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• Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010
  

  From the Knut Gjerset papers on women and Norwegian American Encyclopedia.
  
  Letters and other writings regarding Wilhelm and Elise Waerenskjold. A pastor's daughter, Elise lead a party emigrating to Texas between October 1846 and March 1847. The Waerenskjolds married in 1848, settling at Four Mile Prairie. Her letters and other writings serve as a primary source of information about the Norwegians who settled in Texas. 
  
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  • Photocopies of letters from Elise Waerenskjold to Oscar Reierson, 1883, 1890
  • Books edited by Charles H. Russell
    • Light on the Prairie: New Writings of Elise Wærenskjold (Houston, TX: Shining Brightly Books, 2010)
    • Undaunted A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2006).

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• M. Falk Gjertsen papers, 1880-1986

  Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982.
  
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  • Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982. Added: Includes newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family (1880-1938); photos of Gjertsen and his father, Johan Peter Gjertsen; a poem, "Nordens sønner"; An address before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis, November 16, 1908" 17 p.; "Ta1e ved afsløring af Gjertsen monumentet, Lakewood Cemetery, 9/12/15" by Thorwa1d E. Nelson, 5 p., and "Unvei1ing of the M. Fa1k Gjertsen Monument" 4 p.; "MindefesteR over ska1den Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1910" 30 p., with "Mindetale" by Gjertsen, pp.17-30; entries about Carsten Hansteen (1856-1923) from "Norsk Biografisk Leksikon," "Studenterne fra 1874" (1899) and "Studentene fra 1874" (1924); correspondence, including "anonymous 1etter,". Hansteen's letter to Georg Sverdrup, Dec. 17, 1900; letter to Esther Paulsen, 1910; letter to Amund Ness, 1912; letter to Adolph Moss (photocopies or transcriptions); letters to Nina Draxten, 1977-86. "Harald Heg" (1914). 2 volumes: "Utkast til Prædikenes, Minneapolis, 1882." 241 p., and 1 volume of sermon notes by Sundays of the church year; artic1e by Eyvind J. Evans on "Harald Hegg" (Nov. 16, 1967); and 2 folders of Draxton notes, arranged by envelopes with notations of sources.
• Gjovig/Wold/Houg family history, 2023

  Gjovig/Wold/Houg family history -- 215 pages of family history for the descendants of siblings Even E. Gjovig, Lars E. Gjovig, Beathe (Gjovig) Houg, and their uncle, Even Hansen Wold. They are from the Gjøvig and Wold farms near Nes, Hedmark, Norway. Even, Lars, and Beathe and their spouses emigrated to Spring Grove, Minnesota, in 1867-70. They homestead at Canby, Minnesota (Yellow Medicine County) in 1872.
• David F. Gladfelter article, 1972

  An issue of "The Journal of the Civil War Token Society" (Summer, 1972) containing an article by David D. Gladfelter discussing Emigranten, a influential early Norwegian-American newspaper.
• Ole Gladhaug family histories, 2008

  Ole Gladhaug family histories includes the following volumes: Arne Mikkelsen Gladhaug [1822-1882]: A Short Genealogy by Ole Gladhaug (Kolofon Forlag, 2008. 115 pages). He settled in Vermont Township, Wisconsin and Valdresslekten Gladhaug (4 volume set), (Kolofon Forlag, 2008).
  Formerly part of P539.
• Elise Torgrimson Fjelde Glesne papers, 1869-1946

  Poems, both in original and translated form, and a story entitled "Da bedstemor var hos os" by the wife of an Iowa Lutheran clergyman.
  
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  Elise Torgrimson Fjelde Glesne: Papers, Poems and Story
  
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• Paul M. Glasoe papers, 1873-1956

  Lectures by a faculty member aired over WCAL, the St. Olaf College radio station, on various scientific subjects such as pasteurization, national resources, human physiology, master farmers, alcohol, and the role of honesty in scientific progress. Includes six published articles that deal with chemistry and the influences of Norwegian culture. Glasoe was for a time the president of the United Church Choral Union. The file includes five music-related articles by him. Family obituaries are included.
  
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  • Paul M. Glasoe Articles: Radio Lectures, WCAL. A two page manuscript, "They taught us to sing," describing the use of the salmodikon in teaching singing.
  • Paul M. Glasoe Articles: Radio Lectures, WCAL (folder 2). "Norse Cultural Influence in America," by Glasoe (1926).
  • Paul M. Glasoe Articles: Chemistry & Norw.-American Culture. "The Landstad-Lindeman Hymnbook," by Glasoe (1938); "Chemistry and Efficiency," by Glasoe (1926); "First Year Chemistry and the Use of the Periodic Law," by Glasoe (1924); "Introduction to the Systematic Treatment of First Year Chemistry," by Glasoe (1926); "Residue of High School Knowledge Utilizable in College Chemistry," by Glasoe (1933); "The Chief Sin in the First-Year College Chemistry Teaching," by Glasoe (1938); "The Old and the New in Science Courses," by Glasoe (1939). Added July 2, 2012: Mrs. P.M. Glasoe, "Is it Nothing To You, All Ye That Pass By ?" Temperance. (Literature Committee, Women's Missionary Federation N.L.C.A., n.d.)

  
  
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• Gaines Glass travel report, 1977

  Summer League Boots, a 65-page account of a trip along the Norwegian coast from Bergen to Hammarfest on the ship "Vesteraalen," and the return to Oslo via ship and train. The account is enlivened by descriptive, historical and legendary details.
• Marie K. Gleason plays, 1989-1993

  A trilogy of historical dramas set in the Norwegian-American settlement along the Goose River near Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota. The plays are based on the author's own family history and on that of their neighbors. An article from the Grand Forks Herald about an April, 1991, production at Mayville State University is included.
• Ole Glesne papers, 1851-1943

  Correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook of a Lutheran clergyman. The correspondence and reports concern chiefly the activities of the board of publications of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, of which Glesne was a member. The clippings in the scrapbook are chiefly from "Norden" and "Amerika" and concern the controversies between the two newspapers regarding Ragnar M. J. Monrad at Luther College, the anti-Missourian movement within the Norwegian Synod, and politics in Wisconsin. The scrapbook contains letters and articles by Gisle Bothne, John N. Kildahl, Laur. Larsen, Ragnar M. J. Monrad, Herman A. Preus, and L. A. Stenholt.