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Ofstedahl family history, 1997
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Ogu Siljan family papers, 1936
A biography of O. G. U. Siljan (1870-1936), Lutheran clergyman in Madison, Wisconsin, and a genealogy of the Gullickson (Graue) family, Voss, Norway (1240-1906), of which his wife was a member. -
Oian family history, 1956-1995
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Formerly part of P539. -
Oihus family history, 1960, 1995
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Ola Bjorland songbook, 1895
"Sanger" A compilation of 190 Norwegian folk songs, religious and secular, in Norwegian and English, compiled by the minister of the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Chicago for use on informal occasions. -
Ola Hanche-Olsen papers, 1908-1995
Tidevann; Sandefjord gutten som ble en av verdens største dirigenter, a biography or a documentary novel by a nephew of the director and composer Ole Windingstad based on information Hanche-Olsen garnered from his parents who visited Windingstad, from letters Windingstad wrote to his sister, and from extensive reviews, reports, and critiques that had appeared in Norwegian-American newspapers. Windingstad was born May 18, l886, at Sandefjord, Norway. After studies in Oslo and Leipzig, he settled in New York in 1906. He was director of the Nord-mændenes Sangforening in Brooklyn from 1911 to 1939, but also led many other choral, orchestral, and operatic groups in the New York area, including visiting musical organizations from Norway. He conducted the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra for four years. He made orchestral arrangements and composed a number of pieces. His most notable symphonic work may have been "The Tides." He died June 3, l959. The file also contains 35 clippings, a 1922 concert program, and a 1923 letter.
Includes:- photocopy of Ola, Hanche-Olsen, Tidevann: Sandefjordgutten som ble en av verdens største dirigenter, a private publication, intended (for the time being) for a restricted circle…number 11 of 12, 264 pp. (1989). 1989
- Book. Clippings on Windingstad. Includes: news clippings (1910-1955), most in Norwegian, about Ole Windingstad, including Bravo! Ole Windingstad! (at that time conductor of The Greater New Orleans Symphony Orchestra); The Times-Picayune (Jul. 12, 1943); Who Is This Sinatra? Phooey on Jazzicians! (Fri. Aug. 13); Windingstad Conducts Grieg's A-Minor Concerto at Poughkeepsie (Nov. 11, 1948); article about Windingstad and Percy Grainger at Carnegie Hall, Nordisk Tidende (1953). Many of the articles contain pictures of Windingstad. File also contains copy of Ole Windingstad Sandefjordgutten som ble berømt amerikansk dirigent, The Norseman (Nov. 1995), pp. 30-33; Wetlesen, Anton, Ole Windingstad, copy of part of text about Windingstad, Norden (Jan.(?), 1931); Synopsis, Grand Norwegian Concert, in Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, The United Scandinavian Singers, Ole Windingstad, Augusta Tollefesen, Erik Bye, Nora Fauchald (Feb. 26, 1922); letter to Carl Hansen (letter says Hansen) from J. A. O. Stub re: Windingstad's merits and the possibility of his coming to Minneapolis (Jan. 15, 1923). 1910-1995
- Book. Clippings about Skandinavisk Musikforening (conductor: Windingstad). Includes: 4 newspaper clippings (in Norwegian) (1908). 1908
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Ola Hanson Flesche and Sigrid Bendisdatter Vangsnes family history, 2001
From Balestrad, Norway. Prepared by Jackie Madson Lee Ranby in 2001.
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Ola Hanson Vestreim (Ulvik) family history, undated
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Ola Johann Saervold papers, 1840-1941
History/Biography:
Ola Johann Saervold was a sailor on the Great Lakes (1886-1889); a student at Luther College (1889-1895); a correspondent for "Inter-Ocean" (Chicago) (1895-1898); a lecturer and newspaper correspondent who described his travels in Norway (1899-1910); a farmer on the ancestral farm in Strandvik, Midthordland, Norway, which he equipped and operated according to American standards (1910-1918); a traveler and correspondent for "Skandinaven" (1921-1925). He was the author of four books: "Erling" (1898), "Det store stevne i Camrose, Canada" (1926), "Reisebreve," 3 volumes (1926), and "The Discovery of America" (1931).
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Biographical miscellany, correspondence, articles, clippings, account books of a Norwegian-born, American-educated, Minneapolis resident, world traveler and lecturer, journalist and linguist, farmer and sailor. His papers contain transcripts of legal documents dealing with the history of the Saervold farm; his Luther College report cards; a recipe book (manuscript) from the Lutheran Ladies' Seminary (Red Wing, Minnesota); a domestic science course (1908-1909); and manuscripts titled "Prestehjemmenes plads i vort folkeliv," "Kirken og det norske sprog i Amerika," and "What Is the Matter with Minnesota and Why" (a study of taxation). Correspondents include B. E. Bergeson, L. W. Boe, Juul Dieserud, Einar Hoidale, Peter Norbeck, and Henrik Shipstead.
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Ola Nilsen America letters, 1866-1910
A bound volume "Store Ola Nilsen (Gudmundsrud); The Gudmundsrud Letters, America Letters from Ole Nielsen (Big Ole) to his Father, Nils Knudsen Gudmundsrud and Family, All in Hallingdal. This volume is a translation by a granddaughter, Theresse Lundby, of letters in Norwegian Archives, copies of which are at the Minnesota Historical Society and which were published in "Hallingen." The folder also contains a short biography of Store Ole Nilsen Gudmundsrud by Theresse Lundby.