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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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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;…

Correspondence, reports, clippings, and photographs of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, theological professor, author, editor, and lecturer. Bruce immigrated to Yankton County, Dakota Territory, in 1884; attended Fremont College, Red Wing…

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,…

Transcript of propositions in geometry by Kaasbøll.

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…