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• Julia Thompson autograph album, 1881-1892

  Autographs to Julia Thompson, Scandinavia, Wisconsin, written by persons in the same area.
• Teachers' Association of Norwegian Synod records, 1890-1902

  Minutes of an organization founded in 1890. Among the topics discussed were bilingualism, introduction of new courses, methods of instruction, athletics, discipline, social life, relations between Luther College and the academies, terminal courses for all students. Consisting of the teachers at Luther College, Luther Seminary, Lutheran Normal Schools (Sioux Falls), Luther Academy (Albert Lea), Bode Academy (Bode, Iowa), Bruflat Academy (Portland, N.D.), plus representatives from the Synod board and clergy.
• Sigvald Støylen papers, 1885-1980

  Marcus Thrane I Amerika and "The Kensington Rune Stone" by a Norwegian-born teacher in the Minneapolis Schools, and clippings concerning Norwegian-American Writers. Includes: documents concerning Bernt Støylen, "A Personal Historical Record of the Family Doris Swenson (Swanson) Stoylen (1980), clipping "Norwegian Pioneer Life in America," by S. Stoylen, photocopy "Remarks of Mayor Arthur Naftalin (Minneapolis, MN) prepared for the Inauguration Ceremony of the Institute of Emigration and the House of Emigrants (Aug. 31, 1968, Sweden), "The Kensington Rune Stone" (American Book Collector, Nov. 1965)
• Sophia Stuegaarden Syse papers, 1853-1930

  Emigration documents and letters concerning the Anders Stuegaarden family.
• Paul Oleson and Paul P. Bond Syftestad family history, 1882-1959

  Copy of document reminiscent of the Norwegian "kaar brev," drawn up in Dane County, Wisconsin, stipulating conditions under which the father conveyed his farm to his son, and "The Syftestad Family Since 1800," by Beulah Folkedahl.
• Magnus Swenson papers, 1919-2000

  Articles, clippings, and biographical material recounting Swenson's contributions as a chemical engineer, "Ancestral Voices, part II: Magnus Swenson—The Last Viking," 993 typescript pages, compiled by Abigail Davis Curkeet, a granddaughter. See article on Swenson by Olaf Hougen in NAHA "Studies and Records," volume 10, 1938. Includes "Magnus Swenson, Inventor and Chemical Engineer," by Olaf Hougen (1938), photocopy of "Magnus Swenson-Engineer and Benefactor," by David McCall Walsten ("The Norseman," Jan. 2001, pp. 20-24.), "Magnus Swenson (1854-1936) Presidentof the University of Wisconsin," by Glenn Frank (n.d.), and "Magnus Swenson: Administrator and Humanitarian," by Olaf A. Hougen (1938).
• Clarence Swendseid family history, 1950

  The Men from Telemark, the story of Rolleiv Svendseid and his family, who migrated in 1867 from Telemark, Norway, settling first in Fillmore County, Minnesota, and then in 1883 at Nelson, North Dakota. Among the topics treated are politics, church, higher education, agriculture, and financial depressions.
• Leif J. Sverdrup papers, 1924-1976

  A biography, 1975, photos, clippings, and assorted biographical information on a Norwegian-born major general in the United States Army Engineers and a founder of Sverdrup &
• Svartebøka, 1865-1999

  Svartebøka. Includes photocopy (from copy in Luther College Library) of Oldtidens sortebog fra aar 1400 ...Optrykt ordret efter originalen. Fjerde Oplag. 40 p. Chicago.(A copy may be found in the St. Olaf library: BF1608.N8o5 1892 NAI Vault) Hexevæsen og troldskab i Norge, meddelt til læsning for menigmand. Christiania, B. M. Bentzens Forlag, 1865. Pages after 78 lacking. From the library of Ole Hansen Toftelien "Dovre i Gudbrandsdalen" June 3, 1870. Gift of Rev. Sarah Oelberg, Nora Unitarian Church, Hanska. Cyprianus...efter et manusckript...udgivet og forklaret at L. Pio. Copenhagen, 1870. 32 p. Same source, dated 1874. Added Feb. 28, 2012: book "The Black Books of Elverum," by Mary S. Rustad (Galde Press, Lakeville, Minn., 1999).
• Jacob Aal Ottesen Stub papers, 1925-1936

  Letter by a Lutheran clergyman to Johan A. Aasgaard, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1936, 9 typescript pages, and 12 clippings on Stub and members of his family.