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Poems by a Norwegian born Lutheran clergyman, Thompson, North Dakota. From Rolvaag Library Vault. Many of the poems are for/about specific occasions.Poems (1883-1904) and Articles (1912). 18 items, typescript. Added Nov. 1994: Article, "Et…

Photocopy of Pioneers: The Old Settler's Memorial Monument Association Inc. looks at the past. "We have attempted to cover at least a small portion of the territory along both sides of the Red River, with brief biographies and pictures of early…

S. S. Rodning was born in Hol, Hallingdal, in 1869 and emigrated in 1894. He taught in various Red River Valley congregations, studied at Augsburg Seminary, and began farming in Benson County, North Dakota, in 1901. He was a prolific writer. Many of…

Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of Minnesota,…

Papers mainly about a Norwegian lawyer and journalist who came to the United States in 1867 and became a primary publicist for the Red River Valley. He was associated with several Norwegian-American newspapers: "Frelandet og Emigranten" at La Crosse,…

Typescripts of "The World of the Vikings," and an article, "The Red River Valley of the North," written by a former resident of the Red River Valley area.

Correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, clippings, and account books of a Norwegian-born farmer at Halstad, Minnesota. The papers include school district reports; articles and letters treating the early days in the Red River Valley;…

Papers of a Norwegian-born insurance man and chief promoter of the Minnesota Credit Union Law of 1925: a autobiography, his story of the Jesse James raid in Northfield, and a review of his book "Memoirs of a Pioneer" (1938). The family emigrated from…

A photograph and clippings of articles which appeared in Decorah-Posten dealing with life in the Red River Valley. Foss, journalist and author, emigrated in 1887.Contents:"Husmandsguten" published in "Ved Arnen" (1953 in 1877). Transferred from P.A.…