Eidsvoll Centennial clippings, 1908-1989
Title
Eidsvoll Centennial clippings, 1908-1989
Identifier
P1543
Date
1908-1989
Description
Clippings and other material about American participation in celebration of the centennial of the signing of the Norwegian Constitution.
Includes an issue of the magazine Smuler (June 19, 1916) with "Summary of the financial operations of the Committee on 17th of May Celebration" pages 17-26, showing receipts of $22,775.87, disbursements of $22,775.17; balance $ .70.; Pamphlet: Den Norske Synode, Hilsen til Hundredaarsfesten I Norge 1914 (Decorah Posten's Trykkeri) with photographs of Synod colleges, schools, hospitals, leaders.; The celebration included exhibits sent by states and organizations to Norway, and a "Mindegave" (remembrance gift), preparation for which began 1908.
A book about the centennial was published: Jubilaeumsboken: fra 14 to 14, ed. by Einar Hilsen (Oslo, 1914, 316 p.) (One copy here, another in the library collection.) It included "Norge I Amerika" by H.O. Oppedal (pp. 293-296) with portraits of H.A. Preus and Knute Nelson; and an overview of the exhibition.; An American celebration was held May 16-18 at the State Fair grounds in St. Paul. An article in the Minneapolis Journal describes the plans and has portraits of the committee, headed by A.A. Veblen.
The address by James A. Peterson was published as a paamphlet. A special July 4 celebration was held at Oslo.; Odd Lovell describes the events in The promise of America (p. 183): "In the year 1914 the ‘great homecoming' occurred. An estimated 20,000 Norwegian Americans visited the homeland to take part in the centennial celebrations. The large exhibition in Frogner Park in Oslo had a display devoted to "the migrate Norway."…; The Eidsvoll centennial was commemorated wherever Norwegians had settled in America.
The celebration in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, was the largest. A festival lasting three days with probably as many a 50,000 participants …marked the occasion. This celebration took on a great symbolic value in ensuing years: it demonstrated the immigrants' strength and their contributions to American society…The bydgelag assumed major responsibility for the celebration in the Twin Cities, and raising gifts to send to the home communities in Norway."; Sange til hundredaarsfesten 17de Mai 1914 for blandt kor. Minneapolis, Augsburg, 16 p. Includes "Der ringes paar jord," text by J. Blicher Clausen, music by F. Melius Christiansen; and "Festsang" by L. P> Th.;
See in the Minnesota Historical Society: National 17th of May Celebration Committee, Minneapolis. Records, 1914. P2397.
Correspondence of group organized to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Norway's independence, describing arrangements for speakers, transportation, choirs, and advertisings. Includes correspondence with several congressmen of Norwegain ancestry, and commemorative poems.;
Added 2001 (from Ella Tweet); Norges jubilaeumsutstilling, 1914 (album of photographs); Norge mindeblads 1814-1914, ed. by K.V. Hammer. Kristiania, Mittet, 1914. 1 v.; Added 2002: Syttende Mai festskrift: Hundredaars-Festen, St. Paul-Minneapolis, 1914. Ed. By N.N. Ronning, publ. by K.C. Holter. Another copy in library. Also, Johnson, Dr. J.S. Minnesota, en kortfattet historie…I anledning Minnesotas deltagelse in Norges juliaeumsutstilling, 1914. Utgitt av "Minnesota-Norway 1914 Centennial Exposition Associaton." 323 p. (1 copy in lib.); "Sstatuter for 'Mindegaven til Norge 1914 fra det norske utflytterfold i Nord-Amerika' (vedtat av Stortinget 8de january 1915 med endring av 20. februar 1939)" 4 p.; "Innst. S. Nr. 135 (1988-89) Innstilling fra Stortingets presidentskap om beretning for 1988 fra styret for 'Minegaven...'" March 30, 1989. 1 p.
See Waldemar Ager papers (P600 box 11) for scrapbook Ager kept on his trip to Norway when in charge of the Wisconsin Exhibit at the Eidsvoll Centennial.
