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In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Terje Mikael Hasle Jorange interviews Donald Sherwood of…

In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Odd Lovoll interviews Patricia Kueteman and her father,…

Records of a rural Richland County, Wisconsin congregation, which in 1945 became part of the West Wisconsin Conference of the American Conference. The congregation was organized by a group of Norwegian immigrants in 1856. Because of declining…

"Days of Our Lives; Personal Narrative of Experiences as a Youth in Norway, A Sailor on a Windjammer, A Country Preacher, and College President and Administrator." Born at Horton, Norway, Firing planned to enter the Royal Naval Academy and joined the…

Data concerning an evangelist of the Methodist Church, who before her conversion had been a leading actress for 25 years in the theaters of Bergen and Trondheim. As an evangelist she traveled widely in the United States, visiting some 300 cities and…

Papers of a minister in the Methodist Church. Includes biographical information, letters, clippings, articles, and celebrations of his 100th and subsequent birthdays (1924-1988). Also includes videotapes of a television program about Schevenius…

Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in…

Catalogue of an institution founded in 1875 in Evanston, Illinois, by the Norwegian-Danish Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Clippings concerning the Seminary Building, which was purchased by Northwestern university in 1949 and…

Catalogues of an institution of the Norwegian-Danish Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Evanston, Illinois. From "Historical Statement": "At its annual meeting in June, 1932, the Board of Trustees (of the Norwegian-Danish…

Biography/History: Arlow Andersen was the son of Norwegian immigrants, who earned his Ph.D. degree at Northwestern University. After teaching positions in Illinois, North Dakota, and Texas, he taught at the University of Wisconsin -Oshkosh. He served…