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Red Wing Seminary, where he received the B. A. degree in 1913. From there he
went to the University of Wisconsin, earning a Ph.D. in 1919. He began as a teacher
at Wisconsin and eventually became chairman of the Department of History and
was recognized as an authority on British History. His autobiography, Moorings Old
and New: Entries in an Immigrant’s Log, tells of his background.
662. KNATVOLD, BURT. MEMORABILIA, 1930. 4 items. P 1161.
Papers of a foreign sales representative for the American Gas Company of Albert
Lea, advertisements for his company, travel routes in Norway, a folk high school
annual report, and a petition protesting a proposed highway through the Blue
Mounds, Wisconsin, area.
663. KNATVOLD, CAMILLA MOGEN (1886-?). AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1975. 1 item. P
1110.
Reminiscence about members of her family who came from Norway and settled in
Wisconsin and later in Lake Preston, South Dakota. Some genealogical charts for
the Mogan, Oien, and Reitan families are included, as are obituary notices for and
tributes to S. G. Mogen, the father of Ms. Knatvold. For a scrapbook containing
articles by him, see Chicago Norwegian National League Papers, P 277, box 3.
664. KNUDSEN, ALF LUNDER, (1934- ). DISSERTATION, 1989. 2 volumes, 405 pages.
P 1469.
“The Norwegian Male Chorus Movement in America: A Study,” a University of
Washington Ph.D. dissertation which includes a bibliography and appendixes that
list Norwegian singers associations, American-Scandinavian male choruses, and
Sangerfest cities, directors, and officers. Includes a biographical questionnaire (1984)
and a photograph of Knudsen.
665. KNUDSON, KNUD (1810-1889). PAPERS, 1839-1944. 4 items. P 199.
Papers of a Norwegian-born blacksmith, farmer, and prospector consisting of a
printed diary of Knudson’s trip from Drammen to Detroit; a 17-page typescript
translation of this diary by C. O. Solberg; and two letters by Solberg concerning
Knudson and his emigrant party.
666. KNUTSEN, ALFRED (1888-1954). PAPERS, 1935-1938. 50 items and 2 volumes. P
424.
Correspondence and 2 scrapbooks of a compiler, collector, and researcher among
Norwegians in America who returned to Norway in 1912. The scrapbooks contain a
newspaper serial, “Haringer i Amerika gjennom 100 år” (1937-1938), which gives a
detailed account of Norwegian Americans from Hardanger.
Knutsen collected thousands of clippings, conducted an extensive correspondence,
and interviewed emigrants home on visits. He gave one of his scrapbooks to the
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