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Verkefingeren periodical, 1925
An issue of a Norwegian humor magazine, November, 1925. "Andet hefte," published by Eivind Rudie, Minot, North Dakota. -
Reidar Victor Colderup Rosenvinge papers, 1959-1979
Clippings, correspondence, family history, and a 1979 Rolf Erickson interview of a Norwegian-born painter who came from Halden, Norway, to Chicago in 1926, where he worked at painting and decorating. At the same time he continued his studies in art at the Art Institute in Chicago, painting landscapes and murals. In 1972 he began work in "rosemaling" and gave lessons in that art in several Chicago centers.
Includes:- Includes interview with Rolf Erickson, August 1979
- Mural at Bethesda Home. Includes clippings, correspondence.
- Family History.
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Restauration memorabilia, 1960-1974
Clippings, a postcard, and an article telling the story of the famous sloop which brought the first organized group of Norwegian emigrants to the United States in 1825. -
Dorothy C. Aslakson Pederson student paper, 1938-1967
Grandpa's Biography was written by Pederson when she was ten years old; "One Hundred Years in America" was written as a student at St. Olaf College in 1947; a short story, "The Truth in Love," was awarded a prize in the 1967 Minnesota Amateur Writer's Contest; and, finally, "Moen History, 1847-1975." Two items in the file are papers prepared for the University without Walls, an adult education program sponsored by the University of Minnesota. The first examines the transition of the Norwegian language to English in the churches of the Pope County area, Minnesota; the second, "The Troll Church," is a short story. -
Norwegian Lutheran Educational Association records, 1892-1897
A notebook containing minutes of annual meetings, letters, a clipping and the constitution of an organization of teachers for the advancement of Christian education among the Norwegian Lutherans. The recording secretaries were H. T. Ytterboe, O. G. Felland, and I. F. Grose, all teachers at St. Olaf College. -
John Edmundson Norvell biography, 1979
Résumé of the education and accomplishments of an anatomist at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Norvell is related to the Grogard and Reiersen families who were leaders in the Norwegian migration to Texas. -
Karsten Idland papers, 1970
A clipping ("Vinland" Dec. 3, 1970) and letters concerning a Norwegian war hero who emigrated to Long Island, New York, after the end of World War II. He participated in the commando operations at the Vemorck heavy water plant near Rjukan in October, 1942. He received medals from the governments of Norway, France, Britain, and the United States. NB: see Thomas M. Gallagher's "Assault on Norway (N.Y., 1975) in St. Olaf Library. -
Elmer Erickson autobiography, 1971
An account by a Norwegian-American farmer who lived in Shawano, County, Wisconsin. He writes about the pioneer lives of his parents and grandparents, his own education at St. Ansgar Seminary in Iowa, his experiences as a teacher, and finally his life on a farm, beginning in 1917, together with details about family and family events. His account goes up to 1945. His son Luther Erickson added a postscript which covers details up to his father's death in 1971. -
Anton Christian Bang sermon, 1908
A sermon preached in Minneapolis by the visiting Norwegian bishop and church historian. At the request of the bishop, proceeds of the sale of the pamphlet (16 p.) containing the sermon were to be used for the relief of the poor Norwegians in Minneapolis. Includes: framed photograph of Dr. Bang (profile), ca. 1900. -
Peter Andressen papers, 1975-1979
Clippings from a Hawley, Minnesota, newspaper "The Herald" which published the "America letters" of a pioneer farmer in Clay county, Minnesota. Written from 1869 to 1901 to relatives in Rollag, Numedal, Norway, the letters cover aspects of pioneer life (in Emmet County, Iowa, and Clay County, Minnesota) and give news of family and friends. Andressen emigrated in 1869 and settled near what became Rollag, Minnesota, in 1877.
Includes: clippings of photographs and some biographical material translated by Otto Bratlie, but only two translations are included. One photograph was taken in 1975.