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Bonnie E. Johnson article, 1992
An article entitled "Scandinavians in Montana: An Annotated Bibliography," which records books, journal articles, newspaper stories, oral histories, maps, unpublished materials, WPA interviews (1940-1942), and Scandinavian newspapers in Montana. The records are restricted to materials found in the libraries at the Montana Historical Society, the University of Montana, and the State University of Montana, and lists only sources in English. -
Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company correspondence, 1936
Correspondence between C. O. Teisberg, Assistant Superintendent of agents, and men's clubs within congregations regarding membership in the insurance company. Also includes newspaper clippings; book: A Common Bond: The Story of Lutheran Brotherhood, by Hakala Associates Inc, Minneapolis, 1989. -
Hans Madland thesis, 1991
"Norwegian-American Pioneer Pastors and Spouses in the Upper Midwest, 1840-1860: Conflict of Values and Search for Identity," a University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Master of Arts thesis, 104 typescript pages. -
Nordmanns-Forbundet, Minneapolis history, 1929-1979
"Chapter Cavalcade of a Half Century: Fifty Years of the Minneapolis Chapter, Nordmanns-Forbundet, 1929-1979."
Also includes: Invitation to viewing of "The Vinland Suite", 1987; Fifty Years of the Minneapolis Chapter, Nordmanns-Forbundet, 1929-1979, 3 copies; newspaper clippings; annual meeting and banquet flier, 1939; program from banquet for Minister Morgenstierne, 1935; newsletter, 1969; membership list, 1944; Norwegian National League minutes, 2002. -
Christian Omann pamphlet, 1983
Danish-born Omann emigrated in 1871, became a Methodist minister working in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Enevoldsen is a grandson of Omann. The pamphlet describes life in the Scandinavian communities of the above- mentioned states in the 1870s and 1880s. "It would appear to be an introduction to the Northwest for people expressing interest in moving out there and wanting to know something about the conditions of that part of the U. S." -
Richard A. Rodning biography, 1938-1993
S. S. Rodning was born in Hol, Hallingdal, in 1869 and emigrated in 1894. He taught in various Red River Valley congregations, studied at Augsburg Seminary, and began farming in Benson County, North Dakota, in 1901. He was a prolific writer. Many of his narratives and poems were published in Hallingen, which he edited for several years. "Reminiscences of Norway and America: A Story of Childhood, Adolescence and Immigration," 1993, 46 typescript pages; and "Remembrances of Norway," 16 typescript pages. Both appeared as articles in Skandinaven in 1938 and 1939, and both are translated by Richard Rodning.
"To the Land I Will Show You: A Sketch on the Life of Syver Swenson Rodning," by his son, 1987, 42 typescript pages. The file also contains two copies of Nyhusfamilien: Norsk-Amerikansk skuespil i 3 akter, 1926, 32 pages and several clippings; a poem, "Den vilfarne søn," November, 1935; "Udvandrings-historie...," April 3, 1936; and "S. S. Rodning minde," by A. E. Tufte. All are from Skandinaven. -
Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996
Jan Andersen was born in Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1920, and went to sea in February 1938. After 70 months of service during the war, he was discharged in December 1946. That year he married Josefa Hansen and they settled in Chicago, Illinois, The couple was active in many Norwegian-American affairs, and in 1984 they were awarded the Saint Olav medal.
Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, photographs, programs, correspondence, and minutes about two Chicago institutions: Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans Association, Chicago Chapter, 1974-1990; and Great Lakes Seamen Center, founded in 1964 to serve Norwegian seamen and merged with another center in 1967 to form the International Seamen Center serving all merchant seamen.- Miscellaneous materials including clippings, photographs, and citations when metal was awarded, an account of "Our tip out west" in 1961 by Richard Gibbons, 1987.
