Letters to Christian Hansen in Chicago from his brother Lars Hansen and nephews, and from H. Kolbjörnsen, Nils Bye, and Lundby, Kirkenær Christiania, Norway. Photocopies and translations.Content:Christian Hansen Correspondence.
Minutes (1868-1871), financial reports, by-laws, and programs of the society’s dramatic productions. A clipping, “Omkring de første tag som blev tat for norsk talescene i Chicago,” Skandinaven, March 28, 1939. Also see "Two Early Norwegian Dramatic…
Constitution, reports, and record books of a Chicago social and sick benefit society. See also Lovoll, 'A Century of Urban Life' pp.208-209. Organized January 22nd, 1893 as Nordlyset, Branch No. 10 of the Scandinavian Workers Association organized…
Historical sketch of "The Norwegian Lutheran church in Chicago (1839-1900)." Ellefsen was the minister at Our Savior's Church (1915-1917). Includes two maps showing location of churches founded at different periods.Contents:Edward M. Ellefsen…
Copies of testimonials and clippings concerning Elling Tronnes, who emigrated from Norway in 1893. He established himself as a portrait painter in Chicago and was a curator for an art collector, Walter B. Gerlach.
Scrapbook of clippings, programs of musical, dramatic, and other entertainment activities in Chicago, 1890-1900, among the Scandinavians. Biørn was a versatile musician and artist, around whom was centered much of the cultural life amont the…
Muster rolls of infantry companies stationed at Fort Dearborn, Illinois. Include Frederick Peterson, possibly a Norwegian, term June 1, 1808 to June 1, 1812 (or 1813). According to Lovoll's A century of urban life (NAHA, 1988) pp. 9,318 (note 15), in…
Copies of family documents, correspondence, photos, and union records of a Chicago emigrant from Stavanger, who was a member of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union, beginning in 1902. He served on the steam yacht during the Spanish-American…
Data concerning the activities of Harriet Nordhagen, a native of Drammen, Norway, who came to Chicago in the mid-1920s and became involved in the affairs of a Norwegian colony in Chicago.
