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Ove Ling papers, 1863
Copies of three Civil War letters written by a Private in Company I, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, then in Tennessee, to wife and daughter. An explanation by a great-great-grandson, J. E. Storsel, is included as are notes by Rolf Erickson, who uncovered these letters. Lind was slain at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February, 1864. According to Martin Ulvestad, Ove Lind had emigrated from Kristiania, enlisted in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
First letter written in some town in Tennessee and dated May 8, 1863 [perhaps Memphis]; second letter written in some other town in Tennessee (beginning with the letter 'C' [perhaps Colliersville], dated January 31, 1864; and third letter written in some town in Mississippi beginning with the letter 'N' [perhaps Natchez, dated November 10, 1863. -
Norwegian Mutual Insurance Company records, 1876-1971
Two reels of microfilm copy of the records of a mutual insurance company in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Includes a translation of the minutes by Sander N. Helgeland. -
Knute Reindahl papers, 1903-1976
An Artist's Touch (pamphlet, 1906), a discussion of the making of violins by a Chicago craftsman who won recognition at the Paris Exposition, 1900, and at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, for the violins he had made. An obituary, six clippings, and other miscellany are included. Also, see the Gjerset File, P 683, Box 3, Artists; and "Knute Reindahl, Violin Maker," in "American Scandinavian Review," May 1922. And "The Felland, Reindahl and Mandt Families," by C.M. Felland (1940) in the St. Olaf Library. -
Peder Rolf Westness papers, 1938-1989
A collection of the works, poems, short stories, and novels of a Chicago writer, active in the Norwegian literary circles of that city. A Chicago "Tribune" obituary is included. -
Peter Andressen papers, 1975-1979
Clippings from a Hawley, Minnesota, newspaper "The Herald" which published the "America letters" of a pioneer farmer in Clay county, Minnesota. Written from 1869 to 1901 to relatives in Rollag, Numedal, Norway, the letters cover aspects of pioneer life (in Emmet County, Iowa, and Clay County, Minnesota) and give news of family and friends. Andressen emigrated in 1869 and settled near what became Rollag, Minnesota, in 1877.
Includes: clippings of photographs and some biographical material translated by Otto Bratlie, but only two translations are included. One photograph was taken in 1975. -
Anton Christian Bang sermon, 1908
A sermon preached in Minneapolis by the visiting Norwegian bishop and church historian. At the request of the bishop, proceeds of the sale of the pamphlet (16 p.) containing the sermon were to be used for the relief of the poor Norwegians in Minneapolis. Includes: framed photograph of Dr. Bang (profile), ca. 1900. -
Elmer Erickson autobiography, 1971
An account by a Norwegian-American farmer who lived in Shawano, County, Wisconsin. He writes about the pioneer lives of his parents and grandparents, his own education at St. Ansgar Seminary in Iowa, his experiences as a teacher, and finally his life on a farm, beginning in 1917, together with details about family and family events. His account goes up to 1945. His son Luther Erickson added a postscript which covers details up to his father's death in 1971. -
Karsten Idland papers, 1970
A clipping ("Vinland" Dec. 3, 1970) and letters concerning a Norwegian war hero who emigrated to Long Island, New York, after the end of World War II. He participated in the commando operations at the Vemorck heavy water plant near Rjukan in October, 1942. He received medals from the governments of Norway, France, Britain, and the United States. NB: see Thomas M. Gallagher's "Assault on Norway (N.Y., 1975) in St. Olaf Library. -
John Edmundson Norvell biography, 1979
Résumé of the education and accomplishments of an anatomist at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Norvell is related to the Grogard and Reiersen families who were leaders in the Norwegian migration to Texas. -
Norwegian Lutheran Educational Association records, 1892-1897
A notebook containing minutes of annual meetings, letters, a clipping and the constitution of an organization of teachers for the advancement of Christian education among the Norwegian Lutherans. The recording secretaries were H. T. Ytterboe, O. G. Felland, and I. F. Grose, all teachers at St. Olaf College.