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Karen Larsen papers, 1881-1961
Diplomas and decorations presented to Laur. Larsen, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and Karen Larsen. Also includes clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and a photo album. -
Magnus Larsen letters, 1887-1899
Copies of 21 letters by a Norwegian-born draftsman and designer who rose from shoveling coal to designer for Tiffany. Larsen is critical of the inequalities in American society and gives detailed accounts of unpleasant experiences in metropolitan New York.
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Magnus, Larsen Letters. Letters in Norwegian. -
Erik Anderson and Martha Jacobsdatter family history, 2008
Lars E. Larson Family History book, Erik Anderson Og Martha Jacobsdatter I Norge Og Amerik:A Memoir of the Johnson-Blexrud Family, by Arthur (Lars) Larson, Whitewater, WI. 2008.
Formerly part of P539. -
C.W. Larson address, 1927
Manuscript of an address delivered by the Iowa-born (St. Ansgar) chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture before the American Institute of Cooperation in Chicago, dealing with cost and improvements in methods of milk production, and the role of the cooperative. Larson was professor of agriculture at Pennsylvania State College and Columbia University and in 1927 was named director of the National Dairy Council.
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C.W. Larson Article: Milk Production & Cooperatives. Clippings. -
Christian Larson biography, 1917
An autobiography of a Norwegian-born (Lindaas, Hordaland) Iowa farmer who was the father of Laurence M. Larson, professor of history at the University of Illinois, the author of "The Log Book of a Young Immigrant," published by NAHA in 1939. Larson emigrated in 1870, settling in Winnebago Co., Iowa.
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Christian Larson Article: Autobiography. Manuscript. -
Clifford Larson biography, undated
A biography of Peder Borderud (1818-1890), the author's grandfather, who settled with his family at Kindred, North Dakota, in 1871. Topics treated are the trek from St. Ansgar, Iowa, to the Red River Valley, purchase of land, beginnings of the new settlement and its institutions, and relations with the Indians. Borderud was born in 1819 in Grue, Solor, Hedmark. He died in 1890.
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Clifford Larson Article. (n.d.) -
Curtis L. Larson family history, 2009
"Memories of a Farm Kid" by Curtis L. Larson, 2009. Details the author's experiences growing up on a farm in Southwestern Minnesota in the 1920s, his years at the University of Minnesota, and as an engineering officer in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. The book spans from 1920 to 1947.
Formerly part of P539. -
Harold Larson papers, 1897-1937
Mainly letters from Norway to the family of a Norwegian-American educator. Included are the citizenship papers of Michael Larson, 1885, and three letters by N. J. Thomasberg, then a student at Augsburg Seminary, to members of the Larson Family. Letters from 1928 to 1937 are to Harold from his mother. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Larson received his B.A. degree from Morningside College (1927), and his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. The Kings College Press published his dissertation, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: A Study in Nationalism, in 1944. He taught at different colleges, among them the University of Maryland and the Pentagon. He worked for the United States National Archives and served as historian for the United States Army and Air Force. The details of his professional career are covered in a letter from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, where a bulk of his papers are kept. -
Henrietta M. Larson papers, 1962-1983
Clippings and an appreciative essay about a Norwegian-American historian who in 1959 was the first woman to be appointed to a full professorship in the Harvard School of Business Administration. She is the author of the four-volume History of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Born in Ostrander, Minn, she graduated from St. Olaf College in 1918. When she retired she returned to Northfield to live with her two sisters.
Includes the Skjeggerd sisters' genealogy, Appreciative essay, reprinted from "The Business History Review," St. Paul Pioneer Press Article, "Prof. Henrietta Larson set Harvard School of Business on end, joining faculty in '28," Obituaries from Northfield News, Minneapolis Tribune, Chicago Tribune. -
Julius Ansgar Larson papers, 1910-1980
Autobiography, pamphlets, and family correspondence of a Norwegian forester who came to Connecticut in 1896 and was educated at Yale University, earning a Master's degree in forestry in 1910. After serving posts in Montana and Idaho he joined the faculty of the Forestry Department at Iowa State University at Ames, where he continued until retirement. Many letters are from members of Jenny Spiechermann Larson's family. She came from Oslo to Connecticut to work as a governess where they met and married in 1911.
Includes:- Autobiography (biographical notes). Includes: "Whithersoever I have Roamed," by Julius Ansgar Larsen. ( 1974, 21 p. typescript)
- "Poems of a Forester," by Julius Ansgar Larsen. (28 p. typescript). Includes photo of author, 1970
- Travel diary, 1956
- Letters of Johs. Larson (his brother), 1936
- Letters: Fragments & undated.
- Letters (1910-1920)
- Mrs. Larson's letters to her husband. Includes a postcard collection from the Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
- Letters 1920s
- Letters 1930s
- Letters 1940s
- Letters (Mrs. Larson to JAL)
- Letters 1960-1964
- Letters 1965-1966