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Mary Kay Keenan records, 2006
Excerpts from Rikard Berge Vinje og Rauland Bygdebok, by Mary Kay Keenan. -
Stephen J. Keillor student paper, 1989
Rural Norwegian-American Reading Societies in the Late Nineteenth Century, written for a graduate seminar in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Minnesota. -
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. -
Iver Kierland papers, 1873-1950
Kierland, who emigrated from Granvin, Norway in 1890 when he was eighteen, brought with him two mindebog journals from his high school years in Voss, Norway. Included in the Iver Kierland papers are these two journals, various examples of his classwork at the Teachers College in Moorhead, Minnesota, work papers, correspondence and certification related to his teaching and further education at the University of Minnesota and a speech he gave in the late 1940s that summarizes his life’s journey. -
John N. Kildahl papers, 1882-1938
Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, sermons, and letters of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, college president, theologian, and author. The letters to his son J. L. Kildahl offer counsel on pastoral problems and discuss family affairs. Kildahl was the second president of St. Olaf College (1899-1914). The clippings include an obituary (1916) of his father; an article on his mother's 90th birthday (1917); "Reminiscence as Written by a County Pioneer," a long article by his sister N. Johanna about the family's pioneer experiences in the 1880s in North Dakota carried in "The Cando Record," July 12, 1934; and an account of a Kildahl family reunion in 1914. Kildahl was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St.Olav.
Includes:- Clippings & Reports. Address book of Kildahl's congregation in Chicago; notebook on church conference at Norway Lake (1885-1886); "Installation address of Prof. J.N. Kildahl, as Professor of Systematic Theology at the United Church Seminary, St. Paul" (Jan. 10, 1915) 14 p., typescript; "J.N. Kildahl: Excerpts from a Chapter in 'Fifty Years in America'", by N.N. Ronning (July, 1938); 1888-1938
- Correspondence. One letter from Peder J. Eikeland to Kildahl, dated Aug. 9, 1893, in Norwegian. 1893-1893
- Letters to his son, John. All letters in English. 1915-1920
- English Sermons. 1894-1922
- Norwegian Sermons. 1882-1921
John Nathan Kildahl's funeral held at St. Olaf College, Northfield, 1920 September
Choir processional, John Nathan Kildahl's funeral held at St. Olaf College, Northfield, 1920 September
John Nathan Kildahl and group gathered, circa 1915 -
Clarence Kilde papers, 1973-1979
Correspondence and other materials collected by a retired Norwegian-American Episcopal priest in connection with his interest in Waldemar Ager, an interest which eventually led to his receiving a Masters of Arts degree at the University of Minnesota in 1978. His thesis "Tragedy in the Life and Writings of Waldemar Ager Immigrant, Author and Editor," is in the NAHA book collection.
See also Ager Papers, P0601 and NAHA Publication papers, box 46.
Box 1- Correspondence regarding: Ager Thesis
- Bibliography and plans for thesis;
- Notebook 1: Correspondence and notes on interviews;
- Notebook 2: Papers collected by Kilde for use in thesis;
- Correspondence- Ager, Elvira
- Correspondence- Ager, Eyvind
- Correspondence- Ager, Roald;
- Correspondence- Bergh, Gudrun
- Best, Solveig Ager;
- Correspondence: Nicolai, Hildur Ager;
- Manuscript, Barbara Bergh "Glimpses into My Grandfather's Scrapbook"
- Snapshots received from Karren Bergh Bloom;
- Ager Genealogy;
- Ager Clippings;
- Ager Memorial Committee;
- Ager Stories translated by Eyvind Evans
- Paper for Professor Vecoli, 1976, "Cultural Pluralism Versus Assimilation In the Writings of Waldmar Ager;
- Article for Eau Claire newspaper "Waldemar Ager, Editor and Author"
- Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.
- Correspondence with University of Nebraska Press regarding translation of " They Went to a Far Country";
- Miscellaneous, My Memories of Ole Edvart Rølvaag.
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Wava M. Kimball manuscript, 1988
Manuscripts of two novels, Huldre: "The Story of Gyda Johannesdatter" (357 pages), and "The Story of Anna-Lisa" (396 pages) by an aspiring novelist. The novels, based largely on secondary sources, offer adequate plots but lack insight into the character of Norwegian immigrants. -
Marjorie Marie Kimmerle dissertation, 1938
Norwegian Surnames of the Koshkonong and Springdale Congregations in Dane County, Wisconsin, a University of Wisconsin, Department of English, Ph.D. dissertation that deals with the influence of the Norwegian environment on the original names and the influence of the new American environment in changing those names. It is the first study of the Norwegian surname as a family name with reference to its local social background. -
Anna Sekse Kindem papers, 1957-1976
Clippings of letters and articles by Mrs. Kindem and a few articles by other authors which appeared mostly in the Norwegian newspapers: "Hardanger," "Telemark Tidend," and "Odda Kyrkjeblad." Written from Northfield, Minnesota, the letters include topics such as prices, employment, politics, crops, Fourth of July, 1939 visit of Norwegian royalty, World War II, memories from Norway, St. Olaf College, Norwegian-American festivities, travel in the United States and Norway. Mrs. Kindem immigrated in 1923.
Includes:- Clippings, "Hardanger" (12 August 1938-11 December 1957)
- Translations of Anna Sekse Kindem's letters to Norwegian newspapers, by Charlotte Jacobson (1978)
- Clippings, articles, and letters (1946-1959)
- Clippings, "Hardanger" (5 March 1958-14 March 1976)
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Mary Paulson King memoirs, undated
"Memories of a Prairie Girlhood" in the 1870s and 1880s. See obituary in Rowberg File of Mary's father Andrew E. Paulson (born Christiania 1840, emigrated 1868 to Fillmore co., Minn., homesteaded near Canby, Yellow Medicine co., Minn. In 1878). Vivid pictures of the eldest daughter's life in a family of nine children, of the trip by ox-team to Canby, life in dugout homes, prairie fires, blizzards, school and social life. In 1922 Mrs. King was living in Tigerton, Wisconsin. "Compiled by Ethel M. King in loving memory of her mother. No effort was made to edit or change the original transcript."