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• Art Exhibitions, New York, collection, 1924-1948

  Copies of exhibition catalogs (1933-1949) of Scandinavian-American artists and of the Norwegian Art and Craft Club and a collection of related newspaper articles (1924-1944).
  
  Includes: articles (1925-32) on the "Scandinavian American Artists" and its 1926 and 1932 exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum. Article (July 29, 1924) about exhibition of Scandinavian art planned for Brooklyn Museum; and articles ("Nordiske Tidende" June 22, June 29, 1944) about exhibition of Norwegian art at Wanamaker's Department Store, New York, opened by Crown Princess Martha. N.B. see also P1254 Norwegian Art and Craft Club.
• Arthur A. Berg letter, 1884

  Copy of a letter written by a student at St. Olaf College who had come as an immigrant from North Odal, Norway, to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1880 at age sixteen.
• Arthur Andersen papers, 1925-1989

  Information on and articles and speeches by Andersen dealing with financial and economic problems, including a phonograph recording of his commencement address at St. Olaf College in 1941. He was the founder and senior partner of the internationally known accounting firm, Arthur Andersen and Company, and president of NAHA from 1936-1942.
  
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  • Phonograph record of his commencement address at St. Olaf College, 1941
  • Xeroxed materials about Andersen
  • "Dedication of Arthur Andersen Hall, Northwestern University, July 3, 1979"
  • Article from Aftenposten by Asbjorn Rammefjell (includes photograph)
  • "The Gateway to the Midwest" translated by Karl Schultz, edited by Rolf Erikson from Med Kronprinsparet for Norge
  • "Norwegian-American Accounting Great, Arthur Edward Andersen" by Karin Takle Quinn for Døtre av Norge, 2002.
  • Pamphlets: 
    • The financial and industrial investigation, 1925-26
    • The major problems created by the machine age, 1931
    • duties and responsibilities o the comptroller, 1934
    • The future of our economic system, 1934
    • Present day problems affecting the presentation and interpretation of financial systems, 1935

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• Arthur F. Giere collection, 1929-circa 1950

  The collection of materials includes: Arthur G. Giere’s copies the Gale Bulletin from July 1929-August 1932, History of Galesville University, 1854-1940, The Vossings in American and Glimpses of Gale by Arthur F. Giere, and the Eric Clauson Tesdal Himle Notebook. Arthur has a long relationship with Gale College. He started teaching in 1903 at the age of 18. For several years in the 1930s, he served as President of the Vosselaget. The notebook has memories of Arthur G. Giere, his father Reverend Nils Giere who was a pastor at Crow River, Renville and Sacred Heart, MN (1883-1933) and his brother, Dr. Eric O. Giere who operated Giere Clinic in Minneapolis with his sons.
  
• Arthur F. Giere papers, 1928-1979

  A Few Lutheran Church Cases; Selected by Arthur F. Giere, a 95-page pamphlet. Clippings, a poem, and an obituary, "Vinland," December 18, 1980. Giere was a lawyer in Galesburg, Wisconsin, who contributed short pieces to Norwegian-American newspapers and periodicals.
• Arthur Hansin Eide papers, 1915-1975

  Papers of a Norwegian-born teacher, missionary, author, and lecturer, consisting of articles, correspondence, and clippings. Among the correspondents are Frithjof Werenskjold and H. A. Eckers. Eide was a teacher among the Eskimos on Little Diomede Island; a missionary at point Barrow, Alaska; promoter of the establishment of industrial schools for Eskimos; donor of his collection of Alaskan artifacts to the Museum at Anchorage; and author of three books on Alaska: "New Stories from Eskimo Land," "Blandt byttekonefolket," and "Drums of Diomede."
  
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  • Letters, Frithjof Werenskjold (15 November 1937-20 April 1939, n.d.).
  • Clippings (10 August 1925-1963, n.d.).
  • Correspondence, H. A. Eckers (10 November 1937-19 September 1938).
  • Articles and correspondence (26 July 1915-11 January 1968).
  • Part 1 and 2 of manuscript of "Blandt Byttekone Folket" (1938).
  • Miscellaneous letters donated by Eide, 1972 (1914-1969).
  • Papers from H. M. Blegen (1957-1975).
• Arthur J. Tolo memoir, 1930-1931

  Account of a Norwegian-American clergyman covering his study in Oslo, 1930-1931, and his visits to his father's birthplace in Norheimsund, Hardanger.
• Arthur Stavig papers, 1968-1978

  A clipping, letter, and a pamphlet, "Trolls, the Whipping Boy of Norwegian Folklore." The latter is a story written by Stavig, of Seattle, whose grandfather came from Norway in 1875. The story is illustrated by Inger Svendsen.
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  Articles, pamphlets, reprints and clippings collection

  Articles by Norwegian Americans in the fields of language, literature, natural sciences, mathematics, and social sciences.
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  Artifacts collection, 1911-2007

  Collection of artifacts given to NAHA.