After the war, Campbell Norsgaard and Grace Norsgaard went to Norway to travel. Often they visited family throughout Norway, but they also captured images of post-war destruction in Norway.
Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.