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Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Civil War letters by Berge, other correspondence, and a poem. Berge served in Co. E, 19th Wis. Infantry. His wife was Berit Veblen Nygard.According to Robert Bjerke (Univ. of Wisc.…

Correspondence and legal papers concerning a prominent family who were the descendents of Osul Torrison, pioneer merchant and ship owner in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The donor of the papers, Martha Torrison, was the daughter of Dr. George A. Torrison, a…

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…