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Lysne family history, 1977
Lysne family history, Compiled by Clifford L.M. Johnson
Formerly part of P539. -
Lystne-Andersen family history, 1978, 1982
"About Pernille and Johannes Anderson" and "Hans and Gunhild Lystne and Their Descendants" -
Lytton O. Hetland family history, circa 1980
Includes the stories Aunt Ida [Ida Gusti Moen], Grandpa Called me Bucko [Oliver Olaf Moen], Fun on the Farm [grandparent’s farm, Fosston, Minnesota], A City Slicker’s Experience in a One Room Country Schoolhouse [Moen Country School, Fosston, Minnesota] and Life Begins in Audubon, Minnesota. circa 1980.
Formerly part of P539. -
M. Burnette Thompson thesis, 1939
"The Significance of the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir in American Choral Music," a Master of Arts degree thesis at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. The study includes chapters on the history of the choir, a biography of F. Melius Christiansen, the ideals and influence of the choir, and a list of Christiansen's compositions. Miss Thompson, St.Olaf College, class of 1930. -
M. Falk Gjertsen papers, 1880-1986
Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982.
Includes:- Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982. Added: Includes newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family (1880-1938); photos of Gjertsen and his father, Johan Peter Gjertsen; a poem, "Nordens sønner"; An address before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis, November 16, 1908" 17 p.; "Ta1e ved afsløring af Gjertsen monumentet, Lakewood Cemetery, 9/12/15" by Thorwa1d E. Nelson, 5 p., and "Unvei1ing of the M. Fa1k Gjertsen Monument" 4 p.; "MindefesteR over ska1den Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1910" 30 p., with "Mindetale" by Gjertsen, pp.17-30; entries about Carsten Hansteen (1856-1923) from "Norsk Biografisk Leksikon," "Studenterne fra 1874" (1899) and "Studentene fra 1874" (1924); correspondence, including "anonymous 1etter,". Hansteen's letter to Georg Sverdrup, Dec. 17, 1900; letter to Esther Paulsen, 1910; letter to Amund Ness, 1912; letter to Adolph Moss (photocopies or transcriptions); letters to Nina Draxten, 1977-86. "Harald Heg" (1914). 2 volumes: "Utkast til Prædikenes, Minneapolis, 1882." 241 p., and 1 volume of sermon notes by Sundays of the church year; artic1e by Eyvind J. Evans on "Harald Hegg" (Nov. 16, 1967); and 2 folders of Draxton notes, arranged by envelopes with notations of sources.
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M. H. Magnus article, 1908
Clipping of an article from "Ørebladet" 8 August 1908, by Colonel Magnus concerning the limitation of emigration from Norway to America. The article was written in Chicago, 17 January 1908.
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M. M. Olsen pamphlet, 1936-1978
Copy of a pamphlet, "Minder og erfaringer," published in Copenhagen, dealing with a Norwegian immigrant family in Wisconsin, who brought up one son to become a physician in a Seventh-day Adventist health care institution and four to become Seventh-day Adventist ministers. -
Maanedstidende volume, undated
An organ of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the volume contains all the numbers except (vol. 2, No. 6-7; vol. No. 3; and pgs. 23-4 of vol. 12) and , of "Maanedstidende" from the first issue March, 1851, to the including March 1853. Edited by A.C. Preus, H.A. Stub, and C.L. Clausen, pastors in the church, the journal was printed in K. Langeland's print ship, first at Racine, Wisc., and later at Janesville, Wisc. In April, 1852, Den skandinaviske presseforening, Immansville, Wisc., became the publishers.
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Mabel Ewen Wolsted article, 1966
Article dealing with the culture of the Norwegian immigrant and the hardships of the emigration journey. Typescript, pp. 23-38, apparently part of a longer work, since it begins in the middle of a sentence. Very general, no documentation. -
Mabel Fredricksen album and volume, circa 1840
Photograph album and small bound volume entitled "Den gamle Richards Kunst at blive rig og lykkelig" which is a Danish translation, published 1840, of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac."