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Paul E. and Mary Johnson stereographic cards, circa 1875-circa 1906
These stereographic view cards were donated in memory of Paul E. Johnson (1880-1957) and Mary (Hatlie) Johnson (1887-1964). Both children of Norwegian immigrants, born on farms in Richland County, North Dakota near the village of Abercrombie. Both Paul and Mary graduated from business colleges. Paul also earned a degree in optometry and was an apprentice to a watchmaker. He opened a jewelry/watch-repair/optometry practice in Abercrombie in 1908. -
Karmsund papers, 1919-1969
Records and programs of a society in Chicago, organized by emigrants from Haugesund, Norway, to promote fellowship and to maintain ties with their homeland.
Includes: Records of meetings and 3 programs to events hosted by Karmsund, reports, and Ledger (1919-1940). -
Norsk Leseforening reports, 1898-1982
Records of a women's reading club in Chicago, founded in 1898 to foster continued interest in the literature of Scandinavia and particularly of Norway. At bi-weekly meetings, the members reviewed and read aloud parts of books which were being discussed. In addition, the club was often engaged in charitable enterprises with financial gifts to the Norwegian homes for the aged in the area and to the Chicago Day Nursery. Includes correspondence, letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations.
- Correspondence
- Letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations. 1978-1982
- By-laws and history. 4 photographs, Yearly reports, newspaper clippings, members lists, correspondence, and written histories of the organization. 1898-1952
- Raportbok, 1943-1948
- Account Book. 1914-1923, 1927-1940 , 1941-1982
- Secratarial Records. 1931-1936, 1937-1940, 1945-1948, 1955-1959, 1959-1963
- Reading and book circulation record, 1949-1982
- 1 gavel; microfilm reel; Leif Erikson memorial medal and certificate. 1900-1982
- Correspondence
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Julia Lyng clipping, 1986
A Springfield, Minnesota, newspaper account of a 108-year-old Norwegian American, as she reminisced about her long life in Minnesota, to which she came as a member of her family in 1884. (transferred to Rowberg File) -
Jacob A. O. Preus clippings, 1920-1977
Newspaper accounts concerning the activities of a Norwegian American who served as governor of Minnesota, 1921-1925, and later became well known in the field of insurance. His career included being a founder of Lutheran Brotherhood, of which he became Chairman of the Board. He was Vice-President of W. A. Alexander and Co., an insurance brokerage firm. -
Nils John Julius Rein biography, 1897
A statement concerning the placing of a marker on Rein's unmarked grave in Tacoma, Washington. He was born in Hendrum, Minnesota, a son of immigrant parents, a World War I veteran, a violinist, who spent much of his early life in Madison, Wisconsin. He studied music in Chicago, but lack of finances prevented continuing. Later he taught at San Pedro, California, and finally set up his own studio in Tacoma, Washington. -
Norwegian-Danish Methodist Episcopal Conference, Richland Congregation papers, 1856-1984
Records of a rural Richland County, Wisconsin congregation, which in 1945 became part of the West Wisconsin Conference of the American Conference. The congregation was organized by a group of Norwegian immigrants in 1856. Because of declining membership, the church was closed in 1981.
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Volume: Pastoral records, 1856-1945.
Correspondence, 1984. Also contains deeds.
Pamphlet, 100th anniversary. Includes brief history.
Account book, 1910-1917.
Sunday School Record Book, 1896-1900.
Quarterly conference minutes, 1920-1941.
Photograph, 1880. -
Royal Norwegian Navy War Veterans Association newsletters, 1972-1983
The Sea Breeze, a publication of the U.S. Branch of the S.S.H. Veteranforening, a social organization of citizens of Canada and the United States who were active in the Norwegian Navy during World War II. -
Carl Ben Eielson clippings, 1926-1988
Data about a Norwegian-American born in Hatton, North Dakota, who rose to fame as aviator and Arctic explorer. In 1924 he piloted the first mail plane in Alaska in 1928 he served as pilot for the Hubert Wilkins Arctic Expedition from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), a distance of 2,200 miles, and also for the Wilkins Antarctic expedition. Both Eielson and Wilkins died in 1929 on a mercy mission in the Bering Straits, trying to rescue an icebound ship. This mission is the subject of Robert J. Gleason's book, Icebound in the Siberian Arctic. A mountain in Alaska and the Air Force Base at Fairbanks are named after Eielson. His boyhood home is a museum.
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Dorothy G. Page, "Polar Pilot: The Carl Ben Eielson Story" (1992) and "'Ben': The Life Story of Col. Carl Ben Eielson" (1930). -
Knute I. Finney (Fenne) papers, 1880
A clipping and testimonials from noted violinists concerning a Norwegian violinist and teacher. Finney emigrated from Voss, Norway, in 1896 and studied at the American Conservatory of Music and at the Chicago Musical College before he established his own studios in Chicago. He invented and patented a "Finger Guide System" designed to educate students in playing the violin.