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Reports and miscellaneous papers of an organization serving seamen from all countries who come to the Port of Chicago. Interested Chicagoans of Norwegian descent have been prominent in the administration of the Center. Papers include general information, charter and by-laws, reports, board minutes, and correspondence.
The Norwegian Club: A History of the Club, 1904-1944, by A. N Rygg, 1944, 93 pages. (on the cover: Det Norske Selskab, New York); "The Norwegian Club, Inc. 1904-1964," edited by Erik J. Friis, 1964, 104 pages; a monthly bulletin "Norsony News," April, 1932; a Roy Jorgensen letter that gives historical information about the club; and a collection of clippings, two of which mention an older organization, "Den norske Forening."
An account covering part of the experience of a physicist who for ten years worked with the National Aeronautic and Space Administration. He was involved in the moon landings and other exotic undertakings. Later he became the first chairman of Texas State Technical Institute's laser department at Waco, Texas. Pierson is a descendent of Ole Pederson Songe who emigrated from Trom, Norway, to Texas in 1853.
"The Old Man and the Ski," by William Oscar Johnson, which appeared in "Sports Illustrated," December, 10, 1979, concerning a Norwegian-born Canadian citizen, a "man many credit with bringing skiing as a sport to the North American continent."
An article about a World War I flying "Ace" from Twin Valley, Minnesota. He attained the rank of Brigadier General and served in the military for 42 years.
An article in the "Minneapolis Tribune Picture Section", November 26, 1978, about a retired Norwegian-American farmer in Reeder, North Dakota, who had donated his collection of 16,000 books and other materials to the local school library. He had been known as a "populist radical."
A brochure and a list of books describing a collection of Nordic materials left to Pomona College, California, by Waldemar Westergaard, a teacher of history, first at Pomona College and later the University of California at Los Angeles.
Reproductions of photographic slides of house, barn, and interiors showing details of construction and decoration, of a pioneer home in Holden Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. An interesting feature of the house was the murals on the walls and floors.
A file consisting of letters, clippings, articles, news releases, etc. concerning Texans of Norwegian ancestry who have achieved distinction in various fields.