"Knut Olson Eia," the story of the life in Norway of an emigrant said to have come to America in 1821 with Cleng Peerson. Engen attempts to get at the facts about an obscure pioneer and to correct erroneous statements that have been made about…
Welcome to Norway, First Permanent Norwegian Settlement in America, established 1834, a brochure prepared by the Norway Improvement League, Memorial markers and a Memorial Park in the area honor Cleng Peerson, who came with the first settlers to the…
Reports describing the activities and collections of the Institute: Norseman's World-Wide Emigration Archives, in Stavanger, Norway. The institute was established in 1970.
Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act…
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Bosque County, Texas: articles, pictures, a letter, and a poem by Franklin Petersen. The articles by Olson give information on Texas pioneers: names, dates of arrival, house construction, farm operations, Cleng…
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…
