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An assortment of letters written in Norway to friends and family in the United States.
Includes:
Copy of a letter from Olea Lovise Tobiasdatter Føinum, (dated May 17, 1891) to her cousin, and a copy of an English translation; correspondence from Mrs. Martin Olson; correspondence to Andreas Lein from his mother, O. Valberg
Letters (1842, 1844) written to Ole Larsen (Dodgeville, Wis.) by his father Lars Hansen Bjørge, Sande "Herred" Vestfold "fylke." ("Sandeboka, 1939, p. 420); Other correspondence, (1930, 1998)
Letters donated by Carl F. Arneson
Photocopy of letters written by C.C. Diesen to his son Axel Diesen in Minnesota.
Correspondence, records, and clippings of a society organized to raise relief funds for Norway.
Includes:
Photo wood cut of Nils H.F. Olsen, 1940
Correspondence, 1940-1950
Partial list of Ford Motor Co. individual contributions to Relief Fund for Norway (1940). "Object of the club: work for relief for Norwegians as long as Norway is at war and until she is re-habilitated."; reprint from the "Saturday Evening Post," "The Norwegians as Citizens." (n.d., no author)
General statements, genealogies, family histories, and histories of pioneer settlements by students who studied under O. E. Rolvaag at St. Olaf College. Includes a chart of emigration statistics by region, 1860-1925.
Articles and clippings of a Cottonwood, Minnesota, housewife dealing with childhood memories, the "snow winter" of 1880-1881 in Lyon County, and local church history.
Articles, poems, letters, and clippings of a Norwegian-born writer and editor of "Telesoga." Oftelie was also editor of "Ugeblad" and of "Rodhuggeren," both in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Halvdan Koht called Oftelie the best saga writer among the Norwegian Americans.
The collection includes:
Articles and poems contain biographical sketches of immigrants from Telemark, Norway
Accounts about Indians
"Rispur og Sogur" is a collection of folk stories
Letter from Peder Ydstie, Minnesota poet, discusses the family life of Kristofer Janson
"Siste besok til Torkel Oftelie, av "Telesoga'
5 clippings (1936-1943) and two obituaries.
Correspondence from Hans S. Cleven, Egil A. Heggenes, Thor Helgeson, Hans Olafson Hommy, Harold Landsvaerk, Ole Lokensgaard, T. O. Norbo, and Olaf Svensen
Manuscript (3 p.) with brief biographies of early teachers: Olav Aadmundsen Trovatten; Torby Vik; Lars Aaker; Ole Solberg (1919).
Manuscript material of "Norwegian Emigrants with University Training 1830-1880" published in "Studies and Records," volume 19, 1956. Also a 12-page typescript commentary on the play "Broder Ebben i fodelandet eller amerikareisen (1839)." A copy of the play is included. Ore, born and educated in Norway, was professor of mathematics at Yale University.
Papers of Norwegian-American Chautauqua and Lyceum, Minneapolis. Gisle Bothne, Nicolay Grevstad, Jacob A. O. Preus, and Theodor S. Reimestad were among the promoters and lecturers. The catalog includes photographs of Odin Male Quartette (led by Reimestad); Senator E.E. Lobeck; Ragnhild Holmquist; Mathilde Hansen-Raunborg; Leone J. Berge; Gisle Bothne; Arthur Markve; I.M. Kalnes.