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Knud Wefald papers, 1887-1998
Wefald was a Norwegian-born lumberman, poet, congressman, and Minnesota railroad and warehouse commissioner.
Includes:
- Two addresses, 1925 and 1933 "Wefald Family in America," by Nana Wefald Wilson "Family History of Knut Stork Wefald and His Wife Sarah Skre[?],"
- loose-leaf notebook Poems by Wefald Translations of Norwegian poets Extracts from the "Congressional Record" (68th and 69th) Copy of his "Dikt i Samling
- Selected Poems," Telemark, Norway, 1987
- Collection of clippings, many of which report on the speeches he made.
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Haldor E. Boen biography, 1940
"Sidelights on the Life of Haldor E. Boen," by his son, Harold. Transcript of an article in a 1940 Fergus Falls newspaper, several newspaper articles, a photograph and a 2-page chronology. Born at Reinli, Sør-Aurdal, Valdres, Boen emigrated to Minnesota in 1868. He bought land in Ottertail County in 1870, became active in local politics, and was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives (1892-94) as a member of the Populist Party. After leaving Congress he published and edited the Fergus Globe and, according to his son, was connected with Rodhuggeren, also published in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The David Haugen Family History (P 1399) gives information on the Boen Family. Lowell J. Soike treats Boen's political career in Norwegians and the Politics of Dissent (NAHA 1991) -
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. -
David Haugen family history, 1988
A compilation of reminiscences, letters, historical sketches, speeches, and genealogical charts concerning related families who settled in Ottertail County, Minnesota, in the 1870s. The history was compiled by a grandson of Christian Haugen, who settled first in Rice County, Minnesota, in 1873, before moving to Ottertail County in 1878. -
Lars E. Larson papers, 1776-2010
"Norwegian Emigration to Canada, 1850-1874," a University of Wisconsin at Whitewater research paper, 71 pages. Added revised copy, 2010. Chapters include:
- Sketches of the Quebec Emigrant Receiving Station
- Norwegian Emigration and Canadian Immigration Policy
- Transporting the Emigrants
- Protecting the Emigrants
- A New Era: Trans-Shipment and the Steamship
- and The Arrival at Quebec and the Inland Journey.
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Luther Hospital Society of Southern California pamphlet, 1945
Legend of Life presents a historical survey of the first 25 years of the far-reaching accomplishments of a California hospital society that had its origin in the cooperative efforts of the Lutheran brotherhoods in the area during World War I. -
Harriet Nordhagen papers, 1998
Data concerning the activities of a native of Drammen, Norway, who came to Chicago in the mid-1920s and became involved in the affairs of a Norwegian colony in Chicago. She was a member and officer of many groups, including the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, Ladies' Singing Society, Norwegian National League, Nora Lodge, and for various homes and hospitals. Some poems by her daughter, Barbara Nordhagen, are included. -
Norheim Art Studio catalogs, 1948-1952
Photocopies of student art exhibits of a private studio established in Brooklyn, New York, by Thorn Norheim. Born at Eidsvold, Norway, in 1908, Norheim came to the United States in 1923. After study and exhibits in various schools and galleries, he opened his own studio in 1936. -
Jens Martinius Olson memoirs, 1938
The story of his early life as told to a grandchild by an emigrant from Porsgrunn, who came to the United States in 1888. He sailed on the Great Lakes for a time. -
Ole O. Sande pamphlet, 1940
"Minner Langs Livsvien," brief sketches written by a native of Vik, Helgeland, who emigrated in 1902, settling in the Thief River Falls, Minnesota, area. After study in a Minneapolis Bible school he became a minister in the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church. He served as superintendent of the Norwegian Chistian Home for the Aged in Brooklyn for some 15-16 years.