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

“A Norwegian American Cabinet Maker in Wisconsin, 1848-1886,” a paper by Jack
Holzhueter presented at a meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians held in
Madison, Wisconsin. The paper describes the work of an 1848 immigrant from
Valdres, Norway. Olson was also a carpenter, blacksmith, and designer.
727. LIE, JOHN (1846-1916). PAPERS, 1898, 1963. 2 items. P 1234.
Lie, an author who lived in Fyresdal, Telemark, became popular among his
countrymen in the States for his stories, mainly published as serials in Norwegian-
American newspapers.
“Poetisk Stræv-Sann Fri diktning,” by Olav Solberg, 1983, evaluates Lie’s work; “Til
Minde um min gjæve ven John Lie, med takk og Kjærleik ifraa K. K. Rudie,” a 2page
poetic tribute; clippings and programs related to Lie memorial events in
Fyresdal; and a photocopy of his book of poems, Helsing til Amerika, published in
Hillsboro, North Dakota, in 1998.
728. LIEBERG, P. O. (1859-1943). PAPERS, 1871-1943. 6 items. P 226.
Correspondence and biography of a Pasadena, California, merchant. Lieberg’s
parents were members of Ole Bull’s colony in Pennsylvania.
729. LILLEGARD, LARS O. (1855-1916). PAPERS, 1874- . 2 items. P 1079.
Translation of a journal and memoirs of an emigrant from Levold, Aal, Hallingdal,
who came to Minnesota in 1866. The diary covers the year 1874-1875 at Luther
College. The memoirs were written in 1880. Geraldine Tollefson Lillegard enlarges
on these documents with her 158-page Lillegard, His Diaries and Lineage. For
additional biographical information, see O. M. Norlie’s School Calendar.
730. LIND, OVE. PAPERS, 1863-1979. 8 items. P 1027.
Copies of three Civil War letters written by a Private in Company I, 12th Infantry,
then in Tennessee, to a daughter. An explanation by a great-great-grandson, J. E.
Storsel, is included as are notes by Rolf Erickson, who uncovered these letters. Lind
was slain at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February, 1864.
731. LINDBÆK, LISE AUBERT (1905- ). PAPERS, 1944-1945. 3 folders. P 1213.
Notes and other materials of a Norwegian war correspondent who lectured in the
United States in 1943-1945. Beginning in 1925 she covered news from Italy,
Germany, France, Spain, and North Africa. For a time she was correspondent for
Nordisk Tidende in Brooklyn. Her book Tusen Norske Skip was translated by Nora
Solum and published under the title Norway’s New Saga of the Sea. One folder, 33
items, concerns Norwegians in Oregon.
732. LINDBERG, DUANE R. PAPERS. 2 items, 87 and 13 typescript pages. P 751.
“American Saloon and American School” (1970), a study of the attitudes of the
125