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Bjørn Holland papers, 1848-1919
Clippings, correspondence, articles, obituaries, and photographs of a politician, farmer, merchant, and teacher and his family in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The papers concern family, politics, and Norwegian heritage. Holen's "History of the Town of Moscow from 1848 to 1919" is in the NAHA books collection. Some of the manuscripts of the biographies published in this work are included.
Includes obituaries of several brothers and spouses, including articles by A.O. Barton on the family and on the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first may 17 festival, May 1933.
File: Billeder fra Nybyggerlivet. Includes: Norwegian-American news paper articles from Michigan about H.R. Holand, (1923, 1924). -
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson papers, 1879-1940
Correspondence, clippings, essays, papers, personal reminiscences, 1932 centenary observance, and commentary on his 1881 lecture tour in the Midwest. One letter is by Bjørnson to Thoralv Klaveness concerning the latter's book, "Det Norske Amerika" (1904).
Contents- Letters, obit of Karoline Bjørnson.
- Clippings. Program for "The Editor" Dec. 15, 1932 performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, Minneapolis includes commentary by Donald O'Connell. Newspaper clipping with photograph of Prof. Gisle Bothne, Prof. Martin B. Ruud, Dr. Lotus D. Coffman, Pres. of the University of Minnesota, Governor Floyd B. Olson, and B. O. Eggen, president of the Norwegian National League of Minneapolis. Program for the 100th anniversary of Bjornson's birth, Dec. 8,1932. Poem, "Hilsen" written by Knut Hamsum for the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, translated by Martin R. Ruud and Joseph Warren Beach on the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
- Copy of "Vis-Knut." Included are photocopies of articles regarding Bjørnson's visit to Chicago (1881).
- Added 6/28/12, photo of Edvard Hoem (Norwegian author, poet, and playwright, who has written biographies of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson) during a visit to St. Olaf College, 2001.
- Added April 7, 2014: TRANSLATION, “AMERIKABREV” FEDRAHEIMEN, FEBRUARY 1881 (provided by John Norton). Norton wrote, "probably [written by] Arne Garborg´s younger brother Samuel...dealing with Bjornstjerne Bjørnson´s unsuccessful attempt to reach Decorah as part of the regional lecture tour arranged by Rasmus B. Andersen, but snowed out by what must have been a miserable winter storm. He got snowed-out, while his audience got snowed-in at Decorah!" May 4, 1881(?) Skandinaven newspaper image regarding Bjørnson's visit to Chicago (in Norwegian). Photocopy of Verdens Gang, Chicago, 14 April, 1881 Bjørnson's last lecture (In Norwegian).
- Several English translations of Bjørnson's and others including "Arne's Song", "The Bridge Builder", "A Snail and I", "En Ungbirk Stander ved Fjorden", and "Over the Towering Mountains", newspaper clippings.
- Clipping from 25 May 1939 issue of Gudbrandsdølen, "De Fem Store" by O. Thommessen, in Norwegian. Clipping from Nordisk Tidende 1 Aug. 1934 Stort og smaatt i America (Letter from Bjørnson's America Tour in 1880, in Norwegian).
- Booklet "Vis-Knut by Bjornstjerne Bjroson, published 1882. Bjornstjerne Bjornson Jubieums-nummer published by Norden Tidsskrit for Det Norsk Amerika. May 1932. "Poet-Patriot an impetuous youth", newspaper clipping about Jacob Seeman, longtime friend of Bjornstjerne Bjornson. Bjornson was engaged to Seeman's sister and they remained friends. Published in the Madison Journal, October 21, 1905. Clipping "Björnon, Kristofer Janson og Thrond i Chicago" by M. Salmonsen, in Danish published 28 June 1919, unknown newspaper. Clipping "Bjørnson i Amerika" 18 Aug 1929 by Prof. Edvard Lehmann. Clipping Daughters av Norge form Bjornson Club in La Crosse, Published December 6, 1931, Decorah Posten, in Norwegian. Clipping Minneapolis Tidende July 28, 1932 Knud Wesalds Tale about Bjørnsterne Bjornson. Many clippings from various Norwegian language newspapers regard the centenary of Bjornson's birth. Decorah Posten clipping, "Bjornson in Racine" 13 February 1934 in Norwegian. Sonner of Norge newsletter, "Det Norge Bjørnson gav oss" in Norwegian with English translation. Clipping from Decorah Posten 22 Oct. 1940,
- List of Poems of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1850-1869 by Clara Jacobson.
- Clipping from Nordisk Tidende, "Civilized or Merely Clever" by H. Sundby-Hansen about Erling Bjornson, Bjornstjeren's brother, in multiple parts, in English, September 9, 1934. Program, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Minde, Minneapolis Auditorium, June 12, 1910. Published to raise money for Norway in advance of the 100 year anniversary in 1914.
- Photocopy, J. B. Wist, "Da Bjornson kom til La Crosse, Sumra 1919 in Norwegian Booklet, En Tale af Bjornsterne Bjornson om Maalsagen, 1900, Landsbladets, in Norwegian. Newspaper special section, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's liv i billeder, Aftenposten 3 December 1932.
- Clipping, "A Day With Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the "Grand Old Man" of Norway" by W.B. Chamberlain, Managing Editor of The Journal, 1905. In English. Clipping of republished article in 1932. Clipping, Bjørnsons nye bog, Nationaltrykkeriet-Kristiania, undated, in Norwegian. Clipping, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson by Carl Nærup unknown date, in Norwegian. Booklet, Til dem, som Forkynner eller lærer det norske mål af Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Kristiania 1887. Clipping, "Festen for Bjørnson" 6 July 1886 Norden. Clipping, "Det nye System" 24 December 1879, Norden.
