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Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Aagot Raaen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 8
Overview The Aagot Raaen Papers contain research material and manuscripts for her book Grass of the Earth, correspondence including letters sent to the teachers and school officers by Miss Raaen while she was the Superintendent of Schools of Steele County, N.D., research on the the Hamarsbøn family in Norway and America, and several articles written by Raaen.
Dates: 1915-1953.

Aagot Raaen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 177
Overview The Aagot Raaen Papers consist of photocopies of the original papers at the Hatton-Eielson Museum and Historical Association, copied with their permission. Her diaries from Sept. 1939 to Sept. 1941 are very detailed, documenting her teaching in the Newburgh community, personal feelings, and social affairs. The handwritten 1873-1938 "diary" (ca. 42 leaves) as Raaen called it, is more accurately a chronology of her life and of the Raaen family compiled many years later. The family papers include...
Dates: 1798-1957; Majority of material found within 1890-1957

Aagot Raaen Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Photo 527
Abstract The Aagot Raaen was a Norwegian-American author of the book Grass of the Earth, and the Superintendent of Schools of Steele County, N.D.
Dates: 1870s-1950s

Alfred Aasland Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 655
Abstract Typed summary of interview by Frank Herman and Leonard Sackett with Alfred Aasland concerning his father, Ole Aasland, who worked on the Grandin farm.
Dates: 1956.

Arne and Josephine Gronbeck Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 873
Abstract Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with corrections concerning his work on the Helendale Farm. Includes some mention of J.B. Powers, his son Allie, and Gronbeck's wife Josephine Vangsness Gronbeck who worked as nursemaid and cook on the Helendale Farm.
Dates: 1957

Besta : A Story of North Dakota Pioneers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 583
Abstract Photocopy of an article published serially in the Grand Forks herald. It contains the life of Karen (Erickson) Bakke, who settled in the Goose River Valley, Traill County, N.D. in 1871 with her Norwegian immigrant parents, Ole and Christiana Erickson. Includes mention of her early life in Wisconsin, moving to Mayville, N.D., living at Ft. Abraham Lincoln with her sister Emily, General Custer and his troops at Ft. Abraham Lincoln, meeting her husband, Ole Bakke, their wedding preparations,...
Dates: 1950-1951

Bjerke Family Reunion Minutes

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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

Bjugstad Family Papers

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Identifier: SC 800
Abstract Genealogy of the Ole and Karen Bjugstad family. He emigrated from Vardal, Norway in 1866, living in Wisconsin with his parents before coming to Dakota Territory in 1881, settling near Finley, N.D.
Dates: 1978

Carl M. Grimstad Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 162
Abstract Carl Grimstad was a Walsh County, ND pioneer. The collection consists of a handwritten copy of his manuscript "Life in Dakota Territory, from 1879 to 1887," concerning his experience as a pioneer settler in Walsh County.
Dates: 1927-1932

Claus Jackson Records

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Identifier: SC 901
Abstract Photocopy of an article written by daughter Claire, recounts his life through various brief clippings compiled from the Cooperstown courier newspaper. Includes mention of his first job working railroad construction from Volga to Pierre, Dakota Territory (now S.D.), 1889 blizzard, his campaign for sheriff, attempting to stop a runaway horse team, his marriage, and births of his children.
Dates: 1939