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Scandinavian American Fraternity papers, 1905-1969
Official organization of a fraternal benefit society, founded in 1896 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which in 1970 merged with Bankers Mutual Life Insurance Company of Freeport, Illinois. The publication was issued bi-monthly. According to a "Synopsis of history of our order" in the 1930 convention program, the Independent Scandinavian Workingmen's Association was originally started in Chicago in the 80s. In 1889 a branch was started in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as "Norden no.8"; a disagreement with the Chicago lodge led to separation on March 2nd, 1893; the same year a branch was begun in Hayward, Wisconsin.
The society was incorporated in Wisconsin and licensed to do business in Minnesota, North Dakota and Illinois. A journal was issued monthly beginning September 1901. Originally in Norwegian and called "Maanedlig I.S.W.A. Journal; officielt journal for Den Uafhngige Skandinaviske Arbeiderforening," it switched to English in 1918 and was called "Scandinavian American Fraternity Journal." For information about the Fraternity, see Jørn Brøndal's Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics (NAHA, 2004), p. 58 - 65.
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Periodicals. Includes issues of the journal from: January, April, July, December 1908; July, August 1909; February, May, August 1910; June, November 1911; March 1915; February, August, September 1918; 1 pg from a 1919 issue; September 1926 (25th anniversary number); March, April 1928; March, May, August, September 1938; May, July, October 1939; August 1942; March, April, July, August, September, October, November 1943; July 1946; March, April 1953; January 1965 through December 1969.
Clippings. Includes clippings (mainly from the Minneapolis Tidende) August 1905 - January 1954; a program for a convention (1921); pages from the program for a convention which include lists of officers and delegates, presidents, and the conventions held 1894 - 1927 (1930). -
Paul Voxland clipping, 1979
The April 22nd, 1979 issue of Minneapolis Tribune, Picture Section, which was devoted to a story and pictures of a Kenyon, Minnesota, Norwegian-American farmer and his family and their activities throughout an entire year. -
Madge Hawkins clippings, 1978
An account in the "Minneapolis Star" of a Norwegian-born teacher and political activist. She and her husband founded the Hawkins Foundation which has supported leftist-oriented projects. -
Norrøna Leikarring (Minneapolis) papers, 1925-1975
Materials about a Minneapolis folk dance group (25 charter members) founded by Ellen Hammer in 1925 to perform at the Norse-American Centennial. Hilda Kringstad wrote in Minnesota Posten (May 16th, 1975) "Einar Duvick was instructor and received the St. Olaf medal for his services....it has travelled through the Midwest and Canada giving performances in theatres, colleges and high schools and churches. During the early years the members put on plays in Norwegian twice a year, fall and spring, at the old Norway Hall. With the exception of a few years...Leikarring has been an annual performer for the Valdres Samband."
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- Folk Dancing in Norway by Johan Krogsaeter (Tanum, 1968)
- Poster advertising the National Folk Dance Festival of 1938 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
- Norwegian Folk Dance. Folder containing materials about Norwegian folk dance in general; pamphlet Raumyrdansen by Andr. Mørch (Sigdal Spellemannslag, 1981, 16 p.); Norske folkedansar II. Rettleiding um dansen by Klara Semb (Oslo, Noregs Ungdomslag, 1925, 2. utg., 212 p.); Norsk Folkedans Stemne newsletter; Hansen clipping collection, 1925-1981
- Folder containing constitution, histories, correspondence, photographs, programs; lists of members and of occasions where the group performed, and of tours taken; pamphlet "Picturization of selected folk dances" compiled by C.O. Tverberg (Grafton, N.D., 16 p.) dedicated to the Leikarring; clipping of Tverberg article "Oprinnelsen av folkedansen" (Grand Forks Skandinav, November 15th, 1940). 1925-1958
- Programs. Folder containing various program events. 1925-1943
