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Olive Fremstad phonograph records, 1900-1906
Recordings of operatic arias made by a soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, who was born in Stockholm, Sweden, of Norwegian and Swedish parentage. The family lived in Norway, and in the early 1880s emigrated to Minnesota. Fremstad taught music in Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago, and New York where she also studied. IN 1892 she went to Germany to study and made her debut in the Cologne Opera House in 1898. She was a leading soprano for the Metropolitan Opera House from 1903-1918, where she sang all the principal Wagnerian roles as well as many in French and Italian. -
Karl S. Birkeland letters, 1872-1892
Letters from family and friends to a Norwegian emigrant from Sunnfjord to Michigan, 1872. He was a farmer at Benona, Oceana County, Michigan. Later letters address him as Charles Burke. Six pages of notes on family history are included. -
Arthur A. Berg letter, 1884
Copy of a letter written by a student at St. Olaf College who had come as an immigrant from North Odal, Norway, to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1880 at age sixteen. -
Avis Anderson article, 1973
"Scandinavians in Dawson County, Montana," is based on a thesis for a Master of Arts degree, University of Utah. -
Christian H. Tollefsrude history, 1905-1933
A scrapbook covering the history of the Norwegians in Rock County, Wisconsin, by Christian Tollefsrude, the son of H. C. Tollefsrude, a pioneer in the Rock Prairie area. The scrapbook is based on a 1917 typescript history of which Peder Olson Langseth was the principal author. Tollefsrude is credited with at least four of the sections. The original typescript has here seen many additions and corrections, and hundreds of clippings have been inserted, some pasted in and others loose. The total pagination is 792, compared with 377 in the original typescript. Another copy of the history, with manuscript corrections and additions, is in the Langseth collection (P 1249); the two copies should be used together, because each contains material not found in the other. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, articles, and other materials related to the Tollefsrude family and to Rock County, Wisconsin.
- Includes clippings from Tollefsrude family reunions (1905, 1909); obituaries of C.H.T. and his wife; and letters written by Tollefsrude to C.G.O. Hansen (1928-29) commenting on Hansen's articles on Rock Prairie, Wisconsin.
- Tollefsrude history, English translation and supplemental notes. 2 files. Includes pedigree charts of Ole Andrewson and Nattestad brothers; notes from other histories of Rock County, Wis., and miscellaneous notes from the Tollefsrude history. The translation is highly selective, comprising far less than half the original text. Page numbers from the original text have been added. Data collected 1905-1916.
- Scrapbook. Several photographs included.
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Erik T. Rogne autobiography, 1934
"The Untitled Life of Erik T. Rogne," the personal account of an 1872 emigrant from Ă˜stre Slidre, Valdres. He tells of his life in Norway, the immigrant journey, arrival in Madison, education at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. The main emphasis of the account is on his long service as a minister in the Lutheran Church. The story ends with a description of a trip to Norway and other places in Europe in 1932. -
Heather D. Prince thesis, 1988
"Norwegian Clothing and Textiles in Valhalla Centre, Alberta: A Case Study and Inventory in an Ecomuseum Framework," a dissertation submitted to the University of Alberta, Graduate School, for the degree of Master of Science, by a student at that University. -
Niles T. Quales papers, 1908-1988
Biographical notes, clippings, and a photo of a prominent Norwegian physician in Chicago, who emigrated with a group from Voss in 1859. Trained as a veterinarian in Norway, he saw service as a hospital attendant during the Civil War. After the war he studied at Rush Medical College and received his M.D. in 1868. Includes "House Built by Father, City Physician: 1868-1870" (2 pages), photocopied clippings, 2 photographs. -
Anna and Anders Petterson letters, 1884-1889
"Ephraim Is My Home Now," letters written to the parents of a young minister and his wife who had been sent by the Moravian Church in Germany at the request of the Provincial Elders Conference, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as "suitable" for work among the the Scandinavian members of the Moravian Church in Door County, Wisconsin. Anna was Danish and Anders was Swedish. The letters, translated and edited by a granddaughter, Lucille Petterson, were published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, volume 69, number 3 through volume 70, number 2, 1986-1987. -
Norsk Hostfest brochures, 1988-2008
Information about an ethnic folk festival held annually in Minot, North Dakota, which features entertainment, exhibits, forums, craft items and food, and about the Minot Scandinavian Heritage Association.