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Sioux Falls Lutheran and Watertown Luther hospitals.

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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Pamphlets, articles, a tribute to "Stavangerfjord," and photos of ships that transported thousands of Norwegian Americans for a visit to their homeland. Includes "Den Norske Amerikalinjes Oprettelse," (1938); "Hvorfor bør du ta en tur fil Norge?" by…

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

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…

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…