Winter 2011 - Norwegian-American Historical Association - St. Olaf ...

Page 4 Volume 140D U S U A . 9 R < B ; P - U = We thought our newsletterreaders might like a round-upof the research aides and digitalrecords that have been created onthe Archives page of the NAHAweb site. We have been talkingabout these new search aides anddigital collections at meetings ofthe Board and of the membership,and we have demonstrated how touse them to a number of groups.But members who are unable toattend meetings might not befully aware of the research optionsnow available at http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/archives/index.htm.We hope you find these useful andenjoyable.Gary De Krey, ArchivistJeff Sauve, Associate ArchivistLeifLeif is our electronic searchengine. It searches most of thecollection at the file folder level. Italso includes, at the bottom of thesearch results, index entries formajor collections that have beencreated by volunteer Lee Rokke.Increase your search results byusing the Norwegian diacriticalsprovided on the search screen.Click on a particular result formore detailed “full records.” Thefull record screens can be printedand e-mailed. (The 2001 Guide tothe Archives is also available fromthe Archives web page as a PDFfile.)Norwegian-American StudiesThe first 33 published volumes ofthe Studies were digitized sometime ago. They are available intheir entirety from the Archivespage. They can be examined byvolume or by search terms ofyour choice using the NAHA sitesearch in the left-hand column ofthe page (just above the ship).Norwegian-American NespapersIndexHave you ever wondered whereto find the local Norwegian-American papers that yourimmigrant forebears read? Ourindex was created by volunteerDale Haaland and incorporatesdata gathered by Prof. Odd Lovollin preparation for his book,Norwegian Newspapers in America(Minnesota Historical SocietyPress, 2010). You can identifypapers by state and town. Youcan also use the index to connectto three electronic catalogs tofind locations for issues of thesepapers: Bridge (the electroniclibrary catalog used by St. Olafand Carleton Colleges), WorldCat(a union electronic catalog ofmost North American academiclibraries), and the catalog of theNational Library of Norway. Andfinally, as you will read elsewherein these pages, St. Olaf is aboutto begin working on Norwegianpapers for its online digitalcollections at http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/digital/. Thankyou Jill Strass, St. Olaf digitalinitiatives and metadata librarian!Norwegian-American ImagesWe are now displaying some200 digital images from theearliest generations of Norwegiansettlement in Minnesota andWisconsin. We have plans toenlarge this collection gradually.You can search the images fromtheir own page (follow the linkfrom the Archives page) or youcan simply search for Norwegian-American images with your ownweb browser and our images shouldappear in your search results. Wedo ask that you not reproducethem without our permission;