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Wendy Lipschutz student paper, 1977
A 43-page paper entitled "Norwegian Americans in La Salle County, Illinois, 1825-1926," prepared for a course in American Culture at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The paper reveals the author's attempt to understand something about the Norwegian emigration to Illinois. She reports some general information, but most of the paper is a record of her interviews with five residents of La Salle County, two of whom were descendants of the Sloopers. Received May 1977.
Interviewed for the paper were Rachel Southcombe, Francis Ingles, (Blank) Tufte, Tom Osmundson, (Blank) Flettre -
Ola Nilsen America letters, 1866-1910
A bound volume "Store Ola Nilsen (Gudmundsrud); The Gudmundsrud Letters, America Letters from Ole Nielsen (Big Ole) to his Father, Nils Knudsen Gudmundsrud and Family, All in Hallingdal. This volume is a translation by a granddaughter, Theresse Lundby, of letters in Norwegian Archives, copies of which are at the Minnesota Historical Society and which were published in "Hallingen." The folder also contains a short biography of Store Ole Nilsen Gudmundsrud by Theresse Lundby. -
Nordland Fest and Nordland Heritage Foundation papers, 1975-2002
Information concerning a three-day festival sponsored jointly by Augustana College and the Sioux Falls area community and the Nordland Heritage Foundation, founded in 1978 "to support and promote the preservation of the Norwegian heritage in America in all its forms, particularly the heritage of the Norwegian Settlers of the northern prairies and plains." Its first major project was moving the 1884 Berdahl home to the campus of Augustana College, Sioux Falls; it was later joined by the Beaver Creek church built in 1892, 15 miles south of Sioux Falls. In 2002, the Rolvaag Cabin was moved to Heritage Park, as well. -
Norwegian Mutual Insurance Company records, undated
Copies of business records and minutes of a mutual insurance company in Worth County, Iowa. Accompanying letter explain the background of the project of microfilming records. Received through the Luther College Library. -
Christian Abrahamsen clippings, 1926-1983
Biographical information about a Norwegian-born artist, who came from Bergen to the United States in 1918. He established himself in Chicago and in Madison, Wisconsin, and became widely known as a fine portrait artist. Two of his portraits, those of President Lars W. Boe and President Clemens Granskou, belong to St. Olaf College. Charlotte Jacobson and Rolf Erickson collected information about him in 1976, and a report of Erickson's interview with Abrahamsen (4 October) is included. Catalog of an exhibit of paintings and drawings, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1943. Correspondence and clippings about Abrahamsen, 1926-1983. -
Ansten Anstensen papers, 1916-1977
The papers consist of a "Sjøfartsbok," recording his terms as a merchant seaman, with notations for 1916-1918; a handwritten notebook entitled "Norske Stiler av Ansten Anstensen," with marks and corrections, perhaps from his study at St. Olaf College; and clippings by and about Anstensen, 1925-1942. Anstensen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1925, received a Ph. D. from Columbia University and studied in Germany, and founded the German Department at the University of Saskatchewan.
The papers were found in the attic of Old Ytterboe Hall, a men's dormitory at St. Olaf College, in March 1977.
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Gaines Glass travel report, 1977
Summer League Boots, a 65-page account of a trip along the Norwegian coast from Bergen to Hammarfest on the ship "Vesteraalen," and the return to Oslo via ship and train. The account is enlivened by descriptive, historical and legendary details. -
Thomas Odland papers, 1894-1950
Papers of an emigrant from Tysvær, who left Norway in 1894. He came first to Iowa, but moved to Hackensack, Minnesota, in 1916. The papers consist of a registration certificate, 1877; a vaccination certificate, and a minister's testimonial,both dated 1894; together with two receipts from Drs. Mayo, Graham & Co., dated 1908; also copy of obituary, 1950
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Lars Onsager clippings, 1968-1976
Yale's First Faculty Nobelist, an article about a Norwegian-born professor of theoretical chemistry at Yale University who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968. Onsager came to the United States in the 1928 after having been educated in Norway and Switzerland. He taught at Johns Hopkins University and at Brown University before coming to Yale in 1933. He receieved the Ph. D. degree at Yale in 1935. Also included is an obituary notice, 1976. -
Nels Anderson Rippy letter, 1883
Letter from Newark concerning the trip back to the United States after a visit to Norway, signed by forty travellers from Bergen.