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Ny Dag periodical, 1937
First issue of a magazine published in Brooklyn, New York, concerning cultural, economic, and social questions of the day. Karsten Roedder was one of its editors. -
Toral Schey autobiography, 1931
Copies of some pages of the life story of an emigrant from Sunnfjord, Norway, telling of his early home in Norway, the trip to America, and some of his experiences in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Includes an obituary for Henrik Shey, a brother. -
Laurel Neidig papers, 1925-1987
Correspondence, manuscripts, press releases, and miscellaneous items of a Norwegian-American journalist who was editor of Vinland from 1977 to 1982. It ceased publication in 1987. Neidig was active in Norwegian-American organizations in Chicago. The papers contain records of her participation in the work of the Chicago History Committee, DeLiSa, and the Viking Ship Restoration Committee. -
Naesheim-Moe families America letters, 1851-1908
A collection of letters, some photocopied and some transcribed, written by members of an extended family who settled in Wisconsin. Though some of the writers use different surnames, reference in the letters indicates a close relationship between all of them. The earliest letter, 1851, from Koshkonong, tells of the journey from Bergen to New York and ultimately to Milwaukee.- Letter to Svend Nesheim, 1851
- Inga Lewis correspondence. 1908-1908
- America Letters. Iver Iverson Moe, 1862; Ettrick, Wisconsin, 1864; Osseo, Wisconsin, 1878. 1862-1878
- America Letters. January-June 1881, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. 1881
- America Letters. Letter from Northfield, Wisconsin, 1880 1880-1881
- America Letters. Letter from Arlington, Wisconsin, 1862; Letters from Lodi, Wisconsin, 1871 and 1897. 1880-1881
- America Letters. Letters from Christopher Pederson, Pleasant Township. 1868-1876America Letters. Hans Seim letters, Chicago. 1869
- America Letters. Unidentified letters. undated
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Thomas Garber music, 1989
"Rev. Malmin's Lost Tune," a musical composition based on an unidentified folk tune. The composer became interested in the melody upon reading a short article by Dr. Gunnar Malmin, who told how his father had heard the tune as a boy in Haugesund, Norway. -
Donald E. Gilbertson article, 1987
"Norwegian Antiques: Recognition of a Rich Wisconsin Heritage," featuring a collection of photographs of Norwegian antiques found in the upper midwestern states. The article appeared in Antique Review, September, 1987. -
Egil Harald Grude pamphlet, 1989
"Fra Vagen til America," a brief history of the emigrant journey, 1825-1930, published by the Stavanger Museum. The 10-page story describes the kinds of ships, the accommodations on board, and the reception at the emigrants' destinations. -
Ferdinand A. Husher biography, undated
The family background of a Danish-born immigrant who spent his childhood and youth in Oslo. He attended the University there and became a teacher and minister in Norway before his emigration to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1869. He was assistant editor of Fædrelandet og Emigranten until 1973. He moved to Minneapolis and became part owner and editor of Budstikken. He returned to Fædrelandet og Emigranten as editor in 1975. He bought that paper in 1878 and moved it to Minneapolis in 1886. He was United States Consul to Point Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, 1890-1892. At the time of his death he was editor of Nordmanden in Grand Forks, North Dakota. For a résumé of his career, see Norsk-Amerikanskernes Festskrift, 1914, pages 43-45. -
Stephen J. Keillor student paper, 1989
Rural Norwegian-American Reading Societies in the Late Nineteenth Century, written for a graduate seminar in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Minnesota. -
Paul Knaplund papers 1924-1961
Offprint articles by and newspaper clippings about a distinguished historian, who emigrated from Bodo, Norway, in 1906. His desire for an education led him to the Red Wing Seminary, where he received the B. A. degree in 1913. From there he went to the University of Wisconsin, earning a Ph.D. in 1919. He began as a teacher at Wisconsin and eventually became chairman of the Department of History and was recognized as an authority on British History. His autobiography, Moorings Old and New: Entries in an Immigrant's Log, tells of his background.