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AbstractProgram for an 1899 banquet honoring B. Anundsen; obituaries of Anundsen; clippings about him and Decorah Posten; and special historical issues of the newspaper issued in 1923, 1924, 1934, and 1949.ContentsClippings, 1874-1984 Includes:…

Nybygger-breve fra Amerika, a compilation of 33 letters by Abraham Grimstvedt, who lived in Nissedal, Telemark, Norway, were intended for publication in Norway. The letters, written by Grimstvedt's three sisters and their husbands living in Dane…

A logbook of a Norwegian sailor who together with his brother Harald crossed the Atlantic in 1933 in a 25-foot boat in four months. They then continued by water from New York to the Chicago World's Fair (A Century of Progress). Filed with the logbook…

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,…

A Pioneer Family, written primarily for the author's family, relating incidents from her life as a daughter of a Worth County, Iowa, farmer; as a college student; and as a teacher of piano and organ in Northwood and Decorah, Iowa, and in Minneapolis.…

Lectures and sermons on doctrine by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman at Decorah, Iowa: "Mindebladet om Jubelfesten paa Washington Prairie og holdt i anledning af Dr. Korens 50 aarige virksomhed som prest for Washington Prairie og Calmar menigheter…

Minutes of the board of publication, financial reports, and correspondence of the Norwegian Synod's publishing house in Decorah, Iowa, with a branch office in Minneapolis. Thomas Nilsson was the president of the board and L.S. Dale, business…

Bulletins, catalogs, reports, clippings, programs, brochures, and directories of a Decorah, Iowa, men's college, founded in 1861 and made co-educational in 1936.

Interviews conducted by Luther College faculty and students with elderly residents of the Decorah, Iowa area during 1975 for the course "Winneshiek County Foxfire" taught by Torres. The interviews were first published in the student newspaper. Five…

Papers of an artist born in Valdres who worked in Decorah, Portland, and Minneapolis. Two catalogs (about 1905 and 1926) include reproductions of portraits, landscapes, and altar pieces. Berger painted many portraits of church, academic, and…