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Harald Olson biography, undated
Reminiscences (10 pages, manuscript) concerning the life of an emigrant from South Aurdal, who came to Litchfield, Minnesota, in 1876, and later settled on a homestead in Swift County, near Benson, Minnesota. -
Oscar John Olson papers, 1980
A biographical sketch of and musical compositions by a Norwegian-American dentist, artist, composer and hymn writer in Chicago, who exhibited paintings at the Chicago Norwegian Club and who published music for his own hymns.
Includes hymns "Communion," "I See Him," "23rd Psalm," and "Spring." -
Ole Ressert pamphlet, 1948-1980
A Bjørnson Album, from the Writings of Ole Resset tells of the writer's association with the poet, Bjørstjerne Bjørnson, in whose employ he began as a stable-boy but later became cook and valet. Resset settled in Rothsay, Minnesota in 1905. He began the reminiscences collected in this pamphlet in 1936. The translation from Norwegian is by Olga Resset Kjell, a daughter. -
Erik Sinding-Larsen thesis, 1980-1987
Language Retention among Norwegian-Americans, a paper presented to the Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, dealing with the effects of selected demographic variables in language retention. -
Aashild Sørheim manuscript, 1980
Copy of a 200-page manuscript by a Norwegian writer: "To FedrelandEller Intet? Emigrantproblemet slik O. E. Rolvaag har fremstilt det i romanserien "I De Dage." The author states that her purpose in writing the book was to make O. E. Rolvaag known in Norway and to awaken understanding of the problems of migration -
Lawrence R. Hafstad papers, 1919-1977
History/Biography:
Lawrence Randolph Hafstad was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1904 to two Norwegian Immigrants. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1926. In 1933, he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in physics. Hafstad died on October 12, 1993.
In 1931, he earned the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for his research with Merle A. Tuve and Odd Dahl.He was a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938-1941. During the war he was part of a scientific team at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University which developed the proximity fuse for use in anti-aircraft weaponry. This development marked a significant improvement in ordnance for the Army and Navy.
He was awarded the Medal of Merit from the United States Navy and the King's Medal in Defense of Freedom from the British Government in 1946. Among other positions, he was Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949; Director of Reactor Development, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1955; Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955; vice president of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories, 1955-1969. He traveled to Europe and Asia in 1955 on behalf of the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the United States in 1954 and the Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains reports, clippings, pamphlets, articles, photographs, and correspondence.Hafstad’s articles discuss various topics regarding atoms and nuclear energy, lectures on missiles, and more. His correspondence includes personal with his mother, and professional correspondence regarding Joint Research and Development Board, U.S. Department of Defense, and Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Travel documents regarding Peaceful Atomic Development in Japan, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan and Germany, also includes various photographs of his travels.
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Andrew Ellsworth and George Norman Wigeland papers, 1857-1972
An extensive collection was received in 1980 of the papers of the Wigeland brothers who lived in Chicago. Their papers include also those of their grandfather, great-uncle, their father and their aunt. The grandfather of the brothers was George A. Wigeland (1823-1885), who emigrated from Norway in 1843. His brother Arents Wigeland (1812-1862) also came to America and settled on a farm near Racine, Wisconsin. This farm was passed on to his daughter, Mary Wigeland Johnson, and became known as the Johnson pioneer farm. Amanda Johnson, a daughter of Mary, came under the guardianship of the Wigeland brothers. Various papers for all of these members of the family are in the file.
The father of the Wigeland brothers, Andrew Wigeland (1864-1906), entrusted his motherless sons to the guardianship of his sister Marn Wigeland (1859-1939). Her warm relationship to the brothers endured throughout her lifetime. Both brothers were graduates of the University of Chicago and were prominent in Norwegian-American activity in Chicago. Andrew (Vice President of the City National Bank of Chicago) had a distinguished career in banking and investments. He taught at Northwestern University and appeared at seminars on banking topics at many Mid-western banking associations. Norman ran an advertising agency. Both became very wealthy and were generous in their support of Norwegian and Norwegian-American interests in the United States. For their efforts on behalf of American Relief for Norway each of the brothers received the "Frihetskors" from King Haakon in 1947. -
Ole Bendickson (Rudie) papers, 1881, 1978
Translation of a poetic memoir (4 typescript pages) written in 1881 by an emigrant from Slidre, Valdres, who came to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1857 and later moved west. The memoir is supplemented by an account of his later years written by a granddaughter. Ole and a brother enlisted in Co. D., 138th Iowa Infantry, sworn in August 20, 1862. The brother was killed June 16, 1863. Civil War. Ole moved to Winnebago Co., Iowa 1866 and died while living with a daughter near Lemmon, South Dakota.
Includes poetic memoir "Memory Song" (February 5, 1881. Translated by Mrs. Lila Evenhus; "Ole Bendickson's Later Life" (1 page typescript), written by Mrs. Lila Evenhus (1978). Topics Addressed: Single motherhood (p.1); Civil War (p.1-2); Enlistment (p.2); Vicksburg (p.2); Disease (p.2); School teaching (p.2-3); Founding a farm (p.3); Prayer (p.3-4); Sorrow (p.4); and Death (p.4). -
Jacob Amundson Berven papers, 1911-1927
Clippings, consisting of an account of an emigrant journey in 1872 from Bergen to Lee County, Illinois; poems and memorial tributes to friends, most of which were published in "Visergutten" and in "Lutheraneren". Berven, a native of Hardanger, moved from Illinois to Radcliffe, Iowa, in 1882, where he was a farmer. Part of his written work was compiled in "Reisebreve og Digte," Radcliffe, Iowa, 1916. -
Johan Olsen Brunstad letter, 1852
A Travel Letter from Texas, 1852, by an emigrant from Romedal who settled at Four Mile Prairie. Translated by Alvon Nelson with an introduction by Kaare Sveen. The Norwegian original was published in "Gamalt fraa Stange og Romedal" (1975, pp. 10-19). "Norge i Texas" (1982, pp. 270 (1851: 58-65).