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  • Subject is exactly "Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931"

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,…

Finding aid to the Norwegian Immigration student papers, 1926-1950
General statements, genealogies, family histories, and histories of pioneer settlements by students who studied under O. E. Rolvaag at St. Olaf College. Includes a chart of emigration statistics by region, 1860-1925.

Finding aid to the Einar Haugen papers, 1913-1926
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…

Finding aid to the Kristian Prestgard papers, 1884-1945
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…

Finding aid to the J. Jørgen Thompson papers, 1896-1963
Articles, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and records of a Wisconsin-born St. Olaf College administrator and teacher. The papers concern campus life, public relations, counseling, courses of study, student and teacher recruitment, funds…

Finding aid to the Waldemar Theodore Ager papers, 1874-1943
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.…

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…

Finding aid to the Nora O. Solum papers, 1904-1971
Papers of a professor of English at St. Olaf College, 1919-1960. Author and translator. Author with Theodore Jorgenson, "Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (1939); translator: Rølvaag, "Peder Seier" (1928), "Peter Victorious" (1929); Rølvaag,…

Finding aid to the Julius Boraas papers, 1891-1997
Papers of a professor of education at St. Olaf College: articles on educational subjects, a history of the Boraas family, correspondence, biographical data, clippings, diaries (55 volumes, 1899-1951), and a record of Boraas's public addresses. Some…

Originals, reprints, and copies of articles and publications by a Professor of English at St. Olaf College, published in various journals, concerning Norwegian-American literature. Subjects are: Norwegian-American Literature, Nora Helmer, Chicago,…
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