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Emil Johannesen emigration documents, circa 1881
Contains several documents regarding Johannesen's emigration in 1881.
Formerly part of P539. -
Emil Johnson papers, 1930-1934
Papers of an Erskine, Minnesota, farmer: personal documents, church records (Rodenes congregation), and local histories. Johnson was born at Rodenes, emigrated 1881 to Minneapolis, in 1883 settled Woodside township, Polk County, then in 1913 moved to Erskine.
Contents:- "Fra nybyggertiden ved Erskine, Minnesota, " January 10, 1930.
- "En pioneers erindringer, av Emil Johnson Skislet," in Minneapolis Tidende, February 23-26, 1931.
- "'13 Town' visen; en tur til de tretten townships, skrevet af Bergsvend Loe, Crookston, Minn., 8de Juni 1884," August 1932.
- "Fra nybyggersagaen; E.J. beretter om de 13 towns i ostlige Polk County, Minn.," January 11, 1934.
- "Fra nybyggersagaen...traek of Polk Countys og Crookstons historie," February 1, 19
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Emil Lauritz and Helle Margrethe Mengshel papers, 1908-1944
Helle Mengshoel (1863 [?]-1929), a daughter of Pastor Jonas Wessel Crøger, emigrated to Minneapolis about 1893. With her second husband, Emil Mengshoel (1866-1945), who emigrated in 1891, she published from 1903 to 1925 Gaa Paa, proclaimed to be the only Norwegian-American newspaper representing the Socialist party. The title changed to Folkets Røst in 1918. The collection consists of photocopies of letters to Norwegian Socialist leaders Christian Holterman Knudsen, Olaf Kringen, and Carl Jeppesen. One letter is from Helle Mengshoel's son A. O. Devold, an attorney who was a contributing editor to the newspaper and served in the Minnesota legislature. Also, a collection of clippings that treat both the Mengshoels, including obituaries. See "Emil Lauritz Mengshoel: A Norwegian-American Socialist," by Odd Steinem Granhus in Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, Oslo, 1986.
Includes: photocopies of 3 newspaper articles (1929, 1945); photocopies of letters (1908-1925) to the Norwegian Socialist leaders Christian Holtermann Knudsen (Mrs. Mengshoel wrote Knutsen) (1845-1929), Carl Jeppesen (1858-1930), and Olav Kringen (1867-1951). One letter from Mrs. Mengshoel's son A. O. Devold, an attorney who was a contributing editor to the newspaper and served in the Minnesota legislature. File also contains photocopy of article Seeks Senate Seat Through False Pretenses, submitted, printed, published, and circulated by A. O. Devold (ca. 1918?).
Clippings from Hansen collection. Includes: various newspaper articles (original and photocopy), all in Norwegian, except 1 in English, including obituaries of both E. L. and H. M. Mengshoel; an article by Carl Søyland; Personlige erindringer om Amerikas mest berømete humorist -- Mark Twain, by E.L. Mengshoel, Nordisk Tidende (Jul. 23, 1942); two articles (July 27, Oct. 8, 1930) from Minneapolis Daglig Tidende on a world language; an article on Devold from Tidens Tanker with a picture of Senator Olaf Devold (May 1921); several 1929 articles about Helle's father, Jonas Wessel Crøger (a pastor in the Church of Norway who attempted colonization in Brazil in the 1850s); clippings of poems by E. L. Mengshoel, including Under Poppeltræet (1930), Canto Omesso (1943) -- a canto on the Radio Curse to supplement Dante's Inferno -- Versenkt?, Sammarsnatt ve Mjøsa, En Wessel-episode, En Landflygtigs Hjemve; editorial cartoons from Gaa Paa! (Jan-May 1904); photocopied photograph (from newspaper?) of A. O. Devold. File also includes typed copy of Under poppeltreet with edits (6/17, 1930); handwritten note by Helle bewailing sudden disappearance of her son and his wife, and begging them to return or let her know where they are; photocopy of sections about Gaa Paa and Norske blade i Sioux City, Iowa -- which mentions E. L. Mengshoel -- from Norsk-amerikanernes festskrift 1914, ed. Jahs(?) B. Wist., Decorah, IA, Symra company. -
Emilie Hovdesven memoir, 1957
"From Mother to Daughter" (1957, introduction by daughter, Myrtle Hovdesven Wilson). Born in Coon Prairie, Vernon County, Wisconsin, May 31, 1864 to Ole and Mattia Sveen.
Mentions total eclipse of the sun; steamboat ride up Mississippi; Thore Hong, Willmar; dugout house, buffalo skulls and Indian (Native American) relics; Hemming Arntzen Wegdahl, postmaster (post office inside corner of dugout); town of Wegdahl, Minnesota; blizzard (March 1870); prairie fires (1870); birth of brother, Ole Magnus, "We girls stayed in bed and pulled the bedclothes over our heads so as not to hear Mother's cries"; Rev. Wikre; summer of the blackbird menace..."it seemed as if there were millions of black flapping wings. Randine and I were supposed to protect the cornfield. We ran through the field all day long, shouting and putting up scarecrows, but little did they heed."; soap making; missionary Solveson and early education/schooling; fishing the Minnesota River; Ole Brusven; moving into log house (1872); Rev. Solseth; Chippewa City/Granite Falls/Motevideo; Christmas memories; Blizzard (Jan. 7, 1873); Morton Hanson; milking the cows; grasshopper plague; diphtheria epidemic (1879); spelling bees and Ole Arntzen; Marit Pederson; blizzard (Oct. 15, 1880); Mrs. George Gregg, Granite Falls, Minn., small pox epidemic and "pest house" where "all the sick were huddled together to die"; Julebukking; Orilla Wright; Winter carnival in St. Paul; and the economic panic of 1897.
