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Sjonsberg family history, undated
"family history, of Anne Dorothea Gulbrandson (Gulbrandsdatter) Pederson Sjonsberg -
Sjulstad family history, 1998
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Sjur J. Hommedahl scrapbooks, 1935-1939
Sjur (Severt) S. Hommedahl, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, scrapbooks (1935-1939). General interest clippings which include obituaries, postcards, greetings, and local historical items. S.S. Homedahl, was the son of Torbjorn S. Hommedahl who emmigrated from Voss in 1850 and settled in Leon Township, Goodhue County.- Scrapbook 1: clipping "Honor Memory of Pioneer Pastor. Founder of Vasa Church, born 100 years ago. [Dr. Eric Norelius]"; multiple clippings, "The Sioux Massacre" [Native American/Indian uprising] by O.O. Enestvedt; clipping "Old Timer Thinks about those Good Old Days of Yore [S. Hommedahl]" recounts youth and Red Wing…"I have seen this city only a mud hole. I have seen many farmers getting stuck with their loads in sloughs and creeks for want of bridges. They then had to carry grain sacks over their shoulder to town. Instead of using the slow walking oxen, my father, many times, preferred to walk to Red Wing and carry on his shoulder whatever he needed for the family. When he used oxen it took two days. One flour on his shoulder from Red Wing to our home which then was 24 miles from the city…I remember I went with my father to the Holden Church (B.J. Muus, pastor). We had no automobile to ride in but we took a yoke of oxen and "kubberole" (a home-made wagon of all wood and wheels sawed from a big log); clipping on "Otto Sverdrup" 1935-1939
- Scrapbook 2: several advertisement/color photo clippings of the Dionne quintuplets (ca. 1935-36); clipping "Norseman Brings Artic Circle Art to Exhibition City" [Bernt Cluver, grandson of B.J. Muus]; photo clipping of "Biggest Woman and Smallest Man in the world" [Nellie Lane & Major Mite]; photo clipping of world's smallest man [Paul Del Rio]; postcards: Fort Dodge, Iowa; Presbyterian Church, Willmar, MN; Canby, MN; New Settlers "Their first Shack in the Northwest"; clipping "Large Attendance at Midsummer Day Fete at Vasa" Lars W. Boe spoke; photo clipping of Mrs. Ellen Rolland, Roger Blakstad, Olin Rolland, Mrs. Alvin Blakstad; political ad for Sen. Henrik Shipstead; 1935-1939
- Scrapbook 3: real photo postcards: several of Garretson, South Dakota; Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park; Swea Lutheran Church, Carver, MN; Sandstone, MN; Norway Beach; Government locks and high bridge, Mississippi River, MN; several of Amery, Wisc.; River Falls, Wisc.; several of Watertown, South Dakota; Rice Lake, Wisc.; Pavilion, Minnehaha Park, Minn.; Railroad scene in the Rocky Mountains; Pine Island, MN; Clayton, Wisc.; Lac Qui Parle County homecoming (1911); several of Charlie Jackson and his home; Mr. And Mrs. Nels Bjørnson; parsonage of Spring Garden; Bruno, MN; Buffalo, NY; Cannon Falls, MN; Niagara Falls; Seal Rock from Cliff House, California; Zulu Women drinking Kaffir Beer, Kimberley, Africa; Norway postcards; clipping "Holden Honors Pioneer Pastor [B.J. Muus]; 1935-1939
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Sjur J.Brekke sermon notes, 1904-1908
An unpaged book of handwritten sermon notes by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, who at the time was serving churches at Sacred Heart, Minnesota. -
Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim article, circa 1928
A manuscript titled "Oplysninger om forholdene i Nordamerika især forsaavidt de derhen udvandrede Norskes skjæbne angaar," by a disillusioned Norwegian pathfinder who admonished his countrymen not to emigrate to America. Translated and edited by Gunnar J. Malmin, it was published in "Studies and Records," volume 3, 1928.
Content:
Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim Pamphlet: Typewritten copy, "Inf. On …Am." Note: see Lars N. Nesseim papers (P0560) for letters of April 22, 1839 (to Bishop Neumann, later printed in the March 5, 1840 "Bergens-Stiftstidende," and in transl. In T.C. Blegen's "Land of their Choice" (1955) pp. 48-51). -
Sjur K.Q. Seaver family history, undated
Sjur Knutson Quarme Seaver family history, by Marie Zick Hall
Formerly part of P539. -
Sjur O. Holland family history, 1996
Family history of Sjur Olsen Holland (Haaland). -
Skaalen Sunset Home newsletter, 1952
Information about an institution founded at Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1899. -
Skarsten family collection, 2007
Includes cookbook compiled by Trygve R. Skarsten, Skarsten Cookbook: The Americanization of a Norwegian Culinary Tradition, 2007 and Grandpa Remembers: The Americanization of the Skarstens from Farsund, Norway, by Trygve R. Skarsten, 2007.
Formerly part of P539. -
Ski for Light records, 1975-2022
History/Biography:
Ski for Light, a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides opportunities for visually impaired and mobility-impaired people to experience skiing, was founded in 1975. They provide cross-country skiing programs, and pairs each person with an experienced, sighted cross-country skier. The motto for the organization, which was inspired by Erling Stordahl, is "If I can do this, I can do anything!"
The group’s annual event takes place at different locations across the United States and, like the Birkebeiner in Wisconsin, it builds on a ski event that was first held in Norway. Erling Stordahl, a blind Norwegian musician, is credited with the idea of giving blind people assistance to ski. His efforts led to the creation in 1964 of the Ridderrennet, or “Knights’ Race,” which is held at Beitostølen in the Valdres region of Norway.
In 1975, Olav Pedersen, a ski instructor at the Breckenridge Ski Resort and Barne Eikevik, the International President of Sons of Norway, launched Ski for Light that was inspired by the Ridderrennet. Olav Pedersen knew Erling Stordahl in Norway and went to him to get advice on how to launch a similar organization in the US.
The name, Ski for Light, came from Erling Stordahl from a metaphor in Peer Gynt. In Peer Gynt, a Norwegian Knight (part of the ridderrenn) needed to escape. He came to an abyss, and without knowing if he would safely make it, leaped with faith and succeeded. After the first event in Frisco (Colorado), the name changed from Race for Light to Ski for Light to emphasize the recreational nature of the program and deemphasize the racing aspects. To this day, Ski for Light is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Sons of Norway Headquarters.
Scope and Content:
This collection contains the organizational materials from the corporation as well as photographs, memorabilia, clippings, public relations information and other material related to the organization and their events.