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"Besta: A Story of North Dakota Pioneering," by Cyrene Bakke Dear, 2 copies. Topics covered: child's toy kettle (p1), Civil War and fighting against slavery (p2), bootmaker (p2), growing hops (p2), barn dances (p2), wagon train (p3-4), making of klub…

AbstractPapers, 1927-1954, 1976. Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.Contents Clippings and pamphlets Icelandic literature and government,…

Letters to a Norwegian-born farmer at Sunburgh, Minnesota. Correspondents include Thorstein Berg, Johannes Halvorson, Bjug A. Harstad, T. T. Kopseng, T. P. Satner, and Johannes Tingelstad. All in Norwegian.

Born in Faaberg, Blegen emigrated in 1873 to Olmstead County, Minnesota. In 1885 he moved to Benson County, North Dakota where he farmed. Elected to North Dakota House of Representatives in 1906. For brief biography and photograph, see P0271,…

Born at Rennesø, Stavanger and immigrated in 1892. Attended St. Olaf College academy 1895-1899 and U.C. Seminary (1900-1903). Served as a Lutheran minister in Finley for 30 years. Editor, "Luthersk Menighedsblad," (1910-12); associate editor,…

Poems by a Norwegian born Lutheran clergyman, Thompson, North Dakota. From Rolvaag Library Vault. Many of the poems are for/about specific occasions.Poems (1883-1904) and Articles (1912). 18 items, typescript. Added Nov. 1994: Article, "Et…

Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born farmer of Portland, North Dakota, and Stanwood, Washington, dealing with church, farm, family, health, and patriotism. Correspondents include Bjug Harstad and Johannes Tingelstad.ContentsFour letters…

Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of Minnesota,…

Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer. The letters (1876-1884) were written from Winona, Minnesota; East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Canton, South Dakota; and Auburndale, Wisconsin.Contents:Correspondence Vaccination…

A photograph and clippings of articles which appeared in Decorah-Posten dealing with life in the Red River Valley. Foss, journalist and author, emigrated in 1887.Contents:"Husmandsguten" published in "Ved Arnen" (1953 in 1877). Transferred from P.A.…