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The Promise of America exhibition papers, 1983-1986
Correspondence, clippings, brochures, etc. about an exhibition held in connection with the publication of Odd Lovoll's The promise of America, first at the Sonja Henie/Nils Onstad Art Center at Hovikodden June 23-Sept. 16, 1984, and later at the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn., June 22, 1985-June 1, 1986.; Includes also a prospectus for a proposed voyage of the Hardanger yacht "Anna Kristina" to a number of American cities, and special issues of "Samtiden:Tidsskrift for Politikk, Litteratur og Samfunnssporsmaal" (v. 93 no. 3, 1984) and "Prisma-Nytt" (no. 9, Summer 1984).
Also program and report of the Norwegian-American Seminar I held at Hovikodden June 26-30, 1984, proceedings of which were published in 1986 as Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, edited by Dorothy Burton Skaardal and Ingeborg Konglien.; The "Samtiden" issue has articles by John R. Jenswold, Hans Fredrik Dahl, Nils Johan Ringdahl, Terje I. Leiren, Kjetil Flatin, Ingeborg R. Kongslien, Caecilie Stang. Among subjects treated are Thorstein Veblen, Hans Tambs Lyche, Naakon Nyhuus. -
Richard W. Solberg papers, 1938-1999
A well-known Lutheran pastor, historian, writer and educator, Solberg was born in Minneapolis, son of Carl K. Solberg, brother of Carl T. Solberg. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1938, later received graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin (1939) and the University of Chicago (1952), and graduated from Luther seminary in 1943. He served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Ingleside, Illinois, 1943-1945, and later taught history at St. Olaf and Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. He served as religious affairs advisor for the U.S. Military Government and the U.S. High Commission in Berlin (1949-1950) and as representative of the Lutheran World Federation in Germany (1953-1956). From 1964-1973 he was vice president for academic affairs at Thiel College, and from 1973-1982 he was director for higher education for the Lutheran Church in America.
In 1957 he published As between brothers: the story of Lutheran response to world need; in 1961, God and Caesar in East Germany; in 1980, How Church-related are church related colleges?; in 1985, Lutheran higher education in North America; in 1992 Open doors: the story of Lutherans resettling refugees; and in 1991, Miracle in Ethiopia. Copies of all except the last are in the library collection.; 1 volume "A student traveler's European journey, Summer 1938." 160 p.; 1 vol. "My first eighty years, a personal memoir." 1949 p. + index. 2 copies.; 1 vol. "Rev. Carl K. Solberg, 1872-1954; sketches of his life and career."; Various pagings. "Account of his life as seen through the pages of his diaries" which are in C.K. Solberg's papers; 1 vol. As between brothers. 1957; 1 folder "C.K. Solberg and the Indremission" and related material. -
Betty Bergland article, 2003
Faculty member at Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls, Bergland presented her paper, "Norwegian Immigrants, Wisconsin Tribes and the Bethany Indian Mission in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1883-1955" (37 typescript pages) at the NAHA-Norge, 2003. -
Commercial fisheries articles, 1940-1980
Articles (mostly photocopies) about commercial fisheries off the Pacific coast of North America, in which many Norwegian-Americans participated.; Lokken, Harold. "The halibut fishing, an important industry developed by Norwegians." Trønderlagets aarbok, 1940-41, pp. 76-82.; DeArmond, Robert N. "pioneers of the halibut fleet." Alaska, the territorial magazine, October 1946, pp. 16-17.; Page, Don. "Alaska king crab boom." Seattle Post-Interlligencer, August 16, 1964, pp. 9-11.; "The Alaskan king crab industry."
Alaska: review of business and economic conditions University of Alaska, Institute of Business, Economic and Government Research. November 1965, pp. 2-8.; Larssen, A.K. "From other harbors: Petersburg, Alaska: meaningful progress." The Fishermen's News, February 1975, pp. 3,8 ",,,From the ‘long, long ago.'" September 1977 pp. 5,18 "…From the saga of the Pacific cod fishery." February-March1980 (4 parts).; Chadwick, Susan. "They make their fortune fishing for king crab." Alaska Journal of Commerce, March 3, 1978.; Page, Don. "High stakes on high seas." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 27, 1978, B-7. "Record king crab harvest in Alaska." Seattle Times, December 29, 1978.; Ramsey, Bruce. "Alaska crab rush brings gold from sea." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 13, 1979, pp. 1-10.; Loven, Pamela S. "NW fishermen reeling from slashing of king crab prices."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept. 24, 1980.; Arestad, Sverre. "The Norwegians in the Pa;cific Coast fisheries." The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, January 1943, pp. 3-17. (and as reprinted in Washington Posten, March 26, 1943.; Article "adapted from Oil and water: the struggle for Georges Bank, by William H. MacLeish, Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985. "Incomplete copy, no author, title, source, pp. 107-110. -
Frederick Peterson muster roll, 1808-1986
Muster rolls of infantry companies stationed at Fort Dearborn, Illinois. Include Frederick Peterson, possibly a Norwegian, term June 1, 1808 to June 1, 1812 (or 1813). According to Lovoll's A century of urban life (NAHA, 1988) pp. 9,318 (note 15), in 1812 Peterson was among those killed in a bloody massacre; "surviving accounts of a "Norwegian fiddler" at the fort would lead one to conclude that the fiddler and private Peterson were on and the same." -
Lew Linde article, 2003
Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl, Minnesota's judicial pioneer. A paper "presented at the NAHA International Conference, Bergen, Norway, June 25-28, 2003."; Amdahl was born in Mabel, Fillmore co., Minn. January 23, 1919. His father's parents had emigrated from Sand, Rogaland, in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1946, receiving his J.D. in 1951. He first worked as an assistant county attorney in Hennepin county, and for the county commissioners. In 1961 he was appointed judge of the Minneapolis Municipal Court; in 1962 as judge of the Fourth Judicial District. July 1980 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; in December 1981 Chief Justice. He retired in January 1989. "He was the main innovator and force behind many positive improvements in Minnesota's legal system." Partly based on personal interview.; The author is a first cousin of Amdahl, and a lawyer.
