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Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer. The letters (1876-1884) were written from Winona, Minnesota; East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Canton, South Dakota; and Auburndale, Wisconsin.Contents:Correspondence Vaccination…

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,…

Correspondence, memoirs, historical sketches and clippings of an Randall, Iowa farmer, postmaster, and banker.Includes correspondence, articles, photos. "My Years in Story County," pages 604-616, "Annals of Iowa," April 1951. "Memories, being an…

Articles, clippings, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born historian and fruit farmer at Ephraim, Wisconsin. The articles and pamphlets deal with local Door County history; Indians; Robert La Salle; Newport Tower; the Kensington Rune Stone; a review of…

Clippings, correspondence, articles, obituaries, and photographs of a politician, farmer, merchant, and teacher and his family in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The papers concern family, politics, and Norwegian heritage. Holen's "History of the Town of…

Translated copy of letters received by a Kalispell, Montana, farmer from his parents (of Stokke, Vestfold) at his departure to America. For Horntvedt family history, see "Aette historie og familie register av slegterne Mokkenes, Horntvedt, Myrre og…

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.…

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 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…