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Minnesota Genealogical Society newsletter, 1969
Newsletter June 1969 volume 1, number 1. -
Minnesota Genealogist newsletter, undated
Includes "Sleuthing for Cemeteries", "Polish Emigration, Minnesota Immigration", and "Diffing for Røsby Roots."
Formerly part of P539. -
Minnesota Normal and Business College papers, 1898-1900
Report about a school in Minneapolis (1898-1900) operated by Martin L. Tuve and Gabriel Loftfjeld. -
Minnesota School and Business College poem, circa 1900
Poem about the school by "a student"; someone has written "K. K. Rudie." -
Minnesota State Fair Norway Exhibit correspondence, 1943-1946
Letters between Norwegian representatives and members of the Minnesota State Fair Board, arranging an exhibit from Norway. One of the items exhibited was a rowboat in which two Norwegian boys had crossed the North Sea as escapees from occupied Norway. -
Minnie Haukaas memoir, 1982
Draft (edited by her son, Rich Nelson of the University of Puget Sound) of her memoir. Places are left for photographs to be included in final version. Minnie was born at Aneta, North Dakota to immigrant parents. Memories of growing up in western North Dakota, (Golva, N.D.), until her marriage to Carl Hjalmer Nelson in 1922. "Essentially this is Mom's Story which she wrote in the late sixties" ed. by Rich Nelson.
"Minnie, a North Dakota homestead girl, part I; Minnie Haukaas, her own story." 48 p. 1982. Topics addressed: Promise of America (p.7); Sorrow about leaving (p.)9; Immigrant voyage (p.11); Soliciting sweetheart to come to America (p.15); Farming (p.17); Winter (p.19;) Well (p.21); Baking (p.23); Christmas gifts (p.25); Sears Roebuck (p.25); Voyage back to Norway (p.26); Visiting family (p.27); Forest (p.28); Inheritance (p.28-29); Rosemaling (p.29); Funeral (p.30); Crop payments (p.30-31) Draft (p.31,34); Babies (p.32); Infant mortality (p.32); Sweetheart (p.35); Marriage proposal (p.36,39); Regret (p.37); Romance (p.38); Permission to marry (p.40); North Pacific Railroad (p.39,42); Railroad Strike of 1922 (p.41, 43); Happiness (p.43); Bears (p.45); Jesus (p.47). -
Mjøsenlag papers, circa 1915-1939
About Mjøsenlag:
Organized in Minneapolis, June 7, 1911. At the Norse-American Centennial in 1925, there were 965 members. The lag was discontinued after 1941.Past presidents include:
Thore Gunderson (1911-13)
C.L. Opsal (1913-19)
Rev. O.A. Kvisgaard (1919-28, 1935-37)
Mathias J. Røthne (1928-35)
Alf Kjeverud (1937-38, 1941)
Christ Brodahl (1938-41)Past secretaries include:
O.M. Onsum (1911-13)
Otto P.K. Hjermstad (1913-28)
Rev. O.A. Kvisgaard (1928-35)
John Ovren (1935-37)
Olaf Skramstad (1937-41)
Past editors of yearbooks:
Otto P.K. Hjermstad
Rev. O.A. Kvisgaard
John OvrenHistory of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.
Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Modum og Eiker Lag papers, 1926-1953
About Modum og Eiker Lag:
Organized at the State Fairground in St. Paul, June 6, 1925 at the Norse-American Centennial.Past presidents include:
August Klagstad (1925-31, 1934-48)H.
Opsahl (1931-34)
Christian P. Gundhus (1948-49)
Jens P. Jensen (1949-)Past secretaries include:
Sigurd Holtan (1925-28)
Charles A. Ness (1928-31, 1932-34)
Elmer Johnson (1931-32)
Nels Hilsen (1934-)History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Moe family history, undated
"Moe Links...In Search of a Family Chain" by Moe Links and Directoy -
Moen-Dybevik family history, undated
"Johannes Amundson Moen and Synnneve Pederdaughter Dybevik"