Askeland, Hallvard]]> Baumann, Julius B., 1869-1923]]> Bjørnaraa, Bjørgulv]]> Bratager, Laura R.]]> Broughton, O. A.]]> Buslett, O. A. (Ole Amundson), 1855-1924]]> Einrem, Johannes, 1868-1956]]> Ellingsen, W. S.]]> Engstad, John E., 1858-1937]]> Fjelde, Herman O., 1865-1918]]> Gade, F. G.]]> Grinden, Ole L.]]> Grønseth, Anthon]]> Grumdahl, Carl]]> Heitmann, John]]> Halfdan]]> Holand, Hjalmar Rued, 1872-1963]]> Holmbo, Dagfin]]> Høst, Jordan]]> Jacobsen, Efrahim]]> Johnson, Jacob]]> Johnson, Simon]]> Knudsen, Frithjof]]> Magnus, Olive]]> Møller, Rudolph H.]]> Nelson, P. N.]]> Norsk, John C.]]> Olsen, Ole]]> Ongstad, P. H.]]> Refsdal, Olav, 1862-1945]]> Ristad, D. G. (Ditlef Georgson), 1863-1938]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Rønning, N. N. (Nils Nilsen), 1870-1962]]> Sand, Per]]> Sande, Birgen]]> Sande, Petra]]> Sandhetssøker]]> Sneve, Martin]]> Strom, Andrew E.]]> Strømme, Peer O. (Peer Olsen), 1856-1921]]> Sund, Carl]]> Thomte, E.]]> Tvedte, L. E.]]> Vidar (pseudonym)]]> Vikar (pseudonym)]]> Valla, C. S.]]> Vetlaus, Per]]> Wist, Johs. B. (Johannes Benjamin), 1864-1923]]> Redal, Olav, 1882-1937]]> Steinarsen, Signe Mydland]]> Carlton County (Minn.)]]> Cloquet (Minn.)]]> Minnesota]]> Norwegian literature]]> Poems]]> Poet]]> History/Biography:
Julius Berg Johannesen was born in 1869 to Johannes Johannesen Bauman and Barbro Susanna Pedersdatter in Kiby (Tyby), Nord-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway. His father, Johannes Baumann, was a fisherman and partner of Per Kristian Glein, a well-known skipper and merchant on the island of Dønna. He married Barbo Susanna in Dønna, foster daughter of Per Kristian Glein.

Julius became a fisherman and laborer in Norway after his father died when he was 10. His mother encouraged to find work elsewhere, knowing that he did not want to be a fisherman. He became a private tutor to children of a wealthy family, and was appointed assistant postmaster at Osen, north of Trondheim. When two young men came to visit from America, they became acquainted with Julius and offered to pay for his transportation to the United States. In 1891, at the age of 20, Baumann immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Minnesota.

Baumann wrote songs and poems on the Norwegian-American immigrant experience, and his poems were frequently memorized, and sung to well-known melodies. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924). He was well acquainted with Norwegian-American Authors Waldemar Ager and Ole E. Rølvaag.

See “Julius B. Baumann: A Biographical Sketch" by John Heitmann( Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 15) for more information.

Scope and Content: 
Papers of a Norwegian-born poet and register of deeds in Carlton County, Minnesota: poems, letters, clippings, and three scrapbooks containing newspaper articles by Baumann, responses to his articles, and discussions on Norwegian-American literature by a variety of authors. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924).]]>
Contents
  • Correspondence, undated
    • Letters to and from Carl Sund, editor and importer, and Ole Olsen, poet, both living in Norway.
  • Clippings, undated
    • Typescript of tributes at Baumann's funeral by Henry P. Petersen, Waldemar Ager, Olav Redal and others. "Soenner af Norge" (Nov. 1923). Four page transcript "Soenner af Norge," (Sept. 1924): about monument to Baumann; speech of A.J. Myrland at its dedication; John Heitmann's and Ager's remarks; letter of thanks from family. Bibliography note: issue of "Nord-Norge" was mostly devoted to Baumann (Autumn 1923). 
  • Poems and manuscript, undated
  • Three Scrapbooks titled "Stottegalskab I Reform," undated
    • Each filled with clippings
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Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Einar Ingvald Haugen ( April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist, author, and professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University.

In 1931 Haugen joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he stayed until 1962. He was made Victor S. Thomas Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics at Harvard University in 1964, and stayed here until his retirement in 1975. Haugen served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

The collection includes O. E. Rolvaag letters to Haugen, correspondence, clippings, and articles in typescript and print.]]>
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Norwegian-American Historical Association]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Minneapolis Tidende]]> Decorah-Posten]]> History/Biography: 

Kristian Prestgard was born on the Harelstad farm in Heidal, Oppland, Norway. His parents were Gudbrand Kristensen Harelstad (1829-1869) and Marit Prestgard (1841-1897). When his father, Kristian and Marit moved back to her family farm in Prestgard. 

