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Various programs and other material owned by Irvin B. Anderson, a St. Olaf College student, WWII Navy Veteran, Swift County, MN Treasurer and son of Norwegian Immigrants. Donated in Memory of Irvin Berge Anderson.Includes: Directories, programs,…

Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa.

Papers of a St. Paul woman who was a leader in Norwegian-American organizations, especially in the Norse-American Centennial Celebration in 1925, the Norse-American Centennial Daughters of St. Paul, and the Minnesota Leif Erickson Monument…

Articles, brochures, clippings, correspondence, and reports of a Norwegian-American society organized in 1925 following the Norse American Centennial celebration in Minneapolis of that year. It has supported the Minnesota Leif Erikson Monument…

Manuscript "The Norse-American Centennial". Includes Obit clippings. Clippings and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, and a manuscript dealing with the observance of the Norse-American Centennial in the United States and in Norway.The…

Biography/History:The centennial of organized Norwegian migration provided an opportunity for Norwegian-Americans to celebrate their heritage and, more importantly, to demonstrate their American-ness. The celebrations, held in many North American…