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Wilhelm Fleischer lecture, 1919 June 25
A paper titled "The 400,000 H. P. Hydro-Electric Air-Nitrogen Plant at Notodden, Norway" (description and historical development), presented before the Brooklyn Engineers Club. Fleischer was the purchasing engineer for the Norwegian Hydro-Electric Company.
Content:
Wilhelm Fleischer Article: "The 400,000 H.P. Hydro-Electric Air-Nitrogen Plant at Notodden, Norway" June 29. -
Helen Svensson Fletre papers, 1894-1987
Papers of a prominent member of the Norwegian colony in Chicago. A native of Ødehøg, Sweden, educated in Sweden and London, she served as a governess in England and later as a teacher in Norway. In 1934 she married Lars Fletre, a Norwegian sculptor who had earlier lived in Chicago. They moved to Chicago with their three children in 1954, where they became active in the many Norwegian groups which were flourishing at the time, notably DeLiSa (Det literaer Samfund), Nordmanns Forbundet, Norwegian National League, and others. She served on the Sesquicentennial Commission, was co-editor of From Fjord to Prairie, for which together with other services she was awarded the Medal of St. Olaf in 1976. As a staff writer for the newspaper Vinland, she contributed "hundreds" of articles to that paper. She was a familiar figure at symposiums and conferences where she presented papers dealing with Norwegian cultural life in Chicago. During her last years she was helpful in collecting information for A Century of Urban Life, by Odd S. Lovoll, published by NAHA in 1988. -
Lars Fletre papers, 1847-2011
Biography/History:
Lars Olavson Fletre, born in Voss, Norway on June 22, 1904, was the third youngest of nine children born to Olaf Oddson Fletre and Kristine Olsdatter Kvårmo. The Fletre home was filled with creativity: Odd was a painter and architect, Olav and Anders played Hardanger fiddle, Inger played langeleik, and Lars was fascinated with drawing. After taking evening courses at Voss Technical College, Lars immigrated to Chicago in 1923 with his brother, Odd, who originally emigrated in 1912. From 1925 to 1931, Lars attended the Chicago Art Institute and had his debut exhibit in “The 43 Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture” at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1931. Before returning to Norway in 1933, Lars exhibited in numerous galleries in Chicago and Brooklyn.When Lars returned to Norway, he married Helen Svensson, whom he first met while in Chicago when she was on a trip in 1932. From 1932-1954, they lived in Norway. Lars worked as a designer, engraver, and decorator for the Hadeland Glassverk factory in Jevnaker from 1941 to 1950. In 1950, he started Vossevangen Stonecarving and made several big monuments. During World War II Lars and Helen lived in Norway with their three children: Anita, Oddgier, and Valborg. Helen and Lars lived in Jevnaker where she founded a chapter of Foreldrelaget and taught private English, German, and French lessons.
After the Fletre family returned to Chicago in 1954, Helen and Lars were active in many clubs, including DeLiSa (Det Litteraere Samfund), Chicago Norske Klub, American Scandinavian Foundation, and others. In 1962 Lars founded the Vossing Art Studio on Diversy Parkway within walking distance from the family home. In this studio, Lars worked alone to create his various sculptures. At the Vossign Art Studio, Lars sculpted two versions of Jesus Healing the Sick: One for the Mountain Chapel in Mjølfjell and the other for the Norwegian Lutheran Hospital in Chicago. After being admitted to that hospital years later, he discovered the sculpture was not on display in the chapel room as originally anticipated. Today, the sculpture is located at the Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa.
Scope and Content:
The Lars Fletre collection contains correspondence, clippings, notes, records, manuscripts, and other documents of a Norwegian-born sculptor and woodcarver. The letters between Lars and Helen, written in English, span from 1932 to 1934 and document the time from when they met in Chicago until their marriage. The correspondence covers their mutual interest in art, literature, poetry, and politics; how they dealt with the difficult times of the depression; and their optimistic hopes for the future. -
Peter O. Floan reminiscences, circa 1938-1942
Reminiscences from the Pioneer Days in Goodhue County, Minnesota, containing names of early settlers and anecdotes concerning methods of acquiring land, establishment of churches and schools, fear of American Indians, and general community life.
