Guide to the ARCHIVES of The Norwegian-American Historical ...

645. KAASA, HARRIS E. (1926-1983). TRANSLATION. 54 typescript pages. P 780.
“The Teacher,” a translation of Arne Garborg’s Læraren by Harris Kaasa, professor
of religion at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Includes an obituary notice.
646. KALBERLAHN, JOHN MARTIN (1722-1759). CLIPPINGS, 1923-1943. 4 items. P
1433.
Copies of biographical data from medical and Moravian Church records concerning
“the first medical practitioner in America.” Kolberlahn came from Trondheim, but
became affiliated with the Moravian Church while living in Denmark in 1744. In
1753 he emigrated to a new colony of that church in Bethabara, North Carolina,
where he served as a physician. He died during a typhoid epidemic in 1759. Also
included, “John Martin Kalberlahn,” by Knut Gjerset and Ludvig Hektoen. Offprint
from the Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago, December, 1924, volume 3,
pages 308-316.
A related account is found in the Elwin Rogers Papers, P 1438.
647. KALEVIK, ERWIN. PAMPHLETS, 1984. 2 items. P 1256.
Two accounts, Kallevig Reunion and Georgeville, Minnesota, from 1860-1983, edited by
Kalevik, a Norwegian American, who at one time was a resident of Georgeville,
Stearns County, Minnesota.
648. KALLESTAD, JOHN (1893-1964). FAMILY PAPERS, 1916-1987. 2 boxes. P 1413.
Documents, correspondence, photo albums concerning the family of a master
mariner who came to Chicago from Kristiansand in 1921 and whose family
followed in 1923. The Kallestads were charter members of the Norwegian
Memorial Church in Chicago where John served as chairman of the Church Council.
649. KARMSUND. PAPERS, 1919-1940. 9 items. P 1205.
Records and programs of a society in Chicago, organized by emigrants from
Haugesund, Norway, to promote fellowship and to maintain ties with their
homeland.
650. KEILLOR, STEPHEN J. STUDENT PAPER, 1989. 1 item. P 1460.
“Rural Norwegian-American Reading Societies in the Late Nineteenth Century,”
written for a graduate seminar in Scandinavian Studies at the University of
Minnesota.
651. KENSINGTON RUNE STONE. PAPERS, 1911-1955. 6 folders and 1 volume. P
198.
Correspondence, articles, and clippings concerning history of and discussions on
the authenticity of the stone.
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