An emigration document and letters (mainly from Kvikne, Tynset, Hedmark, 1883-1890) to Mrs. Dahlby, a Norwegian-born farmer's wife at Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.Correspondence includes 1918 letter from the Rev. Henrik Voldal from Torquay,…
Open letter on sheepskin regarding property at Samsahl, Norway. Donated by Andrew Etnestad, via Mrs. G. J. Hoyme. Samsahl is in Ringsaker Parish. The other farm mentioned is Gjøta, in Østre Slidre. The donor presumably came from the Etnested farm in…
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the Koshkonong…
A letter from Døving to "Kjære ven," February 4, 1923; "The Døving Hymn Collection," by Frank R. Miller, published in "The Friend," February, 1936; photocopies of 15 hymns translated by Døving; and lists of translations which have been made of two…
A biography and a memorial address concerning a Norwegian-American chemist who emigrated in 1894, and who became chief of the technical research department of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in New York. He held many patents in the cellulose…
"We are Norwegian-Americans," a summary of the contributions Norwegian immigrants have made to American culture, by a St. Olaf College senior, class of 1936.
A Luther College student paper entitled "The Authenticity of Norumbega," which seeks to disprove the existence of Norumbega, a Norwegian colony believed by some to have existed in the area of Boston about the year 1000 CE.Contents:Duffner, Russel A.…
An unidentified diary in Norwegian dealing largely with the search for work in Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. A stamp at the beginning reads "A.P. Østberg, Fredriksstad."Contents: Diary (1901). Stamp at beginning: A.P. Østberg,…
Includes a release document issued to Leif Torgrimson Aanaas and his family upon their departure for America from Telemark, Norway, May 11, 1848 (Nedre Thelemarkens Fogedcontoir ved Skien).See Naeseth's "Immigrants," 1848: 1452-1456. From Sauherad,…
Includes a vaccination certificate, letters of introduction and a daily account of a Norwegian-trained businessman's journey in 1881 from Bergen to Morris, Illinois, in Norwegian.
