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M. H. Magnus article, 1908
Clipping of an article from "Ørebladet" 8 August 1908, by Colonel Magnus concerning the limitation of emigration from Norway to America. The article was written in Chicago, 17 January 1908.
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Norwegians in the United States scrapbooks, 1923-1926
Scrapbooks of clippings by and about Norwegian-Americans and Norwegian-American life.
Four Scrapbooks of clippings of articles by W. Ager, R. B. Anderson, G. M. Bruce, L. M. Gimmestad, H. R. Holand, C. G. O. Hansen, Haldor Hanson, S. B. Hustvedt, Torstein Jahr, Gunnar Malmin, O. E. Rølvaag, J. C. Roseland. Subjects include Skandinaviske Folkeoplysningselskab, Leif Erikson, Kensington stone, Norwegians in Canada, Norwegian Moravians in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Civil War, Norwegian American press, Quakers in Iowa, America letters, Sloopers. Biographies of Knud Henderson, Nils Otto Tank, J. C. Dundas, Nils P. Haugen. References to Ole Rynning and Beaver Creek, Ole Bull, Adam Løvenskiold, Hans Gasmann, Knud Aslakson, Cleng Pedersen, Ole Munch Raeder. Histories of several congregations including LaSalle County, Illinois; Big Canoe, Iowa; Koshkonong and York, Wisconsin; Norway Lake, Minnesota. -
Ernest G. W. Sihler papers, 1968
Sihler was Assistant Archivist of The American Lutheran Church (1968).
Includes:- Chart of Lutheran synods comprising the American Lutheran Church; Translation of abbreviations, words, and phrases found in O. M. Norlie, "Norsk Lutherske Menigheter i Amerika, 1843-1916"; and a translation key to rubrics in parochial reports of Norwegian Lutheran synods (1968).
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Carl G. Lawrence papers, undated
Lawrence was a South Dakota educator and father of Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and Dr. John Lawrence, University of California.
Includes:- Program from and tribute of his son, Dr. John Lawrence, from the dedication of the Carl G. Lawrence Library at Southern State College in South Dakota; News release, biographical sketch and photograph of John Lawrence; Tributes and photograph of Ernest Lawrence; Clippings.
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Olaf Thorshov (Thorshaug) correspondence and clippings, 1901, 1921-1928
An America letter (1901) written from Willmar, Minnesota by a Norwegian architect, designer of the Radisson Hotel, Curtis Hotel, Dayton's (Marshall Field's) Department Store, and Walker Art Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes clippings (1921-1928). -
Isak Rasmussen Solberg article, 1912
"En gammel Setlers Histori Skreved da jeg var 68 Aar" by Solberg, treating life in the Crawford County, Wisconsin area. The topics discussed include prices, crops, land, machinery, livestock, logging, wages, buildings, fire insurance, the Farmer Trading Association (farmers store), temperance movement, district school, disease and medical service, congregations, and synodical controversies. Identification of the author was done by Rasmus Sunde. -
Michael O. Borge papers, circa 1870-circa 1890
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, consisting of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a family history. Some 1870s letters are from the Morrisonville, Wisconsin, area. Clippings consist of articles about pioneer life in the Volga, South Dakota, area in the 1880s. References are made to H. A. Preus and U. V. Koren.
Includes:- Volumes: 2 Family histories of Michael Oleson Borge (1846-1928) and Aagot Fosmark Borge (1852-1930) (1986, 1988)
- Correspondence of Michael O. Borge and Aagot Fosmark (1870-25 August 1873)
- Correspondence from tour of Norway (12 May-7 September 1902)
- Clippings (1948-1968) and photographs (1881-1967)
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L. A. Fries papers, 1968-1969
Letter and typescript containing data regarding Knud Langeland, Soren Bache, Mons Adland, and the Beaver Creek and Muskego settlements.
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Lester Welhaven Hansen autobiography and family papers, circa 1955
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in farm and city property, travels, and retirement to St. Petersburg, Florida. The short manuscript by Hansen has the title "The Viking Race." He is the author of the Anderson Krogh Genealogy, 1956. Also includes family papers.
Includes:- Typescript of Autobiography of Lester W. Hansen (1965). Includes photographs
- Hansen manuscripts "The Viking Race," "My Most Unforgettable Character," and "The Meditations and Dreams of a Genealogist."
- Lewis A. Larson (Hansen's father) Biography, diary, Civil War letters (1864-1965)
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Philip D. Jordan bibliographies, 1961
Bibliographies of Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, and of Edward Bonney and "The Bandit of The Prairies" compiled by students in History 200, University of Minnesota, Professor Philip D. Jordan. The second item pertains to the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s.