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Typewritten copy of "Af et brev om Amerika" by the head of the Stavanger agricultural school containing arguments against emigration. The original is in the University of Oslo Library. Contents:Typewritten transcript, 1928 Note: Sophie Bøe's…

Correspondence, clippings, essays, papers, personal reminiscences, 1932 centenary observance, and commentary on his 1881 lecture tour in the Midwest. One letter is by Bjørnson to Thoralv Klaveness concerning the latter's book, "Det Norske Amerika"…

Beskrivelse av vor reise fra Norge til Amerika, aar 1857 is a description of Buu's journey to America together with his wife and five children, beginning at Bergen and ending at Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin. Manuscript copy was made by Iver J. Jaastad…

AbstractReprinted articles, clippings, sheet music, and photographs concerning the Norwegian violinist, including "The Saga of Ole Bull," by Harmon M. Gehr; "Ole Bull's Colony of Oleana: A Political Perspective," by Gary Larson; "Ole Bull's…

AbstractArticles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.ContentsPhotograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to…

An article and correspondence concerning an estate "in Norwegian style" near Carmel, California, built 1918-1927 for Mrs. Maude Reynolds.Contents:Carmel Norwegian Lodge: Article and Correspondence

Emigration papers, a Norwegian-American Steamship Line passenger contract, marriage, death, baptism, and confirmation certificates, and a bounty land deed, in addition to various other legal documents. Chiefly 19th century with some early 20th…

Proclamations by the King concerning disease and minerals.Contents:Christian the Seventh Documents, Proclamations.

AbstractArticles, brochures, poems of and studies about a blind writer, lecturer, and teacher who published 15 books. "Borghild Dahl," by Barbara Alnæs, is a University of Oslo English Department thesis, 1978.ContentsNovel, "Karen" Random House,…

Clippings, programs, photographs, and articles about a leader in the development of church music among Norwegian Americans. Dahle emigrated in 1877, and was an organist, composer, choir director, and music educator, teaching at church colleges, and…
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