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Ole Knutson Finseth papers, 1859-1895
Certificates of bounty land grants, land purchases, warranty deeds for land which was acquired in Goodhue County, Minnesota, by members of the Finseth family, 1859 - 1891, and a diploma from the Goodhue County schools, 1895, for Marcus Finseth. -
Kermit Finstad articles, 1973-1975
Copies of articles appearing in Norwegian newspapers. Mr Finstad, a third generation Norwegian-American, a graduate of St. Olaf College, 1956, taught at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
Carl Gustav Finstrom papers, 2002-2003
Finstrom worked as a research chemist before joining the US Army where he served for over thirty years, seventeen years in Europe and four years in Asia. Active member of the Society of Scandinavian Historians, the Swedish military history society called "Svenskt Miltärhistoriskt Bibliotek, the Swedish aviation history organization called "Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening,' the Eight Air Force Association, and the US-Japan Manjiro Society. He has taught courses on eight different subjects, to include "Scandinavia in the Second World War," "The Military Installations in the Hampton Roads," and "The Role of the Military Attaché in International Relations.
Includes: 1 pg biographical sketch; published article, "Our Secret War in Scandinavia: The Story of US-Swedish Military Cooperation in World War Two" (2002); "Polar Pilot Bernt Balchen expressed his sensitivity to the Arctic's beauty through watercolors," by C.V. Glines (2003) -
T. Ottmann Firing autobiography, 1880-1934
"Days of Our Lives; Personal Narrative of Experiences as a Youth in Norway, A Sailor on a Windjammer, A Country Preacher, and College President and Administrator." Born at Horton, Norway, Firing planned to enter the Royal Naval Academy and joined the merchant marine to gain the required 18 months of sea experience. He was converted at the Bethelship Methodist Church in Brooklyn, New York, in 1908, and left his ship because of illness. He studied at the Norwegian-Danish Seminary connected with the Garret Theological Seminary and Northwestern University and was ordained in 1916. After serving a parish at Norway, La Salle County, Illinois, he became principal of the Seminary he had attended and served until it closed in 1934. He then became president of Evanston Collegiate Institute which eventually became Kendall College. He retired in 1954. The autobiography ends with 1934. -
Herman Olaus Fjelde papers, 1870-2000
Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of Minnesota, 1890-1895. He began to practice medicine in 1895, first at Martell, Minnesota, and later moved successively to Abercrombie, Fargo, and Rolla, North Dakota. A man of many interests, he worked tirelessly for the preservation of the Norwegian heritage of his countrymen in the New World. He helped establish Det norske selskap and Søndmørelaget and belonged to other Norwegian-American societies. He was instrumental in the erecting of monuments honoring famous Norwegians: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson at North Dakota Agriculture College, Henrik Wergeland at Island Park and Rollo of Normandy (Gange-Rolf), all at Fargo, North Dakota; Ivar Aasen and Hans Nielsen Hauge at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; and Henrik Ibsen at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Dr. Fjelde came from a gifted family. His father, Paul Michelet Fjelde, a woodcarver, came to Chicago with his son Oswald in 1870. His brother, Jacob Fjelde (1859-1895) became a well-known sculptor whose works include a statue of Ole Bull in Loring Park and one of Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minnehaha Park, both in Minneapolis. A sister, Pauline (1861-1923), was a painter and needlework artist, who had studied in France mastering the art of Gobelin tapestry weaving. Her most famous work is a Hiawatha tapestry. More information about the family is scattered throughout the collection, mainly in the scrapbooks. -
Rolf Knutson Fjeldstad article, 1903
He used the spelling Fjelstad here; elsewhere (in Who's who, obituaries) the name is spelled Fjeldstad. Fjeldstad was born at Nissedal, Telemark, emigrated 1861, graduated from Luther College and Luther Seminary (1884). Served churches Montevideo, Norway Lake, and Springfield, Minnesota.
Handwritten article, Er det en Skjæbnens Ironi, eller hvad er det?, Hvorledes Veien søges banet for Missourianismen blandt vort Folk. Signed: Antimissourier. Article submitted to editor Carl Otto Aubol of Lutheraneren. Date (1903) entered in pencil. -
Karl Anton Fjellbu sermon notes, 1895-1932
Fjellbu was born Aug. 5, 1865, at Kraakstad, Borgeyssel, Norway, to Karl Kristensen Fjeldboe and Andrea Regine Abrahamsen. Educated at Quam's Latin School, Christiania, 1881-1884, and Christiania University, 1884-1889 (Art, Philosophy, candidate in Theology), he was ordained and immigrated to the U.S. in 1890. He served as a pastor in Decorah, Iowa, and then Mandt, North Dakota, before returning in 1900 to Norway, where he served at a number of churches. In 1890 he married Ellen Johanna Retvedt. He died in Røyken, Norway, in 1933. -
Mons H. Fladager correspondence, 1859-1905
Letters received by Fladager at Spring Grove, Minnesota, from his brother, Ole H. in Christiania and Rome, from an unidentified correspondent at Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, and from a son, Henry. Ole H. was a sculptor. Also, photocopy of letter written July 26, 1905 by his son, Henry (who had a clothing store in Srping Grove, MN) to "soskende barn Henrik." Contents: Mons H. Fladager Correspondence. Also, photocopy of letter written July 26, 1905 by his son, Henry (who had a clothing store in Srping Grove, MN) to "soskende barn Henrik." -
Ole Nilsen Flagum papers, 1865-1900
Articles, clippings, poems, records, and scrapbooks of a Norwegian-born farmer and writer. The scrapbooks of clippings from Visergutten and Decorah-Posten contain biographies of pioneers in Winnebago County, Iowa, including those of Jens M. Dahl and Niels Chr. Flugum, written by Flugum. A scrapbook of clippings from Amerika (1900) contains letters concerning the Boer War and recent Norwegian literature. The Lutheran church record book contains rosters of members and cites their yearly contributions to the Winnebago, Fertile, West Prairie, North Prairie, Ellington Prairie, and Lake Mills congregations (1865-1887).
Includes:- "Den Kristne Menighets Missionsopgave" (typescript, 1931); Sermon outlines and Membership and Financial records of Winnebago Lutheran Church (1899); "Ei Utvandrarsoge Fra Sogndal" by Rasmus Sunde (1994)
- Manuscripts of newspaper articles written by O. N. Flugum (undated
- Clippings and Poems (1926-1939, undated)
- Letters and Articles (1928-1933, undated)
- Typescript copies of articles written by and about O. N. Flugum; "History and Scattered Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago" (1927); "Prejudice as a Hindrance to Knowledge" (undated)
- Phrenograph of John Quam (1896); O. N. Flugum Library Catalogue (1908-1909); Biographies of Hans Holtan and C. N. Flugum (n.d.); Clippings from "Amerika" regarding Boer War and Recent Norwegian Literature (1900); 4 volumes of clippings of "Historier og spredte minder fra pioneertiden i Winnebago" (c. 1930); Norse-American Centennial Medal (1925).
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Nils Flaten article, 1939
"Valdris-rispo," a reprint of an article published in Maal og minne, written by a teacher and linguist at St. Olaf College. He tells stories in Valdris dialect as used by Norwegian-Americans in the Minnesota area where he grew up. A biographical sketch of Flaten by O.E. Rølvaag was published in Samband (1927). A photographs of Mrs. Flaten was transfered from the Rølvaag papers.