- History of the Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans, Chicago Chapter
- Chicago photo album, 1981-1984
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Alf A. Swenson family histories, 1883-1991
Includes 1. Alf Swenson Remembers: A Letter To My Grandchildren (recollections of childhood, 1915-1938) (1991), 31 pp. 2. My Father's Brother in Norway (Petter Bjørnerud, half-brother of Swenson's father, John O. Swenson) (c.1991), 50 pp. 3. A 100 Year Anniversary Celebration in Land, Norway: 1989 Landing's Lag Stevne at Dokka & Hov, Norway (c.1989), 46 pp. (In addition to an account of the stevne and the talks Swenson gave as president of the lag, there are writings on Traditions and Values; Bjørn Bakke-Christian Schulstad-Alf Swenson relationship; Husmann, which describes the life led by persons under husmann contracts in Norway; Farm Purchase Agreements in Norwegian communities in the U.S.; Wilder, Minnesota and Breck College; photocopies of articles about Norway the author found of interest.) 4. Unusual Ancestors: Stories from the lives of Pernille Hansdatter, Hans Tollefsrud, Hovel Tollefsrud, John Wien, by Swenson and Dr. Dianne Koehnecke (1992), 101 pp. Includes letters written back to Norway by Hans J. Lystne (1883-1908). -
Scandinavian-American Medical Society papers, 1889-1913
Records and other materials concerning a society founded in Chicago in October, 1889, as Scandinavian Medical Society, founded by S. D. Jacobson, F. A. Hess and Sven Windrow. A photocopy of Baltazar Meyer's A History of the Scandinavian-American Medical Society of Chicago, on the Occasion of Its Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1913, 82 pages, is included.
Includes account book used by the society (1903); article "A History of the Scandinavian-American Medical Society of Chicago" by Baltazar Meyer, published by Gus G. Martin (1913); article "Den Skandinavisk-Amerikanske Lægeforening I Chicago" (1913); article "Det skandinaviske lægeselskab: 25 aars jubilæum" by dr. A Daae (1912); article "Aengers Minde" (1916); "Dansk Minde i Chicago" (1916); article "Danske i Amerika" (1906); letter to the members of the Scandinavian Medical Society (1903); corporation papers of the Society from Cook County, Illinois (1889); "President's Address at the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Medical Society" (1899). -
Iver Davidson Hustvedt papers, 1854-1930
Iver D. Hustvedt, a schoolteacher from Voss, Norway, came to Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868. He taught parochial school, served as precentor and secretary for the Urland Lutheran Church from 1879 to 1909. Most of his library and papers were destroyed when his farm home burned down in 1924. His early correspondence consists mainly of letters from Norway. Over time the pattern expands to include friends and relatives in the States, including correspondence to and from his children. Some of the manuscripts are preliminary drafts that may duplicate what is available in the Urland Lutheran Church records. The minutes he recorded for several parochial school teachers' conferences led by minister B. J. Muus may not be found elsewhere. He prepared an unpublished 50th anniversary history of the Urland Congregation in 1922. A translation by Lloyd Hustvedt is included. The files include drafts of obituaries he wrote, a travel account, a poem he composed, information about the John Kildahl family, and some legal documents.
