Correspondence of a Norwegian-born teacher and sheep rancher written mostly from Montana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, dealing with health, rural schools, politics, and economic conditions on farm and ranch. There are letters concerning St. Olaf…
Recommendations and biographical sketches of a Norwegian-born teacher and farmer of Ottertail County, Minnesota. Recommendations and biographical sketches of a teacher and farmer of Ottertail County, Minnesota. Born at Dovre, Gudbrandsdal, he was…
Four papers, including one by Carlton C. Qualey titled "Upper Midwest Centennials." Introduction by Theodore C. Blegen. Paper titles: "Is the Territorial Centennial of Concern only to Professors of American History?" by A.C. Krey; "Upper Midwest…
History/Biography:Born in Frederick, South Dakota, 1896. Thye served in World War I, and returned home to work at the Deere & Webber. Thye held various positions from serving the town council of Sciota and Sciota school board, president of the…
Correspondence and articles (32 typescript pages) of a Norwegian-born farmer at McGrath, Minnesota. The articles consist of anecdotal accounts of land claims, Indian neighbors, transportation, housing, forest fires, livestock, drought, wildlife, and…
The Men from Telemark, the story of Rolleiv Svendseid and his family, who migrated in 1867 from Telemark, Norway, settling first in Fillmore County, Minnesota, and then in 1883 at Nelson, North Dakota. Among the topics treated are politics, church,…
Speeches, articles, lectures, clippings, and a photograph of a Lutheran clergyman: "Foreningens gang," 1916, 48 pages; "Svar paa Pastor Ellestads og hans partis pamflet," 1889, 36 pages; "Hva staar iveien for det Kirkelige enighedsarbeide blandt os,"…
Publications of a Minneapolis railroad machinist who emigrated from Voss in 1859 as Mons Sjurson Bakkethun, eventually settling in Goodhue County, Minnesota. He received a preacher's license from Yale University in 1878, an M. A. from Carleton…
