CATALOG UPDATES
Hei hei! NAHA is currently undating our archival catalog. Some finding aids are currently unavailable. Please contact the NAHA archivist with any questions.
Browse Items (3004 total)
Sort by:
-
Norwegian Mutual Insurance Company records, undated
Copies of business records and minutes of a mutual insurance company in Worth County, Iowa. Accompanying letter explain the background of the project of microfilming records. Received through the Luther College Library. -
Nordland Fest and Nordland Heritage Foundation papers, 1975-2002
Information concerning a three-day festival sponsored jointly by Augustana College and the Sioux Falls area community and the Nordland Heritage Foundation, founded in 1978 "to support and promote the preservation of the Norwegian heritage in America in all its forms, particularly the heritage of the Norwegian Settlers of the northern prairies and plains." Its first major project was moving the 1884 Berdahl home to the campus of Augustana College, Sioux Falls; it was later joined by the Beaver Creek church built in 1892, 15 miles south of Sioux Falls. In 2002, the Rolvaag Cabin was moved to Heritage Park, as well. -
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. -
Wendy Lipschutz student paper, 1977
A 43-page paper entitled "Norwegian Americans in La Salle County, Illinois, 1825-1926," prepared for a course in American Culture at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The paper reveals the author's attempt to understand something about the Norwegian emigration to Illinois. She reports some general information, but most of the paper is a record of her interviews with five residents of La Salle County, two of whom were descendants of the Sloopers. Received May 1977.
Interviewed for the paper were Rachel Southcombe, Francis Ingles, (Blank) Tufte, Tom Osmundson, (Blank) Flettre -
Bertram Jensenius papers, 1922-1973
Papers of a Norwegian-American journalist and author, born in Madagascar of Norwegian missionary parents. At age nine or ten, he journeyed alone to a home for missionary children in Stavanger, Norway. He was educated in Norway, then lived in France for three years, after which he participated in a race across the Atlantic in 1922, which brought him to the United States. He settled finally in Chicago, where he engaged in various occupations. In 1958 he took over the Norwegian weekly newspaper "Viking" and renamed it "Vinland." He and his wife (Ingrid Hermanson) also ran the Vinland Travel Bureau. He was involved in the many Norwegian organizations in Chicago. He wrote articles, short stories, essays, and plays, and published four books: "Deilig er Jorden" (1948), "Calling on Eternity" (1956), "Misjonærens sønn" (1972), and "Misjonærbarna på Korsteig" (1973). The papers include a broad range of correspondence, articles, manuscripts, reviews, clippings, and information about the Norwegian-American community in Chicago.
-
Chicago Norwegian Technical Society papers, 1922-1927
Minutes, yearbook, membership lists, and correspondence of a technical society organized in Chicago in 1922. Similar societies were later organized: the Norwegian Engineering Society of New York in 1925 (later, Society of Norwegian American Engineers); and the Norwegian-American Technical Society in 1927. N.B.: The book by Dr. Kenneth Bjork, "Saga in Steel and Concrete" and the publication files of NAHA give a great deal of information about these technical societies. -
June Kompas papers, 1887-1977
Biographical information about a Norwegian-American woman who grew up in the home of her immigrant grandparents, Peter (1848-1936) and Martha Petersen (1854-1951), at Manistee, Michigan. Includes notes, clippings, and photographs. -
Birgith (Larsen) Jensen papers, 1913-1980
Clippings, correspondence, poems, pictures, notes, and souvenirs concerning a Chicago woman and her activities in Norwegian organizations in that city. -
Claus Hoie papers, 1975-1976
A biographical sketch of Hoie, and photographs and descriptions of paintings done by a Norwegian-born artist who emigrated to the United States in 1924. Hoie served in the 99th Infantry of the United States Army in World War II, a battalion composed of Norwegian nationals and U.S. citizens of Norwegian background. Hoie's work has been shown in different museums in the United States. There is a permanent collection of his works at the Brooklyn Museum.
Includes contact sheets (photocopies of photos and artwork) of 99th Infantry Battalion of the U.S. Army in World War II. -
Marie Asbjørnsen Hendricksen papers, 1906-1940
Clippings and letters concerning the needlework artistry of a Norwegian-born housewife who emigrated in 1906 and who lived in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1939 some of her work was exhibited on the occasion of the visit of Crown Prince and Princess of Norway.