Material by and about the father of the labor movement in Norway, author, journalist, and satirist. Thrane emigrated from Norway to the United States in 1863.
Biography/History:
Marcus Møller Thrane (1817-1890) was the leader of the first organized labor movement in Norway. After a few years as an office worker and a teacher, Thrane began his campaign to improve conditions for Norway’s industrial workers…
Papers of a professor of English at St. Olaf College, 1919-1960. Author and translator. Author with Theodore Jorgenson, "Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (1939); translator: Rølvaag, "Peder Seier" (1928), "Peter Victorious" (1929); Rølvaag,…
Naeseth was the daughter of C.A. Naeseth, longtime Luther College professor, and his wife, a daughter of U.V. Koren. She graduated from Grinnell college and received graduate degrees from the Universities of Minnesota and Chicago. After teaching at…
Marcus Thrane I Amerika and "The Kensington Rune Stone" by a Norwegian-born teacher in the Minneapolis Schools, and clippings concerning Norwegian-American Writers. Includes: documents concerning Bernt Støylen, "A Personal Historical Record of the…