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Clippings from Norwegian newspapers, August 1979, about Eyvind Evans. The clippings are mainly about his visit to Norway where he turned over to the University Library (Oslo) his extensive collection of Norwegian-American literature. The file includes some bibliographic notes and a list of books he donated to NAHA. For additional information, see "Evans, Eyvind J. 1900," a University of Oslo thesis, 1982, by Judith Torvik.
Includes newspaper clippings of articles on and copies of poems written by Evans, 2 short biographies, and 2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings: 1930-1958, 1932-1979.
Fredrik Olsen Bjerketvet (changed to Solberg) prepared notes by Karen Flaten, 2004. Correspondence with former archivist, Forrest Brown, about Frederick Olsen Bjerketvet.
Pamphlets, programs, photographs, histories, and reports of two Minneapolis hospitals founded in 1906 and 1915 by members of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.
Includes:
Catalogues and Reports, 1928-1956
Clippings from C.G.O. Hansen clipping collection, 1905-1938
Various editions of the Bible and psalm books collected from various Norwegian-American families, listed by owners when possible, city of publication, and date of publication.
Minute books and other papers of an organization which was organized "to bring Norwegian women of Norwegian descent into close union for mutual advantage and education, to encourage better civic conditions and to provide scholarships for worthy students of Norwegian descent." Among the achievements of the Federation was the saving of the Viking Ship and moving it from Jackson Park to Lincoln Park.
Includes: Pedigree chart (George Levi Fennie, 1863-1939), obituaries: Joseph Fennie (1895-1987), Esther Oereishus Fennie (1900-1991), Henry Fennie (1893-1951), and several translated letters between relatives (1850-1883).