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• Lutheran Ladies' Aid of Forman, North Dakota cook book, 1924

  Cook book of popular Norwegian recipes, issued by the Lutheran Ladies Aid of Forman, North Dakota. Published by Mohn Printing Company (Northfield, MN).
• Det bli itj nå tå før trønderan kjaem! Utvandringen fra Trøndelag, 1837-1930

  Emigration from Trøndelag county, Norway, to the United States and Canada. General information about the emigration history from this area in Norway, but also personal emigration stories.
• Ut, opp og fram: Barnevandring på Agder, 1720-1920

  No description available.
• Kent Freeland collection

  Collection of books published by Kent E. Freeland. Includes:
  
  Norwegian Saga:
  "Andrew's life seem to stop when he found out his father was dead and that his mother and siblings were going to move, not to another town, but to a different country. The new country was America in the 1880's, and the prairies were still a lonely place to roam. Young Andrew finds his place in his adopted home with the new love of his life. He faces the challenges of raising a family with all the problems of language, prejudice, and fears that accompany have accompanied immigrants throughout history. Family tragedies of death, relationships destroyed, and heartbreaks end a victory that you must read."
  
  Prairie Pioneers:
  "Prairie Pioneers is an adventure story of a group of Norwegian immigrants who traveled from Lisbon, Illinois to Story County, Iowa in 1854. It is historical fiction, based on some facts, but generously augmented with interesting invention. The central character in the story is Ole Apland, who gives leadership and inspiration to his traveling companions. Ole braves hardships and faces dangers on the 600-mile trek. Along the way, he forms a friendship with one of the young women, so that, at the journey's end, the two of them are ready to begin a new life in the Midwest Scandinavian community." 
  
  Rails West:
  Story about Knute Apland. 
  
  The Norskie Terror:
  Story about Oley Nelson.
• Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos family papers, 1889-1984

  Records of the Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos families. Sigrid Eline Harstad Kjos was born in Arendahl, Filmore County, Minnesota on November 29, 1869. She married Andreas (Andrew) J. Kjos on December 12, 1894. Andrew Kjos died on April 13, 1908. Together they had 8 children: Joseph Gerhard Kjos (April 29, 1896); Clarence Eugene Kjos (May 17, 1899-March 26, 1936); Ellen Beatrice Kjos (August 7 1901); Neil A. Kjos (Febuary 28, 1904); Ahlfeld Silian Kjos (May 2, 1907-January 27, 1907).
  
  

  Documentation, photographs, and correspondence from Ellen’s Kjos-Harstad family from Freemont County, Minnesota. Includes records on:

  • Bjug Harstad (Ellen’s maternal great uncle). Founder, or co-founder of many early settler churches in MN, ND and Oregon and Pacific Lutheran University.
  • Kittel Harstad (Ellen’s grandfather), Very active in developing Lutheran church growth in S.E. Minnesota.
  • Harstad/ Kjos family groups and individual photos.
  • Carl Andreas Kjos (Ellen's father)
  • Sigrid Harstad Kjos (Ellen’s mother, Kittel and Eli Harstad’s daughter, and Bjug Harstad’s niece)
  • Neil Kjos Sr. (Ellen's brother). Music publishing - Chicago, IL.
  • Joe Kjos (Ellen's brother). Prominent  Mayville, ND banker and owner of several farms.
  • Clarence Kjos (Ellen's brother). Unmarried/no children, prominent Portland, OR doctor who died very suddenly at 39.  His mother, Sigrid, was living with him at the time.
  • Early church materials from Minnesota and Mayville, ND: Gran Lutheran Church, North Prairie Lutheran Congregation, Mayville Congregation, Greenfield Evangelical Lutheran Church.
  • Harstad family in Norway.
  • Photographs and records of the Fjelstad family.
• Chicago glass plate negatives, circa 1895

  One hundred glass plate negatives presumably of a Norwegian-American family from Chicago, Illinois, Ca. 1895. Collection located in a residence's stairwell, hidden for nearly a century. Called the "Lost Faces of the Windy City." Includes physical copies of the negatives.
• Rudolph Martens collection, circa 1920-1940

  Rudolph Martens was born in Oslo, Noway in 1869. Martens, and his wife Clara, left Oslo for Boston in 1892. He was a partner in the firm Thoner and Martens, Electricians and Machinists in Boton, Massachusetts. In late 1921, the Martens family and their adopted son, Rolf Martens, went to Norway for a few years on business. The family settled in West Roxbury, Massachussets. 
  
  The collection consists of nineteen 16mm film reels. Most were filmed by Rudolf Martens. The  discriptions on the reels include:
  

  • Traveling from 1920-1930
  • 2 reels of invasion of Norway
  • 1 of the reels was from HELL, Norway
  • Marblehead-Plymouth-Concord-Boston; Boston '44
  • World's Fair-Northeast Harbour
  • Oslo to US 1926
  • New York to Oslo
  • Canada, Niagara Falls 1930
  • Winter War Miami Garden 41-42-43
  • Bern-St.T. Mart-Curac-Cartagena Canal
• Benson family history, 2020

  The Benson family of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. This is a reprinted book authored by Paul Welch. The book begins with Bent Hansen. Many of the early Benson family members were closely connected with the Scandinavian Lutheran Church in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, a village in Waupaca County.
• Allan G. Solomenson memoir, 2020

  Memoir entitled "Across the century: The life of a Wausau teacher, 1962-2020."
• Verda Hammer autobiography, 2022

  Autobiography of Verda Hammer of Stavanger and Chicago. The book was compiled by Don Metcalfe and titled "Ahma."