- Scrapbook and folder containing clippings (1926 - 1975, many undated), includes information about United Nordic Folk Dancers of America, and 1937 - 1941 festivals. 1926-1941
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Olav Breivik clippings, 1930-1973
Copies of newspaper items concerning a Norwegian-born violin-maker. He came first to Chicago where he served as an apprentice before moving to Milwaukee and operating his own shop, from which he retired in 1962. -
Scandinavians In Hawaii, 1941-1945
An early labor contract, clippings, and xeroxed material concerning Norwegian immigrants to Hawaii in 1881. Some of the material was collected for the centennial celebration of their arrival in Hawaii. Includes: Book: "Waipahu at War: The War Record of a Hawaiian Sugar Plantation Community" compiled by R.H. Lodge. Contains information on Hans L'Orange. -
Ova Opager Hultquist papers, 1932-1952
Memorabilia from Kristiansund and Nordmøre collected by a Chicago resident. Included are hand-written recipes, and "Chicagokomiteens indsamling for Kristiansunds nye alderdomslagem." Includes: Norwegian newspaper clippings, pamphlet "Kristiansund: som vi husker den…" by Paul Ohrvik, published by Olaf B. Sverdrups trykkeri, photo booklet "Kristiansund, Kystens perle" published by Olaf B. Sverdrup, newspaper "Kjenn Ditt Land", no.6, 1932 Norwegian newspaper clippings, photo of "Den Indre Missions 50 Aars Jubilaeum", photo "Velkommen til Nordmor Mandskors", pamphlet "Kristiansund" published by Olaf B. Sverdrups trykkeri (date unknown), 2 handwritten books of recipes, a notebook of personal writings, in Norwegian, photo booklet "A/S Kristiansunds Forsikringsselskap", pamphlet "Kristiansund N. Før - Under Og Etter Bombing Og Brand 28/4 - 2/5 1940/. ("Before-During and After The Bombardment and Fire"), published by photographer Jan A. Engvig, Kristiansun N., 1946. -
Norske Lutherske Ungdomsforening "Fremgang" secretary book, 1927-1930
Records of an organization whose stated purpose was to further Christian life among the Norwegian young people in Chicago. -
Norris Olson obituary collection, 1896-1963
Approximately 100 manuscript obituaries and a few memorial leaflets, evidently submitted to a Menomonie, Wisconsin, newspaper, but in Dr. Norris Olson's file, which were forwarded to NAHA after his death in Illinois in 1963. The obituaries precede 1951, and most, but not all, bear Norwegian names. -
Thorstein Veblen clippings and articles, 1920-2005
The clippings from newspapers and periodicals (1906-1993) include articles by Lyder L. Undstad: "Thorstein Veblen som Nordmand," "Veblen, Marx, klassekamp og filosofi," and "The Man and his Socio-economic Ideas." In addition are articles by Abram L. Harris, Ernest W. Dewy, David L. Miller, Carlton C. Qualey, Paul David Eastwood, Russel Bartley, and Sylvia Yoneda. For related material, see collectons of his siblings Andrew A. Veblen (P 598) and Emily Veblen Olsen (P 571). Max Lerner called Thorstein Veblen "the most creative mind American social thought has produced." Veblen was born near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, of parents who emigrated from Vang, Valdres, in 1847. In 1865 the family moved to a farm less than one mile north of Nerstrand, Minnesota. This home has been restored.
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- 2 books: Veblen, Thorstein, The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (New York: The Modern Library, 1934); Dowd, Douglas, Thorstein Veblen (New York: Washington Square Press, Inc., 1964). Also includes Veblen Collections at Carleton College: Introduction and Overview, by Eric Hillemann, archivist, 19 pp. (ca.1997): Thorstein B. Veblen Collection, Veblen Family Collection, Veblen Farmstead Collection, Records of the International Thorstein Veblen Association. Also includes 2 copies of Veblen in Perspective: The Intellectual Heritage of a Native Son, September 24, 1994, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Contents include: Program and Reading Materials, including photocopies of Carlton C. Qualey, Thorstein Bunde Veblen, 1857-1929, from Makers of an American Immigrant Legacy: Essays in Honor of Kenneth O. Bjork (NAHA, 1980); sections of The Portable Veblen (Viking Press, 1948); Veblen's The Russell Bartley and Sylvia Yoneda, Thorstein Veblen on Washington Island from International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society (Summer 1994).
