Olav Ulvaas. News is exchanged about family and friends (both in Flatdal and those who had emigrated to America) and about changes in the home community since Lee left many years before, including the founding of a free church congregation which influenced may alterations in customs.
A filigree brooch (solje?) is sent to Lee at her request: she sends pbnotgraphs of her children. Guttorm asks Asjerd to send money to tide him over until his pension begins when he turns 70. Comments on hard times in America, and about crops and road construction in Norway. Includes translations by Lee's niece, Ingeborg Minnesjord Nordahl of Bergen, Norway. -
Lee family history, 1869-1980
"Lee family history: The descendants of Thorvald J. and Mathilda Lee (the history of North Dakota Homesteaders") by H. Minerva Hogstad Norman and Alvin T.M. Lee. -
Lee family history, 1869-1980
"Lee family history: The descendants of Thorvald J. and Mathilda Lee (the history of North Dakota Homesteaders)" by H. Minerva Hogstad Norman and Alvin T.M. Lee.