Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, school notebooks, and a manuscript (44 p.) of his translation (portions of Joh. Ludwig Hartmann's (1640-84), "Evangelisk Troesgrund," from German to Norwegian.Content:Mikel Holseth…
"The Santal Mission in America, and the Visit of Skrefsrud in 1894-95," is a translation of a chapter of a Norwegian scholar's doctoral dissertation on the history of the Santal Mission. The Santal Mission was organized by Lars Skrefsrud and [?]…
"Ella's Journal: An unsuspected Legacy" by Judy Aaker, 2012. Includes original journal and transcription of Ella Henning, a resident of Goodhue County, Minnesota, on her travels out west in June of 1903 with her brother Louis (Lars) and bride Jenney…
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,…
Contains "The life and work of Miss Pauline Fjelde: Minnesota weaver-embroideress, 1971. Copy of masters thesis from the University of Minnesota. Contents information on her life, embroideries, flags, banners, domestic textiles, garments, weavings…
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.
Includes a clipping and a pamphlet concerning the Aasen Corporation of America, Stoughton, Wisconsin, and its Norwegian founder. Aasen invented several military devices including the hand grenade, deep water bomb, modern trench mortar, and the air…
Biographical data about a Lutheran clergyman who was president of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, and president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.Includes: Biography and program, April 6, 1952-January 15, 1957. Program, "Unveiling Ceremony…
Includes emigration papers, receipts, promissory notes, and recipes of an 1838 emigrant from Numedal, Norway, who settled at Kendall, New York. Also see:Naeseth, "Immigrants" 1838:8-14. Emigrated from Flesberg, Numedal in 1838.
H. Herbransen, De…
