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Alfred Knutsen papers, 1860-1938
Correspondence with T.C. Blegen & -
Dr. Kent S. Knutson biography, 2014
Biography of Dr. Kent S. Knutson (1924-1973) by Bishop Gerhard Knutson. Former president of Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, and president of American Lutheran Church. -
Harold Knutson articles, 1945-1946
History/Biography:
Born in Skien, Norway, 1880. Attended State Agriculture School at St. Anthony Park. After graduating, he learned printing through the Clear Lake times office. He published and edited the Royalton Banner and Foley Independent. He was also an associate editor of the St. Cloud Daily Journal Press and published the Pioneer Journal in Wadena. He was first elected to congress in 1916 and after two years in service was made the majority whip of the house.
Scope and Content:
Newspaper clippings and releases titled "Observations from Washington" by a Norwegian-born, Wadena, Minnesota, Republican Congressman. Also includes transcript of letter from H. Knutson to J.A. Blomgren, Minneapolis, 1937. -
Johan Friderich Knutzen document, 1760
Paper issued by King Friderich V, granting citizenship in Mandal to Knutzen of Christiansand upon yearly payment of taxes.
Contents:
Johan Friderich Knutzen Papers: Citizenship Paper. -
Koefoed family papers, circa 1900-1966
Letters, documents, and photographs related to the Koefoed family in the United States. Organized by Henning Koefoed who was interested in family history and the American branch of the Koefoeds. An English family history was created in collaboration with Olivia Peterson of Starbuck, Minnesota.
Included in the collection are:
- Henning Koefoeds draft of the family book with a brief outline of the American branch;
- Records regarding Hans Oluf Koefoed
- Records regarding Magnus Martinius Koefoed
- Records regarding Hansine Koefoed (Peterson)
- Records regarding Hilma Koefoed (Wollan)
- Records regarding Lauritz Marius Koefoed
- Records regarding Johan Christian Gerhard Koefoed
- Records regarding Eilert Koefoed
- Photographs and clippings of the Koefoed family reunion in Minnesota, 1955
- Photographs and pamhlets from Glenwood and Pope County, Minnesota
- Builders of Pope County
- The Secretary's Record of the First 50 Years of the Indherred Congregation
- Glenwood Lutheran Church (1880-1955)
- Indherred Menigheds Historie, 1870-1920
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John Ilmari Kolehmainen articles, 1945, 1988
An article entitled, "Finnish Overseas Emigration from Arctic Norway and Russia ("Agricultural History" 19:224-232, Oct. 1945) by a professor of history at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio. Also, a circular letter from V.K. Nikander, president of Suomi College, Hancock, Michigan, containing plans for the promotion and preservation of Finnish culture.
Also a pamphlet, "The Finns I America and Finland: A Bibliography of the Writings of John I. Kolehmainen, 1936-1987), 23 p., 1988. -
Nils Kolkin papers, undated
Kolkin emigrated with his family from Gjerpen, Telemark, to the Christiania settlement, Dakota county, Minn. In 1865. He was a student 1872-4 at Marshall Academy, Marshall, Wis., and at Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis, and also at the University of Minnesota. He bought 320 acres in Dakota Territory in 1883. In 1886 he moved to Thorsby, Alabama, writing that he intended to make that his home.
In 1878 he published (Chicago, Skandinaven) Winona, a verse narrative based on the Dakota legends about Winona. Overland (pp. 82-87, 405) calls him the "most ambitious of the early poets" and his volume "unique in the literature of Vesterheimen as the only book devoted entirely to the Native American." In 1883 "Ogsa noget om onskekvisten" was published in Skandinaven (Sept. 11). A manuscript poem (four pages, "En sang: hor trommene vrivler Brutter af til stad" (18 stanzas and author's note) is included here. He published "Det norske settlement sondenfor Decorah I dets beyndelse" (Decorah Posten, July 28-Sept. 1, 1896); Photocopy included here. Letters written 1896-1901 (?) from Thorsby, Alabama are also included in photocopy.
He calls himself (on title page of manuscript here) "the author of ‘From India to Mars'" which hasn't been identified. In 1891 he published "Ethereal matter, electricity and akasa," Sioux City, Iowa, J.M. Pinckney book and stationery co., 1891. 75 p. The University of California-Berkeley has about 16 manuscripts on linguistic and other topics.; In 2002 the Luther College library transferred to the NAHA Kolkin's history of the Norwegian settlement in Goodhue county and neighboring counties (Dakota, Rice, Dodge and Olmsted) which it has received in 1940, source not known. Also, the poem mentioned above, and letter to the editor (Nov. 11, 1894, 4 p.) asking if the editor (of Decorah Posten?) would consider publishing the history, and offering to expand the work by writing histories of Houston and Fillmore counties, so it would cover southeastern Minnesota.
The manuscript includes many corrections, interpolation, supplementary pages (e.g., 16a,b,c,d), crossings-out. "Historiske oplysninger om de norske settlementer i Goodhue County of omegn."- I. Indledning: Minnesotas aelrde historie.
- II.Christiania settlementet i Dakota County, Topografiske oplysninger, Settlementets historie
- III. Tydkergrove settlementet I townet Wheeling i Rice County.
- IV. Den norske koloni i Goodhue County, Topgrafiske oplysninger.