Contents- Article: "Reminiscences, Goodhue Co." with notes on Muus, Holden parsonage school
- Pedigree chart (1941)
- Biography, "Reminiscences of the Early History of Singing in Holden Congregation, Goodhue County, Minnesota," by P.O. Floan (1938, 16 typescript pages) which mentions B.J. Muus, Dr. Grønvold, Christofer Johnson, Bjorstherne Bjorson; "A Family History" by P.O. Floan (1942, 70 p. manuscript, photocopy)
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George Tobias Flom articles, 1907-1949
Offprints of 42 articles and reviews published in The Journal of English and German Philology and other journals by a distinguished Norwegian-American philologist.
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- Folder: Clippings and biography.
- "The Lay of Thrym, or the Fetching of Thor's Hammer" from the Journal of American Folk-Lore volume XX, number LXXIX.
- "Place-Name Tests of Racial Mixture In Northern England" from Modern Language Notes.
- "On the Phononlgy of English Loan-words in the Norwegian Dialects of Koshkonong in Wisconsin."
"Alliteration and Variation in Old Germanic Name-Giving" from the Modern Language Club; January 20, 1934. - "Anglo-Norman Script and the Script of Twelfth-Century MSS in North-Western Norway" from Studies in English Philology.
Review on "The Place-Names of Cumberland and Westmorland" from Modern Language Notes. - "A History of Scandinavian Studies in American Universities" from Iowa Studies in Language and Literature number II; May 1907.
- "Old-Lore" from Modern Language Notes volume xxiii, number 6; June 1908.
- "The Noun Stems in the Didrekssaga" from The Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume IX, number 1; 1910.
- "The Scope of the Post-Positive Article in Olafs Saga Hins Helga" from The Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume IX, number 2; 1910.
- "Fragment RA.58 C. of Konongs Skuggsja: from an Old Norwegian Parchment Codex of the XIIIth Century, with Heliotype Copy and a Study of the Paleography and the Language" from The University Studies volume IV, number 2; March 1911.
- "Det norske sprogs bruk og utvikling i Amerika" from Nordmands Forbundet; May 1912.
- "The Phonologt of the Dialect of Aurland, Norway" from University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature volume 1, numbers 1 and 2; February-May 1915.
- "Scandinavian Studies: Presented to George T. Flom by Colleagues and Friends" containing a biography of George T. Flom.
- "Mål og Minne 1946"
"Et Norsk Hedersskrift I Amerika" from University of Illinois Press; 1942.
Review of "Ortnamnen I Göteborgs Och Bohus Län. IV. Ortnamnen I V. Hisings Härad. Göteborg, 1936" from Journal of English and Germanic Philology; January 1940. - Review of "Det Norske Landnåm på man (Marstrander)" from Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXXVII, number 2; April 1938.
- Review of "Der Einfluss des Nördlichen Dialektes im Mittelenglischen auf die Entstehende Hochsprache" by Agnes Peitz and "Lingustica. Selected Papers in English, French, and German" by Otto Jespersen, both from Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXXIII, number 3; July 1934.
- "The Edinburgh Fragment of the Old Norwegian General Law of King Magnus IV" from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXXII, number 2; April 1933.
- "A Note on Semantic Borrowing in Old Saxon" by H. V. Velten, from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXX, number 4; October 1931.
- "The Use of Small Capitals in Medial and Final Position in the Earliest Old Norwegian Manuscripts"; January 20, 1934.
- "The Study of Place-Names, with special reference to Norway" from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXIII, number 2; April 1924.
- "Spirits, Black Elves, Fairies, and Giants in the Folklore of Aurland in Sogn, Norway" from the Journal of American Folklore; January-March 1949.
- "English Loanwords in American Norwegian: as spoken in the Koshkonong Settlement, Wisconsin" from American Speech volume I, number 10; July 1926.
- Review of "Egils saga Skallagrímssonar, nebst den grösseren Gedichten Egils" by Finnur Jónsson from Modern Philology volume XXIV, number 3; February 1927.
- "Breaking in Old Norse and Old English: with Special Reference to the Relations between them" from Language volume 13, number 2; April-June 1937.
- Review of "Norsk Rimsmålsordbok. Utarbeidet av Trygve Knudsen og Alf Sommerfelt" from The American Journal of Philology volume LVI, number 3;
- "Survey of the Study; Relation to Other Sciences; Major Problems of the Present." from Scandinavian Philology; January 20, 1934.
- "Studies in Scandinavian Paleography" from Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XVI, number 3; July 1917.
