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Astrid Ihme Bacon papers, 1976
A typescript "Bridges of Brotherhood," chronicling the experiences and life of the Norwegian "colony" at San Pedro, California. The author was born in Tvedestrand, Norway, and emigrated to the United States in 1914. A letter explaining her project in writing this history is included. -
Luis Torres interviews, 1975
Interviews conducted by Luther College faculty and students with elderly residents of the Decorah, Iowa area during 1975 for the course "Winneshiek County Foxfire" taught by Torres. The interviews were first published in the student newspaper. Five were published in "Annals of Iowa," Winter 1976. These and other interviews were published in book form with the title "Conversations with the recent past" (Northeast Iowa Oral History Project, 1975; copy in the St. Olaf Library). -
John T. Erickson papers, 1857-2000
Papers collected and compiled by John T. Erickson.
Includes:- Anton Christiansen Tommeraasen papers (born 1857), including correspondence and Norwegian military documents (1857-1976).
- Fliers from America Line, Chicago (1885, 1888); Letters, some in German (1869-1873).
- Account book of Sorenson and Storaasli, merchants in Glyndon, Clay County, Minnesota (1882).
- Books and articles by and about Erickson: "Petersen fra Peterson" (1985); "Gamle brev til Peterson, Old Letters to Peterson" (1983); "Heritage, Peterson, Minnesota" (1976); "Haslerud, Peterson's Legacy" (1976); Articles about Erickson (1982-2001).
- Correspondence with George M. Haslerud (1983-1984); Haslerud family history and papers (n.d.).
- Bibliography Scandinavian-American Books, Local Histories, and Miscellaneous Subjects in the Private Collection of John T. Erickson, La Crescent, Minnesota (3 June 2000).
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Halvor L. Skavlem family history, 1915-1927
Copy of the a family history "The Skavlem and Odegaarden Families" by Halvor Skavlem and related papers. Halvor Skavlem lived in Rock County, Wisconsin. After becoming County Sheriff he lived in Janesville. His many interests included botany, ornithology, archaeology, and local history. He became an authority on Indian lore. -
Bernhard Nalsund papers, 1974
Typescript of a history of Butli, the farm and the relationship, entitled: "Butli, Gorden og slekten."
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Mildred Hogstel papers, 1975-1979
Papers from a Norwegian-American faculty member at the Harris College of Nursing of Texas Christian University. "An American at home in Norway," an account of a brief journey made by Hogstel to the homes of her ancestors in Southern Norway (1976); Genealogical compilation for the families of Johan and Anna Bronstad and of Berger and Anna Rogstad (1975); "A Travel Letter from Texas, 1852" written from Four Mile Prairie by Johan Olsen Brunstad, translated by Alvon Nelson (1979). -
John D. Bengston papers, 1975-2007
Papers written for the program leading to an M. A. degree at the University of Wisconsin.
Includes:- "'Han Ola og Han Per,' language and literature in the comic strips of Peter Julius Rosendahl" by Bengston, prepared for Scandinavian 1975: Seminar in Immigrant Research, April 1977.; added January 2008: Tormod Kinnes' MA thesis, "The Humor of Han Ola og han Per taken seriously," (Trondheim, May 2007)
- "A study of lexical interference in the English of Norwegian-Americans" by Bengston (1975). "The paper is basically a survey of English as spoken by Minnesotans of Norwegian descent, pointing out influences in vocabulary from Norwegian."
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Anders L. Mordt papers, 1910-1977
Copies of papers relating to the history of the Anders L. Mordt Land Company, Guymon, Oklahoma. Mordt was a promoter of Oslo, a Norwegian settlement in Hansford County, Texas (Texas Panhandle) in the early 1900s. He advertised extensively in the Norwegian-American newspapers, urging settlers to buy land from him, and hoped to build a city, Oslo, which would compare with the Norwegian capital. The city was never built, but the area was populated by Norwegian Farmers who came from the Midwest, and who organized the Oslo Lutheran Church at Gruver, Texas.
Includes:- "Aabent brev til det Norske Lutherske Kirkefolk" (1913), an ad used by the Anders L. Mordt Land Company
- "Hvad jeg fandt i Oslo" (1912-1913), Thore Eggen's account in "Lutheraneren."
- Oslo Settlerne om Oslo" from "Lutheraneren" (29 January 1913).
- History book of Olso Lutheran Church, compiled by Ingeborg Sogn, Gruver, Texas (1977).
- Copy of Olso Lutheran Church record book (1910-1976).
- Clippings and dedication programs (1950-1981).
- "Oslo Posten" advertisement (n.d.).
- "Oslo, Det norske Settlement i Hansford County, Texas" (n.d.), copy of a pamphlet published by the Anders L. Mordt Land Company.
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Peter L. Petersen articles, 1976
A New Oslo on the Plains; Anders L. Mordt Land Company and Norwegian Migration to the Texas Panhandle, reprint of an article published in the "Panhandle-Plains Historical Review," Canyon, Texas, 1976. "A Diamond Jubilee; Seventy-Five Years of Lutheranism in the Texas Panhandle" by Peter L. Petersen and Frederick W. Rathjen. Dr. Petersen was an Associate Professor of History at West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, in 1976. Additional copies and information found in P0537 Congregations, Texas, Oslo. -
George (Guttorm Johnson Hovden) Johnson diary, 1863-1865
The Civil War Diary of a member of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, Company G, born in Sigdal, Norway, covering the years 1863-1865. Enlisted as George Johnson, 28 September 1861, he immediately became a Sergeant and later a Second Lieutenant. After the war he married Ragne Snersrud and lived on a farm near Ridgeway, Iowa. The diary was translated by Norma Johnson Jordahl and edited by O. M. Hovde in 1971. The original diary is in the Luther College Library at Decorah, Iowa.