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Salvation Army papers, 1920-1986
Material about the Scandinavian Department of the Salvation Army, especially in Chicago. Collected by Helen Fletre and Josefa Andersen for Odd Lovoll to use in preparing A Century of Urban Life (NAHA, 1988).
See pages 201-202, 229, 237, 289.; Lovall writes: "A Scandinavian Department was organized in Brooklyn in 1887, at about the same time as the Salvation Army established itself in the Nordic homelands. Emigrating Salvationists became leaders in America. The Swedes dominated the mission among Scandinavian Americans. In such centers as Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Chicago there were separate Norwegian and Danish corps alongside Swedish and mixed Scandinavian ones. The Scandinavian mother corps in Chicago was the Swedish no. 13 organized in 1891 on the near North Side. A purely Norwegian corps had its beginning in 1896 on Grand Avenue, and in 1905 an outpost in Humboldt Park was opened by Ensign Maria Edahl, who in 1906 married Colonel Tom Gabrielsen, a major leader in the Scandinavian work in America."
Miscellaneous, including correspondence with the Archives and Research Center of the Salvation Army; 1 folder Individuals: Janet Cool; Bert Gordon; Tom Gabrielsen; Lucy Gabrielsen; Fred Schaefer; Esther (Schaefer) Sundin; Jacob Thompsen; 1 folder Corps history (members and property): no. 15 (Humboldt Park). 1891-1967; no. 31 (Norwegian) 1896-1904; 1 folder Writings of Edward O. Nelson: "The Scandinavian work in America" (The War Cry, Dec. 30, 1893).
"Recollections of the Salvation Army Scandinavian work in the U.S., 1887-1978." 1978, various pages (14 chapters). Photocopy of typescript. "Recollections of the Salvation Army's Scandinavian Corps" (Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, October 1978, pp. 257-276, photocopy); 1 folder K.A. Walden. Aaterblick over Fralsningsarmens skandinaviska arbete i Amerika, 1887-1933. Chicago, 1933. 133 p. Cover title: Genom 45 aar. Photocopies of pp. 1-7, 28-29, 40-45, 48-51. 57-65, 91-93, 95-96, 102-103, 106-107, 117-118, 125-128.
Complete book in library collection BX9716.42.A2 NAHA -
Severt Johan Fretheim papers, 1901-1950
Papers of a Lutheran pastor who was born in Freeborn county, Minn. To parents who emigrated in 1870 from Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane. He attended Luther Academy, Albert Lea (1900-1903), Luther College (1903-1907) and Luther Seminary (1907-1910). He was ordained 1910 in the Norwegian Synod and served churches at Plentywood, Montana (1910-1919) and Scarville, Iowa (1919- ).
Box 1: 1 folder Miscellaneous: photographs, correspondence; 1 folder Articles, Lutheran Teacher, Lutheran Herald: "Christian high schools"; "A typical; home mission parish; a birds eye view of the building of the ‘Plentywood Parish,' Montana, 1910 to 1919"; "How one parish does it"; "From the St. Ansgar circuit."; 1 folder Thesis (Luther College, 1907: "The Louisiana Purchase." MSS, 46 p.) Seminary notes (2 notebooks, 1905-1908). Histories: "Now thank we all our God." (The Centennial Commemoration, v. 1 no. 3, Sept. 1943. 11 p.) History of Hayward, 1849-1949, by Charles Nelson. 41 p. –pp. 38-39, "The Fretheim family." The 75th anniversary of the Oakland Lutheran Church, 1876-1951," by Fretheim,. 20 p.; 2 folders Materials from the Plentywood Parish: A little reminder of the pioneer days of the Lutheran church in the Plentywood Parish, Montana, 1910-1919, by S.J. Fretheim. 1 v. The Plentywood Lutheran, April 1912-March 1919. (Lack: Nov.-Dec. 1915, Oct. 1916). Fabric map of the parish.;
Box 2: 11 yearbooks, 1909-1918 (2 for 1915); 1 folder: Herbarium, compiled June 1901; 1 scrapbook, clippings;
Box 3: Sermon notes and addresses; 2 folders Dated sermon notes, 1911-1922, MSS; 3 folders Undated sermon notes (text is given). MSS; 1 folder Addresses. Some titles: "The pastor and his parish in time of war." "Now thank we all our God in the backward look" (to Iowa District Convention). "The first Christmas service." "Is there retrogression in the moral courage of the ministry?" "The golden fleece of ambition." Chapel talks, Luther College; 1 notebook Notes for miscellaneous sermons and addresses; Donated by Richard H. Fretheim, 904 Woodland Ave. Kalispell, Montana 59901, whose grandfather Henry was a brother of Severt. -
Vandringer Conference planning documents, 2000
VANDRINGER; NORWEGIANS IN THE AMERICAN MOSAIC, 1825-2000; a conference, April 6-9, 2000, sponsored by the NAHA and the Minnesota Historical Society, as part of the celebration of the Slooper Anniversary, 1825-2000, and the millennium of Leif Ericson's arrival in America.
