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Amanda Langemo papers, 1980-1992
Langemo was born in Kenyon, Minnesota, graduated from St. Olaf College in 1926, and taught in public scholls and at several colleges (including Luther College). See also was a translator and writer. She published translations of two books by Terje Stigen, reviewed books in the Scandinavian languages from 1960 on for Books Abroad, including 94 novels. Her own work was published in American Scandinavian Review and Short Story International.
ncludes: correspondence (1980-92) with editors of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag about possible translating projects; "They left their imprints: some impressions of the Western and Northern Isles (of Scotland)" published in The American Scandinavian Review (no date); manuscript review (7 p.) of Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World (Apparently written for a study group); "A grand climb" (no author, no date, 5 p. typescript) about a climb in the Grand Teton mountains; short story (in Norwegian, no publishing information) by Aase Foss Abrahamsen. Two articles about Langemo: Cedar Falls Record, July 31, 1974; The Pen Woman, Sept./Oct. 1998. -
Harold S. Langland biography, 1968
A biography of Samuel S. Langland (1855-1928), a Norwegian-born Seattle attorney. The file includes several clippings about Langland, one by Brenda Ueland (February 17, 1955).- Pamphlet also includes information about Langland's cousin, Dr. Peter John Brekhus.
- Langland historical letters, circa 1870-1880
- Edward Brekhus autobiography;
- Several photos:
- Solfest and Ingeborg Landland family; Harold S. Langland with Kensington Runestone stand; and Stanley Iron Works, Minneapolis, where stand was manufactured
- Family pedigree tree
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Joseph Langland papers, 1863-1964
A biography and critique of a second-generation Norwegian-American poet and professor of English at the University of Massachusetts. Langland spent his early life in northeastern Iowa and has written two volumes of poems, "The Green Town" (1956) and "The Wheel of Summer" (1963). "Norwegian Rivers" is a poem written for the sesquicentennial of the Norwegian migration, 1975. The file includes information about Langland.
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Joseph Langland Papers: Clippings and Poem. -
Sølfest Langeland and Ingeborg Brekhus family history, 2009
Descendants of Sølfest Langeland (1818-1900) and Ingeborg Brekhus (1828-1899), Through Generations 13/14 version 3.1. Rolf H. Langland (self-published, Monterey, California, 2009).
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Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917
Langseth was born in Tingvold, Nordmøre, and emigrated in 1887. He was a pastor and teacher at Tacoma, Sioux Falls, rural Princeton, Minnesota (in the area treated by the first history) and Hazard, Nebraska. In addition to these histories he published "Norsk barnehefte," "Telesoga" no. 14 : "Telerne i Santiago og Glendorado i Minnesota" (a supplement to the first history); and "Nils Greve i Amerika: fortælling av Norsk Amerika."- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
- Translation of pages 50-55 are in Nordmaendenes i Rock County, Wisconsin og nærmeste omegn. Typewritten (on one side of each leaf): 337 leaves, no. leaf 169. No author, place or publisher on the title page.
- "Av Pastor Peder O. Langseth" and "1917" are written in manuscript
- A manuscript map "Rock Prairie Settlement" by C.H.T. is frontispiece.
- Leaf 199 is a manuscript substitution for missing typed leaf which is included in the Tollefsrude History. There are manuscript corrections and additions throughout, and several manuscript pages inserted. The work is credited to Langseth in "Who's who among pastors…"; and to Langseth and Christian H. Tollefsrude in "Litteratur om utvandringen fra Norge til Nord-Amerika" (p. 70). The section ending on leaf 153 is signed "P.V." (i.e. P.L.); the section ending on leaf 189 is signed "P.L." Chapters beginning leaves 54, 190, 204, and 235 are credited to Tollefsrude. Leaves 117-124 are a history (in English) of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beloit, by John N. Brown (1883-1966) who was a pastor there (1909-1917). 1996: a letter from Dr. J.S. Johnson to C.G.O. Hansen (found in the Hansen clipping file), Dec. 31, 1928, describes planning on this history. Leaves 195-203 contain "æresrullen" (roll of honor): list of men who served in the Civil War, with township, regiment and company mustered in and out, and notes. See Christian H. Tollefsrude History (P1424).
- Both copies should be consulted, since each includes corrections and additional material not found in the other. See that history for copy of letter from Tollefsrude about the book (contents: Rock County, Wis., Jefferson Prairie, Torpekolonien, Rock Prairie, Janesville, Orfordville, Beloit, Brodhead, Sand Prairie og Avon, Albany, Albany by og nedre Albany settlement, Rock Run og Durand, Edgerton).
- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
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Henry Langum articles, undated
"Thoughts about Life" and "When Old Age Comes" (5 typescript pages) by a Lutheran clergyman and high school teacher; a 12-page autobiography of Andrew Johnson Langum, Henry's father, translated by his daughter. Born in 1831 near Drammen, Andrew emigrated in 1853 and settled eventually in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
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Henry Langum Articles. -
Erling Larsen articles, 1955-1956
Articles appearing in "Sparks," the official publication of the Minnesota State Automobile Association, by a professor of English at Carleton College. The articles deal largely with Minnesota, its lakes, rivers, birds, history, mines, Indians, and museums.
Includes "Where the Cannon [River] Flows"; "The Way to Big Sandy"; "This Pigeon [River] is Not Dead"; "The Broad, Smooth Rainy [River]"; "Taconite"; "The Mississippi and the Lake of Tears"; "Shadow of the Sioux"; "Inherit the Sea [story of Chris Grastvedt]"; and "God's Country and the Ships." -
Gunhild Andrine Jacobsdatter Larsen reminiscences, 1923, 1925
Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife: her 1844 passage across the Atlantic, life in Muskego in the 1840s and 1850s and her wedding, November 3, 1856. There are comments on "Nordlyset," the presidential election of 1856, Soren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, J. W. C. Dietrichson, Elling Eielsen, Even Heg, John J. Landsverk, and H. A. Stub.
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Gunhild A. Larsen (Mrs. Tobias) Manuscript: Recollection from Muskego. Note: baptized in Laurvig, Norway. -
Gustav Adolph Larsen correspondence, 1881-1931
Letters of call (1881-1886) to a Lutheran clergyman and related correspondence.
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Gustav A. Larson Correspondence: Letters of Call. -
Larsen-Lende family history, 1937, 1958
Ingeborg Astrup Larsen: Her Family and Her Girlhood in Norway by daughter and historian Karen Larsen (1958), Lende (1937, n.d.).