Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902

Knut Wefald correspondence, 1887-1902

P1308

1887-1902

Letters written by a resident of Yttre Vefald, Drangedal, Telemark to his son Knud, who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1887. Some of the letters are from other relative and friends. (see also: Kund Wefald (1869-1936) papers, P 400.

Contents:

• Radio address, March 15, 1933
  • Includes a pedigree chart, biographical data of Knud Wefald, and a song (Vi er et Fold) with Norse lyrics written by K. Wefald 
• Wefald family in America, 1979-2005
• Family History of Knud Stork Wefald and his wife Sarah Skree
• Articles, Clay County Herald about his trip to Norway, 1903
• Norwegian Poems written by Wefald, 1887-1928
• Correspondence and "Dikt i Samling Selected Poems" by Welfad
• English Poems and translations by K. Wefald
  • Includes address given in 1910 on the 4th of July, or probably on Decoration Day, May 30th; and "Dikt I Samling Selected Poems," 1987.
• Extracts copied from "Congressional Record"
  • Includes remarks regarding the National-Origin Quota Base in the Immigration Law of 1924 (1927). 
• Material on ship "Oceania. [Oceanic]"
  • Includes notes on S.S. Thingvalla.
• Clippings from C.G.O. Hansen collection
  • Includes clipping of speech given by Wefald at Sons of Norway celebration, Pelican Rapids, MN., dated Aug. 1927; R.A. Trovatten, 1914, about Amund Thorson and the "bur" he built; "Tale om Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson," obituaries, and an article on Wefald by Martin W. Oddland.
• Jon Wefald articles (President of Kansas State University)
• Photographs, 1896

0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Norwegian

Correspondence

Clippings