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Ole A. Myrvik history, 1933, 1949
Family and church histories prepared by Myrvik, a farmer born in North Dakota of Norwegian parents. The family history gives an account of the 1869 journey from Hemnes, Nordland, by way of Bergen & Montreal to Minnesota, eventually to Cabalier Co., North Dakota. Includes comments on travel by covered wagon, land sharks, snowstorms, diseases, schools, and prices of commodities and crops. The history of Stefanus (St. Stephen) Lutheran Church, Milton, North Dakota (1883-1933), includes the names of the founders and ministers and a history of the auxiliary societies. -
Ole A. Stolager family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Ole Amundson Buslett papers, 1873-1925
Letters, notes, poems, manuscripts, reports, speeches, reviews, clippings, and biographical miscellany of a Norwegian-born author, poet, journalist, legislator, and merchant in Northland, Wisconsin. The letters received by Buslett deal with local church problems, bilingualism in the church, criticism of current Norwegian-American literature, materialism among Norwegian Americans, the Wisconsin exhibit at Norway's Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914, a State Park in Door County, Wisconsin.
The letters by Buslett are to his wife and Waldemar Ager. Among the papers are a review of O. E. Rølvaag's "Paa Glemte Veie," a copy of Wergeland's "Talsmand" (Stevens Point, 1886), a roster of small towns in the United States with Scandinavian names arranged by states, articles on woman suffrage and socialism, reports from the Wisconsin Good Roads Committee of 1909, and a bibliography of Buslett's works. The collection contains letters from significant Norwegian-American authors and journalists of the day, among them R. B. Anderson, B. Anundsen, Julius Baumann, John Benson, Sigurd Folkestad, O. S. Hervin, H. R. Holand, P. P. Iverslie, Simon Johnson, Jon Norstog, Torkel Oftelie, O. E. Rølvaag, Peer Strømme, and Johs. B. Wist. "Ole Amundsen Buslett: Norwegian-American Author" is a 1978 University of Oslo thesis (cand. filol.) by Liv Smith, 1978.
See also "Ole Amundson Buslett 1855-1924" by Lloyd Hustvedt in "Makers of an American Immigrant Legacy: Essays in Honor of Kenneth O. Bjork," NAHA, 1980.Digital Collections
- Select photographs are available online here.
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Ole and Anna Mundahl family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Ole and Anna Nelson family history, 1993
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Ole and Kristi Tillotson family history, 1986
Ole and Kristi Tillotson family history, by Ruth Hanold Crane
Formerly part of P539. -
Ole and Mathilda Paulson family history, 1994
Ole Knutson Paulson and Mathilda Hanson family history. -
Ole and Peder G. Gunnulson papers, circa 1870-1933
Papers consisting of correspondence, diaries, creamery reports, tobacco pool reports, tax receipts, and assessor's statements (1891) for Town of Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin. The correspondence deals with farm interests in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and Arvada, Wyoming, and also with the construction of First East Koshkonong Lutheran Church of which Ole Gunnuldson was architect and builder. The Gunnelson homestead, for occupied by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in 1840, is now (1962) owned by Martin Gunnulson, great grandson of Gunnul and donor of these papers.
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- Correspondence and diaries, 1870s-1924
- Includes financial records (1918 - 1919); diary (1910 - 1912); bills, receipts, and order forms; photo of the Gunnulson family gravestone; book of expenses (December 1912 - 1913); book of expenses (1908 - 1909); newspaper clippings referencing the Gunnulson brothers; promotional material for Martin Gunnulson in the 1959 Eastern Dane Assembly District elections; photo of the house built by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in Christiana.
- Two photos, brief biography (1939); newspaper clippings in both Norwegian and English; Morgenstierne's talk in Minneapolis (1935); speech made in Minneapolis at the Sons of Norway 50th anniversary celebration (August 1944); pamphlet "Norway, an Active Ally" by Morgenstierne, published in the National Geographic Magazine (1943); speech made at the Annual Dinner of the Overseas Press Club of America, New York (1949); "Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne: Noen artikler, taler og meddelelser til pressen, 9 april 1940 - mars 1944"
- Letters and articles, 1898-1899
- Includes 2 copies of "Kirkeraadets svar paa Pastor Harstads 'Aabent brev' (Suppl. To Evang. Luthersk kirketidende, April 12th, 1916, 30 p.); pamphlet "Pioneer Days and other events briefly sketched for the 75th anniversary of the Synod for the Norwegian Evang. Lutheran Church of America" by Rev. B. Harstad, (June 1928); "Letters and Articles on a Trip Into the Yukon Region" by Rev. Bjug Harstad, published in the Pacific Herald (1898), translated by Oliver Harstad (1955); newspaper clippings; maps.
For further information see Aarbog Nr. 2 for Numedalslaget (195) 91 - 102 and Nr. 5, 127 - 130; also R. B. Anderson 'The First Chapter in Norwegian Immigration" (1890), 335 - 347. For photograph of Ole Gunnulson see D. G. Ristad papers (P582, box 4);they are standing in the chancel of the new East Koshkonong Church. - Correspondence and diaries, 1870s-1924
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Ole and Thora Erickson Halgrimson family history, undated
With information as well on the Narve and Ragna Erickson family.
Formerly part of P539. -
Ole Anderson and Ragne Ramstad family history, undated
Includes letters (with translations, 1882-83). Letter from B.J. Muus, H.S. Wang.