Formerly part of P539. -
Emily Veblin Olsen papers, 1906-1941
Papers of the wife of a Lutheran clergyman and a sister of Thorstein and Andrew A. Veblen: a history of St. Ansgar congregation; sermons by her father-in-law, Johan Olsen; a tribute to Claus L. Clausen by her husband, Sigurd Olsen; a letter by Ole Nilsen; memoirs and biographies of her husband and her father-in-law by Mrs. Olsen; and a photograph album. Emily was a student at Carleton College.
Includes- Biographies, Histories, Sermon.
- "Biographical Sketch of Sigurd Olsen," 1941
- Mentions St. Ansgar, Iowa, J.H. Bleen, Capital University, towns of Argyle, Stephen, and Cooperstown, North Dakota.
- "Biographical Sketch of Sigurd Olsen," 1941
- "Memoirs of Mrs. Sigurd Olsen," 1940
- Mentions the "Indian [Native American] Uprising of 1862", President Lincoln shot, early days at Carleton College, Blooming Prairie, 1885-1941
- "Salmer og Leilighedssange," by Pastor J. Olsen, 1906
- Biographies, Histories, Sermon.
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Emma Blagen collection, 1913-1960
Blagen, Emma L. (1895-1983) Collection. Blagen lived most of her life in Decorah, Iowa. She was employed by John Longstreet Photograph Studio and the Decorah Meritol Co. The collection includes diaries kept between 1934 and 1978, family letters and postcards, 1913-1960s, and 150-plus family photograph negatives (scanned & printed), ca. early 1900s. -
Emma Olufine Johannesen's bible, 1984
Bible was a gift on her confirmation day, April 1984 in Fredrikstad, Norway
Formerly part of P539. -
Emma Quie Bonhus manuscripts, 1910-1970
1. "Treklöverblade: fortælling" was published in Decorah Posten (Ved Arnen), April 22-June 3, 1943. It is represented in a manuscript transcription (200 p.) and in English translation, "Three leaf clover," by Marie Voxland. Two typescript versions, single-space (77 p.) and double-space (162). A preface by Voxland gives background information, identifying possible sources for the characters in the families of Dr. Just Christian Grönvold and Halvor H. Quie, the church (Holden, Kenyon) and the college and academy (St. Olaf's School and College). A 6 page manuscript "Notes on the Gronvold ‘farm' and members of the family" by Voxland "based on notes from Harriet Voxland" gives additional information. A photocopy of the Ved Arnen publication is also included.; 2. "Den Lille Kapellan" (Familiens Magasin, Dec. 1925, pp.6-11). "Det skjer noe i det som skjer" (Juli Vesterheimen, 1947? Pp. 38-43). "En Nittiaarig pretekone forteller"
Includes:- Magazine section, Decorah Posten, April 22, 1943. Fortatline Emma Quie Bonhus. Includes: loose binder containing handwritten manuscript of Trekløverblade: Fortælling av Emma Quie Bonhus, 200 pp.
- Novel, Stories, 1910-1970
- Includes: post card, View from Stalheim, with Miss Clara Bonhus, Kenyon Minn on verso (1910); photocopy of manuscript Notes on the Gronvold farm & members of the family, by Marie Voxland, based on notes from Harriet Voxland (c.1970), 6 pp.; Bonhus, Emma Quie, From Lantern to Yardlight (Minneapolis: Lund Press, 1948, CS71.Q5), with Albert Quie's name inscribed; photocopy of From Lantern to Yardlight; double-spaced typescript of Bonhus, Emma Quie, Three Leaf Clover, translated by Marie Voxland, 162 pp.; photocopies of Trekløverblade: Fortælling av Mrs. Emma Bonhus, from Ved Arnen, Decorah Iowa (Apr. 22-Jun. 3, 1943). File also includes 3 articles torn from publications: Den lille Kapellan (Familiens Magasin, Dec. 1925, pp. 6-11); Det skjer noe i det som skjer (Jul i Vesterheimen, 1953, pp.44-48); En nittiårig prestekone forteller (Jul i Vesterheimen, pp. 44-48)
- single-spaced typescript of Bonhus, Emma Quie, Three Leaf Clover, translated by Marie Voxland, 77 pp.; preface by Voxland giving background information, identifying possible sources for the characters in the families of Dr. Just Christian Grönvold and Halvor H. Quie, the church (Holden, Kenyon) and the college and academy (St. Olaf's School and College), 1943
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Endre and John Einerson family history, 1700-1953
Includes: History from 1700-1953 by Clarence S. Kalstrom; Endre Einerson Tjon documents (1864); funeral program for Mrs. Sonova L. Kallstrom, 1959 (Montevideo, MN); The Einerson Clan in America by Beulah Folkedahl (1953). -
Endre Larsen Jaastad papers, 1923-1983
Letters to Margaret (Birkeland) Refsland and a manuscript on the church year, 20 p., written by an emigrant from Ullensvang, Hardanger, in 1869. He became a Lutheran minister serving a parish in Rushford, Minnesota, 1873-1920. Also, "History of the Rushford...Congregation and Autobiography of Rev. Endre L. Jaastad, 3/29/20," 49 typescript pages.