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Nordland Fest and Nordland Heritage Foundation papers, 1975-2002
Information concerning a three-day festival sponsored jointly by Augustana College and the Sioux Falls area community and the Nordland Heritage Foundation, founded in 1978 "to support and promote the preservation of the Norwegian heritage in America in all its forms, particularly the heritage of the Norwegian Settlers of the northern prairies and plains." Its first major project was moving the 1884 Berdahl home to the campus of Augustana College, Sioux Falls; it was later joined by the Beaver Creek church built in 1892, 15 miles south of Sioux Falls. In 2002, the Rolvaag Cabin was moved to Heritage Park, as well. -
Norwegian Mutual Insurance Company records, undated
Copies of business records and minutes of a mutual insurance company in Worth County, Iowa. Accompanying letter explain the background of the project of microfilming records. Received through the Luther College Library. -
Schern family America letters, 1886-1937
Copies of letters written by various members of the family in the United States and in Norway, giving information about family events. -
John A. Thompson papers, 1977-2001
A Man to Watch the Mountains, by Marjorie Wagner published in "Frontier Times," June-July 1977, is the story of a Norwegian-born emigrant, who became a legendary hero of the West. His fame rests on the fact that he carried the mail across the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Placerville, California, to Genoa, Utah, often travelling on skis. In "West of the Great Divide" Dr. Kenneth Bjork devotes a chapter to "Snowshoe" Thompson. Other clippings and photographs are also included. -
Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, Chicago papers, 1915-1983
Minute books and other papers of an organization which was organized "to bring Norwegian women of Norwegian descent into close union for mutual advantage and education, to encourage better civic conditions and to provide scholarships for worthy students of Norwegian descent." Among the achievements of the Federation was the saving of the Viking Ship and moving it from Jackson Park to Lincoln Park. -
Scanpresence II Conference papers, 1977
Papers and miscellaneous correspondence of an "Action Conference on the Scandinavian Presence in America, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 6-8 October 1977."
Includes:- Conference group on Nordic society, research directory (1977)
- Individual responses by Norwegian Special Interest Societies to Dr. Carlton Qualey's questionnaire: S, folder 2 (1977)
- Individual responses by Norwegian Special Interest Societies to Dr. Carlton Qualey's questionnaire: S, folder 1 (1977)
- Dr. Carlton C. Qualey's comments and summaries on Norwegian Special Interest Societies (1977)
- ndividual responses by Norwegian Special Interest Societies to Dr. Carlton Qualey's questionnaire: A-M (1977)
- Miscellaneous correspondence and articles (1977)
- Individual responses by Norwegian Special Interest Societies to Dr. Carlton Qualey's questionnaire: T-Y (1977)
- Registration List (1977)
- Individual responses by Norwegian Special Interest Societies to Dr. Carlton Qualey's questionnaire: N (1977)
- Paper on the Calumet Bicentennial year by Arthur E. Puotinen (1977)
- Official Collection of Papers (1977).
- Proposal to the Task Force on Education by Nils Hasselmo and Gøran Stockenstrøm (1977).
- Proposal on folk high school courses by Kristian Hvidt (1977).
- Paper on Nordic music in the United States by Robert Karlen (1977).
- Paper on Finnish Unitarians by Ernest and Violet Knuti (1977).
- Paper on ethnicity by Duane R. Lindberg (1977).
- Correspondence (1977).
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Cleng Peerson Memorial Institute papers, 1970-2013
Reports describing the activities and collections of the Institute: Norseman's World-Wide Emigration Archives, in Stavanger, Norway. The institute was established in 1970. -
Concordia College Language Camps records, 1973-1995
Papers about the Camps/Villages associated with Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, many regarding Skogfjorden, the Norwegian Language Village. See also in St. Olaf Library, "Skogfjorden: Ethnicity and a Contemporary Foreign Language Camp," a thesis by Margit Lea Myklebust presented to the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, December 2003. -
Norge Ski Club, Chicago papers, 1905-1985
Papers of a Chicago ski club started in 1905, including letters, clippings, and anniversary programs. -
Winchester Academy papers, 1973-1999
Newsletter and other papers of an organization, founded by Neil T. Eckstein in 1973, which sponsors literary and educational projects clustered around American Studies. The academy publishes monographs in an Ethnic Heritage series and a magazine, "The Winchester Academy Round Table."