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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:…

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…

Mainly articles of a Norwegian-born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, attorney, philanthropist, and history instructor at the University of Iowa: "Pioneer Traits"; "The Pioneer Memorial Association of Norway (Iowa)"; a biography of Nikolai Ibsen, brother of the…

Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa.

A catalogue (1891) and reports of a secondary school in Bode, Iowa, established in 1887 by the local congregation, and in 1895 continued by interested individuals until 1903.

Manuscript of an address delivered by the Iowa-born (St. Ansgar) chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture before the American Institute of Cooperation in Chicago, dealing with cost and improvements in…

Brochures describing a project "to publish a history of the Central Iowa Norwegians for the 150th anniversary" of their arrival, in 2005. To include "biographical information about Norwegian families and individuals who lived in Story, Polk, and…

Scandinavian and American Culture, originally a lecture given before Det Norske Selskab in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 1910 and later published in "Idun," 1910, Chicago, and 17 clippings (1905-1928). Stangeland was a professor of political…

An autobiography of a Norwegian-born (Lindaas, Hordaland) Iowa farmer who was the father of Laurence M. Larson, professor of history at the University of Illinois, the author of "The Log Book of a Young Immigrant," published by NAHA in 1939. Larson…

Papers of and materials about the Danish-born clergyman, the second pastor ordained to serve Norwegian-Americans. Includes his emigration diary, letters, ministerial record books, photographs, clippings, and articles. Clausen served congregations in…