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Magne Skrindo family history, 2008
"Skrinde-slekta frå Ål i Hallingdal: A Norwegian-American family: Liv, arbeid og utvikling ca 1500-2005" by Magne Skrindo, 2008.
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Magnus Andersen papers, 1895-1937
Translation of two chapters of a book, 70 Aars Tilbakeblik, written by a Norwegian sea captain and published in Oslo in 1932. A copy of the book is included in the collection. The chapters excerpted deal with the voyage of the Viking from Bergen to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and later down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Andersen originated the idea of such a boyage and was captain of the crew. A photograph of Anderson from 1937 and clippings included.
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Magnus Bjorndal papers, 1849-1987
Papers of a Norwegian-born American engineer, who came to the United States in 1922 and who founded and was president of Technical Laboratories in Weehawken, New Jersey. A leader in many Norwegian-American activities, he also did considerable research on the Norwegian discovery of America. He was president of NAHA, 1969-1971. -
Magnus Harling lantern slides, circa 1906
148 hand-colored images of Norway, ca. 1906, by Swedish-American Harling. -
Magnus Larsen letters, 1887-1899
Copies of 21 letters by a Norwegian-born draftsman and designer who rose from shoveling coal to designer for Tiffany. Larsen is critical of the inequalities in American society and gives detailed accounts of unpleasant experiences in metropolitan New York.
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Magnus, Larsen Letters. Letters in Norwegian. -
Magnus Rod Olson family history, 1992
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Magnus Swenson papers, 1919-2000
Articles, clippings, and biographical material recounting Swenson's contributions as a chemical engineer, "Ancestral Voices, part II: Magnus Swenson—The Last Viking," 993 typescript pages, compiled by Abigail Davis Curkeet, a granddaughter. See article on Swenson by Olaf Hougen in NAHA "Studies and Records," volume 10, 1938. Includes "Magnus Swenson, Inventor and Chemical Engineer," by Olaf Hougen (1938), photocopy of "Magnus Swenson-Engineer and Benefactor," by David McCall Walsten ("The Norseman," Jan. 2001, pp. 20-24.), "Magnus Swenson (1854-1936) President of of the University of Wisconsin," by Glenn Frank (n.d.), and "Magnus Swenson: Administrator and Humanitarian," by Olaf A. Hougen (1938). -
Magny Landstad Jensen clippings, 1947-1978
Copies of clippings about a Norwegian-born poet who came to the United States in 1926, living first in New Jersey and later in California. She has written for newspapers and periodicals and has published "Girdle Stones," 1975; "Wilding Ballads," 1976; and "No Love is Lost," 1977; "Cookbook of Norwegian Recipes," 1947. Some of the poems are based on Norwegian themes. She is a great-granddaughter of the Norwegian poet and hymnwriter M. B. Landstad. -
Malcolm Rosholt papers, 1902-1990
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central Wisconsin, especially the Norwegian settlements described by Thor Helgesen as "Indianeres land," which encompass sites such as Stevens Point, Iola, and Scandinavia. A translation of J. W. C. Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter"; a history of St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; a serial in the "Iola Herald" (1965-1970) entitled "From the Indian Land" (based on Helgesen's "Fra Indianernes lande" (1915), on plat books, and town, school, and church records) that relates the history of Norwegian settlements in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; cassettes containing interviews, mainly about the late author O. A. Buslett; "A Photo Album of the Past"; and biographical information about Rosholt himself and about his earlier family members who gave Rosholt, Wisconsin, its name.
See: A letter from Mina Hellestad to Rosholt's wife, donated 1994, will be found in the Oscar 0. Hellestad papers, P 149.Audio recordings include coversations with:
- Amelia Nottelson (Scandinavia, WI), circa 1950
- Sonia Nilsen (Scandinavia, WI), 1953
- She is the daughter of Ole Nilsen.
- Oscar Hellestad, China missionary, circa 1965
- John Solem, concerning Buslett, 1976
- Rev. S.H. Njaa, undated
- Roshol is his son-in-law. Interviews about Njaa's early life as a mission paster in Canada in the early 1900s.
- Alfred Erickson (Chicago, IL), undated
- Hallis Wilson (Amherst, WI), undated
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Male family history, 1972
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