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Letter written in English by Nelsone (mostly known as Nelson Nelson Hersdal) of
Norway, La Salle County, Illinois, to Joseph Mann, Orleans County, New York,
describing his farming operations and the Mormon and Jansonist activities in the
community. Nelsone was a Slooper.
868. NERHEIM, SIVERT (b. 1898). PAPERS, n.d. 6 items. P 732.
Genealogical material and two typescript articles, “The Farm at Nerheim at Olen,
Sunnhordaland” (25 pages), and “My First Journey to America” (2 pages).
869. NERVIG, CASPER BERNHARD (1905- ). PAPERS, 1980. 2 items. P 1097.
“Why did Anders Emigrate—Only Thirteen Years Old?” and “The Great Snow
Winter of 1880-1881” are accounts based on the experiences of Nervig’s father, the
Reverend A. J. Nervig, who came to the United States in 1880 to live with his aunt
and uncle on a homestead near Kerkoven, Minnesota. Casper Nervig was also a
Lutheran minister.
870. NESSEIM (NESHEIM), LARS NIELSSEN (1792-ca. 1885). PAPERS, 1838-1961. 28
items and 7 volumes. P 560.
Two volumes of immigrant letters written during the 1840s to friends and relatives
in Voss, Norway, and copied by Nesseim, a resident of Voss. The correspondence,
scrapbooks (clippings), and pamphlets concern these letters.
Among the letters are some by Elling Eielsen, one by Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim in
defense of Bishop Jacob Neumann’s opposition to Norwegian emigration, and one
from John Haldorsen Kvilekval, Knute Nelson’s uncle.
For data on Lars Nielssen Nesseim, see K. A. Rene, Historie om Udvandringen fra Voss
og Vossingerne i Amerika (1930).
871. NESTE, KNUT K. (1838-1911). PAPERS, 1904-1908. 17 items. P 1174.
Letters and documents of an emigrant from Vestre Slidre, Valders, who came to
Dane County, Wisconsin, in the early 1850s and later settled in Madison Township,
Winneshiek County, Iowa.
872. NEUTSON, KNUTE (1851-1949). PAPERS, 1941-1947. 3 items. P 260.
Papers of a Norwegian-born insurance man and chief promoter of the Minnesota
Credit Union Law of 1925: a biography, his story of the Jesse James raid in
Northfield, and a review of his book Memoirs of a Pioneer (1938).
873. NEW EFFINGTON. LOCAL HISTORY, 1963. 1 volume, 160 pages. P 927.
A commemorative booklet noting the fiftieth anniversaries of the communities of
New Effington, Claire City, and Hammer, South Dakota. Norwegian immigrants
were among the early settlers in the area. The volume includes a number of
biographies and photographs.
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