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 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…
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…
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…
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…
AbstractArticles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.ContentsPhotograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to…
An article and correspondence concerning an estate "in Norwegian style" near Carmel, California, built 1918-1927 for Mrs. Maude Reynolds.Contents:Carmel Norwegian Lodge: Article and Correspondence
Reminiscences from mining days in Alaska and the Yukon (1899-1902) and several poems by a Norwegian-born miner and dairyman. Nielsen emigrated in 1893 and lived in California.Digital Collections: Settlement in valley [near Dawson City, Northwest…
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…