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• Aslag Anderson family history, 2008

  "A Memoir of the Aslag Anderson Family in Ephraim [Wisconsin]," by Marianne Kellman with contributions by Helen Timmons (Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc., 2008, 96 pages). Family operated a general store for many years.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Stanley Clifford Henjum oral history, 2021

  "Farmer, World War II Radar Officer, Aerospace Engineer, Family Man. This is the first installment of the oral history of Staney Clifford Henjum I. This record traces Mr. Henjum's remarkable life story, from the beginnings as a farmboy in rural Minnesota to his career in service of his country as WWII Navy man and then, after the war, as an erospace engineer in the space and defense industries. We see Mr. Henjum as not just an individual, but as part of a long generation story of his family stretching from Norway, where his grandparents immigrated from, to his grandchildren and great-grand children today."
  
  "The first installment, Book One: Roots, 1921-1935 covers his youn years on the farm. He experienced firsthand the transition from horse-drawn plows to gasoline-powered tractors, from gas lamps and wood stoves to electricity, and the widespread advent of automobiles."
• Martin Pedersen Ruh reminiscences, 1916

  Reminiscences by Pastor Martin Pedersen Ruh (1841-1923). Forty-nine pages, typescript. Translated by Brit Weisz, September 1974, . Chapters include: Memories ofE idsvold and Dean H.P. Krag (pgs. 1-4), My Last Christmas in Eidsvold, Norway, 1854 (pgs. 5-8), Emigrant Memories: A Voyage to America in 1855(pgs. 9-12). Ship William Tell sailing for Quebec, Some Reminiscences from Muskego [Racine County, Wisconsin] (pgs. 13-14), A Journey to Minnesota in 1856: The Founding of the Kristiania Settlement [Christiania, Eureka township, Dakota county, Minnesota] (pgs. 15-23). Includes comments on covered wagon caravan and families (Petter Hendriksen Ruh and family from Eidsvold, Johan Loe and family from Ringsaker, Johannes Thorbjornson Leine from Wisconsin, the brothers Ole and Stefan Thoreson from Hadeland, Christian Husevohn and family, plus Lars Johnson and family from Telemark), From the Pioneer Days in Minnesota (pgs. 24-27). Includes mention of Østen (Osten) Hanson and son Marbil, Rev. Beckman of Cannon Falls, Ole Bergh, and small anecdote of how a bible saved his eldest brother's life from a bullet during the Civil War, Reminiscences from My Student Days [Augustana Sem., Leland, Illinois](pgs. 28-37). Mentions Rev. Amon Johnson, student T.H. Dahl, assassination of President Lincoln, Our Supplement about the Jubilation--Synod in Decorah, Iowa, 1903 (pgs.38-42), Application for Acceptance Into the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (pgs. 43-45), A Rare Fest[Springfield, Iowa Congregation anniversary (pgs. 46-49).
• Benson family history, 2020

  The Benson family of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. This is a reprinted book authored by Paul Welch. The book begins with Bent Hansen. Many of the early Benson family members were closely connected with the Scandinavian Lutheran Church in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, a village in Waupaca County.
• Johan Nyhagen translations, 1972-1977

  "The Santal Mission in America, and the Visit of Skrefsrud in 1894-95," is a translation of a chapter of a Norwegian scholar's doctoral dissertation on the history of the Santal Mission. The Santal Mission was organized by Lars Skrefsrud and [?] Børresen in Santalistan, India, in 1867, and received support from the Scandinavian church groups in the United States, especially after 1893, when a Santal Committee was elected. The translations are by Harry T. Kleven and Arne Unheim. The file includes "Fra Skrefsrud til venner i Amerika," Decorah-Posten, September 29, 1981; sermons and reports by Skrefsrud about the Santal mission during his American visit, 1894-1895, and clippings (1891-1940) about the mission and the American Santal Committee.
• Aalholm family history, 1929

  Familien Aalholm i Amerika by O.A. Aalhom, includes 2 letters.
• Leif T. Aanaas papers, 1848

  Includes a release document issued to Leif Torgrimson Aanaas and his family upon their departure for America from Telemark, Norway, May 11, 1848 (Nedre Thelemarkens Fogedcontoir ved Skien).
  
  See Naeseth's "Immigrants," 1848: 1452-1456. From Sauherad, Telemark. Ulvestad says Leif Torgrimsen Aanaas was one of the first settlers in Winneshiek Co., Iowa.
• Gail Marie Aanenson thesis, 1971

  Contains "The life and work of Miss Pauline Fjelde: Minnesota weaver-embroideress, 1971. Copy of masters thesis from the University of Minnesota. 
  
  Contents information on her life, embroideries, flags, banners, domestic textiles, garments, weavings and selected memorabilia and photographs from Fjelde scrapbooks; biographical sketches of the designers of the tapestries.
• Johannes Johnsen Aasen papers, 1862-1881

  Includes a vaccination certificate, letters of introduction and a daily account of a Norwegian-trained businessman's journey in 1881 from Bergen to Morris, Illinois, in Norwegian.
  
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• Niels W. Aasen papers, circa 1924

  Includes a clipping and a pamphlet concerning the Aasen Corporation of America, Stoughton, Wisconsin, and its Norwegian founder. Aasen invented several military devices including the hand grenade, deep water bomb, modern trench mortar, and the air bomb. Aasen lived in the United States for less than two years. Obituary titled "The Edison of Norway dies here". One of his more than 250 inventions included the "automatic soldier," a network of mines and hand grenades controlled by radio or wires. He also invented a sleeping mask to aid those suffering from insomnia, and an outdoor fire-proof cooking apparatus.
  
  Niels Aasen was born at Rissa, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway in 1878. Aasen lived in the United States less than two years before his death of tuberculosis. 
  
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