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A collection of extended family letters written from Chicago, Eau Claire, and Kvalshaug, Norway, by siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews of Randi Larsdatter Øien Flatreit, the only one of eight children to remain in Norway from the last generation…

Clippings, naturalization certificate, letters, and other data concerning a Norwegian-born minister who came from Karmøy in 1888. After serving a parish in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for 25 years he became editor of Lutheraneren, the official organ of…

Correspondence, history, and reports concerning an institution in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, founded in 1908.

History/Biography:Waldemar Theodor Ager was born in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway to Martinius Mathiesen Ager and Marie Fredrikke Mathea Johnsdatter Stillaugsen. Martinius first emigrated to the United States by himself, starting a tailoring business.…

Translation of "Segner fraa Bygdom," (Christiania, 1871) by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and editor, consisting of some forty legends from Valdres, Norway, 67 typescript pages. The translation (with title, "Legends from Valdres") was done in…

An autobiography written for “children, sisters, cousins of all degrees, close friends and for anyone interested in learning the history of a second to fourth generation Norwegian-American growing up in Wisconsin in the 1940–1960s.” Included are…