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Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Jens B. Egge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 657
Abstract Typed copy and handwritten copy of Egge family history, with obituary of Mrs. Egge.
Dates: 1954-1956

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

Johanna Tvedt Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1913
Abstract Typed summary of interview concerning her trip to America and pioneer life in Nebraska and North Dakota. Includes mention of the poor shipboard conditions, her arrival at Kearney, Neb., her visits to Spalding, Neb. where her two brothers lived, working for her sister to repay her ticket, moving to N.D., farm life, sending their four children to school in Larimore, N.D., blind pigs in Larimore, and moonshine.
Dates: 1971

John H. Hanson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 322
Overview Collection contails a written account of an oral interview as well as newspaper clippeings discussing the Hanson family.
Dates: 1955-1957.

John Moses Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 365
Abstract Address (1944) in Fargo at a naturalization ceremony, 1939 inaugural program, biographical sketch by Harold S. Pond, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.
Dates: 1939-1945, 1967

Lars Anderson Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 518
Abstract Typed summary of an interview with Leonard Sackett concerning James B. Power, the Helendale Farm and its operations, buildings, livestock, Power's son Allie and his banking career, as well as Mr. Anderson's obituary.
Dates: 1954.

Lars Henry Larson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 753
Abstract Letter from granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace Onsgard, her biographical sketch of Lars Henry Larson, entitled "My heritage," (1 leaf), and interview with Henry C. Larson concerning his father, Lars Henry, working on the Grandin Farm 1879-1880.
Dates: 1956.

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.

Margarethe Opgrande Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 675
Abstract Typed summary of interview (2 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her brothers, Ludwig and Carl (also known as Charlie) Vinje, who worked on the A.R. Dalrymple and Oliver Dalrymple farms, and obituaries. Includes mention of Ludwig's death from typhoid, Carl starting his own farm, and their graves. Includes several obituary clippings.
Dates: 1931, 1956-1960.

Martin Hector Collection of Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 175
Abstract Interview with granddaughter Mary Halland about Hector and his early business ventures. Includes obituaries of Martin Hector, son Fred Hector, newspaper clipping of Fargo home referred to as the Henry Hector home, photocopy of Hammerfest, Norway church record of Hector's family (in Norwegian) and a typed English translation of the record.
Dates: 1938-1954.