A photograph and clippings of articles which appeared in Decorah-Posten dealing with life in the Red River Valley. Foss, journalist and author, emigrated in 1887.Contents:"Husmandsguten" published in "Ved Arnen" (1953 in 1877). Transferred from P.A.…
Haandbog for emigranter til Amerikas vest is a typewritten copy (circa 1930) of a published work (1847) by Fribert, a former Danish official, who farmed near Pine Lake, Wisconsin, from 1843 to about 1847. Although containing comments on Native…
Et myrdet folk, or "A Murdered People," concerning the plight of Native Americans, ran serially (9 parts) in "Morgenposten," Oslo, after the author's visit to the United States in 1913. Hulda was Arne Garborg's wife.Content:Hulda Garborg Article: "Et…
Copies of transcripts of letters written by Hans Jacob and by Johan Gotfred Gasmann, who emigrated from Skien. December 18, 1943 and May 9, 1847. Biographical data collected by Alfred Gasmann, Skien, Norway, and J. S. Schneider concerning Hans Jacob…
A manuscript of "Amerika feberen begynner: Av norsk utvandrings historie 1839," dealing with the 1839 Norwegian immigrants and the causes and results of their migration. A letter from Ansten Nattestad from Jefferson Prairie, Wisconsin, November 6,…
AbstractArticles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.ContentsPhotograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to…