- Articles, 1953-
- Includes: Harris, Abram L., Veblen as Social Philosopher -- A Reappraisal, in Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy Vol. LXIII, No.3, Part II (University of Chicago Press, April 1953), pp. 1-32 (article includes following note: This essay will appear substantially as a part of a chapter in the forthcoming book, Economic Theory and Social Reforms, to be published by Harper & Bros.); Dewey, Ernest W. and David L. Miller, Veblen's Naturalism versus Marxian Materialism, reprinted from The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly (September, 1954), pp. 165-174; Dewey, Ernest W., Thorstein Veblen, Radical Apologist for Conservatism, reprinted from The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Vol.18, No.2 (January, 1959), pp. 171-180, signed quote(With warmest regards, Ernest W. Dewey); Brodersen, Arvid, Industrialisering og samfunnsform, A propos en bok av Thorstein Veblen; 2 copies of The Carleton Voice (Fall 1980), featuring Veblen, with articles on Veblen (Thorstein Veblen, 100 Years Later; Thorstein Veblen, The Last Man Who Knew Everything, --Veblen and Women, --Veblen and Teaching, --Veblen and His Alma Mater, --His Place in History, --In His Own Words); programs for Veblen in Perspective: The Intellectual Heritage of a Native Son, A Symposium and Exhibition at St. Olaf & Carleton Colleges (September 24, 1994); Eastwood, Paul David, Seeking Thorstein Veblen, Presented to the Ygdrasil Literary Society, Madison, WI on October 10, 1992, 19 pp.; photocopy of notice in the Missouri Book News about publication of Dreiser and Veblen, Saboteurs of the Status Quo (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press), including summary of the work; photocopy of Audrey Wendland, Outcast Genius: Shy Norwegian-American left mark on social thought, in Viking (February 1996), pp. 18, 33; slightly edited version of The Early Life of Thorstein Veblen, a paper, by Prof. J. F. Balzer of Carleton College, which he read to the Rice County Historical Society in 1936, published in The Rice County Historian Vol. 25, No.2 (March 1999); photocopy of Grennes, Thomas and Einar Kvam, Thorstein Bunde Veblen and his family: Valdres to America, in Budstikken (December 2000). File also includes: a reprint of a photograph of Veblen, with verso marked Carlton C. Qualey, 100 Nevada St., Northfield, Minn. 55057; enlarged reproduction of photograph of Veblen.
- Clippings (1906-1993)
- Includes: Literatur: An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation, Minneapolis Sondag Tidende (May 27, 1917); Present Course of Business Enterprise in an Analysis: Thorstein Veblen on Absentee Ownership--The Cooperative Movement in Russia, by William MacDonald, The New York Times Book Review (Apr. 13, 1924); Veblen, Marx, Klassekamg og Filosofi, by Lyder L. Unstad, Minneapolis Tidende (Apr. 13, 1933); Thorstein Veblen som nordmand, by Lyder L. Unstad, Minneapolis Tidende (Feb. 14, 1935); An Analyst of Modern Society: In Thorstein Veblen and His America Mr. [Joseph] Dorfman Writes the Life Of a Thinker Who Has Had Great Influence, by R. L. Duffus, The New York Times Book Review; Thorstein Veblen's Social Vision: A Collection of His Essays, Clear and Penetrating in Their Ideas, Which Proves Him to Have Been at Times Prophetic, by R. L. Duffus, The New York Times Book Review (Sept. 30, 1934); Thorstein Veblen: The Man and His Socio-Economic Ideas, by Lyder Unstad, Nordisk Tidende (Jan. 31, 1933); The Grandfather of Technocracy, The Milwaukee Journal (Mar. 22, 1935); More Reflections, by Junius (Jun. 29, 1945); Trip of the Week: Washington Island: To the Edge Of the Map (Veblen quote(spent his summers and wrote the rought [sic] draft of some of his monumental treatises) on Washington Island) (Jul. 16, 1964); photocopy of The Genius Was a Jerk, by Robert A. McCaughey, The New York Times Book Review (Feb. 7, 1993); Thorstein Veblen and the New Barbarians: A cranky Minnesotan coins an economic term for the ages, by Peter Ritter, in The Rake Vol. 3, Issue 36 (Feb. 2005). File also includes clippings of obituaries for Veblen.