Includes an issue of the magazine Smuler (June 19, 1916) with "Summary of the financial operations of the Committee on 17th of May Celebration" pages 17-26, showing receipts of $22,775.87, disbursements of $22,775.17; balance $ .70.; Pamphlet: Den Norske Synode, Hilsen til Hundredaarsfesten I Norge 1914 (Decorah Posten's Trykkeri) with photographs of Synod colleges, schools, hospitals, leaders.; The celebration included exhibits sent by states and organizations to Norway, and a "Mindegave" (remembrance gift), preparation for which began 1908.
A book about the centennial was published: Jubilaeumsboken: fra 14 to 14, ed. by Einar Hilsen (Oslo, 1914, 316 p.) (One copy here, another in the library collection.) It included "Norge I Amerika" by H.O. Oppedal (pp. 293-296) with portraits of H.A. Preus and Knute Nelson; and an overview of the exhibition.; An American celebration was held May 16-18 at the State Fair grounds in St. Paul. An article in the Minneapolis Journal describes the plans and has portraits of the committee, headed by A.A. Veblen.
The address by James A. Peterson was published as a paamphlet. A special July 4 celebration was held at Oslo.; Odd Lovell describes the events in The promise of America (p. 183): "In the year 1914 the ‘great homecoming' occurred. An estimated 20,000 Norwegian Americans visited the homeland to take part in the centennial celebrations. The large exhibition in Frogner Park in Oslo had a display devoted to "the migrate Norway."…; The Eidsvoll centennial was commemorated wherever Norwegians had settled in America.
The celebration in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, was the largest. A festival lasting three days with probably as many a 50,000 participants …marked the occasion. This celebration took on a great symbolic value in ensuing years: it demonstrated the immigrants' strength and their contributions to American society…The bydgelag assumed major responsibility for the celebration in the Twin Cities, and raising gifts to send to the home communities in Norway."; Sange til hundredaarsfesten 17de Mai 1914 for blandt kor. Minneapolis, Augsburg, 16 p. Includes "Der ringes paar jord," text by J. Blicher Clausen, music by F. Melius Christiansen; and "Festsang" by L. P> Th.;
See in the Minnesota Historical Society: National 17th of May Celebration Committee, Minneapolis. Records, 1914. P2397.
Correspondence of group organized to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Norway's independence, describing arrangements for speakers, transportation, choirs, and advertisings. Includes correspondence with several congressmen of Norwegain ancestry, and commemorative poems.;
Added 2001 (from Ella Tweet); Norges jubilaeumsutstilling, 1914 (album of photographs); Norge mindeblads 1814-1914, ed. by K.V. Hammer. Kristiania, Mittet, 1914. 1 v.; Added 2002: Syttende Mai festskrift: Hundredaars-Festen, St. Paul-Minneapolis, 1914. Ed. By N.N. Ronning, publ. by K.C. Holter. Another copy in library. Also, Johnson, Dr. J.S. Minnesota, en kortfattet historie…I anledning Minnesotas deltagelse in Norges juliaeumsutstilling, 1914. Utgitt av "Minnesota-Norway 1914 Centennial Exposition Associaton." 323 p. (1 copy in lib.); "Sstatuter for 'Mindegaven til Norge 1914 fra det norske utflytterfold i Nord-Amerika' (vedtat av Stortinget 8de january 1915 med endring av 20. februar 1939)" 4 p.; "Innst. S. Nr. 135 (1988-89) Innstilling fra Stortingets presidentskap om beretning for 1988 fra styret for 'Minegaven...'" March 30, 1989. 1 p.
See Waldemar Ager papers (P600 box 11) for scrapbook Ager kept on his trip to Norway when in charge of the Wisconsin Exhibit at the Eidsvoll Centennial.
Extent
4 folders and 5 volumes
Subject
Type
Clippings
Pamphlets
Publications
Citation
“Eidsvoll Centennial clippings, 1908-1989,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed April 29, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/1386.