- Photograph of Bjørnstjeren Bjørnson with signature, undated.
- Microfilm received from Einar haugen:
- (1.) 35 articles from Norwegian newspapers, 1880-1881, about Bjørnson Archive, Univ. of Oslo; filmed in Haugen, 1960.
- (2.) Letters from Haaken Løken (1859-1923) to Bjørnson, 1899-1908; and some vocabulary slips, "bokmaal."
- (Another film, letters of Rasmus B. Anderson to Bjørnson, 1872-1902, is in the R.B. Anderson Papers, P717.)
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Bjug A. Harstad papers, 1898-1899
Letters and articles written (February 10th - August 16th, 1898) by Harstad, Lutheran clergyman to the Pacific Lutheran University Herald, a Norwegian newspaper in Parkland, Washington, of which he was editor for several years. These letters concern his trip from Tacoma, Washington, to the Yukon during the gold rush period. Harstad gives detailed reports of the route of travel and of the problems and hardships of the expedition, the purpose of which was to secure mining property for the benefit of Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, of which he was founder and president. Two hand-drawn maps of the routes accompany the papers. Translated and donated by Oliver Harstad, a son of Bjug Harstad, 1995, typescript. Also, 75th anniversary edition, 1973, 30 p. See also: family histories and genealogies, box 14: "A brief history of Valle, Saetersdal, Norway and of some families from there", by Bjug A. Harstad (1930), and "A brief record of the lives of the Rev. & Mrs. Bjug Harstad and their descendants", by Adolph M. Harstad (1977). -
Bob Selmer Bergland papers, 1978
A brochure, prepared by Halvor Nordbø, welcoming the Berglands to Telemark, Norway. Includes information about Bergland's Norwegian ancestry and about the Bergland farmstead in Telemark. Bergland, a former Minnesota congressman, was Secretary of Agriculture at this time.
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Bode Lutheran Academy papers, 1891-1903
A catalogue (1891) and reports of a secondary school in Bode, Iowa, established in 1887 by the local congregation, and in 1895 continued by interested individuals until 1903. -
Bolette Stud Bergh clippings, 1872-1905
Memoirs of a Lutheran minister's wife, Bolette Stud Bergh (Mrs. Johannes E. Bergh), who lived at Sacred Heart, Minnesota from 1872-1905.
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Topics addressed in memoirs include Rev. Thomas Johnson's farewell sermon; illness crossing the Minnesota River; skinning a calf with theology; Bergh serving many congregations; A prairie fire; vermin interrupting sleep; water through the ceiling; living in a cellar; snowed in; three miles down the river to get the mail and a scare by drunk men; farmers building a new parsonage; a record storm on Jan. 7 1873; a new cow; a gift piano; Christmas celebration; saving for a new church; grasshopper scourge; building schoolhouses; healthy children; indians move away; good neighbors; Ingeborg Stensrud's kindness; forming new congregations; the Ladies Aid; building a new church; a sick woman; skiing; shoveling; snow and no mail; "Bow-wow-wow!" (a story about a dog); a wedding in a snowstorm; party games; the young people get rid of the old; driving in circles; Pascha Parsonage; (Norwegian copies of all)
Clippings of English trans. by O.O. Enestvedt, which appeared in the "Sacred Heart News," (June 1-15, 1944); and of the second and third parts of the Norwegian original, from "Decorah Posten," (May 25-June 1, 1944)
Clipping of article (Sept. 10, 1935) in "Skandinaven" concerning memorial service at Vor Frelsers congregation, Sacred Heart, upon the thirtieth anniversary of her husband's death. -
Bondeungdomslaget of New York papers, 1967-1975
Correspondence, photographs, programs and clippings of a society organized in Brooklyn in 1925. Its stated purpose was "to unite fraternally young men and women of Norwegian birth or descent of good moral character to meet together and uphold the Norwegian language, customs and habits."
The group built a cabin at Lake Telemark, Rockaway, New Jersey, in 1930 to serve as social center and vacation site, and organized the popular Bondeungdomslaget Folk Dance Group in 1962. -
Bonhus family history, 1844-1974
From Pioneer Farm to Urban Store: The Bonhus Family History from 1844 to 1974 Description from the book: "This is a family history that begins with a husband and wife coming from Norway to the united States in 1844, one Anders Bonhus and Anne Olsbrygge Bonhus and ends with the death of their grandson Carl Alffred Bonhus in 1957. It is a family history that attemps to sketch the web of family relationships that existed for each of the generations cover and the cntext of the times in which each generation lives. A life is not readily revealed in a simple recitation of birth date, place of birth, deaht date, and place of death. Each individual in a family tree lives out his or her days in the midst of an extended family, often presided over by a patriach and matriach while events near and far impact daily esitence. Family relationships and these events determine the path a life takes which in turn affects each succeeding generation. These are the themes in this Bonhus Family History." -
Bonnie E. Johnson article, 1992
An article entitled "Scandinavians in Montana: An Annotated Bibliography," which records books, journal articles, newspaper stories, oral histories, maps, unpublished materials, WPA interviews (1940-1942), and Scandinavian newspapers in Montana. The records are restricted to materials found in the libraries at the Montana Historical Society, the University of Montana, and the State University of Montana, and lists only sources in English. -
Bonnie Parker family history, 1996
No description available.