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• Werner Bill papers, 1977

  A Tale of the North, a story written by a retired businessman in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The tale is set in a Wisconsin village on the shore of Lake Superior in the early part of the 1900s. It concerns a boy who won a skating race and the blacksmith who sharpened his skates for him.
• Boral Biorn papers, 1907-1995

  Several works concerning the author's grandfather, L. M. Bjørn, and great-grandfather Nils Andreas Biørn: "The Leksvig Church—300th Anniversary," a translation, 4 pages. Nils Andreas Biørn served this Trondheim district congregation from 1850 to 1863. A biography of L. M. Biørn cast in the form of an autobiography, 1989, 108 pages. Supplementary notes: "L. M. Biørn and Gjermund Hoyme," and "L. M. Biørn as a Hymn Writer and Member of the Synodical Hymn Committees," 2 pages. See also Ludvig Marius Biørn Papers, P 1470.
  
  Includes: Copy of letter from Ludvig Marinius Biorn, Zumbrota, Minnesota, Jan. 24, 1907, to his son Dr. Nils Andreas Biorn, Jackson, Minnesota. Dr. N.A. Biorn was the father of Boral Biorn. (In Norwegian) Added Dec. 1990 : A biography of Ludvig M. Biorn, by Boral R. Biorn (Mesa, Arizona, 1989) 108 p. Includes an "Introduction" (4 p.) with a translation of excerpts (written by N.A.B.) from the Journal of the Leksvig Parish; and an English translation of the above letter of L.M.B. (The biography is cast in the form of an autobiography.) Rev. Biorn gave a second copy in June 1995, with some passages highlighted in yellow: a note on p. 108 indicates these are "the areas that are authentic history" listed also on pp.109-110. It also includes two unnumbered pages: "L.M. Bjørn and Gjermund Hoyme" and "L.M. Bjørn as hymn writer and member of the synodical hymn committee," written Oct.-Nov.1993. See also in Ludvig M. Bjørn papers (P1470) Boral Biorn's "Three hymns of L.M.B.-I an essay." 1995. 32 p. Added Dec. 2011: translation of Norwegian newspaper clipping (May 6, 1992), "Wergeland Gift to the Folk Museum."; book and article translations by B. Biorn: "Church by the Fjord: Svenes Church on Strand 250 years" (edited by Jahn Børe Jahnsen, 1985) & "Aurdalskyrkja frå Lund sokn til Valdres prosti (Ivar Aars, 1987); article "Church Life in North Aurdal" (Kyrkjeliv nr. 3, May 1991)
  
• Gisle Biornstad papers, 1923-1939

  Papers of a Norwegian-born physician who established a clinic and sanitarium in Minneapolis. File includes newspaper clippings from 1923 to 1939, and two pamphlets, "The New Science of Curing Diseases" and "Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine."
  
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• Emil Biørn papers, 1890-1900

  Scrapbook of clippings, programs of musical, dramatic, and other entertainment activities in Chicago, 1890-1900, among the Scandinavians. Biørn was a versatile musician and artist, around whom was centered much of the cultural life amont the Scandinavians in Chicago during his lifetime. An appreciative essay which appeared in Skandinaven at the time of his death is pasted into the scrapbook. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook.
• Ludvig Marius Biørn papers, 1886-1995

  A slightly abbreviated translation by Ansgar Sovik of Biørn's Pastor P. A. Rasmussen, en livsskitse (1906), 125 pages. Translation by Boral B. Bjorn of two pamphlets published in 1887 and 1890. Kan en kristen staa udenfor menigheten? 7 pages. Poem: Paa Foreningsdagen, 1890, 1 page. "Three Hymns from Landstad Salmebog by L. M. Biørn and translated by O. M. Kleven," 11 pages. "Three Hymns by Ludvig M. Bjørn; an Essay by Boral R. Bjørn" (1995).
  
  Includes: 2 pamphlets (1888, n.d.); newspaper clippings (1886); family pedigree information.
• Karl S. Birkeland letters, 1872-1892

  Letters from family and friends to a Norwegian emigrant from Sunnfjord to Michigan, 1872. He was a farmer at Benona, Oceana County, Michigan. Later letters address him as Charles Burke. Six pages of notes on family history are included.
• Konrad Birkhaug volumes, 1946

  Birkhaug, born in Bergen, emigrated in 1912; graduate of Johns Hopkins University in medicine; joined the faculty of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, to which he returned in 1945 after a period at Chr. Michelsens Institut in Bergen; Resident of Bergen, 1970.
  
  Includes three volumes of typescript of Birkhaug's translation of his book entitled "Telavag [Televaag]: Fiskevaeret som tyskerne slettet ut i 1942" (Oslo, 1946). Title of translation is "Tela Bay: The Norwegian Fishing Village Destryed by the Germans." Tela Bay, located on an island near Bergen, was an important center of traffic with England during World War II.
• Hidden Heroes: World War II in Norway, 2016

  You never knew if the person next door was a hero; a Norwegian resistance fighter. The hero next door could be a teenager going with his dad to steal grain from a Nazi train, in order to feed refugees. It could be a girl who hid underground messages in her instrument case, while going by bike to a violin lesson. It could be the fisherman down the street, rowing a boat full of grenades, with a German U-boat captain sitting on the seat which was hiding them. Many Norwegians risked their lives to thwart the Nazis who were occupying their country. These are their true stories. These twenty eyewitness accounts were originally collected from Sons of Norway members by District 5 Cultural Director, Jean Bittner. We hope these accounts help you remember the acts of bravery that everyday heroes made in Norway during World War II.
• Bjerke family history, 1967

  Family history of the Erik and Berthe Marie Bjerke family, 1818-1967.
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  Kenneth O. Bjork papers, 1935-1997

  Biography/History: 
  Kenneth O. Bjork (July 19, 1909–August 11, 1991) was an American historian, professor, and author best known for his scholarship on Norwegian-American history. Born in Enderlin, North Dakota, to parents who were children of Norwegian immigrants, Bjork grew up in a bilingual household where Bokmål was spoken. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from St. Olaf College in 1930, pursued graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and completed study tours in Europe before receiving his PhD in 1935. His doctoral dissertation examined Anglo-German diplomatic relations during the Bismarck era, laying the foundation for a career in European and migration history.

  Bjork taught briefly at the University of Montana before joining the faculty of St. Olaf College in 1937, where he became a professor in 1944 and remained until his retirement in 1974, also chairing the history department for twenty-five years. A two-year sabbatical in Kenya (1965–67) saw him serve as senior representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, helping establish the Humanities Division at University College, Nairobi, and expanding his expertise into African history. From 1960 to 1980, he served as managing editor for publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. Bjork authored influential works, including Saga in Steel and Concrete (1947) and West of the Great Divide (1958), was appointed Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1962, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oslo in 1976, and was later honored by the establishment of the Kenneth O. Bjork Distinguished Professor chair at St. Olaf College.

  Scope and Content: 
  Correspondence, book reviews, speeches, offprints of articles, and personal financial papers of a professor of history at St. Olaf College and NAHA editor, 1960-1980.