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University <strong>of</strong> Oslo library.<br />

667. KNUTSON, HAROLD (1886-1953). ARTICLES, 1945-1946. 48 items in 1 folder. P<br />

200.<br />

Newspaper clippings and releases titled “Observations from Washing<strong>to</strong>n” by a<br />

<strong>Norwegian</strong>-born, Wadena, Minnesota, Republican Congressman. Knutson was a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> House <strong>of</strong> Representatives from 1917 <strong>to</strong> 1949; was House whip from<br />

1919 <strong>to</strong> 1925; and for a time was chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> House Ways and Means<br />

Committee. Earlier he was edi<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Wadena Pioneer-Journal.<br />

668. KNUTZEN, JOHAN FRIDERICH. DOCUMENT, 1760. 1 item. P 201.<br />

Paper issued by King Friderich V, granting citizenship in Mandal <strong>to</strong> Knutzen <strong>of</strong><br />

Christiansand.<br />

669. KOFFSTAD, NIELS C. AND SKRABELSRUD, J. C. LETTER, 1853. 1 item. P 435.<br />

Copy <strong>of</strong> a letter from Illinois, published in Arbeider-foreningers blad, which details <strong>the</strong><br />

writers’ modes <strong>of</strong> travel from Quebec <strong>to</strong> Chicago and lauds <strong>the</strong> good living and<br />

ample work opportunities. <strong>The</strong>re is a reference <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ole Bull colony.<br />

670. KOLDERUP, ANTON. SCRAPBOOK, 1890-1919. 1 item. P 1144.<br />

Family pho<strong>to</strong>graphs and o<strong>the</strong>r memorabilia <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Norwegian</strong>-born resident <strong>of</strong><br />

Chicago.<br />

671. KOLSTAD FAMILY. PAMPHLET, 1978. P 1026.<br />

“Kolstad Jewelers, 1853-1979,” an illustrated booklet issued as a memen<strong>to</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

125th anniversary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oldest retail s<strong>to</strong>re in Texas. Members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kolstad family<br />

have operated this business for five generations and have been community leaders<br />

in Palestine, Texas.<br />

672. KOMPAS, JUNE (b. 1920). PAPERS, 1976. 54 items. P 881.<br />

Biographical information about a <strong>Norwegian</strong>-<strong>American</strong> woman who grew up in <strong>the</strong><br />

home <strong>of</strong> her immigrant grandparents, Peter and Martha Petersen, at Manistee,<br />

Michigan.<br />

673. KOREN, ULRIK V. (1826-1910). PAPERS, 1888-1927. 67 items in 1 folder. P 203.<br />

Lectures and sermons on doctrine by a <strong>Norwegian</strong>-born Lu<strong>the</strong>ran clergyman at<br />

Decorah, Iowa: “Mindebladet om Jubelfesten paa Washing<strong>to</strong>n Prairie og holdt i<br />

anledning af Dr. Korens 50 aarige virksomhed som prest for Washing<strong>to</strong>n Prairie og<br />

Calmar menigheter den 19de juli, 1903”; “Memories from My Youth and Early<br />

Times in America,” translated by C. M. Gullerud, 1912.<br />

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