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

Inseparable Union (1939). John Hanson was “President of the United States in
Congress Assembled” (1781-1782).
862. NELSON, KNUTE (1842-1923). PAPERS, 1860-1966. 7 folders. P 257.
Papers concerning a Norwegian-born attorney and statesman: clippings,
correspondence, genealogy, transcripts and translations of letters, and speeches.
Nelson was a member of the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, governor of
and United States senator from Minnesota.
863. NELSON, MATHIAS N. CORRESPONDENCE, 1886-1916. 3 folders. P 1288.
Nelson lived in St. Paul, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; and Calgary, Alberta.
The letters to Nelson are mainly from relatives in Norway.
864. NELSON, OLEY (1844-1938). PAPERS, 1893-1943. 40 items in 1 folder. P 258.
Papers of a Civil War veteran: pamphlets, speeches, sketches of Nelson’s life, and
GAR mementos. Included is a pamphlet titled The Controversy as to the Responsibility
of the Augsburg Board of Trustees to the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
from 1890 to 1893, by Oley Nelson and Ole O. Onstad. “Brief History, 1st Norwegian
Settlement, Story and Polk Counties in Iowa, 1855” was compiled by Nelson in
1905, and translated by him in 1930. “A Short History of the First Norwegian
Settlement in Story and Polk Counties, Iowa” by Nelson was translated by Jacob
Hodnefield. The clippings (1914-1938) are articles about Nelson and a few are by
him.
Nelson, a Slater, Iowa, farmer, merchant, and legislator, was Commander-in-Chief
of the GAR in 1935.
865. NELSON, RODNEY. PERIODICALS, 1979. 10 items. P 1129.
Issues of North Dakota Horizons, Free Passage, and Dakota Arts Quarterly. Some are
edited by Nelson, others contain his stories and his translations of stories by Simon
Johnson and J. B. Wist. The file includes a news release concerning his novel, Home
River, and “Thrudvang,” a long poem. A copy of the novel is in the NAHA book
collection. Stories by Nelson have been published in Norwegian-American Studies,
volumes 25, 1974, and 27, 1977.
866. NELSON, THEODORE G. (1880-1961). BIOGRAPHY, 1957. 1 item. P 1129.
“Scrapbook Memories,” a compilation covering family history and the experiences
of a Norwegian American who was active in politics in North Dakota, where he was
secretary of the Independent Voters’ Association, which opposed the Non-partisan
League. He moved to Oregon in 1933 where he became active in cooperative
marketing, real estate, and retirement home movements.
867. NELSONE, NELSON (1800-1886). LETTER, 1848. 1 item. P 259.
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