Historiske oplysninger om det Norske settlement i Goodhue County:- 1.kap. Befolkingen i Goodhue County; for den norske indvandring, pp. 1-7;
- 2.kap. De forste bekjendte Normaend; Og Svensker i Goodhue County, pp. 8-15;
- 3. kap. De forte sttlere i Goodhue County, pp. 16-29;
- 4.kap. Zumbrota settlementet i 1854 og 55. pp. 30-43;
- 5.kap. Moderkolonien i Goodhue i 1855. pp. 43-61;
- 6.kap. Side klonoierne i 1855. pp. 61-79;
- 7.kap. Zumbrota Settlementet i 1856 pp. 79-84;
- 8.kap. Det vestre norske settlement i Goodhue County i 1856. pp. 84-99;
- 9.kap. Den sidste halvdel af aaret 1856. pp. 100-106;
- 10.kap. Begivenheder i aaret 1857. pp 107-118;
- 11.kap. Aaret 1858. pp. 118-128;
- 12. Aaret 1859. pp. 129-137;
- 13. Aaret 1860. pp. 137-141;
- 14. Aaret 1861. pp. 141-147;
- 15. Aaret 1862 pp., 147-155;
- 16. Aaret 1863 pp. 155-158;
- 16.kap. (sic) Oversigt over tiden naermest efter krigen. Pp. 159-170;
- 17.kap. Den forste udviklingsperiode efter Borgerkrigen. Pp. 170-184;
- 18.kap. Den anden udviklingsperiode efter Borgerkrigen. Pp. 185-198;
- 19.kap. Fra 1880 til 1892. pp. 199-208;
- 20.kap. County embesmaend legislatur medlemmer og andre embedsmaend. Pp. 209-11;
- Settlementets historie. Pp. 1-15;
- Settlementets udvikling. Pp. 15-36;
Also includes letter to the editor, Nov. 11, 1894. 4 p.; "Det norske settlement sondenfor Decorah I dets beyndelse." Decorah Posten, July 28-Sept. 1, 1896. -
Nils Kolle articles, 1983-1984
"Paa sporet etter Bomlo-emigrantar," six articles published in Bomlo-nytt, June 17, 1983-March 23, 1984, tracing emigrants from Bomlo kommune, Hordaland, to the United States. The author visited Story City, Iowa; Norway Lake, Minn,; Valley City, N.D.; Seattle.; 1.Mote med den nye verda.2. Gjensyn med Lars Steinsland. 3. Den gloymde grav. 4. Mostringane ved Norway Lake i Minnesota. 5. Ein Bremmeskoloni i Nord-Dakota (2 parts). 6. Portrett av ein emigrant (Salomon Sortland).; The "Bremmenskoloni" is Litchville, Lamoure, co. N.D. -
June Kompas papers, 1887-1977
Biographical information about a Norwegian-American woman who grew up in the home of her immigrant grandparents, Peter (1848-1936) and Martha Petersen (1854-1951), at Manistee, Michigan. Includes notes, clippings, and photographs. -
Ulrik V. Koren papers, 1888-1927
Lectures and sermons on doctrine by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman at Decorah, Iowa: "Mindebladet om Jubelfesten paa Washington Prairie og holdt i anledning af Dr. Korens 50 aarige virksomhed som prest for Washington Prairie og Calmar menigheter den 19de juli, 1903"; "Memories from My Youth and Early Times in America," translated by C. M. Gullerud, 1912.- Lectures and Sermons. Includes "The Koren Eighty-Fifth Anniversary Festival," (1938); "In Commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of the Late Dr. V. Koren," (1927); "Christmas in a New Land," from the diary of Elisabeth Koren, "The Iowan," winter issue, 1976, pgs. 45-50;
- Box labeled "Koren, U.V. (& Elisabeth): Abraham Lincoln; et foredrag for studenterne ved Luther College. Luth. Publ. House, 1901. 32 p. Foredrag holdt for de theologiske studenter ved Luther Seminar, Mai 1896. 24 p. Kan og bør en Christen vaere vis paa sin salighed? Aftrykt efter "Evang. Luth. Kirketidende. 1881. 43 p.
- Om den Hellige Skrists inspiration; Synodtale...Juni 1908. Luth. Publ. House. 51 p. Praediken ved indvielsen of Lee menigheds kirke den 15de Oktober 1896. Separat-aftryk of "Ev. Luth. Kirketidende." 7 p. (Another copy in Congregation publications De rette principer for kirkens styrelse; indledningsforedrag ved Synodemødet i bog "Wisconsinismen" Spring Grove 1899. 23 p. Til den norske Synodes praester, et brev. Marts 1895. 24 p. Decorah, 1876. 38 p. Vore kirkelige modstanderes vaaben, en exempelsamling uddragen of Prof. Weenaas's In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the late Dr. V. Koren, Dec. 22, 1926. The Washington Prairie N.E.L. Church, Aug. 28, 1927. Ved Pastor 0. J. Hjorts jordefærd; prædiken holdt i Østre Painted Creek kirke den 18de December 1879. 7 p. De kirkelige partier blandt vort folk i America.
- Norske Synodes Bogtrykkeri, 1878. 40 p. Hvorfor er der ingen kirkelig enighed mellem norske Lutheranere i America? 32p.(1906) Svar til hr. M. Ulvestad og til mange andre. Det gamle hus: alle redelige sjæle i den Norske Synode tilegnet of Forfatteren. 31p. Indledningsforedrag i anledning of spørgsmaalet: Hvad hindrer sammenslutning of de forskjellige norsk-lutherske synoder til et samfund? 20 p. Samlede skrifter, IV. Decorah, Lutheran Publ. House, 1912. Koren, Elisabeth. Fra pioneertiden. Decorah, 1914. 210 p.