Prestgard attended the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as a correspondent for Oplandenes Avis, a  Norwegian newspaper. Instead of returning home to Norway, he started working in the Norwegian-American press. In 1897, he married Oline Musum (1873–1919) and took a position with a Norwegian language newspaper company in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

He was co-editor and editor of "Decorah-Posten" (1897-1946); co-editor and publisher of "Symra" (1905-1914); editor of Norske Kvad (1906); translator of "Fra Livet i Vestjylland" by Jakob Jakobsen (1894); author of "Nansenfaerden" (1896), Skrøneboka (1911), En Sommer i Norge (1928), "Streiftog, Stemninger og Skildringer" and "Fjords and Faces" (1937); and a founder of NAHA and a member of its board of editors (1925-1933). 

Scope and Content: 

Correspondence, manuscripts, and a scrapbook of a Norwegian-born journalist and author.

The letters by Prestgard and those by his correspondents deal largely with such subjects as the language controversy both in Norway and America, the tour of Norway by twelve American newspapermen in 1927, Knut Gjerset's unfinished dictionary of Norwegian-American biography, the writings of Ole E. Rølvaag, the Norwegian-American Historical Association, the merging of "Minneapolis Tidende" and "Decorah-Posten" in 1935, genealogy, immigration history, and gladioli. He gained a reputation as a horticulturist by developing 30 new varieties of gladioli. 

The Ola K. Stokkestad letters to Prestgard (1884-1897) are unique in that they treat not the economics of rural areas but cultural pursuits mainly in the city. 

The Arne Odd Johnson letters (1934-1938) deal with editorial and publication problems connected with using the Prestgard-Ivar Kleiven correspondence as basic material in a history of the migration of Norwegians to America. 

The John Heitmann letters (1928-1945) are primarily about the problems of translating, editing, and publishing "Fjords and Faces," the English version of "En Sommer i Norge." 

Among the other correspondents are R. B. Anderson, Henry Armstrong, Mrs. L. M. Boomer, Th. Caspari, Borghild M. Dahl, Juul Dieserud, P. J. Eikeland, Johan Falkberget, Arne Garborg, C. J. Hambro, J. C. M. Hanson, Hjalmar R. Holand, Halvdan Koht, Hanna Astrup Larsen, Fridtjof Nansen, John Norstog, Julius Olson, Franklin Petersen, Ragnhild Prestgard, A. N. Rygg, Ludwig Saxe, Th. H. Svanoe, A. A. Veblen, and Henry A. Wallace.

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St. Olaf College]]> St. Olaf Band]]> Norwegian-American Historical Association]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> To view the digital collections, click here.]]> Thompson, J. Jørgen, 1881-1963]]> Ager, Waldemar, 1869-1941]]> Prohibition]]> Eau Claire (Wis.)]]> Temperance]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Folkestad, Sigurd]]> Kvisgaard, Olav]]> Norstog, Jon, 1877-1942]]> Rolfson, Nordahl]]> Selnes, Johan A. N. (Johan Andreas Nilsen), 1882-1949]]> Sneve, O.S.]]> Ager, Trygve M. (Trygve Martinus), 1906-1975]]> History/Biography:
Waldemar Theodor Ager was born in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway to Martinius Mathiesen Ager and Marie Fredrikke Mathea Johnsdatter Stillaugsen. Martinius first emigrated to the United States by himself, starting a tailoring business. Eventually, Ager and the rest of the family joined Martinus in Chicago. In Chicago, Ager worked for the Norwegian-language newspaper, Norden. His newspaper career flourished when he moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and was offered a job at a Norwegian temperance newspaper called Reform. Ager became editor from 1903-1941. Ager was a leader in the prohibition movement. He helped organize total abstinence societies and Good Templar lodges across the Upper Midwest. Ager remained a teetotaler his entire life. 

In addition to his newspaper career, Ager also wrote six novels and collections of short stories. Among his best known books are "Paa drikkeondets Konto" (1894), "Kristus for Pilatus" (1910), "Oberst Heg og hans gutter" (1916), "Paa veien til smeltepotten" (1917), "Gamlelandets sønner" (1926), and "Hundeøine" (1929). 

See also "The Problem of Cultural Identity in the Works of Waldemar Ager, Simon Johnson, and Johannes B. Wist," a PhD dissertation by James P. Nelson, University of Washington, 1990.

