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North Dakota -- Population elements -- Norwegians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bjerke Family Reunion Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: SC 85
Abstract Photocopy of secretary's book for the Bjerke reunions, organized for descendants of Erick and Berthe Maria Bjerke, Norwegian immigrants, who settled near Hatton, N.D.
Dates: 1937-1980

George Hilstad Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 269-Tape 11
Abstract Correspondence, typewritten summaries of interviews, taped interviews with Hilstad and Roy Bunn, relating to the Blanchard, Belle Prairie, and Grandin bonanza farms in Traill and Cass counties, N.D.; abstract of platting of Traill Centre; statistical information concerning Mayville, N.D., churches; articles, several written by Hilstad's wife, Mary (Dunlevy) Hilstad, chiefly concerning Traill County history; letters written by Torsten Torstenson Kopseng to Norwegian relatives, describing his...
Dates: 1863-1970

Jens Leum Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 193
Abstract Correspondence with family members in Norway relating to daily life; letters from Gustav Amlund of the Normanden (Norwegian American newspaper) and S.A. Olsness; genealogical information on Leum family; land deed (1881) to Charles Moen; and clippings.
Dates: 1905-1954

Lower Maple River Lutheran Church Meeting Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: SC 40
Abstract Organized 1877; originally called Nedre Maple River lutherske menighet. The church was located in Harwood, North Dakota.
Dates: 1881-1933.

Nels Magnuson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 11
Abstract Correspondence, including letters from relatives in Norway, relating to daily events; certificate of election (1930) as state senator; miscellaneous financial records; bylaws of Souris Cooperative Elevator Company; historical pamphlet concerning Scandinavian Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Souris; ledger (1928-1946) containing personal expenses and income; clippings; and financial records (1905-1908, 1916-1924) of Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, headquartered in Carbury, N.D.
Dates: 1893-1955.

Oscar J. Sorlie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 868
Abstract Correspondence, including letters (1931) to Sam Shevchenko of Buxton, from relatives in the Ukraine describing the famine there; copies of speeches; pamphlets; scrapbook, containing several letters from L.B. Hanna and William Langer; photos of Sorlie's family home in Norway; and material relating to National Nonpartisan League, his general store and farm in Buxton, and other topics.
Dates: 1919-1941.

Samuel Hovland Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 656
Abstract Typewritten summary of interview with Hovland's daughter and her husband, Lena (Hovland) and Martin Martinson, chiefly relating to Hovland's early employment as cook and the Grandin Farms by whom he was employed; legal documents; certificates, including seaman's certificate; biographical sketch; deeds; and clippings. Persons represented include Hovland's son, Elvin Hovland, and members of the Dalrymple family.
Dates: 1868-1956.