Browse Collections (65 total)

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  Hansen family Correspondence (P0131)

  Letters written from Norway and from Vienna, South Dakota (Clark Co.) and Winfred, South Dakota (Lake Co.), by members of the family to relatives.
  
  The catalog record to the Hanson family correspondence can be found online here.

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  Hans and Ingebret Larson Papers (P0217)

  Correspondence and personal papers of two Ashippun, Wisconsin, families, including those of father-in-law Ole Tollefson, born 1794, emigrated 1862 of Racine, Wisconsin.
  
  The catalog record to the Hans and ingebret Larson family papers can be found online here.

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  Gustav M. Bruce Papers (P0463)

  Select materials digitized from the Gustav Marius Bruce papers (P0463) housed at the NAHA Archives. Bruce was a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, theological professor, author, editor, and lecturer. Bruce immigrated to Yankton County, Dakota Territory, in 1884; attended Fremont College, Red Wing Seminary, University of South Dakota, Temple University (Ph.D.), and Hartford Seminary (D.D.). He was a minister in South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, and Nebraska parishes; teacher in the public schools of Yankton County, Jewell College, and Red Wing Seminary; professor at Luther Theological Seminary (1917-1949); vice-president of the NELCA; and held a number of offices in the church.
  
  He was publicity chairman of the Norse-American Centennial, president of Østfoldlaget for 16 years, and of Bygdelagenes Fellesraad for 5 years. He was editor of several religious periodicals, a contributor to newspapers and magazines, and the author of several books on social and educational subjects. Correspondence and reports in this collection deal with Knut Gjerset's proposed encyclopedia on Norwegian Americans, Bruce's work as publicity director of the Norse-American Centennial, Norwegian pioneers in Canada, and bilingualism in the church.
  
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  Friedrich A. Schmidt Papers (P0588)

  Reverend Fredrich August Schmidt was born on January 3, 1837 in Thüringen, Germany. He graduated in 1853 from Concordia College. Four years later he finished seminary work at Concordia and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ. In 1861, Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. The next year, the school renamed itself Luther College and moved to Decorah, Iowa. Schmidt was an instructor at Luther College until 1872. After his stint at Luther College, he took a professorship in Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. Rev. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became a theological instructor at St. Olaf's College, Northfield, Minnesota, for this faction.

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  Fredrik Voss Mohn Papers (P0245)

  Articles, correspondence, clippings, and legal papers of a Norwegian-born physician of Los Angeles, dealing with cultural and medical subjects. Mohn was professor at California Eclectic Medical College, wrote "Før doktoren kommer" (ca. 1890); and was interested in socialized medicine. Correspondents include Ludvig Dahl, Elisabeth Koren, Christian Michelsen (Oslo), O. S. Sneve, Gabriel Tischendorf (Bergen), and Johs. B. Wist.
  
  The catalog record for the Fredrik V. Mohn papers can be found online here.

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  Elise Wærenskjold Papers (P0683)

  From the Knut Gjerset papers on women and Norwegian American Encyclopedia.
  
  Letters and other writings regarding Wilhelm and Elise Waerenskjold. A pastor's daughter, Elise lead a party emigrating to Texas between October 1846 and March 1847. The Waerenskjolds married in 1848, settling at Four Mile Prairie. Her letters and other writings serve as a primary source of information about the Norwegians who settled in Texas. 

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  Eivind Klavevess Papers (P0551)

  Eivind Klaveness was a Norwegian-born physician, writer and lecturer; he practiced in Brookings, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as well as in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. He held many offices: president of Vestfoldlag, of the Minnesota Leif Eriksen Monument Association, of the Scandinavian Republican State League of South Dakota, and was medical director of Sons of Norway and of the Surety Fund Life Company. He founded the Klaveness Corporation (investment bankers representing Klaveness Bank in Oslo); wrote two books, The Enchanted Islands (1939) and Norske læger i Amerika 1840-1942 (1943). He was a frequent radio and after dinner speaker; and was an equally frequent contributor of articles on medicine and politics to newspapers and journals. His correspondence with Richard Olsen Richards of the Richards Trust Company of Huron, South Dakota (3 volumes), reflects the story of that state's politics during the first three decades of the 20th century.
  
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  Christian Levorsen Hytta Papers (P0182)

  Letter (April 18, 1863) from a Thunhovd, (Buskerud) Norway, resident to his "farbroder" Knudt Synstegaard, Orfordville, Wisconsin, concerning weather, health, farming, and an inquiry about the Civil War.

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  Carl O. Pedersen Papers (P0303)

  Select materials from the Carl O. Pedersen papers (P0303) housed in the NAHA Archives. Pedersen served as pastor of congregations and rector of the Lutheran Medical Center (Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital (1919-1949) in the New York City metropolitan area. In 1933 he was named Knight, First Class, and in 1948, Commander of the Order of St. Olav. He received the St. Olav Medal in 1939.
  