Box 1-2:- Miscellaneous correspondence: Arnold R. Alanen. H. Arnold Barton. Dag Blanck. Joan Buckley. Carl Chrislock. Robert B. Firing. Kathryn Fuller. Britt Unni S. Geving. Jon Gjerde. John Graham. Groveland Gallery. Vidar L. Haanes. James Jaastad. Don Kloster. Aud Korbol. Lori Ann Lahlum. Susal Larson. Terje I. Leiren. Mette Lovaas. Lise Lunge-Larsen. Dorothy Kleppen McCall. Linda McShannock. Todd Nichol. Daniel Nikuls. Gary Olson. Janet Pultz. Heather Schacht Reisinger. Kristin Risley. Cyntia Elyce Rubin. Claire Selkurt. Carleton A. Sperati. Lori A. Stanley. Duane P. Swanson. Rudolp J. Vecoli. Irma Wachtler. K. Marianne Wargelin. Angela Cavender Wilson. Soveig Zempel. (These have been indexed).;
- Moderators. NAHA. NAHA-Norway. Name lists. P
- lenary session III.
- Printed programs.
- Program.
- Public relations.
- Registration.
- Sculpture tour.
- Thank-yous.
- Presenters of papers: Hans Eirik Aarek. Kristin Anderson. Russell & Sylvia Bartley. Bety Bergland. Robert Bly. Erik Brochmann. Carol Colburn. Knut Djupedal. Laurann Gilbertson. Dennis A. Gimmestad. Oyvind Gulliksen. Karen V. Hansen. Terje Hasle Joranger. Chris Kimball. Knut Kjelstadli. Ann Legried. Odd S. Lovoll. Sarah Lund. May Lunde . David Mauk. William C. Melton. Robert Mikkelsen. Deborah Miller. Mary Hull Mohr. Jostein Molde. Heather Muir. Jan Eivind Myhre. Einar Niemi. Erik Opsahl. Nils Olav Ostrem. Orm Overland. Peter Scholl. Solvi Sogner. Kathleen Stokker. Arne Sunde. Rasmus Sunde. Thomas C. Thompson. Gunnar Thorvaldsen. Hallvard Tjelmeland. Dina Tolfsby. Olav Tysdal (These have been indexed; where a copy of the paper is included, its title is noted on the author card.
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Henriette Christiane Koren Naeseth papers, circa 1946-circa 1979
Naeseth was the daughter of C.A. Naeseth, longtime Luther College professor, and his wife, a daughter of U.V. Koren. She graduated from Grinnell college and received graduate degrees from the Universities of Minnesota and Chicago. After teaching at several colleges, she joined the Augustana college faculty in 1934 and taught until her retirement in 1968. "She became one of the very distinguished members of the Augustana faculty, rising to become chair of the humanities division…for 23 years." Luther College granted her an honorary degree in 1961, She received the St. Olav medal in 1970.
Her principal scholarly work was The Swedish theatre of Chicago, 1868-1950 (Augustana Historical society, 1951). She translated Sigrid Undset's Return to the future (1942) and contributed several articles to NAHA's Studies and Records. These papers consist of Naeseth's writings on Marcus Thrane. She became interested in writing a critical study of his life and works as early as 1952 when she submitted a translation of the section of Ernst Skarted's Vagabond och redactor (1914) on Thrane. Blegen encouraged her to broaden her study and make use of the extensive manuscripts which had been given to the University of Oslo library. Blegen recommended that Bjork "continue the correspondence with her…She will do a no. 1 job if and when she carries through her plans." Her correspondence with Bjork ends sadly with a letter (March 29, 1979) from an Augustana colleague informing Bjork that her "physical and mental condition is rapidly deterioration" and offering to send him the "masses of Thrane material…a complete and horrifying chaos." Bjork comments that "Quite some time ago, Henriette sent me preliminary translations of Thranes's plays and a good part of her interpretive writing about the man. I got nowhere trying to edit some of the latter; she rejected out of hand what I had done." NAHA in 1987 published Terje Leiren's Marcus Thrane, A Norwegian radical in America. While Naeseth's material was made available to Leiren, he does not refer to it.