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Biography/History: Sønke Engelhart Sønnichsen (1878-1961) was born in Oslo, Norway to S.P. and Mathea Sonichsen. Sønnichsen was educated in Norway and Germany who immigrated in 1902. He was an architectural draftsman in Chicago, Seattle, 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

Biography of a Norwegian-born boarding-house operator and housewife written by two granddaughters. The story includes life in Norway before emigration, hardships at sea on a trip to Hawaii via Cape Horn, and making a living in Hawaii and California.

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…

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…

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

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…

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…