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Alfred B. Johnson letter, circa 1860
Letter by M. H. Messer, Onarga, Illinois, to Johnson regarding the Beaver Creek settlement in Iroquois County, Illinois. Johnson, an early settler in Chicago, was a lumber dealer and during the 1860s a member of the city board of supervisors.
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Alfred B. Johnson Letter. (in English) -
Johnson J. Johannesen (Stolsvig) papers, 1860-1939
Personal papers, correspondence, pamphlets, notes, and sermons of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and farmer in Winneshiek County, Iowa: correspondence (including a Civil War letter dated November 24, 1864), legal documents, articles, notes and sermons, and an article. The letters deal largely with theological disputes during the 1860s and 1870s and offer comments on Carthage College and Hartwick Seminary. Some of the correspondents are Rasmus B. Anderson, Ole Andrewson, O. J. Hatlestad, Rasmus O. Hill, Jacob Jacobson, and Osmund Sheldahl. A 139-page manuscript by Johannesen's daughter, Mrs. Amelia Bakken, titled "From Bygone Days, History and Reminiscences from Washington Prairie, Springfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa," contains names of early settlers, sketches of families, the founding of the Norwegian Methodist Congregation, and anecdotes relative to the Civil War, country schools, and community life. The file includes "Fra gamle dage: Optegnelser om de forste norske settlere i Winneshiek County," "Decorah-Posten," December, 1938-February 3, 1939, and parts 2 and 3 of "Fra livet paa Washington Prairie i gamle Dage," September 8 and 15, 1939. -
Gustav B. Joergenson papers, crica 1850
Photographs, programs, and articles on the history of Stanwood, Washington, and surrounding area, and early migrations into the Northwest. Joergenson was a farmer and a son of the pioneer Lutheran clergyman, Christian Joergenson (b. 1847), who left the ministry in 1893 to become a farmer and a leader in the local cooperative movement.
Includes: "History of the Twin City Country Standwood, Washington." Articles, Photos, Programs. "Early Migrations in the Northwest," by G.B. Joergenson, Stanwood, Washington.
53 p. one version typescript; 65 p. second bound version, typescript with letter of June 2, 1925 to Gisle Bothne asking his opinion of the manuscript. -
Hanna Bugge Jensen papers, 1873-1956
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife at Highland Prairie, Minnesota: reminiscences; the congregation's formal request (Aug. 29, 1956) to the Norwegian Synod for a pastor; and her husband's first sermon in the parish. The reminiscences (5 manuscript leaves) include a description of the journey to America, the parsonage, living conditions, and parish activities. Manuscript sermon, July 24, 1859, 17 p. Nils Edward Schancke Jensen (Sept. 21, 1824-1874) emigrated 1859, was pastor at Rushford, 1859-69; Houston, Minn., 1869-73; Winona, Minn., 1860-73). -
Luth Jaeger papers, circa 1890
Papers of a Norwegian-born editor and realtor: correspondence, clippings, and a scrapbook dealing with such subjects as the cultural life among Norwegian Americans; Norwegian-American press; Bjornson in America; Scandinavian professorship at the University of Minnesota; Kristofer Janson; Knute Nelson; including a listing of contents of a number of issues of "Budstikken," 11 typescript pages. Jaeger was editor of "Budstikken" (1877-1885) and of "The North" (1889-1894), the first English newspaper for Scandinavian Americans.
Includes:- Correspondence and scrapbook.
- Correspondents include Knud J. Fleischer, Nils P. Haugen, Ole Jorgens, Knud Langeland, Sigvart Sorensen, and Halle Steensland.
- 11 typescript pages listing contents of a number of issues of "Budstikken," transferred from C.G.O. Hansen clipping collection (on back of "Minneapolis Tidende" letterhead).
- Jaeger letters of 1918 to Norwegian Society of Minneapolis resigning from the Society in protest to one of its positions; and to C.G.O.Hansen explaining this action.
- Article, "Norwegian-American journalism; paper read before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis, Jan. 25, 1909."
- Clippings about Jaeger and family, 1918 - 1938.
- "The American-Scandinavian Review," Aug. 1922: lead article, "Two American sculptors: Fjelde--father and son," pp. 467-472.
- Correspondence and scrapbook.
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O. B. Iverson articles, circa 1920
Transcripts of seven articles written by a Norwegian-born surveyor, immigration commissioner, and legislator of Stanwood, Washington, which were published in the "Stanwood News," (Oct. - Dec. 1920) concerning his work as immigration commissioner, his first trip from South Dakota to Washington to explore the land, and about logging camps, surveying, vegetation, soil, Indians, and settlers.
Content:
O.B. Iverson Articles: Experiences and Observations on Two Continents. -
Independent Realty Company papers, 1922-1934
Mainly correspondence and reports of a Northfield, Minnesota, firm whose members were George O. Berg, I.F. Grose, Erik Hetle, P. O. Holland, L. Larson, C.A. Mellby, Ole E. Rolvaag, Paul G. Schmidt, Ole Tande, and J. Jorgen Thompson. The correspondence and reports deal largely with land investments in Northfield and in North Dakota. -
In Memoriam pamphlets, undated
A for memorial statements written on the occasion of death. Pamphlets and funeral programs. Arranged alphabetically, and indexed. At the beginning, a pamphlet commemorating Pastors Gynild and Norum, Professors Johannes L. Nydahl and John H. Blegen, wives of Pastor Nicolay Nilsen and Elias Pedersen, by R.J. Huglen. -
Halvor Bjornson Hustvedt articles, circa 1881, 1924, 1926
Clippings of articles by a Lutheran clergyman, educator, and editor, about life in the Koshkonong (Wisconsin) area: roads, trips to Milwaukee, farm machinery, mills, crops, schools, women's work, wildlife, orchards, church, language, politics, relations with the Yankees, Civil War, J. C. Dundas, and pioneer life in southeastern South Dakota. Also, "Missouri flommen i 1881" (10 typescript pages). -
Christian Levorsen Hytta letter, 1863
Letter (April 18, 1863) from a Thunhovd, (Buskerud) Norway, resident to his "farbroder" Knudt Synstegaard, Orfordville, Wisconsin, concerning weather, health, farming, and an inquiry about the Civil War.
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"Missouri Flommen I 1881". Note: Hustvedt was born Liberty Prairie, Wis., attended Luther College and Concordia Seminary (1867-76). Served churches at Gayville, S.D. 1876-81; Northwood, Iowa 1881-83, and as school administrator, editor and treasurer of the Norwegian Synod, 1911-17.; "Missouri-flommen in 1881." "Delivered before the Symra Society." "Af vore indvandreres liv: Oplevelser og jagttageler i Syd Dakota i syttiaarene" in Decorah Posten, January 30- February 6,1923. "...gamle minder fra Koshkonong," April 4-25, 1924. "Den gamle pioner stue X" in Decorah Posten, April 16, 1926.