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Reminiscences of an immigrant to western Minnesota (Big Stone County) who left Davik, Nordfjord, Norway in 1870. She describes the journey, early pioneer life and how she and her husband, Severin Olsen Steen, and children finally settled at Clinton, Minnesota. There is also a translation of the account.
Material by and about the father of the labor movement in Norway, author, journalist, and satirist. Thrane emigrated from Norway to the United States in 1863.
Biography of a Norwegian-born boarding-house operator and housewife written by two granddaughters. The story includes life in Norway before emigration, hardships at sea on a trip to Hawaii via Cape Horn, and making a living in Hawaii and California.
Margaret (Ostlie) Corrigan: A Collection of History Stories Reflections (2014). Descended from Hans Johannesen Stensby Jahren and Karen Marthea Nielsdtr Jahren. Ostlie-Tollefson story started with immigrants from Ullensaker, Norway and Vinje, Norway. Includes recollections of farm life and school near Farmington, Minnesota (skiing to school, thawing lunches, snakes in school,playhouse, and watch chain made from human hair) and cadet nurse corps, 1945.
Journal of Margaret Andersen, kept during her time traveling with the Salvation Army. Journal mostly contains hymns written by hand in Norwegian, with some english text.