Scope and Content:
The papers of a Norwegian-born journalist, author, and lecturer include clippings, articles, correspondence, manuscripts of books, poems, programs, records, sketches, and stories dealing with subjects such as Norwegian culture and heritage, Americanism, memorials to Norwegians in America, and temperance. 

Among the correspondents are Carl F. Berg, Arne K. Berger, L. W. Boe, H. A. Eckers, John O. Evjen, Ruth Fjeldsaa, Sigurd Folkestad, Einar Haugen, John Heitmann, H. R. Holand, Simon Johnson, Arne Kildal, Lars Lillehei, E. L. Mengshoel, Jon Norstog, Torkel Oftelie, K. Prestgard, D. G. Ristad, Mrs. O. E. Rølvaag, Johan Selnes, T. A. Siqueland, Edvard Skille, Charles C. W. Storck, J. L. Urheim, and Alexander Wiley.

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Haugen, Eva Lund]]> Sande, Hans Markusson]]> Anderson, Peder]]> Semmingsen, Ingrid, 1910-1995]]> Gvaale, Gudrun Hovde]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Citation for an honorary degree, Dr. of Letters, St. Olaf College (1974), prepared by Kenneth O. Bjork; a review of Gudrun Hovde Gvåle's biography of Rølvaag and "A Shipload of German Emigrants and their Significance for the Norwegian Emigration of 1825"; "Etnisk historie i America," from "Heimen," no. 3, 1983; "Uppsalagruppen," a manuscript; "Til minne om Ingrid Semmingsen," by Sivert Langholm, in "Historisk tidsskrift," no. 3, 1996; and a collection of clippings. Dr. Semmingsen was professor of American history at the University of Oslo, specializing in the Norwegian migration to America.

Contents: 
  • Articles
    • Includes: Drøm og daad; utvandringen til Amerika. (Aschehoug, 1975) (another copy in library) "Amerika brev": talk given in Madison, sometime after 1975. Treats the "Lee letters, 115 in all ...1857-1925. The bulk of them date from the late seventies and onwards by two generations of emigrants" who emigrated from Hedalen, Valdres to Dane County., Wisconsin 19 p., photocopy of typescript and manuscript, with many manuscript revisions and insertions. Probably see America letters by Ole Andersen Lee, Mikkel Andersen Lee in America Letters collection. "Women in Norwegian emigration." 28 p. typescript, photocopy. "Peder Anderson of Bergen and Lowell: artist and ambassador of culture," by Eva L. Haugen and Ingrid Semmingsen. (American Norvegica IV, 29 p.) "Noen brevglimt av norske kvinners liv i Amerika" (By og bygd, v.30, 1985) pp. 209-214. "Nordic research into emigration" (Scand. J. Hist., 3:107-129, 1978) "Norwegian emigration in the nineteenth century" (Scand. Econ. Hist. Rev., viii no.2, pp.150-160. "Emigration from Scandinavia (Scand. Econ. Hist. Rev., xx no.1,1972, pp.45-60. "De tyske emigranter i Bergen, 1817-18 " (Bergens Historiske Forenings Skrifter, 77/76, 1976, pp.120-138. "A unique collection of America-letters in Norway" (Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, July 1984, pp.316-321. See also her article, "Family emigration from Bergen, 1874-92; some preliminary results of a statistical study" in Americana norvegica, vol. III (E.Haugen festskrift) E193.A6 v.3 (pp.28-63) 'LT7i. "Det norske Amerika: i fortid og naatid" (Kirke og Kultur,21, pp.321-345)
  • Uppsalagruppen, 1996
  • Conference papers--"The Lee Letters," undated
  • "Women in Norwegian Emigration," undated
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Lindbæk, Lisa Aubert]]> Minnesota]]> Thrane, Marcus Møller, 1817-1890]]> Bygdelag]]> Spohn, George Weida, 1879-1943]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> Jorgenson, Theodore, 1894-1971]]> Eastvold, Donald]]> Hvistendahl, Anders W.]]> Solum, Nora O.]]> Solum, Nora O. ]]> ]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]> St. Olaf College]]> Goodhue County (Minn.)]]> Schiotz, Fredrik A. (Fredrik Axel), 1901-1989]]> Rygh, Torger Olsen]]> Red Wing Seminary]]> Minnesota]]> Minnesota State Board of Education]]> Tiller, Edward]]> Nydahl, Johannes]]> Nydahl, Theodore Ludwig]]> Boraas, Julius, 1871-1952]]> Boraas, Julius, 1871-1952]]> ]]> St. Olaf College]]> Thorson, Gerald]]> Janson, Kristofer, 1841-1917]]> Janson, Drude Krog]]> Strømme, Peer O. (Peer Olsen), 1856-1921]]> Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931]]>
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