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A Few Lutheran Church Cases; Selected by Arthur F. Giere, a 95-page pamphlet. Clippings, a poem, and an obituary, "Vinland," December 18, 1980. Giere was a lawyer in Galesburg, Wisconsin, who contributed short pieces to Norwegian-American newspapers and periodicals.
Giere was born in Deerfield, Wis., ordained 1883. Served churches at Crow River and Big Grove (near Belgrade, Minn.); Renville and Bird Island, Minn; Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, CA; and from 1904-1933 at Sacred Heart, Minn. Includes 10 volumes of appointment books, 1903-1912.
Papers and biography by Gieske about Knute Nelson.
Includes:
"The Politics of Knute Nelson, 1912-1920" (1965), a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of the University of Minnesota.
"Heroes, Sagas, Politics: Knute Nelson, 1861-1864" (n.d.); for further information see P0744, Nora Solum Papers.
Biography manuscript of Knute Nelson (n.d.). This was the basis for "Norwegian Yankee: Knute Nelson and the failure of American politics" by Millard Gieske and Steven J. Keillor, published by NAHA in 1995; for related materials, see P1000, NAHA Publication Papers, Box 47.
Clippings, letters, and a pamphlet concerning an engineer, inventor, and president of Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1950 he was named Knight, First Class, Order of St. Olaf. Includes 1943 annual report to stockholders of the Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.
Content: Walter Geist Papers: Clippings, Letters, pamphlet. 1943 annual report to stockholders of the Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.
Gilbertson's family immigrated in 1848 from Vang, Valdres (Naeseth v. 3, 1848:256-257; Robert A. Bjerke, Manitowoc-skogen (1994), p. 78)
Diary, 1876-1881. 1 volume. Typed transcription of diary of a farmer (Norwegian name: Helge Gulbrandsen) who lived near Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Many entries are brief notations about weather and work, but others record deaths of five family members. A final comment: "In it is recorded the saddest years of our existence."
Gjellstad was born Vestre Toten, emigrated to relatives near Granville; Verendrye, N.D. until 1939 when they moved to Velva (McHenry Co.). For related information, see in the library collection: Vogt, Markell Gjellstad. Gjellstad. 116 p. 1983. CS71.G48 1983. Includes "History of Conrad Gjellstad" by Verna Schock and Norman Gjellstad, pp. 35-39.
A diary of her trip Oct. 12-26, 1910 from Oslo to Granville, N.D. (photocopy); translation by her daughter Verna Schock, with a biography of her mother. 18 p. Letter from a sister, 1929 (photocopy and translation); several documents.
An article covering the life and work of a Norwegian American who was chairman of the Department of Library Science at the University of Michigan from 1940 to 1965 and a newspaper clipping, June 21, 1940.
"The effect of community on migration: Three Minnesota townships, 1885-1905," published in Journal of Historical Geography (Vol. 5, Issue 4, 1979, pages 403-422) by a Norwegian-American teaching at the University of Minnesota, Department of History. The area studies is Renville County, Minnesota.
Papers of a Norwegian-born historian and author; manuscript material of his projected Norwegian-American Encyclopedia; clippings and correspondence about policies and publications of NAHA and the collecting of artifacts for the Norwegian-American Museum; and a manuscript biography of his father, Ole S. Gjerset. Theodore C. Blegen, Ludvig Hektoen, Laurence M. Larson, Torkel Oftelie, Birger Osland, and Ditlef G. Ristad are among his correspondents.
