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Emigration papers, tax receipts, and a certificate of naturalization of a Norwegian-born farmer of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. A warranty deed to Halvor Rasmussen, and general tax receipts of Albert Halvorson, Nels Madson, H. Halverson, M.R. Madson…

Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife: her 1844 passage across the Atlantic, life in Muskego in the 1840s and 1850s and her wedding, November 3, 1856. There are comments on "Nordlyset," the presidential election of 1856, Soren…

Papers of a Norwegian-born blacksmith, farmer, and prospector consisting of a printed diary of Knudson's trip from Drammen to Detroit; a 17-page typescript translation of this diary by C. O. Solberg; and two letters by Solberg concerning Knudson and…

Biographical material concerning a Norwegian-born church school teacher at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Note: see Gjerpen and Valdres congregations (congregations. Wis. Manitowoc. P0537) for chuch school records. Johnsrud and his family emigrated from ostre…

Mainly correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer in Wiota, La Fayette County, Wisconsin. The letters, written by relatives and friends from California, Iowa, Nevada, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, present a picture of the migration…

Papers of an Erskine, Minnesota, farmer: personal documents, church records (Rodenes congregation), and local histories. Johnson was born at Rodenes, emigrated 1881 to Minneapolis, in 1883 settled Woodside township, Polk County, then in 1913 moved to…

Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife at Highland Prairie, Minnesota: reminiscences; the congregation's formal request (Aug. 29, 1956) to the Norwegian Synod for a pastor; and her husband's first sermon in the parish. The reminiscences…

Transcripts of seven articles written by a Norwegian-born surveyor, immigration commissioner, and legislator of Stanwood, Washington, which were published in the "Stanwood News," (Oct. - Dec. 1920) concerning his work as immigration commissioner, his…

A variety of articles and clippings from multiple sources about a Norwegian-born liberal book publisher and author from Detroit, Michigan. "En Norsk bog og publisist ," by Olaf Myhre (2 pages), deals largely with Huseby's career in Norway before…

Emigration papers, financial records, diaries, poems, and correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer who emigrated in 1869 from S. Land, to Gale township, Trempeleau Co., Wisconsin.Content:Hans C. Hougstad Papers: Correspondence and Reports. Includes…