Includes a release document issued to Leif Torgrimson Aanaas and his family upon their departure for America from Telemark, Norway, May 11, 1848 (Nedre Thelemarkens Fogedcontoir ved Skien).See Naeseth's "Immigrants," 1848: 1452-1456. From Sauherad,…
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
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Letter written in Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway by Lars Eide to his children, Lars, Britha, and Margrethe in America. Britha, married to Ole Berhow (Berhaug), immigrated (1858) first to Illinois and then to Iowa in 1860. Contents:Lars Bastiansen Eide…
Certificates and letters of a Norwegian-born (emigrated 1850) Winneshiek County, Iowa, pioneer.Contents:Ingebright H. Grindeland Papers: Certificates & Letters.
Poems, both in original and translated form, and a story entitled "Da bedstemor var hos os" by the wife of an Iowa Lutheran clergyman.Content:Elise Torgrimson Fjelde Glesne: Papers, Poems and Story
Articles and news items regarding an Iowa-born editor, correspondent, and author. Hendickson was with the Associated Press (1925-1932; held administrative positions with the Department of Interior 1933 and Department of Agriculture 1934-1944). From…
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…
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…
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 a Civil War veteran: pamphlets, speeches, clippings, photographs (including one with F.D. Roosevelt), sketches of Nelson's life, and GAR mementos. Included is a pamphlet titled "The Controversy as to the Responsibility of the Augsburg Board…
