Reminiscences from the Pioneer Days in Goodhue County, Minnesota, containing names of early settlers and anecdotes concerning methods of acquiring land, establishment of churches and schools, fear of American Indians, and general community…
Letters to Eriksen, farmer and merchant at Scandinavia, Wisconsin, from Lutheran clergymen regarding theological disputes; from friends and relatives concerning agricultural profits and losses; and from Civil War soldiers. The compilation volume…
Immigration and vaccination documents and a bill of sale issued by a general country store to a Norwegian-born Green County, Wisconsin, farmer, who emigrated from Leikanger, Sogn, in 1853. Also includes a family history, "The Einarson Clan in…
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…
Eleven pages of handwritten recollections by a Norwegian-born pioneer housewife at Bear River, Minnesota, of her passage to America and of early pioneer days. Deals largely with religious life, transportation, and communication. Also, a 5-page…
Articles and clippings of a Norwegian-born Minnesota farmer. The clippings are a series on local history that appeared in "Sacred Heart News" in 1944. "De Forenede Staters Vrste Indianerkrig" (39 pages) deals with the Sioux uprising in 1862, as does…
Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born (Stavanger, emigrated 1883) farmer and mason, Platte, South Dakota, which discuss local church life, the snowstorm of 1888, the depression in the 1890s, and World War I. References are made to Sven…
Letter written in Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway by Lars Eide to his children, Lars, Britha, and Margrethe in America. Britha, married to Ole Berhow (Berhaug), immigrated (1858) first to Illinois and then to Iowa in 1860. Contents:Lars Bastiansen Eide…
Includes emigration papers, receipts, promissory notes, and recipes of an 1838 emigrant from Numedal, Norway, who settled at Kendall, New York. Also see:Naeseth, "Immigrants" 1838:8-14. Emigrated from Flesberg, Numedal in 1838.
H. Herbransen, De…
Includes a vaccination certificate, letters of introduction and a daily account of a Norwegian-trained businessman's journey in 1881 from Bergen to Morris, Illinois, in Norwegian.
