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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,” Victoria Hofmo discusses her family history and…

Biographical miscellany, articles, poems, and stories of a Norwegian-born novelist, poet, essayist, and teacher. Boyesen was on the faculty at Ohio State University, Cornell University, and Columbia College. He wrote extensively for the leading…

Biography/History:August Reymert was born on October 4, 1851 in Vågå, Norway. He died on May 31, 1932 in Long Island, New York, United States. He was the son of Theodor DeNoon Reymert and Anne Malene Beer. August was a lawyer in New York City, and…

Reports of a Norwegian-born engineer to the New York City Tunnel Authority, and to the Washington Toll Bridge Authority, and articles on engineering problems. The file includes two obituaries. Includes publication from the World Engineering Congress…

An undated letter by Kristen Kvamme, Lutheran clergyman at Ossian, Iowa, to Ole E. Rølvaag, containing a sketch of Skougaard of New York City, concert soloist, voice teacher, and friend of Alfred Corning Clark, who published a Skougaard biography in…

Manuscripts of sea stories and poems by a Norwegian-born New York City editor, poet, and railroad employee. Petersen was editor of "Nordisk Tidende" (1907-1911), founder of "Det nye Norge" in 1911, and contributor to "Norgesposten." He was author of…

Histories and reports for New York and New Jersey Benevolent Socities. Includes: Norwegian Children's Home, Brooklyn, N.Y. Norwegian Christian Home for the Ages (Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center), Norwegian Sailors' Home (Den Norske…

Brochures, catalogs, histories (1923, 1933), reports, and clippings of an institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The hospital, started in 1883 under the leadership of Sister Elizabeth Fedde, merged with the Lutheran Hospital of Manhattan in 1956…

Correspondence, articles, reports, drawings, diaries, log-books, notebooks, clippings, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born machinist and engineer. The correspondence deals with such topics as problems in engineering, sea disasters, strikes and labor…

Letter written in English by Nelsone (mostly known as Nelson Nelson Hersdal) of Norway, La Salle County, Illinois, to Joseph Mann, Orleans County, New York, describing his farming operations and the Mormon and Jansonist activities in the community.…