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Annie J. Olson Brustuen papers, 1885-1916, 1960
Reminiscences, 1960. "Pioneer Incidents as Told by My Mother," Hegbert Township, Swift County, Minnesota and seven family letters (1885-1916) translated by Conrad Byre. Contents Article. Note: Nearly all the people mentioned in the letters are named in the family history.
- Wagon train
- river crossing
- Bruno Arnold family
- Thor Brustuen
- Long Lake
- prairie fires
- melted silver
- Matt Bystad
- Blizzard of 1873
- grasshoppers
- Peder Ness marriage
- Peder Emmerson twins
- Amund Paulson
- poet Ole Hegstad
- John Wilson
- formation of Hegbert township, named for two founders, Bertness Christianson and Ole Hegstad
- mortgages
- Sandbro farm
- picnics
- speakers Albert Lang and Congressman Rev. O.J. Kvale
- Sonora Brustuen, Appleton
- Oliver Haugland, Milan
- Margaret, Camillla and Alice Persen
- Mildred Hentzen, Melba Brustuen, Alice Freeman
- 4th of July 1890, Andrew Akre
- Jens and Maren Pederson.
Translated letter from Annie Brustuen written to sister Rönnag, 20 August 1885. Topics: Death of Ingeborg Swedsmo and Guri Raastad - Anne Nilsdatter Moen marrying Peder Foten
- baby girls born to Marit Ofun and Kari Mo.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to her brother John Olson Feb 16, 1889. Topics: 20 years apart - death of minister Pastor Selmer, replaced with Holmbo
- living children Anna (who had a birth defect of the mouth) Iver, Ole, Mari, Kari and Hanna
- dead children Thor, Kari and Hans, all dying between ages one and three.
Translated letter from Ole Mo to John Olson, Feb 21, 1892. Topics: Thanks to John for helping children Anne and Iver get to America - Son Ole is leaving for America, asking for help in securing a position for him
- shortage of feed in Våga
- new railroad from Lillehammer to Sel.
Letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, March 22, 1903. Topics: Anne has had her defect repaired (harelip) - Kari opened coffee house and took in lodgers
- lots of debt, asked for help from America to alleviate suffering
- asked for help with their debt.
Letter from Kari Mo to Annie Olson, Jan 29, 1908. Topics: Thanks for sending picture - news of blind niece Nora
- sending picture postcard.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, Feb 2, 1913. Topics: Thanks for sending money ($5) - encouraged John to send daughter Annie along to visit her.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, June 27, 1916. Topics: Siblings are all getting older
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Martha M. Brye scrapbook, 1883
Scrapbook of clippings from American and Norwegian newspapers compiled by a schoolteacher and nurse from Coon Valley and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Among the items are a poem by Kristofer Janson, O. J. Breda's address at the Kristofer Janson festival in Decorah, and Laur. Larsen's address at the President Garfield memorial program in Decorah. The sources of the clippings are not given, last noted date is 1883. -
Lawrence Brynetad papers, 1860-1880
Copy of a report by Brynestad "Norwegian Lutheran periodicals, 1860-1880, and their reference to the 'Darwinian Theory of Evolution'" prepared for Michael C. D. McDaniel. -
Olaf (Olav) A. Bu papers, 1845-1924, 1987
Correspondence, clippings, and speeches. Most of the letters are by Bu and his wife to his parents in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, dealing with his student days in Christiania, their emigration in 1875, and life in Ostrander, Minnesota, where Bu was a Lutheran minister (1875-1908). The clippings contain reminiscences. The speeches deal with Norwegian heritage. An item on his son Hagbarth Bue (published 1922-1924) is included.
Content:- Olav A. Bu Correspondence.
- Olav A. Bu Papers: "Af vore indvandrers liv" Clippings. Clipping on Hagbarth Bu (his son) from the Minneapolis Tribune, 1987.
- Olav A. Bu Papers.
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Bertha Buan clippings, 1932-1964
Lyric verse published mainly in the "Duluth Skandinav" by a poet who came from Beistad, Trøndelag, and who lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of her poems were set to music, of which several are found in the collection. Includes a 16-page pamphlet titled "Stevne minne; Dikte". For a biographical sketch of Haldor S. and Bertha Buan, see "Family Sagas," ed. Kristine Leander (1997), pages 19-20.
See in library collection, "Tre-Kløver-Hjørnet" (Duluth, Fuhr, 1947, 56 p.), on which she collaborated with Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud and Marcus Tellevik. Another copy in Johnsrud papers, (see P0948).
Includes scores, "Bluebells" (1944); "DU Deilige Trondhhjems Fjord" (1943); "My Christmas Boat" (1942); "My Home Land (Norway)" (1944); "Song to our Flag" (1942); "When the Boys Come Home Again" (1944). Poems: "Trøndere!"; "Tribute to Minnesota"; "Vår Syttende Mai"; "Christian Ellingsen og Egil Hammer (in memoriam)"; "Marcus Televik (in Memoriam)"; "Henrik Ibsen" -
Joan N. Buckley collection, 2017
From a Rocky Farm in Norway: The immigration stories of our relatives who made America our home (2017). Includes chapters: Crossing Alone: Thanks to Guri Syversdatter Sundbrei, a little woman in stature but a giant in faith, many of us call America home, Leaving the Family Farm: Syver [Groth] was the firsts of ten siblings to voyage to America, and Heading Inland: Svend Halstenson Groth’s letters describe the journey from New York to Wisconsin to Iowa -
Thomas C. Buckley article, 1943-1992
Norstad (1907-1988) was the son of the Reverend Martin Norstad, who served St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, from 1920 to 1925, and taught at the Red Wing Seminary. Lauris Norstad graduated from West Point in 1930. He rose to be Commander in Chief for U. S. and Allied Forces in Europe in 1951 and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, 1956-1963. He became an executive of Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation (1964-1972) when he retired from military service. -
Jan Adolf Budde letter, 1850
Typewritten copy of "Af et brev om Amerika" by the head of the Stavanger agricultural school containing arguments against emigration. The original is in the University of Oslo Library.
Contents:- Typewritten transcript, 1928
- Note: Sophie Bøe's translation of Budde's little book as it appears in "Studies and Records" III: 43-57 (1928) was made from this typescript copy of the original. Theodore C. Blegen discusses the book in "Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860," pp. 261-265.
- Typewritten transcript, 1928
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Ole Bull papers, 1882-1982
Abstract
Reprinted articles, clippings, sheet music, and photographs concerning the Norwegian violinist, including "The Saga of Ole Bull," by Harmon M. Gehr; "Ole Bull's Colony of Oleana: A Political Perspective," by Gary Larson; "Ole Bull's Activities in the U. S., 1843-1880," a New York University thesis by Inez Bull.
An Ole Bull Museum is located at Carter Camp, Potter County, Pennsylvania.
Contents:- Ole Bull Papers. Miscellaneous materials.
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Storm Bull papers, 1894-1907
A copybook of letters written by Storm Bull, a Norwegian-born, Swiss-educated engineer, who came to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1879, where his uncle, the violinist Ole Bull, had lived earlier. Storm Bull, a member of the engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin, served on the city council and was for a time mayor of Madison. The letters deal with University affairs. The file also contains four obituary notices.