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

P 713.
Clippings of letters and articles by Mrs. Kindem and a few articles by other authors
which appeared mostly in the Norwegian newspapers: Hardanger, Telemark Tidend,
and Odda Kyrkjeblad. Written from Northfield, Minnesota, the letters include topics
such as prices, employment, politics, crops, Fourth of July, 1939 visit of Norwegian
royalty, World War II, memories from Norway, St. Olaf College, Norwegian-
American festivities, travel in the United States and Norway. Mrs. Kindem
immigrated in 1923.
658. KITTELSBY, AGNES M. (1880-1925). PAPERS, 1894-ca. 1940. 2 boxes. P 550.
Correspondence, a scrapbook, a biography and biographical notes and a diary of
an Iowa-born teacher. Miss Kittelsby taught at St. Ansgar Seminary, Waldorf
College, Augustana College, St. Olaf College, and Unity School, Honan, China.
Much of the material deals with life at the schools she served.
659. KJØRSTAD-REVLING FAMILY. PAPERS, 1931-1970. 50 items. P 781.
Correspondence, articles, and pictures concerning the Kjørstad-Revling family in
America and Norway, compiled chiefly by Asbjørn Hagen, Oslo, and by Esther
Kjørstad, Evanston, Illinois.
One of the topics discussed is the “blod bryllup” (bloody wedding) 1823, the
subject of J. S. Welhaven’s poem “Aasgardsreien.” See Kjørstad Family History, P
202.
660. KLAVENESS, EIVIND (1870-1952). PAPERS, 1890-1948. 5 boxes. P 551.
A scrapbook, 10 volumes of correspondence (2,408 letters), 9 notebooks, and 43
pamphlets and addresses of a Norwegian-born physician, writer, and lecturer.
Klaveness practiced in Brookings and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. He held many offices: president of
Vestfoldlag, of the Minnesota Leif Eriksen Monument Association, of Scandinavian
Republican State League of South Dakota, and was medical director of Sons of
Norway and of the Surety Fund Life Company.
He founded the Klaveness Corporation (investment bankers representing
Klaveness Bank in Oslo); wrote two books, The Enchanted Islands (1939) and Norske
læger i Amerika 1840-1942 (1943). He was a frequent radio and after dinner speaker;
and was an equally frequent contributor of articles on medicine and politics to
newspapers and journals. His correspondence with Richard Olsen Richards of the
Richards Trust Company of Huron, South Dakota (3 volumes), reflects the story of
that state’s politics during the first three decades of the 20th century.
661. KNAPLUND, PAUL (1885-1964). PAPERS 1924-1961. 16 items. P 1461.
Offprint articles by and newspaper clippings about a distinguished historian, who
emigrated from Bodø, Norway, in 1906. His desire for an education led him to the
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