Typewritten copy of "Af et brev om Amerika" by the head of the Stavanger agricultural school containing arguments against emigration. The original is in the University of Oslo Library. Contents:Typewritten transcript, 1928
Note: Sophie Bøe's…
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.
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the Koshkonong…
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 (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…
Beskrivelse av vor reise fra Norge til Amerika, aar 1857 is a description of Buu's journey to America together with his wife and five children, beginning at Bergen and ending at Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin. Manuscript copy was made by Iver J. Jaastad…
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…
Manuscript volume of 4 poems about immigration to America. Bergh was a teacher at Luther College, 1868-1872. Born in Voss to Ellef Storksen Berge, he emigrated in 1857 and taught in Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin and Big Canoe, Iowa. Representative in…
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…
Haandbog for emigranter til Amerikas vest is a typewritten copy (circa 1930) of a published work (1847) by Fribert, a former Danish official, who farmed near Pine Lake, Wisconsin, from 1843 to about 1847. Although containing comments on Native…
