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Øystein Ekroll family history, 1978
Paper written by a St. Olaf College student from Norway concerning his Norwegian-American relatives in the Thorstensen, Ekrem, Larson, Ellingson, and Nygaard families, who emigrated from Sunnmøre, Norway, to Walworth County and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Includes the Thorstensen, Ekrem, Larson, and Ellingson Families
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Augustus Christian George (Hans Abramson) Elholm papers, 1731-1799
Correspondence and article by Miecislaus Haiman, "Major Elholm, The Champion of Polish and American Liberty." (1932)
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Article: Miecislaus Haiman. Note: A preprint chapter from Haiman's book, "Poland, and the American Revolutionary War (1932), presenting the thesis that Augustus Christian George Elholm,a major in the American Revolutionary War army, a companion of Pulaski, and a co-founder of the state of Franklin, to which Tennessee is a successor, was born in Norway. Also includes lettes between Haiman and Theodore C. Blegan, 1932. -
Edward Marius Ellefsen church history, 1911
Historical sketch of "The Norwegian Lutheran church in Chicago (1839-1900)." Ellefsen was the minister at Our Savior's Church (1915-1917). Includes two maps showing location of churches founded at different periods.
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Edward M. Ellefsen Article: History of Chicago Norwegian Lutherans. -
Gilbert B. Ellestad papers, 1885-1915
Papers of a watchmaker, jeweler, and optician who lived at Lanesboro, Minnesota. He was born in Fillmore County, Minnesota; his father emigrated in 1849 from Vestre Slidre. Includes: Biographical sketch of Gilbert Ellestad (n.d.); farm contract (1889); an account book (1885-1886); and several photographs (1894-1915). -
John Ellingsen papers, 1891 - 1960
Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born (Stavanger, emigrated 1883) farmer and mason, Platte, South Dakota, which discuss local church life, the snowstorm of 1888, the depression in the 1890s, and World War I. References are made to Sven Oftedal, Theodor S. Reimestad, and Georg Sverdrup. Includes clippings of articles by son, Elling Ellingsen, about "some of the experiences my father had in the terrible blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888" (1960).
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John Ellingsen Papers: Articles and Correspondence. Incluses clippings of articles by son, Elling Ellingsen, (1960) about "some of the experiences my father had in the terrible blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888." -
Svein Ellingsen hymnology, 1986
"An Interview with Svein Ellingson," 20 pages, reported in The Hymn, April, 1986. The interview with the Norwegian hymn writer and translator took place at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in August 1985. -
Gregorious and Mariana memoir, circa 1970, 2012
Hans Eirik Endal's "Story of Gregorius and Marianna Loftness Trip to the USA in 1872" (Jul i Nordfjord, circa 1970s, translated by Karin Husevag in 2012). Family lore of how a fishing line kept the family from starving.
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Lars Christian Endresen papers, 1975
Biographical information and photographs concerning an immigrant from Christiansand who came to Hoquiam, Washington, in 1888, and who first found employment as a ship's carpenter. He became a shipbuilder and operated the Endresen Spar and Timber Company. -
Guri Olsdatter (Rosseland) Endreson papers, 1866-1951
Endreson, Guri Olsdatter (Rosseland) (1831-1881). A heroine of the Sioux Uprising in central Minnesota, August 1862, Guri Endreson settled with her husband Lars and their children by Lake Solomon, north of Willmar, Kandiyohi county, in 1857. The Norway Lake settlement just to the north was the only large Norwegian colony in the Lake Park region before the Uprising. On Aug. 20, 1862, her husband and their oldest son and his wife were killed, the farm buildings burned down, and two daughters were taken hostage. The following day Guri emerged from hiding to find the wounded younger son, and managed to transport him and two wounded neighbors to safety 30 miles east.
Included is the letter she later (Dec. 2, 1866) wrote to her family in Hardanger; typed transcription of the letter; and the English translation (with introd.) by Theodore C. Blegen, photocopy of article in Minnesota History, De. 1929, pp. 425-430.; Also, transcription of "Statement of Mrs. Gure Anderson" from History of the Great Massacre by Charles S. Bryant and A. B. Murch (St. Peter, 1872: in library collection, E83.86.B91.; Clippings (1907-1951) about Endreson and the Uprising and later observances. Includes souvenir programs (1933, 1941, 1960) of memorial observances held at Monson Lake Memorial Park, and information about the Endreson cabin now preserved on the Willmar fairgrounds. Includes memories of Mars. Halsten Olson; article by Agnes C. Laut (North Star, Dec. 1920, pp. 37-51); three installments of account published in Fergus Falls Ugeblad (1929); article by Martha (Aabye) Finney (Decorah Posten Aug. 4, 1936); article by Ole Paulson (Ungdommens Ven, July 1907). Added 2002: article by Deb Nelson Gourley about events near Belmont, Jackson co., Minn. -
Ole O. Enestvedt, 1932-1944, 2013
Articles and clippings of a Norwegian-born Minnesota farmer. The clippings are a series on local history that appeared in "Sacred Heart News" in 1944. "De Forenede Staters Vrste Indianerkrig" (39 pages) deals with the Sioux uprising in 1862, as does "Intervju med Guri Endressen" by Gabriel Stene. The latter appeared in revised form in "Minneapolis Tidende" (January 19, 1933). The third article, which appeared in "Skandinaven" (January 1, 1937), concerns the snowstorm of January 7, 1873. Enestvedt wrote a column for "Decorah-Posten," "Norske Pionerslegter," and was editor of the Numedalslag yearbook for many years.
Contents- Articles & Clippings
- Manuscript Translations. Poetry clippings.
- Added Dec. 4, 2013: Jacqueline Nasseff Hilgert, Seeds Sown Through Time: The Legacy of Johannes & Sis Enestvedt. Family and business history of Enestvedt’s Hybrid Seed Corn, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota.