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Henry O. Jaastad articles and clippings, 1933-1990
Born on the Jaastad farm in Ullensvang, Hardanger, he emigrated with his family to Deerfield, Wisconsin in 1886. In 1890 he began work in a furniture factory in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He moved in 1902 to Tucson, Arizona, where he worked as a carpenter and contractor. He opened an architectural firm in 1908 and during a fifty year career planned over 500 buildings, including homes, schools, churches, and commercial buildings. He served as mayor of Tucson from 1932 to 1947. The file includes a description of the Reilly Funeral Home, designed by Jaastad; random newspaper clippings; and "Henry O. Jaastad: Architect of Tucson's Future," by Mona Lange McCroskey. Letters from Jaastad are found in the E. Klaveness, B. Osland, and K. Gjerset papers, P 551, P 574, and P 673. Also, see Kenneth Bjork's Saga in Steel and Concrete, pages 415-416. -
Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago Before the Great Fire (1836-1871). M.A. thesis (Scandinavian Studies), University of Wisconsin, 1958. 157 pp. Contents: --Introduction (Chicago, Norwegian emigration). --Chapter 1: The first Norwegians in Chicago; economic life; religious life; life in Chicago. --Chapter 2: Chicago in 1850; the Norwegian colony in 1850 (population and age, marriage and family, ward distribution, neighbors); church and religion; emigration; economic life; the press; life in Chicago. --Chapter 3: the Norwegian colony in 1850 (as above, minus population and plus literacy); other topics as above, minus emigration; the Norwegian colony in 1870 (as above, plus names, the handicapped, occupations, men and money). --Summary. --Footnotes. --Bibliography. Includes tables for the 1850-1870 censuses giving figures for Norwegian men, Norwegian women, children, occupations, men and money, neighbors. And maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870. -
Anna Eriksen letters, 1892-1895
Copies of 8 letters written from Faribault, Minnesota, to the Nels Jensen family of Hudson, Wisconsin, by an acquaintance and fellow immigrant from Mo i Rana. Anna worked for an Episcopal "prestefamilie," earning two dollars a week, and later for a school. Her letters tell of declining health, possibly tuberculosis. A letter from a Bertha Hauge informs the Jensens of Anna's death. Eriksen comments on church life and interdenominational strife and on her own preference for the "Haugianers." America differs greatly from Norway, she writes, and is difficult until one gets used to things. Nonetheless, she did not want to live in Norway again. -
Norwegian-American art exhibits catalogs, 1920-1930, 1947
Three original and seven photocopied catalogs of the annual art exhibits sponsored by the Chicago Norwegian Club in Chicago. The catalogs usually include lists of officers and committees, lists of artists and works exhibited, and the winners of prizes at previous exhibitions. The 1920 catalog gives the names and addresses of the members of the Club. The 1921 catalog includes biographical information about some of the artists. See "Norwegian-American Artists..." by Rolf Erickson in Norwegan-American Studies, volume 31. -
Norse Art League (Chicago) catalog, 1931
An 8-page catalog of the "First Semi-annual Art Exhibit, March 1-15, 1931." Includes lists of the board of directors, art exhibit committee, jury, prizes, artists, and the titles of the 80 works exhibited. The Norse Art League was "organized two months ago by Norse Artists and a few friends for the purpose of encouraging art among the Norsemen." See "Norwegian-American Artists' Exhibits Described in Checklists and Catalogs," by Rolf H. Erickson in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 31 -
Society of Scandinavian-American Artists (Brooklyn) catalog, 1932
Photocopy of "Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists, April 11 to May 15, 1932," Brooklyn Museum, 24 pages. Cites 299 works by 88 artists and their addresses. -
Swedish-American Archives catalog, undated
Descriptions of 30 collections, varying in size from 1 to 139 manuscript boxes. Each description is separately paged. -
Stina L. Hirsch thesis, 1985
The Swedish Maid: 1910-1915, a De Paul University Master of Arts thesis, 75 pages. -
J. E. Sivesind letter, 1853
Photocopy of a letter written from Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, to Sivesind's sister in Wisconsin, with a typewritten translation by the Reverend Donald L. Berg. Sivesind writes "Land is still available...government land...$50 for 40 acres. An ordinary laborer has from 1/2 dollar to six shillings per day....On the first day of Christmas our new pastor (V. Koren) who came here 3 days before Christmas held the service here in the settlement....He used our old religion which we have learned from Norway on." -
Søren S. Urberg papers, 1880-1931
Born in Aust Agder, Norway, Urberg emigrated in 1889 and graduated from Luther Seminary in 1893. He spent the remainder of his life as a minister in Blair, Wisconsin, serving parishes in Trampeleau and Jackson counties. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts of sermons and speeches, and family trees with statements about members of the Urberg family. En synodeprest blir Texthistorie: Søren S. Urberg, by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, 69 pages. "Kilder: Skriftlig matteriale etter S. S. Urberg, publisert og upublisert; Brev, minnebøker, intervju...."- Correspondence, 1883-1929
- Includes (all photocopies): 9 letters from his mother and brother in Norway (1911-1918); letters to Urberg from Waldemar Ager, Johannes R. Birkelund, Halvor Bjørnson, Hjalmar R. Holand, Peder O. Langseth, Laur. Larsen, Anders Larsgaard, Amund G. Lunde, Johannes H. Lunde, Johannes O. Saeter, Andreas K. Sagen, Peer Strømme, H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1903-1920, n.d.); letters from Urberg to his brother-in-law--Martin A. Christensen--his daughters, Pastor Myhre (Olaf C.?), H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1883-1929, n.d.).
- Speeches, 1901-1923
- Includes (all photocopies): manuscripts of sermons and speeches, including these subjects: K. E. Runnestrand (b. 1844), architect/builder of churches in the Blair area; memorial for President McKinley (1901); Ibsen's childhood, given at Gale College (1907); Ibsen; Vinje; President Harding (1923); Hans Nilsen Hauge; North Beaver Creek congreagation (Ettrick, Wis.).
- Miscellaneous, 1880-1901
- Includes (all photocopies except 1991 article): transcript from Kristiania Borgor- og Realskole (1880); letter by H. A. Stub to Trempeleau Valley and Blair congregations (1907); letter to Urberg from H. A. Stub (1902); document signed by Berthea Winger giving guardianship of her sons (1907); Charity Thinketh No Evil, But Rejoiceth in the Truth, article from Church Messenger, coauthored by Urgerg (1914); invoice from Chicago fish merchant L. A. Leistikow (1925); application for sacramental wine (1928); dues statement, Wis. State Hist. Soc. (1929); church trustee resolution that U. quote(call his own assistant) (1928); funeral expenses; letters and Gale College Bulletin relating to Urberg's death (1930); newspaper article discussing Urberg (1991).
- Family history, 1928-1997
- Includes: 2 copies of En synodeprest blir teksthistorie: Søren S. Urberg i Wisconsin, 1893-1930, av Øyvind T. Gulliksen (1991); 2 newspaper articles in Norwegian (1928 original, 1930 photocopy); booklet with a number of family trees with narrations about individuals who are a part of the Soren Sorenson Urberg family, 45 pp., given to Gulliksen by Sigurd Urberg, July 1990; photocopy of clipping about 1997 marriage of Monica and Jørn Urberg Tveten, from Varden, in Urberg church on Urberg avenue; detached article Julen minner om… by Fernanda Urberg Malmin, from Jul i Vesterheimen (1957).
- Correspondence, 1883-1929