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Claus Magnusen papers, 1952-1977
Clippings, pictures, a pamphlet and copies of articles by a Norwegian-born writer who came from Bodø to New York as a young man and lived later in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Not much is known about him, but he was greatly interested in the Vikings and in music, about which he wrote extensively for the newspapers Nordisk Tidende and Western Viking. -
Gunnar J. Malmin papers, undated
Letters, clippings, and articles by a professor of music at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Washington. "Source Material Relating to the Emigration of 1825" was published in the "American Scandinavian Review," 13 (June, 1925). "The Society of Friends in Norway and Their Relations to the Early Norwegian Emigration to America," "Norwegian Music in America," and "Norwegian Archives" are unpublished manuscripts. The "Decorah-Posten" clippings, "Norsk Landnam i U.S.," are articles by Malmin. The file includes "Songs and Hymns for Children's Voices," 36 pages, 1928, and "Songs and Anthems for Children's Voices," by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin, 51 pages, 1930. Note: For another set of the series "Norsk Landnam i U.S." see Norwegians in the U.S. Scrapbooks, I-II. P 697.
Contents:- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers [music]. sheet music, "To Minnesota," and "Mit flag'.' "Songs and hymns for children's voices." 36 p. 1928. "Songs and anthems for children's voices, by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin." 51 p. 1930. See Thomas Garber Music, P 1456. In a letter of March 11, 1989 Garber says "the melody was published in a column by G. J. Malmin in a newspaper in South Dakota along with" an article describing how his father heard it in the Haugesund harbor. The origin is unknown, although Garber doubts it is Norwegian.
- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers: Articles. Includes "Reverend Malmin's lost tune," audio cassette tape, Transferred from Music collection; Transferred from Gjerset Papers (Musicians): "Music and musicians": I. Norwegian male choruses and the Norwegian Singers' Association of America. 15 p. II. Artistically trained singers and musicians. 2 p. (Some sections had appeared in various newspapers.); "Information as to the Music Department in Connection with the Institution [Augustana College and Normal School] (1925), History of Music at Waldorf College, Concordia College history of music.
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Deborah Malone papers, 1978
The Folk Art of the Norwegian-American Community in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a student paper written for a seminar in Urban Folklife, Long Island University, New York. -
Hans C. Mamen clippings, 1975-1984
Articles by a Norwegian minister concerning the contributions Norway made to immigrant church life in the United States. A letter giving additional bibliography is included. -
Torgeir (Torger/Tarjei) G. Mandt papers, 1865
A poster and a clipping from The Stoughton Hub, founded in 1880 by Mandt, a Norwegian-born industrialist and inventor, concerning his Wagon Works, which started in 1865. There are also photographs and clippings from Decorah Posten(1889-1924), and a tube in the folio cabinet. -
A.G. Flom family history, 1945
Family history of Andrias Flom from Urland, Sogn Norway. -
Rudolph Martens collection, circa 1920-1940
Rudolph Martens was born in Oslo, Noway in 1869. Martens, and his wife Clara, left Oslo for Boston in 1892. He was a partner in the firm Thoner and Martens, Electricians and Machinists in Boton, Massachusetts. In late 1921, the Martens family and their adopted son, Rolf Martens, went to Norway for a few years on business. The family settled in West Roxbury, Massachussets.
The collection consists of nineteen 16mm film reels. Most were filmed by Rudolf Martens. The discriptions on the reels include:
- Traveling from 1920-1930
- 2 reels of invasion of Norway
- 1 of the reels was from HELL, Norway
- Marblehead-Plymouth-Concord-Boston; Boston '44
- World's Fair-Northeast Harbour
- Oslo to US 1926
- New York to Oslo
- Canada, Niagara Falls 1930
- Winter War Miami Garden 41-42-43
- Bern-St.T. Mart-Curac-Cartagena Canal
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Marion Marzolf article, 1978
Copy of "Den dansksprogede presse i USA," taken from "Pressens Aarbog," Dansk pressehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1978. "The Danish-language press in America" is a summary of Marzolf's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Michigan, 1972, which was published in 1979 by Arno Press. A copy is in the St. Olaf Library. -
David Mauk bibliography and dissertation, 1985, 1991
A list of materials used for writing a history of the Norwegian settlement in Brooklyn. This study led to Mauk's The Colony That Rose from the Sea, published by NAHA in 1998. -
Johanne Mauritzsen poems, 1807-1999
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Manuscript volume of poems copied by Mauritzsen at his gaard, Ostrimdahle. Probably donated by M. Muritzen, Chicago, 1936. (A Johannes Mauritser Austrumdal (age 22) emigrated from Bjerkreim, Rogaland, April 20, 1850, with brother Hans Tobias (24) and sister Serine Gemalia (20): see "Sem Austrumdal, Bjerkreim skipreida, herad og kyrjesokn" (Stavanger, 1932, pp. 455-456, includes portrait of Johannes. According to Lisabet Risa's letter of Dec. 16, 1999, Johannes was born June 18, 1823, died in Chicago 1863, married in Chicago, had many children. His father Mauritz Halvorsen (baptized March 31, 1782) received a correspondence from Cleng Peerson (dated Dec. 20, 1824/See P0435 America Letters/photocopy/original held by MHS) via Thormod Madland, As a result, three of his children emigrated as did his widow (Mauritz died 1836).
FAMILY LETTERS. ( Previously entered as: Napoleonic Wars. Correspondence, 1807. Letters written to families at home in Norway by men in military service at Christiansand during the Napoleonic Wars. P 254) Letters dated 1807, Christiansand, on one sheet but two signatures. On the reverse is written: Johanes Muritzsen, Østrimdahl, 1832, also, drawings like those in the poetry book.