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Letters written by a Wiota, Wisconsin, farmer to a friend in Norway describing farm activity, topography, recreation, travel, and politics, and expressing appreciation of both America and Norway.

Civil War and other letters received by Rulland (born in Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway; emig. 1854), Coon Prairie, Wisconsin.

Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central Wisconsin,…

Subscription lists of Nordlyset (1847-1849) and "Maanedstidende" (ca. 1850), organized according to states, counties, and post offices; "Maanedstidende" treasury reports; and a short essay on the Skandinaviske Presseforening. Filed with the volume…

Scrapbook of clippings from American and Norwegian newspapers compiled by a schoolteacher and nurse from Coon Valley and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Among the items are a poem by Kristofer Janson, O. J. Breda's address at the Kristofer Janson festival in…

Contains pictures, programs, and clippings from Thompson's student days at St. Olaf College [Academy, 1893] and Luther College as well as from the Mount Horeb Academy. Mount Horeb Academy, St. Olaf College, Luther College. Majority of items are…

Clippings and correspondence concerning a Norwegian-born Manitowoc, Wisconsin, merchant and his family. See article on Torrison by O.J. Breda in "Symra" (period.) v. 6 pp. 185-192.

Newspaper articles concerning the history of the Koshkonong Lutheran parish in eastern Dane County, Wisconsin. Thompson was a minister in that parish.

Autographs to Julia Thompson, Scandinavia, Wisconsin, written by persons in the same area.

Emigration documents and letters concerning the Anders Stuegaarden family.