  The digitized manuscript deals with the observance of the Norse-American Centennial in the United States and in Norway. 
  
  The Carl O. Pedersen papers are available online here. 

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  Carl L. Lokke Papers (P0554)

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  Carl G. O. Hansen Papers (P0543)

  Carl Gustav Otto Hansen was born on March 16, 1871, in Trondheim, Norway, and emigrated to the United States with his mother and siblings in 1881, first settling in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and later Minneapolis. Largely self-educated, he briefly studied at Augsburg Seminary and worked in printing before beginning a long career in journalism. From 1897 to 1935 he wrote and edited for Minneapolis Daglig Tidende, later working for Skandinaven in Chicago and then serving as editor and educational director for the Sons of Norway magazine. Hansen was also an active musician and choir leader, a founder of several Norwegian-American organizations, and the author of My Minneapolis (1956). He married Amalie Marie Edsten, and they had four children.

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  Campbell Norsgaard Collection (2022/013)

  Campbell Norsgaard, a Norwegian-born photographer and cinematographer who later lived in Connecticut, served as the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force during World War II, documenting servicemen, aircraft, the Royal Family, training facilities, and international operations, before later producing nature films for the National Geographic Society. His collection includes color slides, transparencies, and black-and-white negatives from Canada, India, Norway, England, and beyond, featuring aerial views, portraits, wartime activities, the return of King Haakon VII, and Sigrid Undset’s travels, as well as signed pilot portraits; it also contains nineteen 16mm films (1942–1946) depicting Camp Little Norway, the Royal Family, the RNAF, and postwar events in Norway and Russia.

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  Camp Little Norway Association Papers (P0466)

  Founded in 1941 by Norwegian-Americans in Minneapolis, the Camp Little Norway Association, Inc. supported Norwegian armed forces, civilians, and nationals in North America during and after World War II through fundraising for medical care, food, housing, clothing, recreation, and especially aid to Camp Little Norway and the Norwegian Merchant Marine.
  
  Funding to digitize the Camp Little Norway Association papers was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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  Bygdelagenes Papers (P0465)

  Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.  
  
  The finding aid to the Bygdelagenes papers can be found online here.

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  Berges J. Bergeson Papers (P0037)

  Select materials from the Berges Julius Bergeson papers (P0037) housed at the NAHA Archives. Bergson was the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa. Portions of "Rambles 'Round the Range of the Sunshine, Sandhill and Treasure States" was digitized because it includes a description of their visit to the Norse-American Centennial in June 1925.
  
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  August Reymert Papers (P0391)

  August Reymert was born on October 4, 1851 in Vågå, Norway. He died on May 31, 1932 in Long Island, New York, United States. He was the son of Theodor DeNoon Reymert and Anne Malene Beer. August was a lawyer in New York City, and served as president of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York. August Reymert was the lawyer and legal representative of Ole Herman Krag and Erik Jørgensen who were the developers of the Krag-Jørgensen rifle. This rifle was the standard rifle of the American Army in 1892. Reymert was also a founder of the Scandinavian Seamen's Home in New York and of the Norwegian hospital in Brooklyn. He was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St. Olav and was decorated with the Vasa Order. 

  James Denoon Reymert (1821-1889), an American newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician. He was a pioneer settler near Muskego, and was an editor of the first Norwegian-American newspaper, Nordlyset. James Reymert was August Reymert’s uncle. 
  
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  Anne Dahlby Papers (P0062)

  An emigration document and letters (mainly from Kvikne, Tynset, Hedmark, 1883-1890) to Mrs. Dahlby, a Norwegian-born farmer's wife at Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
  

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  Andrew Tollefson Papers (P0458)

  Correspondence of a Norwegian-born teacher and sheep rancher written mostly from Montana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, dealing with health, rural schools, politics, and economic conditions on farm and ranch. There are letters concerning St. Olaf College, Augsburg College, Concordia College, Augustana Academy, and Scandinavia Academy. Tollefson was a student at St. Olaf College (1890-1893). Includes letters from Sam Solberg, Edwin Solberg, Inga Halverson, Lottie Halverson, O. Sandness, L.H. Dalen, Henry Thorseson, John Edward Beum.
  
  The catalog record for the Andrew Tollefson collection can be found online here.

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  Andrew Onstad Papers (P0292)

  Legal papers and correspondence regarding family affairs of a Norwegian-born grocer of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
  

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  Andrew Johnson (Aasen) Papers (P0194)

  Mainly correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer in Wiota, La Fayette County, Wisconsin. The letters, written by relatives and friends from California, Iowa, Nevada, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, present a picture of the migration movement in its various aspects in both country and town. There are also letters by a student at Mount Horeb Academy (1895-1896).
  
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