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• Arne Garborg papers, 1878-2014

  Photostatic copies of letters by the Norwegian author to Mrs. Mabel Johnson Leland (1872-1947), Kenyon, Minnesota, the wife of Dr. Ragnvald Leland and the translator of Garborg's "Den burtkomne faderen," published in 1920 as "The Lost Father." The letters discuss practical aspects of publication.
  
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  • Letters of Abel Garborg. Letters of Abel to his wife and daughters, June 10, 1898-Aug.22, 1906; May 7, 1921; May 6, 1927.

  
  
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• Arne K. Berger papers, circa 1905, 1926

  Papers of an artist born in Valdres who worked in Decorah, Portland, and Minneapolis. Two catalogs (about 1905 and 1926) include reproductions of portraits, landscapes, and altar pieces. Berger painted many portraits of church, academic, and political leaders. According to Carl G. O. Hansen ("My Minneapolis," p. 174), Berger was born in Valdres, 1872, came to Minneapolis at the turn of the century, was in Decorah, Iowa for a few years, going from there to the West Coast. He had a studio in Portland, Oregon, where in a few years he turned out more than 60 altar pieces and a number of portraits. In 1917 he moved to Minneapolis. In addition to portraits and altar pieces, he did landscapes (often picturizations of pioneer life) and genre painting. He died in Minneapolis, 1951.
  
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  Arne M. Bjorndal journal, 1940

  The journal of Arne Bjørndal, who was involved in resistance activities following the German invasion on April 9, 1940. The journal documents his experiences in Norway between April 9–20, 1940. It includes My Early Years: From School Days to War Time, which reflects on his early years in Norway, the invasion of Norway, becoming a “citizen arrestee,” and being sent to Ebreichsdorf sanitorium on the Austria/Hungary border. Transcription and translation of journal provided.
• Arneson family history, 1973

  "Norwegian Immigrants to Wisconsin" Susan Arneson
• Arnfinn Bruflot papers, 1968-1974

  Clippings of reviews and other papers concerning a poet who was born in Naustdal, Sunnfjord, Norway. He graduated from Firda Gymnas in Sandane in 1927, and was a schoolmate of Jacob Sande, who became a prominent poet in Norway. He emigrated in 1928 and settled in Tacoma, Washington, where he engaged in various kinds of work, some of the time as a house-painter. He was editor of Western Viking during the 1930s and also wrote for other Norwegian American newspapers. After 1970 he joined the editorial board of Ny Verd, published in Norwalk, Connecticut. His volumes of poetry: Juni-boten, 1969, Det storkna havet, 1970, and Præriekveld, 1973, published in Oslo by Det Norske Samlaget, are written in ny norske and were well received by critics in Norway.
• Arnold Berwick writings, 1993-2001

  A Nowegian-American author living in California who stories center in Norway.
  
  Includes: photocopy from "Reader's Digest (May 1993) "The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time." The story tells about the author spending the summer of his 10th year in Norway with his grandfather, Jørgen. Berwick returned to Norway with his family 34 years later and was able to re-connect with a grandfather who had been gone for decades. A DVD produced by Norwegian TV-NRK (1997); "Eric of Bjørndal" (spiral bound, 293 pages. 2001). A historical novel set in the early 1500s in Norway; "Who Was Uncle Ole? The Life and Times of Ole Nelson (1864-1945)" compiled by Berwick. A traditional family picnic called the "Uncle Ole picnic" got the young people asking "Who was Uncle Ole?" The author's mother, a niece of Uncle Ole, decided to find answers about this Norwegian immigrant who ended up in Santa Barbara, California. Using transcripts from interviews in the 1970s, the author was able to learn about the group of friends from Stranda, Ansok and Overå, Norway who were able to buy adjoining parcels of land in Santa Barbara and start new lives; "The Search for Clary Downer" a play (spiral bound, 287 pages).
• Arnt Artzen papers, 1977

  Copy of a 54-page account of a Norwegian immigrant fisherman and sailor from Narvik, Norway, who came to New Orleans in 1908. After trying various kinds of work and living in many different places in the United States and Canada, he finally settled in British Columbia. The story is Chapter 1 of a book "Stump Ranch Chronicles and Other Narratives," edited by Rolf Knight, 1977. Table of contents and introduction to this book are included.
  
  Also included is "A Tribute to Einar on his 80th Birthday from Johann." Arntzen is mentioned as the 84-year-old brother of Einar and Johann.
• Arntsen family genealogy, 1999

  Correspondence with former archivist, Forrest Brown, about Severt Arntson. Severt Arntson/Hendrika Simensdatter pedigree chart (1999) prepared by Marcia Johnson.
• Arntzen family history, undated

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Art Brunstad memoir, circa 1983

  "Memoirs of a Norwegian Emigrant," by a Norwegian-American chemist who came to the State of Washington with members of his family in 1919. After completing studies at Washington State College at Pullman, he worked on the Grand Coulee Dam Project. He served with the Air Corps (Chemical Officer) in Burma and China during World War II. After the war he worked for the Hanford Atomic Energy Works, and from 1958 to his retirement in 1971 with the Atomic Energy Commission.