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• Knut Eilevson Berge (Bergh) poems, circa 1857

  Manuscript volume of 4 poems about immigration to America. Bergh was a teacher at Luther College, 1868-1872. Born in Voss to Ellef Storksen Berge, he emigrated in 1857 and taught in Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin and Big Canoe, Iowa. Representative in Iowa legislature, 1872. Poems in Norwegian. Contents: Knut E. Berge (Bergh) Poems. Mimeographed copies. Manuscript volume of 4 poems.
  
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• Ole Olsen Berge papers, 1853-1865

  Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Civil War letters by Berge, other correspondence, and a poem. Berge served in Co. E, 19th Wis. Infantry. His wife was Berit Veblen Nygard.
  
  According to Robert Bjerke (Univ. of Wisc. Center-Manitowoc Co.) Ole was born at Berge in Vang, Valdres; emigrated in 1850; died Manitowoc Co., Feb. 25, 1911.
  
  The poem (a ballad in 40 verses) concerns the adventures of an "Ole" from childhood to 1825.
  
  The Civil War letters are written from "James River" (January to March, 1865). A letter from Berit's parents, April 28, 1852. Also included is a letter from Gjermund Gjermundsen (Barboe) (1812-1883) of Saukville, Wis. to Gunder Halvorsen (Kiland) (1823-1885) of Manitowoc. It's not clear if this letter or the ballad have any connection with Berge. One page of the letter from Berge and his wife (undated but during the Civil War since his unit is mentioned).
  
  See also the papers of his brother Gulbrand (1826-1886).
  
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• Otto G. Berge papers, 1930

  Copy of "A History of Valders." Valders is a town near Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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  Ingeborg Olsdatter Bergeim diaries, 1850-1987

  A collection of 52 notebooks (3,500 pages), which constitute the daily records of a woman from Surnadal who emigrated to the U.S. in 1880, married Peter Bergeim and settled with him in Watertown, Dakota Territory. The first diaries are written in Norwegian, but beginning in 1903 are in English. They are quite introspective, covering her thoughts and her personal and family life. There are accounts of the Atlantic crossing and of an attempt at homesteading. The diaries were discovered by her son Joseph Bergeim (b. 1894), who translated the story of her early married life into a manuscript called "Ingeborg's Story," 1944. This work also includes a genealogy, a chronology of important events, Peter Bergeim's own autobiography, some family pictures, and a summary of the diaries.
• Eigil Bergendahl diary, 1917

  The diary begins when Bergendahl leaves New York Harbor as a cabin boy on the S.S. Capto. He observes his 16th birthday en route to the Far East. Later in life, Bergendahl went on to a successful ship chandler business in lower Manhattan.
• Arne K. Berger papers, circa 1905, 1926

  Papers of an artist born in Valdres who worked in Decorah, Portland, and Minneapolis. Two catalogs (about 1905 and 1926) include reproductions of portraits, landscapes, and altar pieces. Berger painted many portraits of church, academic, and political leaders. According to Carl G. O. Hansen ("My Minneapolis," p. 174), Berger was born in Valdres, 1872, came to Minneapolis at the turn of the century, was in Decorah, Iowa for a few years, going from there to the West Coast. He had a studio in Portland, Oregon, where in a few years he turned out more than 60 altar pieces and a number of portraits. In 1917 he moved to Minneapolis. In addition to portraits and altar pieces, he did landscapes (often picturizations of pioneer life) and genre painting. He died in Minneapolis, 1951.
  
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• Oral History

  Sigmund Bergerud interview, 1995 August 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." Celeste Holm was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Berges Julius Bergeson papers, 1925-1942

  Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa. Contents include "Rambles 'Round the Range of the Sunshine, Sandhill and Treasure States" includes a description of their visit to the Norse-American Centennial in June 1925. Publications summarize their travels throughout the United States visiting cattle farmers and markets,  dates range from 1925 to 1942.
  
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• Bolette Stud Bergh clippings, 1872-1905

  Memoirs of a Lutheran minister's wife, Bolette Stud Bergh (Mrs. Johannes E. Bergh), who lived at Sacred Heart, Minnesota from 1872-1905.
  
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  Topics addressed in memoirs include Rev. Thomas Johnson's farewell sermon; illness crossing the Minnesota River; skinning a calf with theology; Bergh serving many congregations; A prairie fire; vermin interrupting sleep; water through the ceiling; living in a cellar; snowed in; three miles down the river to get the mail and a scare by drunk men; farmers building a new parsonage; a record storm on Jan. 7 1873; a new cow; a gift piano; Christmas celebration; saving for a new church; grasshopper scourge; building schoolhouses; healthy children; indians move away; good neighbors; Ingeborg Stensrud's kindness; forming new congregations; the Ladies Aid; building a new church; a sick woman; skiing; shoveling; snow and no mail; "Bow-wow-wow!" (a story about a dog); a wedding in a snowstorm; party games; the young people get rid of the old; driving in circles; Pascha Parsonage; (Norwegian copies of all)
  Clippings of English trans. by O.O. Enestvedt, which appeared in the "Sacred Heart News," (June 1-15, 1944); and of the second and third parts of the Norwegian original, from "Decorah Posten," (May 25-June 1, 1944)
  Clipping of article (Sept. 10, 1935) in "Skandinaven" concerning memorial service at Vor Frelsers congregation, Sacred Heart, upon the thirtieth anniversary of her husband's death.
  
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• Johan Arndt Bergh papers, 1900-1995

  Articles, lectures, and addresses by a Lutheran clergyman and church historian. The address "The Norwegian Lutheran Church in America" (14 pages) was presented at the annual convention of the United Lutheran Church in 1906, and translated in 1965 by L. A. Mathre.