- "On the Phonology of English Loan-words in the Norwegian Dialects of Koshkonong in Wisconsin"; January 20, 1934.
- "Studies in Scandinavian Paleography" from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology; 1915.
"Old Norse Fránn, 'Gleaming', Orkedalen Dial. Fræna, 'to rain'. A Study in Semantics" from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXV; 1926 (2 copies). - "Kust- och Skärgårdsnamnen I Göteborgs och Bohus län. I. Sjökortet Tjörn. Av Hjalmar Lindroth." from Modern Philology volume XXIII, number 1; August 1925.
- Reviews of "Festskrift til Amund B. Larsen paa Hans 75-Aars Fødselsdag, 15 Desember 1924." from The American Journal of Philology volume XLVII, number 1; January-March 1926.
- "English Loanwords in American Norwegian: As spoken in the Koshkonong Settlement, Wisconsin" from American Speech volume I, number 10; July 1926.
- "Some Dialect Names of Fauna and Flora in Strøm's Søndmørs Beskrivelse , I. 1762." from The Germanic Review volume I, number 3; July 1926 (3 copies).
- "Noa Words in North Sea Regions; a Chapter in Folklore and Linguistics" from the Journal of American Folk-Lore; March 1927 (2 copies).
- "The Place-Names of Lancashire" by Eilert Ekwall from the Journal of English and Germanic Philology volume XXIV, number 2; April 1925.
- "Norwegian Surnames" from Scandinavian Studies and Notes volume V, number 4; 1918.
- "Sun-Symbols of the Tomb-Sculptures at Louchcrew, Ireland, Illustrated by Similar Figures in Scandinavian Rock Tracings" from American Anthropologist volume 26, number 2; April-June 1924 (2 copies).
- "Figures of Ships and the Four-Spoked Wheel in Ancient Irish Sculpture" from American Anthropologist volume 25, number 3; July-September 1923 (2 copies).
- "Tunamål Words: Dialect of Stora Tuna Parish, South Dalarne, Sweden" from Scandinavian Studies volume V, number 8; November 1919.
Review of "Historische Grammatik D"
- "Mål og Minne 1946"
- Folder: Clippings and biography.
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Folk Arts Foundation of America papers, 1943-1955
Correspondence and reports concerning membership, dues, dinner meetings, recordings of folksongs, and publication of a Midwest folklore journal. The foundation, organized in about 1944, flourished for a decade.
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Knudt O.D. Folkedahl Papers: Corresp., Certificates. Vaccination certificates (1836-1863); commencement program (1894) for Dodgville, Wis. High School. -
Beulah Folkedahl papers, 1949-1971
Papers of a trained historian who spent her retirement years, 1960-1971, as curator of the NAHA Archives, organizing the collections and making available a great mass of historical material for further research. Volume 25 of "Norwegian-American Studies" is dedicated to her memory.
Includes:- Correspondence, tributes, photographs (1949-1971). Includes several photographs of Ms. Folkedahl working in NAHA.
- "From the Archives," her working papers and typescripts for the section which appeared in the "Norwegian-American Studies" volumes (n.d.).
- Reprints of articles written by Folkedahl for "The Wisconsin Magazine of History" (1952-1954).
- Lindaas letters, translations of selections from materials in the Wisconsin Historical Society (1958-1960). Lindaas letters date range: 1858-1869.
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Knudt Olsen Dahl Folkedahl papers, 1836-1884
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer. The letters (1876-1884) were written from Winona, Minnesota; East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Canton, South Dakota; and Auburndale, Wisconsin.
Contents:- Correspondence
- Vaccination certificates (1836-1863)
- Commencement program (1894) for Dodgville, Wis. High School.
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John B. Follesdal papers, 1997
Norwegian-american genealogy: A bibliography of some books and materials at the Library of Congress, 1997, 77p., computer print-out. -
Jens H. Forshaug travel report, 1951
A manuscript entitled "Alaska" by an Alaskan gold miner, reindeer inspector, and author, with comments on people, climate, geography, and history.
According to an article in "Decorah Posten," Sept. 18, 1958, Forshaug was born in Wisconsin to emigrant parents (1911); he studied at St. Olaf College and the Univ. of Alaska. When 27 he sought gold near Nome, "but one year was enough for him." He became a reindeer inspector at Barrow, and did many other kinds of work, "most interesting is his beginning book in English for Indians [Native Americans], which he called "'min røde bog.'"