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Biography/History: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…

Papers of a Norwegian-born osteopathic physician and surgeon of Santa Barbara, California. The clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and pictures, including "Vinland Saga" (1937) by Ousdal, deal with the founding of Norroenn Federation of America and…

Papers of the founder and editor of "The Pacific Coast Scandinavian", consisting of correspondence and a history of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco, 1898 - 1946. The history (1947, 88 p. + 17 plates) deals largely with the social life of the…

Papers of a Norwegian-born labor leader and author of pamphlets and articles in professional and technical journals. Furuseth's constant agitation for improved status of seamen resulted in the passage of several laws, including La Follette's Seamen's…

A typescript "Bridges of Brotherhood," chronicling the experiences and life of the Norwegian "colony" at San Pedro, California. The author was born in Tvedestrand, Norway, and emigrated to the United States in 1914. A letter explaining her project in…

Typescript of thesis entitled "The Norwegians in California, 1850-1900: A Preliminary Survey" submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in history in the College of the Holy Names, May 1968. The author was…

Correspondence, articles, reports, drawings, diaries, log-books, notebooks, clippings, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born machinist and engineer. The correspondence deals with such topics as problems in engineering, sea disasters, strikes and labor…

Catalogues of a Danish-American secondary school in Santa Barbara, California in 1911.

Correspondence and biographical notes regarding a Norwegian-born citizen of California. "A Short Treatise on Tom Paine," in "American-Scandinavian," March 15, 1962; "Mistaken Identity: A Holiday Experience in Minnesota"; and "Søren Roinestad…

Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer of Dodge County, Wisconsin, and biographical sketches of Halvor and his brother, Engebret S. Roswell of Whitewater, Wisconsin. Contain data on the brothers' California expedition together with Hans C. Heg. (See…