Includes:- Hustvedt family histories, with introductions (one dated 1996) by Lloyd Hustvedt. Includes: The Hustvedt Family in the United States (58 pp.); The Hustvedt Family in Norway and Later Emigrants (32 pp.); Genealogical Tables (15 pp.); Ancestral History of Dahl-Seve-Hustvedt Family with Dahl-Hustvedt Coat of Arms, by Carl M. Gunderson (1964), published by Lloyd Hustvedt (includes family pedigree and other charts, newspaper clippings, book excerpt), 1964-1996
- Correspondence, March 25, 1864 - May 19, 1884
- Includes: correspondence (Jul. 17, 1853-Aug. 24, 1884), largely to Iver Hustvedt. Correspondents include brothers Thorkel Davidsen Huustvedt and A. D. Hustvedt, D. L. Huustvedt, Arne Gjóstein (a neighbor in Norway and a Civil War veteran who lived in Chicago), Lars K. Afdahl, Thomes Tlettre, Tharmad Tlattre, Anna Monsdatter(?) Huustvedt; L. K. Larson, Anthon(?) Johnson, Ole Leidal, Ijur(?) Böe, T. J. Vinje(?), Thos. Hawkins, Knudt Gullaksen Stÿve, John Nathan Kildahl, B. J. Muus, N. A. Skagstad, Lewis L. Knudtson, A. S. Baker. Some letters have attached brief explanations of the content, in English. 1853-1884
- Correspondence June 16, 1889-April 22, 1909
- Includes: Correspondence (Jul. 23, 1882-Apr. 22, 1909), largely to Iver Hustvedt, from various correspondents, including: Thorkel D. Huustvedt, A. S. Baker, J. N. Kildahl, Anna L. Huustvedt, H. Hande, Ole D. Leidal, Nels A. Skagstad, J. K. Selheim, J. Lothrop, Isak J. Berven, L. K. Afdahl, Helge Hóverstad(?), Knut M. Huustvedt (Iver's nephew), Tormod D. Huustvedt, Olaf Hustvedt, David . Hustvedt, A. Hauge, Ragnhild ?, Anna Bakkethun (cousin), Bertha, John Hovland (from Stavanger, Norway and later, North Dakota), Bertine N. Larson, Joseph N. Nelson. 1882-1909
- Correspondence, March 10, 1911-November 23, 1930.
- Personal items added at the end of fild -- undated. Includes: Correspondence (Mar. 10, 1911-Nov. 23, 1930), some from Iver Hustvedt and some to Iver Hustvedt from various correspondents. Correspondents include: Olaf Huseby, Jens C. Roseland, O. O. Skutle, David Hustvedt (son), O. D. Leidal, L. J. Olson, M. G. Peterson, Arbödigst(?) Albert Edahl, Mrs. J. M. Johnson, Lars (Iver's brother), letters from Iver to sons Lars and David and daughter Ingeborg, Anna Hustvedt, letter from Iver to Knud Henderson, Brita Askeland (from Voss), Thorleit(?) T.(?) Ove, Theodore C. Blegen (Minnesota Historical Society Assistant Superintendent), John H. Otterness, Ingeborg (Iver's daughter), Julia Monson, Olaf Hustvedt, Arne Amundson, H. B. Kildahl, poem by Mrs. H. B. Kildahl, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jesme, Olaus L. Benson, Hiram Nelson (to his grandfather), A. S. Bakkethun. File also includes an informal liturgy, with bible citations, the apostles' creed, the Lord's prayer, etc., by I. D. Huustvedt, with the heading Rochester Minnesota Oct. 16de 1913. File also includes photocopy of obituary for Ivar (sic) Hustvedt, entitled Pioneer Leon Resident Laid to Rest. File also includes miscellaneous letters (Mar. 24, 1862-Dec. 18, 1952, n.d.), sometimes fragmentary and partially unidentified; published bulletin (4 pp.) entitled Bossingen (Tidligere udgivet to Aar i Amerika), No. 1, 3die Aarg (Jun. 13, 1871). Some letter have attached explanations of contents, in English. 1862-1952
- Documents related to Urland Church and Parochial School: teachers and teaching. Added are obituaries he wrote, poems by him and to him. Translation of Urland History. One document about J. N. Kildahl. Many documents have attached explanations, in English, of contents. File also includes book Udtog af Dr. Erich Pontoppidans Forklaring ved H. U. Sverdrup, 2det Oplag, Autoriseret Udgave (Christiania 1866, Trykt paa Jac. Dybwads Forlag), 122 pp., inscribed with Ivar Davidson Huustvedt 1866. 1866-1933
- Assorted Legal Documents. Includes: legal documents, vaccination certificate, citizenship papers, teacher's training certificate, insurance policies, and documents related to aquiring and selling a South Dakota Homestead. 1850-1930