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Nicolay Andreas Grevstad papers, 1892-1925
Correspondence, articles, reports, and clippings of a Norwegian-born journalist, diplomat, and financier. Grevstad was a practicing attorney and editor of Dagbladet (Oslo) before emigrating in 1883. In America he was editor of Nordvesten (St. Paul); leading editorial writer for Minneapolis Daily Tribune; editor of Skandinaven (Chicago) (1892-1911); United States minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1911-1915); publicity director of Minnesota Safety Commission; chief of the foreign language press publicity service for the Republican National Committee (1919-1925); agent of a Chicago bank syndicate for Uruguay; and editor of Skandinaven (1930-1940). Articles by Grevstad on courts of conciliation in Norway and in America appeared in the Atlantic Monthly (September, 1891 and November, 1893).
The correspondence includes dispatches to the United States Department of State and letters concerning American interests in Uruguay and Paraguay, national political problems, Norwegian settlement, and investment opportunities. Among the correspondents are William Jennings Bryan, Gilbert N. Haugen, Nils P. Haugen, E. H. Hobe, Hanna Astrup Larsen, Medill McCormick, Knute Nelson, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and William Howard Taft. Primary election reform, patriotism of the Scandinavian press and church, the wheat farmer during World War I, Non-Partisan League, and women's suffrage are some of the topics discussed in the articles, press releases, and letters. -
Niels G. Peterson papers, 1892-1923
Biographical data, family history, correspondence and letters of call concerning a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister who served parishes in the Midwest.
Includes:- Peterson Family History
- Biographical Data, etc.
- Letters of Call and License.
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Niels H.F. Olsen papers, 1848-1959
Albums, clippings, genealogies, letters, and legal papers of a Norwegian-born engineer, Dearborn, Michigan. Olsen was owner of Hexagon Tool and Engineering Corporation, Dearborn, Michigan.
Includes:- Clippings, Genealogies, Legal Papers. Includes photostatic copy of section of newspaper telling about his brother, Captain Olsen's ship being torpedoed (1915)
- Army Album--Navy "E" Awards given during World War II. Award given July 26, 1944 for high achievement in the production of materials for war; "Norwegian hydro-electric society" photo booklet (n.d.); and photo album of the Nazi Invasion of Norway (April 9 - May 16, 1940).
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Niels Nielsen Sebo correspondence, 1848-1865
Family letters addressed to an immigrant who came to Winona County, Minnesota, in the early 1850s. The file contains a summary of each letter. Correspondents include: Ole N. Bergum, Ingebor Halvorsdatter, Arne Knudson (town of Pery) -
Niels Thornjorn Ylvisaker family history, undated
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Niels W. Aasen papers, circa 1924
Includes a clipping and a pamphlet concerning the Aasen Corporation of America, Stoughton, Wisconsin, and its Norwegian founder. Aasen invented several military devices including the hand grenade, deep water bomb, modern trench mortar, and the air bomb. Aasen lived in the United States for less than two years. Obituary titled "The Edison of Norway dies here". One of his more than 250 inventions included the "automatic soldier," a network of mines and hand grenades controlled by radio or wires. He also invented a sleeping mask to aid those suffering from insomnia, and an outdoor fire-proof cooking apparatus.
Niels Aasen was born at Rissa, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway in 1878. Aasen lived in the United States less than two years before his death of tuberculosis. -
Nikolai Alexander Ibsen clippings, 1926-1984
After failing in business in Norway, Nikolai Ibsen, brother of Henrik Ibsen, came to the United States, finally living near Estherville where he owned 40 acres of land. -
Nikolai Johnson biography, 1952
"Hawaiian Adventure," a brief account (4 p. typscript) by an immigrant from Drammen who came to Hawaii in 1880 as an indentured servant. After a few months he was released from indenture by his father's paying the passage money. The file includes letters from Henry Hendrickson of Eureka, California.
See also, Evelyn McCormick article, P1590. The account was solicited by K.O. Bjork, who quotes from in "West of the Great Divide" (NAHA, 1958. Pp. 629-630). -
Niles T. Quales papers, 1908-1988
Biographical notes, clippings, and a photo of a prominent Norwegian physician in Chicago, who emigrated with a group from Voss in 1859. Trained as a veterinarian in Norway, he saw service as a hospital attendant during the Civil War. After the war he studied at Rush Medical College and received his M.D. in 1868. Includes "House Built by Father, City Physician: 1868-1870" (2 pages), photocopied clippings, 2 photographs. -
Nils A. Olsen catalog of papers, 1971
Nils Olsen was connected with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1925-1935. Prepared by James T. Steensvaag, Iowa State University Library (10 February 1971). Includes a biographical note.