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Copies and translations of letters from members of the Hedemark and Libak families. Letters from Ole and otto Hedemark were written to their parents, Jon and Anne Hedemark, in Norway. The brothers made it possible for their parents and their sister Johanne Hedemark to emigrate. Johanne's letters are addressed to her sister Helene and her husband Hans Libak. This couple also received financial help to emigrate. Early letters (1880-1882) are from Cannon Falls and St. Paul, Minnesota; later letters are from Valley City, Barnes County, and Englevale, Fort Ransom, and Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota. Notes within the letters (October 1880 and May 1888) indicate that the translations were made by Mrs. John M. Johnson, a daughter of the Libaks. There is also a letter to Hans Libak, dated 24 November 1900 from Ole Hedemark, who by that time had moved to Waghorn, Alberta, Canada. The letters were forwarded by Mrs. Maynard Lindeman, Enderlin, North Dakota, to Rolf Erickson, who copied and donated them to the Norwegian American Historical Association.
Papers of a physician in the Holden Community of Goodhue County, Minnesota, and a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health. Dr. Gronvold was born at Fron, Gudbrandsdal, Norway, and studied and taught at the University of Kristiania. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and received a medical degree from Humboldt Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1869, after which he came to Goodhue County.
Memories from the School of Life, an autobiographical account by a Norwegian-born North Dakota farmer, translated by Charles H. Skalet and R. E. Fuglestad. Torkel Fuglestad was born at Bjerkreim, Roggland, Norway. After military training at Kristiansand and work in the shipyards of Stavanger, he emigrated together with his wife in 1883. He lived on a farm near Hannaford, Griggs County, North Dakota, did some writing for Norwegian-American newspapers and was a charter member of the corporation of Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North Dakota, serving party of the time on its Board of Trustees.
Scrapbook of clippings and photographs concerning Norwegian-Americans and their activities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Some of the photos were taken on the occasion of the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. Mr. Fremmegaard was a prominent Minneapolis banker who came from Norway in 1924. He was general chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the visit of Olav and Martha in 1939. He was made a Commander of the Royal Order of St. Olav by King Haakon.
Copies of articles appearing in Norwegian newspapers. Mr Finstad, a third generation Norwegian-American, a graduate of St. Olaf College, 1956, taught at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
A typescript of 41 pages covering reminiscences from the home in Oslo and visits to other parts of Norway at the turn of the 20th Century. The memoirs were written during the last twenty-five years of Mr. Andresen's life in the United States. He died in New York City.
Copy of a letter to "Dearest Julia," with title added "My Trip Across the Ocean," dated Evanston, February 24, 1915. The letter relates the author's experiences leaving Norway, crossing England, and the journey across the Atlantic on the "Northland."
Programs of an orchestra, known in Europe as "Musikselskabet Harmonien," covering "A Special 200th Anniversary Tour of the United States, February and March, 1966."