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• Nehemias Tjernagel papers, 1913-2007

  Articles, clippings, and pamphlets of an Iowa farmer, author, and musician dealing with the history of Norwegian Americans in the Story City area. Among the papers are a list of Tjernagel's musical compositions and writings; a Story City, Randall, Roland community bibliography; stories by Tjernagel clipped from "The Story City Herald" about early pioneers, and from other journals containing articles by Tjernagel and others on pioneer churches, prairie fires, agriculture, food and water supply, homes, peddlers, horse thieves, music, disease, and the 1855 settlement.
  
  Includes several photographs of the Follinglo farm and an article titled "Travel," (1920) by Tjernagel.; added January 2008: "Nehemias Tjernagel's Music: An Album," edited by Peter Tjernagel Harstad (2006). Includes a DVD of the Musical Legacy of Nehemias Tjernagel. Includes: "Paragraphs of a pedestrian"[Northfield, Minn., Mohn Printing Company, 1913. 75 p.] (Another copy in library collection) In library collection: "Fodture: AEgypten og Palaestina" Randall, Iowa, 1897; "Fotturer i AEgypten og Palaestina" Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1919; "Walking trips in Norway," Columbus, Ohio, Lutheran Book Concern, 1917. Three hymns (Thy will be done, Rock of ages, 0 Sacred Head) set for mixed voices. (Northern Edition of octavo music, no.16). Chicago Northern Book and Music Co., c1907 4 p. Octavo music: including "The king of love" Henderson, A.M. Memories, being an address given at the 35th annual Old Settlers' Picnic at Bell's Mill, Hamilton county, Iowa, Aug. 1, 1937. 2nd ed. 16 p. "A short story of my life." 11 p.; "A list of books and book mss., and those of my other writings that I can call to mind." 3 p.; "Story City-Randall-Roland community bibliography" prepared by Henry J. Peterson. 1 p.; "Nehemias Tjernagel, Follinglo Farm, Story City, Iowa," by Henry J. Peterson. 4 p.
  
  Clippings of articles on the Tjernagel family participation in World War I, Tjernagel's musical activities, and the Riverside Band: transferred from the Carl G. 0. Hansen clipping collection. Ppublications: "Annals of Iowa; a magazine of history": "Immigrants trying experiences." July 1951, pp. 64-71; "Pioneer Iowa homes." October, 1951, pp. 146-151; "Variable Iowa weather." Jan. 1952, pp. 205-214; "Pioneer foods and water supply." April 1952, pp. 276-279. "Pioneer Iowa soil subjugation." Oct. 1952, pp. 417-433; "Pioneer animal lore.'' April 1953, pp. 595-611; "Prairie fires menaced settlers." July 1953, pp. 32-37; "Pioneer church fathers." January 1954, pp. 217-225. "The Palimpsest": "The Sheldall school." Sept. 1931, pp. 359-369. (Also published as a separate pamphlet 39 p.); "The last horse robbery." Oct. 1931, pp. 73-380.; "The Riverside Band." May 1932, pp. 02-214; "Who was Nagelsen, by P.J. Tjernagel & H.M. Tjernagel." July 1932, pp. 61-273; "Angels of the sick room." Sept. 1942, pp. 98-304.
• Sigmund Skard report, 1944

  A report by a Norwegian scholar on the Scandinavian collection in the Library of Congress
• W.F. Schilling pamphlet, 1935-1996

  Article in pamphlet form entitled "Up and Down Main Street [Northfield, MN] Forty Years Ago, 1895-1935" includes reminiscences of a Northfield, Minnesota, farmer, editor, and antique collector. Includes photocopy of letter from Charles E. Mason, great grandson of Jesse James. Letter states that Jesse James did not attempt to rob bank in Northfield, 1876. (Letter dated Dec. 22, 1966)
• Anna Thykesen papers, 1910-1951

  Papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College: a Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson letter and a scrapbook of clippings dealing largely with Bjørnson and the centenary of his birth, a scrapbook on O. E. Rølvaag and other writers (1931-1956), and a scrapbook of clippings on the reorganization problem in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in the early 1930s.
• Knud Østensen Rulland correspondence, 1859-1863

  Civil War and other letters received by Rulland (born in Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, emig. 1854), Coon Prairie, Wisconsin.
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  Malcolm Rosholt papers, 1902-1990

  Biography/History: 
  Malcolm Rosholt was a journalist in pre-WWII China, an intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers, and the author of works on lumbering, railroads, and pioneer times, focused on central Wisconsin.

  Scope and Content: 
  Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central Wisconsin, especially the Norwegian settlements described by Thor Helgesen as "Indianeres land," which encompass sites such as Stevens Point, Iola, and Scandinavia. A translation of J. W. C. Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter"; a history of St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; a serial in the "Iola Herald" (1965-1970) entitled "From the Indian Land" (based on Helgesen's "Fra Indianernes lande" (1915), on plat books, and town, school, and church records) that relates the history of Norwegian settlements in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; cassettes containing interviews, mainly about the late author O. A. Buslett; "A Photo Album of the Past"; and biographical information about Rosholt himself and about his earlier family members who gave Rosholt, Wisconsin, its name.

• Norwegian America Line papers, 1910-1960

  Pamphlets, articles, a tribute to "Stavangerfjord," and photos of ships that transported thousands of Norwegian Americans for a visit to their homeland. Includes "Den Norske Amerikalinjes Oprettelse," (1938), "Hvorfor bør du ta en tur fil Norge?" by Sigurd Folkestad, (1922), song, "Festmarsj Tilegnet Den Norske Amerikalinje," Tekst: Alf Rød, Musikk: Allan Johannson, (n.d.), passenger list of S.S. "Stavangerfjord" June 25, 1920 and Nov. 30, 1949, passenger list "Oslofjord" March 21, 1950, Added Nov. 6, 2013: N.A.L. Sangbok
• Per Hvamstad papers, 1964-1967

  An article about the Kubberulle by Hvamstad, a letter from Volin, South Dakota by Henrik O. Stroem (b. 1861, emig. 1873 to S.D.), and a biography of Ivar John Saugen (Feb. 4, 1901-1957), a Lutheran clergyman in British Columbia. Includes "Pioneren Peder Borderud og hans 'log cabin,'" (1967)
• Nanna T. Boedker pamphlets, 1915

  Catalogues from "The Norwegian Shop," which operated at 203 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, in 1915, and which featured items of Norwegian handicraft, especially those of Norwegian needlework.
• J. Olson Anders biography, circa 1959

  Article in pamphlet form entitled "From Selbu to the Dakota Prairie: Recollections of Frontier Life on the Middle Border," an account of the life of Andrew Olson (Størset: 1839-1918, emig. 1870) and his frontier experiences at Andover, Day County, South Dakota, as related by his son.