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

Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Dane County, Wisconsin: three letters, one of
which is a Civil War letter by Berge O. Lee, Deerfield, and a clipping relative to the
history of the Gilderhus family.
713. LEE, OLAV (1859-1943). PAPERS, 1880-1938. 139 items in 2 folders. P 221.
Papers of a Norwegian-born professor, clergyman, and author who taught
languages and religion at St. Olaf College from 1894 to 1934: articles and
translations of songs; biographies of F. Melius Christiansen and B. J. Muus; a
historical sketch of St. Olaf College; and”Grandpa Lee” by Ingmar A. Lee, Jr.
714. LEE, OLE OLSON (1849-1932). PAPERS, 1970. 4 items. P 1058.
Translation of a diary of an immigrant from Nes, Hallingdal, who homesteaded at
Newfolden, Minnesota. The diary covers Lee’s departure from his home, May 17,
1880, to his arrival at Spring Grove, Minnesota, a month later. Letters by a son and
his postscript to the diary add biographical details.
715. LEE, OLIVER J. (1882-1964). CLIPPINGS, 1958-1978. 10 items. P 1162.
Reports about a Norwegian American who was Professor of Astronomy and
Director of the Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois.
716. LE FEBRE, DON. PAPERS, 1975. 70 items in 1 folder. P 997.
Copies of Norway letters, emigration certificates, Minnesota Homestead
documents, clippings, and photographs used by Le Febre for a book “Immigrant
Family Album,” with notes supplied by him relating to family history. The
“Album,” not a part of the collection, was in the first instance a part of the
Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial Exhibit in Chicago, 1975.
717. LEIF ERIKSON. PAPERS, ca.1889-1998. 5 boxes. P 552.
Correspondence, pamphlets, programs, clippings, minutes, financial reports, and
scrapbooks concerned with promoting Leif Erikson as the discoverer of America.
Among the papers are those of the Minnesota Leif Erikson Monument Association,
incorporated 1931 and dissolved in 1952, after erecting a Bronze statue at the state
capitol grounds in St. Paul (October 9, 1949).
718. LEIF ERIKSON DAY. PROCLAMATION, 1983-1986. 6 items. P 1450.
The official statement by the President of the United States designating October 9 as
Leif Erikson Day in recognition of the fact that Leif Erikson discovered the
American continent. Proclamations for Ethnic American Day, 1986, and for National
Immigrants Day, 1987, are included.
719. LEIF ERIKSON MEMORIAL VIKING COMPLEX. PROPOSAL, 1963. 1 item, 16
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