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• Christian J. Muri biography, circa 1939

  An autobiographical sketch of a Montana rancher. Born on the Muri farm, Innvik, Nordfjord, he emigrated 1893 to North Dakota, moved next year to Montana, settling near Harlow (Wheatland Co.)
• Christian Jorgensen papers, 1919-1986

  Miscellaneous items concerning a Norwegian emigrant from Christiania who arrived in California at the age of ten, the son of a sea captain. He began to study painting at the School of Design in San Francisco when he was fourteen, He became a distinguished landscape artist, working chiefly with California scenes: the Yosemite Valley, the California Missions, and Old San Francisco. His widow donated 250 of his painting to the National Park Service at Yosemite, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Virgil Jorgensen, donated a large collection to the Sonoma Mission in 1950.
  
  The file contains "Biography and Works" from California Art Research, family photographs, a valuation list with slides of some works by Dr. Joseph Baird, a brochure, "California Artist", and a Norwegian American Museum newsletter, September, 1989, with an article on a Jorgensen exhibit. Katherine Mather Littell, Twain Harte, California, has done much to bring Jorgensen out of obscurity.
• Christian Kirkeeng family history, undated

  No description available.
• Christian Larson biography, 1917

  An autobiography of a Norwegian-born (Lindaas, Hordaland) Iowa farmer who was the father of Laurence M. Larson, professor of history at the University of Illinois, the author of "The Log Book of a Young Immigrant," published by NAHA in 1939. Larson emigrated in 1870, settling in Winnebago Co., Iowa.
  
  Content:
  Christian Larson Article: Autobiography. Manuscript.
• Christian Levorsen Hytta letter, 1863

  Letter (April 18, 1863) from a Thunhovd, (Buskerud) Norway, resident to his "farbroder" Knudt Synstegaard, Orfordville, Wisconsin, concerning weather, health, farming, and an inquiry about the Civil War.
  
  Contents:
  "Missouri Flommen I 1881". Note: Hustvedt was born Liberty Prairie, Wis., attended Luther College and Concordia Seminary (1867-76). Served churches at Gayville, S.D. 1876-81; Northwood, Iowa 1881-83, and as school administrator, editor and treasurer of the Norwegian Synod, 1911-17.; "Missouri-flommen in 1881." "Delivered before the Symra Society." "Af vore indvandreres liv: Oplevelser og jagttageler i Syd Dakota i syttiaarene" in Decorah Posten, January 30- February 6,1923. "...gamle minder fra Koshkonong," April 4-25, 1924. "Den gamle pioner stue X" in Decorah Posten, April 16, 1926.
  
  Location:1/B/1
  
• Christian Melson family history, undated

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Christian Nielsen history, 1873-1927

  Xerox copy of typewritten history, "Halvfems aar i Chicagos Danske Koloni, 1837 - 1927." 114 p. Xerox copy of newspaper article (unidentified), "Lidt om Mors og Morsingboere i Chicago." 4 p.
• Christian O. Ruste papers, 1887-1928

  Business records of Ruste's enterprises: Rippling Rill Farm and Creamery and Barber Cheese Company. Ruste was born at Mr. Horeb to Ole Arneson Ruste and his wife Anne, who were early settlers and founders of Perry Lutheran Church. In 1887 h emarried Betsey Anderson of Blue Mounds and they settled on the homestead which he later called Rippling Rill Farm, living there until 3 years before his death. "One of his first acts after he started farming for himself was to purchase a purebred Holstein herd sire and develop a herd of dairy cattle that for years has ranked among the foremost in the dairy history of Southern Wisconsin." He helped "develop his neighborhood into one of the leading dairy centers of the world." He wrote for local papers and farm journals, and wrote "Sixty Years of Perry Congregation" in 1915. Ruste is related to "Snowshoe Thompson."
  
  

  • Journals and ledgers of business records. 4 volumes of Rippling Rill Farm and Creamery, expenses, income, and transactions: 1897-1903, 1905, 1905-1906, 1900-1913.
  • Journals and ledgers of business records. 8 volumes of Barber Cheese Company expenses, income, and transactions: 1887-1896, 11893-1899, 1896-1900, 1900-1904, 1906-1913, 1914-1916, 1917-1919, 1920-1922/1924-1928.2 volumes of business records. Expenses, 1914-1922; Miscellaneous, 1900-1922.
• Christian Omann pamphlet, 1983

  Danish-born Omann emigrated in 1871, became a Methodist minister working in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Enevoldsen is a grandson of Omann. The pamphlet describes life in the Scandinavian communities of the above- mentioned states in the 1870s and 1880s. "It would appear to be an introduction to the Northwest for people expressing interest in moving out there and wanting to know something about the conditions of that part of the U. S."
• Christian Pederson Mjøvig and Marit Pederson (Romsaas) documents, 1841-1869

  Christian Pederson Mjøvig was born on May 17, 1835 in Kråkstad, Akerhus, Norway. He married Marit Torgersdatter Romsaas on July 24, 1870 at Root Prairie Lutheran Church in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Marit was born on March 30, 1840 in Ringebu, Oppland, Norway. Various records include passenger contract for Christian (1868), vaccination records, and a photograph.