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Biography/History: Engebret Eidsvold was born September 17, 1856 in Viken, Norway to Hans Kristoffersen Eidsvold and Rebekka Sypriansdatter Eidsvold. They had four other children: Hans Tollevsen Eidsvold; Peder Nielson Eidsvold; Carl Ely Eidsvold,…

Articles and speeches by and a collection of clippings (1910-1952) about Hoidale and his family. Hoidale was a Norwegian-born editor, attorney, and congressman from Dawson and Minneapolis. The file includes two speeches made during his campaign for…

Papers of an Erskine, Minnesota, farmer: personal documents, church records (Rodenes congregation), and local histories. Johnson was born at Rodenes, emigrated 1881 to Minneapolis, in 1883 settled Woodside township, Polk County, then in 1913 moved to…

Pamphlets, programs, photographs, histories, and reports of two Minneapolis hospitals founded in 1906 and 1915 by members of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.Includes:Catalogues and Reports, 1928-1956 Clippings from C.G.O. Hansen…

Papers of a Norwegian-born physician who established a clinic and sanitarium in Minneapolis. File includes newspaper clippings from 1923 to 1939, and two pamphlets, "The New Science of Curing Diseases" and "Twentieth Century Practice of…

Catalogue of a wholesale manufacturer and jobber in Minneapolis, James Hegland, proprietor.Content:Hegland Harness Company: Catalogue. Located at 19 Washington Ave., Minneapolis, MN.

Reprint of "Norseman for President," by Svein Gilje, "The Norseman," no. 6, 1971, and a Minneapolis "Star and Tribune" obituary, September 8, 1981.

Jackson was the son of Norwegian immigrant parents who became an influential senator from the…

Copies of articles by and about a Minneapolis, Minnesota, physician and writer, whose wide-ranging interests included religion and politics. The articles were copied from "Forskaren," a Swedish language journal, and mounted into a scrapbook. Dr.…

Papers of a Norwegian author and Unitarian clergyman: clippings, correspondence, and pamphlets. Janson lived in Minneapolis (1881-1893). He organized several Unitarian congregations, including one in Hanska, Minnesota, and wrote several novels about…

Biography/History:  In 1888, the Evangelical Lutheran Church held its convention in Minneapolis. Rev. Falk Gjertsen of the Norwegian Danish Conference invited several men to his home to discuss the possibility of starting deaconess work in…