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• Dassel Leikarring records, 2012

  Publication titled "Celebrating the Dassel Leikarring: Thirty Years of Folk Dancing and Friendship" by Karen A. Humphrey.
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  Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast papers, 1912-2013

  Biography/History: 

  The Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast was founded on February 20, 1908, by three independent lodges in Washington. This included: Valkyrien Lodge #1 (Seattle, founded in 1905), Embla Lodge #2 (Tacoma, founded in 1907), and Frey Lodge #3 (Spokane, founded in 1907-1023). During the 1930 convention, membership was open to women married to men of Norwegian ancestry. At this convention, a proposal was passed to allow installation ceremonies in English if the candidate did not understand Norwegian. By 1936, the first issue of Døtra av Norge was published in Norwegian, and by 1956 it was published in English. Today, the Grand Lodge is still active, hosting conventions and publishing issues of Døtre av Norge. 

  Scope and Content: 
  Contains meeting minutes, pamphlets, photographs, scrapbooks, histories, and newsletters of the Daugthers of Norway of the Pacific Coast.

• David A. Strommen papers, 1989

  Paaverknaadene paa dei norsk utvandrarane sitt spraak. Senior oppgave, Scandinavian Studies, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1989. 10 p., 2 p. notes, 2 p. bibliography (including a number of interviews). Typescript.
  
  Contents:
  The Influences on the Norwegian Immigrants' Language by David Strømmen, 1989.
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  David C. Mauk papers, 1912-2004

  Biography/History: 
  David Mauk is a professor emeritus of North American Area Studies at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of U.S. immigration and ethnic history, including “The Colony that Rose from the Sea: Norwegian Maritime Migration and Community in Brooklyn.” 

  Scope and Content: 
  Materials in this collection pertain to Mauk’s research for his publication “Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities.” This book is an in-depth study of the Norwegian-American community of Minneapolis–St. Paul and its complex role in the economic, political, and cultural life of the Twin Cities over more than 170 years. The project started in 1995 when NAHA Editor Odd S. Lovoll approached Mauk to write the history of Norwegians in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Prior to Mauk’s work, no exhaustive research or history has been written about the Norwegian-American community in the Twin Cities. Scholars had documented the history of Norwegian Americans in other large cities, such as Chicago and Brooklyn, but no one had tackled the Twin Cities — the unofficial “capital” of Norwegian America. While many previous studies had focused on rural life, Lovoll and Mauk thought it was important to devote increased attention to urban communities. 

  While researching for the project, Mauk and his assistants, Mikkelssen and Løvås, collected 162 oral history interviews. Many of the interviews have been digitized through funding from the Sons of Norway Foundation. The David C. Mauk papers include transcripts of the interviews, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and more from his research. 

• 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.
• Oral History

  David Haslekaas and Jan Bowles interview, 1995 October 8

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Lovoll interviews David Haslekaas and Jan Bowles about being Norwegian-American. Haslekaas and Bowles are North Dakota grain farmers, and were one week away from getting married at the time of the interview.
  
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  David Haslekaas (1968- ) and Jan Bowles (1973- )

  David Haslekaas is a farmer in North Dakota. He was born in Fargo, North Dakota. Jan Bowles (now Jan Haslekaas) is also a farmer in North Dakota. She was born in Cavalier, North Dakota. They were married on October 14, 1995.

• David Haugen family history, 1988

  A compilation of reminiscences, letters, historical sketches, speeches, and genealogical charts concerning related families who settled in Ottertail County, Minnesota, in the 1870s. The history was compiled by a grandson of Christian Haugen, who settled first in Rice County, Minnesota, in 1873, before moving to Ottertail County in 1878.
• David Mauk bibliography and dissertation, 1985, 1991

  A list of materials used for writing a history of the Norwegian settlement in Brooklyn. This study led to Mauk's The Colony That Rose from the Sea, published by NAHA in 1998.
• David N. Sonnesyn family history, 1995

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.
• David Olsen family tree, undated

  No description available.
  Formerly part of P539.