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• Joan N. Buckley collection, 2017

  From a Rocky Farm in Norway: The immigration stories of our relatives who made America our home (2017). Includes chapters: Crossing Alone: Thanks to Guri Syversdatter Sundbrei, a little woman in stature but a giant in faith, many of us call America home, Leaving the Family Farm: Syver [Groth] was the firsts of ten siblings to voyage to America, and Heading Inland: Svend Halstenson Groth’s letters describe the journey from New York to Wisconsin to Iowa
• Thomas C. Buckley article, 1943-1992

  Norstad (1907-1988) was the son of the Reverend Martin Norstad, who served St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, from 1920 to 1925, and taught at the Red Wing Seminary. Lauris Norstad graduated from West Point in 1930. He rose to be Commander in Chief for U. S. and Allied Forces in Europe in 1951 and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, 1956-1963. He became an executive of Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation (1964-1972) when he retired from military service.
• Jan Adolf Budde letter, 1850

  Typewritten copy of "Af et brev om Amerika" by the head of the Stavanger agricultural school containing arguments against emigration. The original is in the University of Oslo Library.
  
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  • Typewritten transcript, 1928
    • Note: Sophie Bøe's translation of Budde's little book as it appears in "Studies and Records" III: 43-57 (1928) was made from this typescript copy of the original. Theodore C. Blegen discusses the book in "Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860," pp. 261-265.

  
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• Ole Bull papers, 1882-1982

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  Reprinted articles, clippings, sheet music, and photographs concerning the Norwegian violinist, including "The Saga of Ole Bull," by Harmon M. Gehr; "Ole Bull's Colony of Oleana: A Political Perspective," by Gary Larson; "Ole Bull's Activities in the U. S., 1843-1880," a New York University thesis by Inez Bull.
  An Ole Bull Museum is located at Carter Camp, Potter County, Pennsylvania.
  
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  • Ole Bull Papers. Miscellaneous materials.

  
  
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• Storm Bull papers, 1894-1907

  A copybook of letters written by Storm Bull, a Norwegian-born, Swiss-educated engineer, who came to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1879, where his uncle, the violinist Ole Bull, had lived earlier. Storm Bull, a member of the engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin, served on the city council and was for a time mayor of Madison. The letters deal with University affairs. The file also contains four obituary notices.
• Knute Rockne biography, 1982

  "Vossingen som revolusjonerte amerikansk fotball," by Anders Buraa in "Nordmands Forbundet," no. 5, 1982. The article is a distillation of the information in Buraa's book "De Reiste Ut." Rockne was the famous Notre Dame football coach.
  
  Includes newspaper clipping, "Reagan to kick off stamp honoring coach Knute Rockne" (1988).
• Jason M. Burns thesis, 2000

  A thesis submitted to the Department of History, the University of West Florida for the degree of Master of Arts, 2000. 130 p. Abstract: The remains of the Norwegian ship 'Catherine' were archaeologically documented in 1998. Built in 1870, it served 20 years in the British merchant marine and was eventually sold to Norwegian owners. Drawn to Pensacola, Florida, by its growing lumber industry, the newly named 'Catherine' attempted to make the pass and grounded on August 7, 1894. In 1998 the National Park Service requested that the Archaeological Institute at the University of West Florida document the site archaeologically and provide conservation treatment to artifacts recorded from the site. Chapter 3 discussed Pensacola's rise as a lumber port, Norwegian shipping within Pensacola and Pensacola's historical Norwegian community as a whole. "Little Norway" encompassed less than one square mile and was home to most of Escambia County's 220 Norwegian residents, (p.32). Norwegian Seamen's Church was established 1876, closed 1921, with most Norwegian parishioners being absorbed by Immanuel Church.
  
  
• John Gulleckson Buu reminiscences, circa 1888

  Beskrivelse av vor reise fra Norge til Amerika, aar 1857 is a description of Buu's journey to America together with his wife and five children, beginning at Bergen and ending at Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin. Manuscript copy was made by Iver J. Jaastad in 1888.
  Buu emigrated from the Ytre Bu farm (no. 129, Kinsarvik, Hordaland) with his wife Inga Larsdtr. Laegreid (1806-) and children Gulleik (1837-77), lived Hegg, Wisconsin, served in the Civil War; Lars (1840-); Angunna (1842-); Sigrid (1844-); and Synneva (1846-).
  
  See Olav Kolltveit, "Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik I gamal og ny tid," V/2, p. 193 (1974).
  
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  John Gulleckson Buu Article. Note: Bue emigrated from the Ytre Bu farm (no. 129, Kinsarvik, Hordaland) with his wife Inga Larsdtr. Laegreid (1806-) and children Gulleik (1837-77), lived Hegg, Wisconsin, served in the Civil War; Lars (1840-); Angunna (1842-); Sigrid (1844-); and Synneva (1846-).
  
  
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• Margrethe Buxton family history, 1980-1989

  Copies of articles by a Chicago woman about her Norwegian grandmother, Anne Andersen; about a settlement at Lake Lillian, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; and assorted family related papers.
  
  Includes "Training History: A Practitioner's Perspective," by William Buxton (son); obituaries (1989) and clippings about Buxton; ten short papers by Jennifer Buxton, age 13 (1982)
• Rodahl family history, 2012

  The Rodahl Family: The Descendants of Ole K. Bakken, Bergitte ‘Betsy’ Peterson, &Halvor Rodahl 1840-2012, by Jean Trueblood Bye. Family settled in Swift County, Minnesota.