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Article in pamphlet form entitled "From Selbu to the Dakota Prairie: Recollections of Frontier Life on the Middle Border," an account of the life of Andrew Olson (Størset: 1839-1918; emig. 1870) and his frontier experiences at Andover, Day County,…

Biography/History: Ole Edvart Rølvaag was born in a fishing village on Dønna, Norway, on April 22, 1876. He immigrated to the United States in 1896 and worked as a farmhand in South Dakota from 1896–98. After graduating from Augustana Academy in…

Account books (1880 July 14-1928 September 10) and legal papers (1886 June 22-1901 September 23) of a Norwegian-born realtor, insurance agent, and farmer at Canton, South Dakota. Also Includes warranty deeds for several properties; mortgage papers;…

Papers of a farmer, district school teacher, and book store proprietor, consisting of reminiscences about pioneer life mostly in eastern Dane County, Wisconsin, southeastern Dakota, and Luther College. The anecdotes concern neighbors and relatives,…

A biography, 20 typescript pages, and a collection of articles, mostly in the form of clippings (1907-1946), of a Norwegian-born philanthropist and churchman, Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Nels C. Lerdahl, Madison, Wisconsin. Subjects treated are…

Papers of a church-related high school founded in 1920 as Canton Normal School (5 years); in 1927 the preparatory courses of Augustana College (Sioux Falls) were merged with the school and its name changed to Augustana Academy. Catalogs. Yearbooks,…

Brochures, bulletins, catalogs, clippings, magazines, journals, programs; Emil Erpestad's history of the college; a 1956 dissertation, published in 1971 with a postscript by H. M. Blegen; and Beulah Folkedahl's article about the Marshall, Wisconsin,…

Catalogs (1892-1917), brochures, correspondence, reports, catalogs, and student publications of an institution founded by the Norwegian Synod in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1889 and merged with Augustana College in 1918.Includes: Lutheran Normal…

Sioux Falls Lutheran and Watertown Luther hospitals.

A Homestead Certificate issued to a resident at Watertown, South Dakota.