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• Henry B. Hamre record books, 1912-1930

  Account books and undated prescription books of a Northfield, Minnesota pharmacist. Includes: Miscellaneous ledgers 4 Sales Records: 1912-1930 3 Prescription Books, undated Excerpt from the History of Rice & Steele Counties (1910): "Henry B. Hamre, for many years identified with the drug business of Northfield, was born in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Oct. 15, 1857, son of John and Emily (Norland) Hamre, natives of Norway...Henry B. received his education in the public schools, and in 1881 he came to Northfield and became a clerk in the drug store of Blackman and Kelly, remaining with them in the capacity of clerk until 1902, when he purchased an interest, and in May, 1909, he bought the remaining interest, thus becoming sole owner of the store...Mr. Hamre was married Oct. 25, 1893, to Bertha M. Gilbertson, a native of Norway..."
• Letter book, 1834-1888

  Transcriptions of Norway letters dealing largely with spiritual matters. Names which appear are Elling Eielsen, Jens Johnsen, Niels C. Haugene, Ole Olsen Oterholt, and Inger L. Flood. Cover says: "Coppie af Breve, 1843 den 28 Juni"
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  Asbjørn Ousdal papers, 1935-1951

  Biography/History: 
  Papers of a Asbjørn Ousdal, a Norwegian-born osteopathic physician and surgeon of Santa Barbara, California. 

  Scope and Content: 
  The clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and pictures, including "Vinland Saga" (1937) by Ousdal, deal with the founding of Norroenn Federation of America and its promotion of Leif Erikson Day. They deal also with Ousdal's fossil museum, including his collection of fossil whales rated as matchless by the Smithsonian Institute. Ousdal is the author also of 'Our Revolting Society' (1945) and of several monographs on paleontological subjects. He made translations of Sanskrit and Old Norse into English and invented the Solar-Ray.

• Olaf B. Stephens (Hustvedt) papers, circa 1890-1940
  

  Description Papers of a farmer, district school teacher, and book store proprietor, consisting of reminiscences about pioneer life mostly in eastern Dane County, Wisconsin, southeastern Dakota, and Luther College. The anecdotes concern neighbors and relatives, wild life, and farm buildings, machinery, and operations. There are references to R.B. Anderson, Kristofer Jansen, Laur. Larsen, and Halvor Kostveit, the reputed killer of Joseph Smith. Stephens was born in Koshkonong, attended Luther College in 1862 - 1865 and 1864 - 1865, and lived in Dakota, Bemidji and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Rice Lake, Ladysmith, and Deerfield, Wisconsin. Includes: Scrapbook, 1934-1940 Scrapbook, 1907-1939 Articles, autobiography, Luther College, Joseph Smith anecdote, 1890s-1940 Articles, pioneer anecdotes from Wisconsin, Dakota, Minnesota, 1911 April 15-1938 See also 'Telesoga,' March 1915, 3 - 13 and June 1918, 3 - 11.
• Ole Nilsen papers, 1871-1933
  

  Scrapbook, poems, speeches and correspondence of a Lutheran clergy man who had emigrated from Aal, Hallingdal, in 1871. Also includes copies of a family tree, letters to Norway, 1872 - 1878 (with transcriptions and translations) and other correspondence. Also added are copies of three letters of Gro Svendsen, a sister.
• Den Norske Dramatiske Forening i Chicago records, 1868-1871

  Minutes (1868-1871), financial reports, by-laws, and programs of the society’s dramatic productions. A clipping, “Omkring de første tag som blev tat for norsk talescene i Chicago,” Skandinaven, March 28, 1939. Also see "Two Early Norwegian Dramatic Societies in Chicago,” in NAHA Studies and Records, volume 10, 1938.
• Clara Jacobson papers, 1943

