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Papers of Knud Saavesen Aaker (1797-1873) and his descendants: articles, correspondence, Civil War letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, albums, clippings, family histories, charts, and a diary. Includes letters from B.J. Muus, G. Hoyme, and Knute Finseth.

A lecture titled "Lawyers in the Civil War," delivered before the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1961), and an outline of an address, "Whatever Happened to Ole," given before Det Norske Nationalforbund in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1963).…

Letters to his wife at Wiota, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, from a Norwegian-born farmer who enlisted February 2, 1864, with Company H of the Third Wisconsin Regiment of Infantry and was killed May 25, 1864, at Dallas, Georgia. Andreson gives…

AbstractBiographical information on a Norwegian-born rear admiral and civil engineer in the United States Navy. He was an ensign in the navy during the Civil War, and as the senior member of the Corps of Engineers, 1872-1901, was in charge of…

Letters to Eriksen, farmer and merchant at Scandinavia, Wisconsin, from Lutheran clergymen regarding theological disputes; from friends and relatives concerning agricultural profits and losses; and from Civil War soldiers. The compilation volume…

An earthy and realistic account by a western Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer regarding his life in a hospital during the Civil War. He served in the Co. C, 12th Wis. Vol. Inf. As Ole Olson. Knut O. Grimstveit and family emigrated from Nissedal,…

Article from "Bergens Tidende," October 1, 1960, containing a story about a collection of America letters written by a Decorah, Iowa, farmer and some excerpts from a few of these letters. There are references to the Civil War, American marriage laws,…

Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Bosque County, Texas: articles, pictures, a letter, and a poem by Franklin Petersen. The articles by Olson give information on Texas pioneers: names, dates of arrival, house construction, farm operations, Cleng…

Letter (April 18, 1863) from a Thunhovd, (Buskerud) Norway, resident to his "farbroder" Knudt Synstegaard, Orfordville, Wisconsin, concerning weather, health, farming, and an inquiry about the Civil War.Contents: "Missouri Flommen I 1881". Note:…

Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Dane County, Wisconsin: three letters. A Civil War letter, Nov. 25, 1862, by Berge O. Lee, Deerfield; a letter of April 13, 1898 asking about Lee, who reportedly moved to Minnesota after the war; and a letter from…