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Gunder Nelson Overland (Olson) papers, 1910-1964
Overland was born in Drangedal, Norway. Emigrated in 1890 and settled first at Appleton, Minnesota where he worked as a carpenter. Appointed as a mail carrier from Benson to Glenwood.
Includes a clipping "The mail did go through" about Gunder Olson delivering the mail in all types of weather. Gunder was partially crippled in one leg; letters from his brother in Norway (circa 1930); estate settlement papers. -
Gunder Paulsen papers, 1878, 1944
Copy of "Minder fra Tiden omkring Aaret 1830 til 1848," published in 1872, and a 132-page typescript translation of the same. The reminiscences deal with attorney Paulsen's childhood and youth in Solør, Norway.
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Gunder Pedersen Heien letters, 1881-1909
Photocopies of letters to relatives in Norway (May 16, 1881-December 10, 1884) mainly from Montevideo, Minnesota; letter to childhood friend A.G. Nordhagen, February 4, 1909. Heien emigrated from Rena, Aamot kommune, Hedmark fylke. Also includes pedigree charts, Saterback-Heien, and associated correspondence, 1979-1996. -
Gunder Theodore Odland papers, 1882-1914
Diary of an emigrant from Stavanger, beginning April 15, 1882, the day he boarded ship for the journey to America. There is a day-by-day account of the journey which brought him to Grandin in Dakota Territory. He records his early experiences very completely with data on weather, expenses, letters, church attendance, visits, friends and his work. On December 31 of each year there is a complete accounting of the year's earnings and expenditures. He found work in the Fargo-Moorhead area as a blacksmith, on the railroad and at various other kinds of labor. In October 1882 he homesteaded 160 acres of land in Sargent County, North Dakota.
He spent some time there each year, but left occasionally to earn money at jobs near Fargo and also with the threshing crews on the Dakota farms. In the winter of 1888 he made a trip to Norway with the intention of staying, but he met and married Olena Haaland, changed his plans, and returned to America with her. She worked for a few months in Michigan and in the Odland's neighborhood before settling down on the claim in North Dakota. At the end of the year 1888 there is a four-page account of family history and an eight-page account of his travels.
After his marriage, Gunder made fewer entries and much briefer year-end accounting. He recorded the birth of each of his children: Mary, 1890, Theodore, 1892, Ellen, 1893, Edward, 1895, Clara, 1898, twins Albert and Lena, 1900 (Albert died), Anna, 1906. In 1892 the family moved to Eagle Bend, Minnesota, where Gunder had purchased 65 acres of land. A statement on the fly leaf of the diary in Gunder's hand is dated Eagle Bend, September 9, 1914. Here and there pages have been cut out of the diary. At the end of the book there are pages with recipes for making wine and beer, instructions for the care of cattle, and for raising crops.
An interesting feature of the diary is the inter-mixing of English expressions with the Norwegian, indicative of the gradual Americanization process. Some of the expressions have been noted on a separate page which together with other notes on the diary are included in the file. -
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. -
Gunnar Dale family history, undated
Story of Gunnar's life and history on family members
Formerly part of P539. -
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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Gunnar O. Solwald memoirs, 1875-1977
"Remembrances from My Life", 179 pages, an autobiographical account of an 1875 emigrant from Skien, who tells about his childhood and youth and about his career as seaman, soldier, and teacher in Norway. The emigrant journey in 1875 is covered in detail; it ended near Rushford, Minnesota, where Solwald was a farmer and teacher. Later he and his family moved to Clay County, Minnesota, and in 1887 went to the state of Washington. An epilogue by Gertrude Solwold Wells tells the story of the last years of his life in Tacoma, Washington. Also, Borghild, by Borghild Solwold Melbye, 176 pages; "Memoirs of Hans Solvold," 4 pages; "Hammarsmark Family Tree," 15 pages; and "Trond Solvold," 5 pages
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Folder 1: Memoir titled "Remembrance From my Life".
Folder 2: Topics include bed bugs; Pearl House hotel in La Crosse, Wisconsin; language issues in America; threshing and tying sheaves; eating ill-prepared food including a hair ball, titled "Solvoldfamiliens Slektsregister".
Folder 3: Memoir by Hans Solvold, Hammersmark family tree. -
Gunnar Olsborg papers, 1981-1982
Born in Seattle to Norwegian parents, Olsborg began working on ships when 16, working his way up to mate and pilot. He retired in 1982 after 36 years and 9 months of Puget Sound piloting "plus 20 years on the ocean in all categories of the deck department." In his letter acknowledging the gift of the memoirs, Odd S. Lovoll says the materials have a "value as an historical documentation of a particular and exciting career."
The principal memoir, "A summary of a twenty year career at sea through World War II.," (51 p. Typescript) was finished May 1, 1981. A brief summary (6 p.) is dated May 15, 1982. Included several clippings connected with the retirement from Seattle, Tacoma and Stavanger newspapers. (The Tacoma article (May 23, 1982) also features Philip Luther, who was retiring after 37 years of piloting ships on Puget Sound); articles. -
Gunnar Olsen family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539.