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AbstractNotes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas telling of pioneer life, frontier hospitality, relations with the American Indians, church and school life.Contents"Notes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas," undated Arneson emigrated in 1872 from the…

Erindringer om det første norske udvandrings-selskabs reise til Texas og fra de første 6 aar af nybyggerlivet der, is an account of Hastvedt's trip to Texas in 1846, of Johan Reinert Reiersen's expedition in 1843-1844, and of early frontier life…

Biography/History:  Johan Reinert Reierson (1810-1864) was born in Vestre Moland, Aust-Agder, Norway. He was a Norwegian-American writer, author and publisher as well as an early Texas pioneer and emigration activist. Reierson had been sponsored in…

Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act…

Catalogues of a Lutheran school founded at Clifton, Texas, in 1896 as the Lutheran College; later, Clifton College, Clifton Junior College. Closed fall 1953, merging with Texas Lutheran College. Its building was later used by the Bosque County…

Catalogues and brochures of a junior college and academy at Seguin, Texas, with which Clifton Jr. College later merged. Includes Catalogues, and Brochures. Includes: Rules and Regulations for Ladies Hall.

Correspondence, articles, reports, drawings, diaries, log-books, notebooks, clippings, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born machinist and engineer. The correspondence deals with such topics as problems in engineering, sea disasters, strikes and labor…

A New Oslo on the Plains; Anders L. Mordt Land Company and Norwegian Migration to the Texas Panhandle, reprint of an article published in the "Panhandle-Plains Historical Review," Canyon, Texas, 1976. "A Diamond Jubilee; Seventy-Five Years of…

Copies of papers relating to the history of the Anders L. Mordt Land Company, Guymon, Oklahoma. Mordt was a promoter of Oslo, a Norwegian settlement in Hansford County, Texas (Texas Panhandle) in the early 1900s. He advertised extensively in the…

Kolstad Jewelers, 1853-1979, an illustrated booklet issued as a memento of the 125th anniversary of the oldest retail store in Texas. Members of the Kolstad family have operated this business for five generations and have been community leaders in…