  Childhood Memories (42 p. typescript) of reminiscences of childhood days spent in the Perry parsonage, western Dane County, Wisconsin, by a daughter of Abraham Jacobson, Lutheran parish pastor from 1868 to 1878. Written in informal style, Childhood Memories gives a glowing, detailed account of church, school, books, music, dress, entertainment, trips, playmates, guests, parsonage, garden and household and farm employees. There is special mention made of Olaus Jensen Breda, Ole Bull, Aanund B. Dahle, John N. Fjeld, Gulbrand Jensvold, Monona Academy, and the devastating tornado of 1878. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings of her writings from Decorah-Posten and Reform. Also, letters from H.H. Einung, 1928 - 1931 (Rjukan). Clara Jacobson was a teacher and author. See Memories from Perry Parsonage, Norwegian American Studies and Records, 14:139-158.
  
  Scrapbook, Includes "Minder fra Barndomsdagene."; "Svundne Dage."; "Gamle Billeder."; "Smaa reiser og Besøg fra vor Barndomstid."; "Minder fra den norske Skole."; "Et Skjaertorsdags-Minde."; "Minder fra Mors Barndomshjem i Norge of fra Pioneerdagene i Amerika." (partial translation, 5 p.); "Nye og gamle Minder."; "Barndomsminder."; "Fra Svoudne Dage."; "Barndomsminder."; "Minder fra Perry Prestegaard."; "Gamle Minder."; "Minder."; "Lidt om Monona Academy, Madison, Wis."; "Lidt Pionerhistorie."; "Fra Bedstemors Ungdom."; "Gamle Anekdoter."; "Fra Mors unge Dage."; "Lide om Ole Bull og hans Liv."; "Gamle Minder om en Blizzard" (1888); "Prestegaardsliv; en Kulturinstitution i Norge og det norske Amerika." Dates 1920 - 1941, mostly 'Reform', some 'Decorah-Posten'. Includes postcard (February 19th, 1941 to Waldemar Ager) and memorial leaflet for Clara.
  
  Writings and Correspondence, includes "Et Skrift for Norske Paa Begge Sider av Havet", Symra, 1913. Most other items undated.
• Finmark Misjonsforening (Minneapolis) papers, 1924-1960

  Minutes (1925-1960) and financial records (1924-1960), of a society organized to help support mission work among the Finns in northern Norway.
• Bjug A. Harstad papers, 1898-1899

  Letters and articles written (February 10th - August 16th, 1898) by Harstad, Lutheran clergyman to the Pacific Lutheran University Herald, a Norwegian newspaper in Parkland, Washington, of which he was editor for several years. These letters concern his trip from Tacoma, Washington, to the Yukon during the gold rush period. Harstad gives detailed reports of the route of travel and of the problems and hardships of the expedition, the purpose of which was to secure mining property for the benefit of Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, of which he was founder and president. Two hand-drawn maps of the routes accompany the papers. Translated and donated by Oliver Harstad, a son of Bjug Harstad, 1995, typescript. Also, 75th anniversary edition, 1973, 30 p. See also: family histories and genealogies, box 14: "A brief history of Valle, Saetersdal, Norway and of some families from there", by Bjug A. Harstad (1930), and "A brief record of the lives of the Rev. & Mrs. Bjug Harstad and their descendants", by Adolph M. Harstad (1977).
• Wilhelm T. M. Morgenstierne papers, 1913-1952

  Articles, biography, photograph, reports, and speeches by Norway's New York Consul General, envoy extraordinary, and ambassador to the United States, 1929 - 1962. Includes 2 photos, brief biography (1939), newspaper clippings in both Norwegian and English, Morgenstierne's talk in Minneapolis (1935), speech made in Minneapolis at the Sons of Norway 50th anniversary celebration (August 1944), pamphlet "Norway, an Active Ally" by Morgenstierne, published in the National Geographic Magazine (1943), speech made at the Annual Dinner of the Overseas Press Club of America, New York (1949), "Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne: Noen artikler, taler og meddelelser til pressen, 9 april 1940 - mars 1944"