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Correspondence, legal papers, and biographical information of a Norwegian who immigrated in 1847 and came to Washington in 1850. Toftezen was probably the first Scandinavian in the Stanwood area. His mother, sister, and brother came later. A Toftezen…

Minutes of a Silvana, Washington, society organized to provide for its members a library and an opportunity to discuss current topics, such as women's suffrage, temperance, taxes, presidential elections, fire insurance, the new literature, farming…

Biography, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and pictures dealing with the career of a Norwegian-born artist. Educated in Norway, Belgium, and Paris, Sønnichsen emigrated in 1904. His best known works are his picture panels in the New Brunswick…

"Norsk bidrag til amerikansk liv," a translation by Gus O. Solum, Seattle, Washington, of an address appearing in the "Congressional Record" (May 15, 1953). Discusses the history, growth, and contribution of Norwegians to American culture. Tollefson…

Letters and articles written (February 10th - August 16th, 1898) by Harstad, Lutheran clergyman to the Pacific Lutheran University Herald, a Norwegian newspaper in Parkland, Washington, of which he was editor for several years. These letters concern…

Records of services to seamen and of gifts by American contributors to the Mission in San Francisco.Includes: Mailing addresses (1927 January-1946 December), Luggage recors (1926 May-1946 May), Minute book (1925 February 10-1946), Records of money…

Papers of and materials about the Danish-born clergyman, the second pastor ordained to serve Norwegian-Americans. Includes his emigration diary, letters, ministerial record books, photographs, clippings, and articles. Clausen served congregations in…

"Once a Hobo...The Autobiography of Monte Holm," by Monte Holm and Dennis L. Clay, 1999. Chronicles of a 13-year-old boy from Clarkston, Washington, forced from his home and became a hobo.

Letters to a Norwegian-born farmer at Sunburgh, Minnesota. Correspondents include Thorstein Berg, Johannes Halvorson, Bjug A. Harstad, T. T. Kopseng, T. P. Satner, and Johannes Tingelstad. All in Norwegian.

Brochures, clippings, and periodicals about a fraternal order whose "aims and objects…are to unite fraternally and socially all male person of Scandinavian birth or decent…to induce its members to become citizens…to study American institutions and…