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,…
Speeches by a United States Senator from South Dakota on agriculture, immigration, and Iceland's parliament millennial; clippings (1914-1937); and "Recollections of the Years," by Lydia Nordbeck, 213 typescript pages, 1953. Includes information (pp.…
Transcripts of seven articles written by a Norwegian-born surveyor, immigration commissioner, and legislator of Stanwood, Washington, which were published in the "Stanwood News," (Oct. - Dec. 1920) concerning his work as immigration commissioner, his…
An article about the Kubberulle by Hvamstad; a letter from Volin, South Dakota by Henrik O. Stroem (b. 1861, emig. 1873 to S.D.); and a biography of Ivar John Saugen (Feb. 4, 1901-1957), a Lutheran clergyman in British Columbia. Includes "Pioneren…
Clippings of articles by a Lutheran clergyman, educator, and editor, about life in the Koshkonong (Wisconsin) area: roads, trips to Milwaukee, farm machinery, mills, crops, schools, women's work, wildlife, orchards, church, language, politics,…
Two undated articles by a Norwegian-born professor of physics at St. Olaf College: "At snakke norsk paa engelsk," typescript, 2 pages, and "Norskdommen og skolene," an undated clipping from "Decorah-Posten." "Det ble jul lell" is a one-page story…
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in…
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer. The letters (1876-1884) were written from Winona, Minnesota; East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Canton, South Dakota; and Auburndale, Wisconsin.Contents:Correspondence
Vaccination…
Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born (Stavanger, emigrated 1883) farmer and mason, Platte, South Dakota, which discuss local church life, the snowstorm of 1888, the depression in the 1890s, and World War I. References are made to Sven…
