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Mount Olive Cemetery Association history, 1886-1983
"History and Information..." (24 pages) concerning a cemetery originally surrounded by farmlands, which served middle class families, mainly Scandinavians, in the north and west portions of Chicago and surrounding communities. The cemetery held the name "Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery" when it was founded in 1886 and changed to "Mount Olive" in 1903. "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson is included.
Includes photostats of articles in "Skandinaven," Sept. 22 and Nov. 17, 1886; Aug. 31, 1898. Photocopies of list of stockholders, and record of lot owned by Mrs. Ole Stangeland; article, "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson (Swedish American Genealogist, Sept. 1983). -
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. -
Torske Klubben Minneapolis/Lakselaget pamphlets, 1933-2002
Commemorative booklets published to highlight various occasions in the history of the luncheon club, an informal group meeting monthly for "good fellowship and good food." Since 1946 the club has sponsored graduate fellowships at the University of Minnesota for students from Norway.
Added clippings (1934-1967) and several memoranda and programs, including a mimeographed talk by R.N. Thorshov at the 15th anniversary meeting, Nov. 6, 1958; history and membership directory (60th anniversary edition, 2002. -
Cemetery transcripts records, 1980-2000, undated
Many are lists prepared by Gerhard Naeseth now in the Vesterheim Genealogical Center in Madison, Wisconsin, but lists from many other sources are included. The Rice County listings by John Dalby (microfiche), for example, records burials through 1996 in 69 Minnesota places.
Includes:Norway Township, Humboldt County, Iowa.Story County, Iowa. "A History of Boe Cemetery"Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Morganville, Clay Co., Kansas, from "Kansas Kin" (Nov. 1989, pp 68-69)Highview Christiania, Farmington, Dakota Co., Minnesota.Goodhue County, MinnesotaAspelund, Emmanuel. Goodhue County, MinnesotaBelvidere, Goodhue County, MinnesotaCannon Falls, Goodhue County, MinnesotaDale, Goodhue County, MinnesotaEidswold Methodist, Goodhue County, MinnesotaGol (Kenyon), Goodhue County, MinnesotaGoodhue, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHauge (Old Stone Church), Goodhue County, MinnesotaHegre, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHof, Goodhue County, MinnesotaKenyon, Goodhue County, MinnesotaHolden (Kenyon) Goodhue County, MinnesotaLands (Zumbrota) Goodhue County, MinnesotaLittle Cannon Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Holden Township, Goodhue County, MinnesotaMinneola (Zumbrota), Goodhue County, MinnesotaNazareth ?, Goodhue County, MinnesotaPine Island, Goodhue County, MinnesotaStanton, Goodhue County, MinnesotaStordahl, Goodhue County, MinnesotaUrland, Goodhue County, MinnesotaVang, Goodhue County, MinnesotaVasa, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWanamingo, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWangen Prairie, Goodhue County, MinnesotaWells Creek, Goodhue County, MinnesotaZumbrota (United Lutheran Church and town cemetery), Goodhue County, MinnesotaAurdal, Ottertail Co., Fergus Falls, MinnesotaNannestad (Hauge) Cemetery, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Hitman Family Cemetery (near Goose Lake, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, MN. Formally Arne Hitman farm.; Old Norway Lake Cemetery; Peterson Cemetery, northside of Scandinavian Lake, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota; Sather Family Cemetery, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota; Seventh-Day Adventist Cemetery, Gilchrist Township, Pope County, Minnesota;East and West Zion Lutheran Church Cemeteries, Pope County, Minnesota. 1872-1953, by Calvin E. Pederson.Eklund, Rice County, MinnesotaFox Lake, Rice County, MinnesotaMoland, Steele County, MinnesotaNerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota.North Grove (Faribault), Rice County, Minnesota.Microfiche, Rice County, Minnesota. Listings by John Dalby. Vol. 1: Bridgewater, Erin, Forest, Northfield, Webster & Wheatland townships. Vol. 2: Morristown, Shieldsville and Wells townships. Vol. 3: Cannon City, Richland, Walcott, Warsaw and Wheeling townships.Valley Grove, Rice County, Minnesota.Canton, South Dakota (Tonella Cemetery).Brownsboro, Texas. Letter from Deerwood Johnson (1959)Clifton, Texas. Norse CemeteryRichland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin. Clipping about erection of marker for 3 early settlers (Ole Jansen, Torkel Evenhaugen, Mons Monson)Cemetery Transcripts. Records/ Wisconsin: Franklin, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Jambo Creek Cemetery, Scandinavian Cemetery (Now Holy Innocents, Pine Lake), Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cemetery (1974) by Rolf H. Erickson, East Koshkonong Church, La Crosse County Cemeteries (Weverstad Family Cemetery)Cemetery Transcripts. Records/ Wisconsin: Luther Valley Cemetery, Rock County, Wis. -
Scandinavia Today (National) papers, 1982-1983
Scandinavia Today (National). News releases, programs, and clippings of a Scandinavian festival in the United States sponsored jointly by the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden) and the American Scandinavian Foundation.
The festival featured a variety of events: exhibits, lectures, concerts, tours, and seminars. It opened officially in Washington, D.C., September 8, 1982. In Minneapolis it opened with a "Salute to Scandinavia," at the Metrodome on September 11, which was attended by an estimated 50,000 people. The exhibitions, which presented outstanding selections of textiles, paintings, graphic arts, design, and photography, traveled to major American cities starting in September 1982.
Includes folders "Washington, D.C."; "Chicago, Illinois"; and "Minneapolis, Minnesota (including Red Wing)" -
Chicago History Committee (NAHA) papers, 1982
Information about, and papers given at a Chicago conference titled "Norwegians in Chicago: Their History," designed to provide an overview of the "colony" once regarded as the Norwegian capital of America. Rolf Erickson coordinated the event, with NAHA being one of the several sponsoring organizations. The papers cover topics like artists, authors and poets, feminists, medical care, and general history. -
Norwegian Art and Craft Club papers, 1937-2001
Miscellaneous records of an amateur artists' group in Brooklyn, New York, organized under the leadership of Karl Larsen, a painter from Flekkefjord, "to stimulate interest in art among Scandinavians in America." Beginning in 1939 the members held exhibits of their work at various galleries, museums, and other halls in the area. In addition, they sponsored workshops for students of drawing, painting, rosemaling, weaving, wood carving, and other crafts. For a time the membership numbered more than a hundred.
See also P1135 Art Exhibitions, New York.
Includes membership lists; correspondence, 1937-1942; Bernhard Berntsen clippings; clippings of history of the group; catalogs of exhibits. -
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). -
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. -
Baiki, The Home That Lives In The Heart periodical, 1991
The original subtitle explained its purpose: "An American Journal of Sami Living." Faith Fjeld, who founded the periodical in 1991, is its editor and publisher. For related material, see Finmark Misjonsforening, Minneapolis, P 670, and "Sami Siida Newsletter," A. K. A. "Arran: Newsletter of the North American Sami."