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Margrethe Buxton family history, 1980-1989
Copies of articles by a Chicago woman about her Norwegian grandmother, Anne Andersen; about a settlement at Lake Lillian, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; and assorted family related papers.
Includes "Training History: A Practitioner's Perspective," by William Buxton (son); obituaries (1989) and clippings about Buxton; ten short papers by Jennifer Buxton, age 13 (1982) -
Rudolph H. Gjelsness articles, 1940-1977
An article covering the life and work of a Norwegian American who was chairman of the Department of Library Science at the University of Michigan from 1940 to 1965 and a newspaper clipping, June 21, 1940. -
Stephen Clifford Gutgesell essay, 1968
An Immigrant Conflict: The Slavery Controversy in the Norwegian Synod, 1861-1869, a St. Olaf College department of history senior honors paper. -
Rodney Nelson periodicals, 1971-1985
Issues of "Dakota Arts Quarterly" "Free Passage, a journal of prose and poetry." Some are edited by Nelson, others contain his stories and his translations of stories by Simon Johnson and J. B. Wist. The file includes a news release concerning his novel, "Home River," and "Thrudvang," a long poem (12 p. typescript, Aug. 1971). A copy of the novel is in the NAHA book collection. Stories by Nelson have been published in "Norwegian-American Studies," volumes 25, 1974, and 27, 1977.
Includes:- "Breidablik" published in "Norwegian-American Studies," v. 26 (1974, pp. 229-241); "The Popcorn Man" "Norwegian-American Studies," v. 27 (1977, pp. 256-271); "High Dakota: travels in June, 1979," ("Dakota Quarterly," Fall 1979); "Fargo: an editorial," ("Dakota Quarterly" pp. 4-5. Summer 1981); "When Bjornson came to LaCrosse by Johannes B. Wist, translated by Nelson ("Dakota Quarterly" pp. 14-18, 20-21. Spring 1982); "Zachaeus" by Knut Hamsun, translated by Sverre Arestad ("Dakota Quarterly" pp. 28-34). "Breidablik" by Nelson ("Free Passage" no. 7. Pp. 9-11, 21); Editorial ("Free Passage" nos. 8 & 9); "The stories of Simon Johnson" translated by Nelson ("Free Passage" special issue); from "Fire Fortaellinger:" Inga from the grove, Louis Alfred & John Otto. Jim's last day, the quarantine, from the archives of the NAHA. "from "Diggings" an episode from the novel, which Johnson wrote in English. Clipping: "Island Park and meaning uncovered: ("Fargo Forum" Jan. 27, 1985)..this clipping is about the Vigeland statue of Henrik Wergeland); clipping: "The death of Oskar Nordstrom" ("Earth Journal" Spring-Summer 1977).
- "Thrudvang" long poem. (12 p. typescript)
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Theodore G. Nelson biography, 1936-1957
Scrapbook Memories, a compilation (160 p.) covering family history and the experiences of a Norwegian American who was active in politics in North Dakota, where he was secretary of the Independent Voters' Association, which opposed the Non-partisan League. He moved to Oregon in 1933 where he became active in cooperative marketing, real estate, and retirement home movements.
Includes a campaign card and circular when Nelson ran for the Senate (1936). Biography outline: Church Chancels; Closing Curtain; Co-op Chores; Family Footnotes; Farm Frontiers; Norse Niche; People and Places; Personal Palaver; Political panorama; Realtors Realm; This and That; and What and Why -
Carl Swain memoir, undated
Autobiographical account of a Norwegian American who spent most of his life in educational administration. A graduate of St. Olaf College, class of 1907, he was given an honorary degreee by the College in 1940. Outline: boyhood on the farm (Roscoe township, Goodhue County; formal education (St. Olaf College). Mentions Siguard Sorenson; career in education; church administrator; mission work; politics -
Bjarne M. Thrane poems, 1937-1950
Typewritten copies of Norwegian and English poems written by an "old timer" in Ketchikan, Alaska. One poem, "Hilsen til Statminister Nygaardsvold," was published in "Sanger-Hilsen," March, 1943. -
Erik Wahlgren article, 1980
The Norse Coin from Maine: Philology and Navigation, by an emeritus professor of the University of California, Los Angeles. It was published in "The Norwegian Numismatic Journal," March, 1980. -
Texas Norwegians collection, circa 1854-2003
A file consisting of letters, clippings, articles, news releases, etc. concerning Texans of Norwegian ancestry who have achieved distinction in various fields. -
Art Exhibitions, New York, collection, 1924-1948
Copies of exhibition catalogs (1933-1949) of Scandinavian-American artists and of the Norwegian Art and Craft Club and a collection of related newspaper articles (1924-1944).
Includes: articles (1925-32) on the "Scandinavian American Artists" and its 1926 and 1932 exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum. Article (July 29, 1924) about exhibition of Scandinavian art planned for Brooklyn Museum; and articles ("Nordiske Tidende" June 22, June 29, 1944) about exhibition of Norwegian art at Wanamaker's Department Store, New York, opened by Crown Princess Martha. N.B. see also P1254 Norwegian Art and Craft Club.