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

“Settlement Patterns for Immigrants from Verdal, Norway, a Survey and Analysis,”
a study prepared by a Norwegian student at St. Olaf College, 1981-1982, as part of a
preparation for a thesis to be completed at the University of Trondheim. Four file
folders of source materials related to the thesis topic are included in the collection.
830. MOLEE, ELIAS (1845-1928). PAPERS, 1911-1928. 15 items. P 243.
Clippings, pamphlets, and articles of a Muskego-born language reformer, farmer,
teacher, and writer. The articles, manuscript and typescript, deal with language
reform and the author’s career, including childhood days in Muskego.
831. MONDALE, WALTER. BIOGRAPHY, 1979, 1984. 8 items. P 1287.
An issue of Scene, Journal of the Twin Cities Public Television, June 1979, featuring
“Walter Mondale, There’s a Fjord in Your Past,” and issues of Time and
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1984, covering the presidential campaign of 1984, when
Mondale was the Democratic Party candidate.
The Mundal-Mondale Clan, which gives complete information about Norwegian
ancestry, is in the NAHA books collection.
832. MONONA ACADEMY. REPORTS, ca. 1920. 2 items. P 513.
Reports regarding a Lutheran co-educational institution (1876-1881) in Madison,
Wisconsin.
833. MONSON, CLARA (MRS. MARTIN O.) (b. 1888). PAPERS, 1871-1964. 43 items. P
247.
Correspondence, family histories, and memoirs of a La Fayette County, Wisconsin,
housewife. The letters, written from the Wiota and Luther Valley settlements, deal
with farming, housing, dress, epidemics, school, church and social activities in
pioneer days. The histories are of the Synstelien, Tollefsrude, and Brenum families.
The memoirs (21 typescript pages) were written primarily for her family.
834. MORDT, ANDERS L. PAPERS. 13 items and 1 volume in 7 folders. P 824.
Copies of papers relating to the history of Anders L. Mordt Land Co., Guymon,
Oklahoma. Mordt was a promoter of Oslo, a Norwegian settlement in Hansford
County, Texas, that began to take form in the early 1900s. Mordt advertised
extensively in the Norwegian-American newspapers, urging settlers to buy land
from him. He hoped to build a city which would compare with the Norwegian
capital. The city was never built, but the area was populated by Norwegian farmers
who came mainly from the Midwest. They organized the Oslo Lutheran Church at
Gruver, Texas. A history of this congregation is included.
835. MORGENBLADET. EMIGRATION, 1849-1866. 14 items. P 435.
Copies of articles dealing with causes and effects of emigration, emigration agents,
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