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

881. NISSEN, LAURITZ HAGERUP (1850-1914). SCRAPBOOKS. 5 items. P 1176.
Poems and other pieces by a Norwegian-born clergyman who emigrated in 1889.
After completing studies at a German Lutheran seminary in Chicago, he served
Norwegian synod congregations in Chicago and on the West Coast. In 1909 he
served a Unitarian parish in Underwood, Minnesota. At the time of his death,
however, he had answered a call from a Norwegian Lutheran church in Superior,
Wisconsin. Data on some poems indicates that they were published in Tacoma
Tidende and in Duluth Skandinav.
A page from his wife’s Bible gives some family history.
882. NJAA, SVEN HANSON (b. 1870). PAPERS. 1 item and 1 volume. P 950.
Article, “Fra Jaeren til praeriens misjonsmark,” published in Jul i Rogaland (1964).
Njaa emigrated from Rogaland in 1892. Treats chiefly his early experiences and his
stay in Canada, after which he served a Northwood, North Dakota, parish for fifty
years. The file includes a scrapbook, titled “Minder fra Svundne Dager,” and some
pictures from North Dakota, Canada, and China.
883. NORA LODGE No. I. RECORDS, 1860-1965. 3 boxes and 2 volumes. P 653.
Records and pamphlets of a Norwegian cultural and benefit society in Chicago.
The Norwegian Society Nora was organized on July 18, 1860, and renamed Nora
Lodge No. I, Knights of the White Cross in 1863. It merged with the Sons of Norway
in 1938.
884. NORBECK, PETER (1870-1936). PAPERS, 1910-1936. 10 items. P 263.
Speeches by a United States senator from South Dakota on agriculture,
immigration, and Iceland’s parliament millennial; clippings (1914-1937); and
“Recollections of the Years,” by Lydia Nordbeck, 213 typescript pages, 1953.
885. NORDBØ, HALVOR. PAMPHLETS, 1972-1928. 3 items. P 965.
Greetings from Telemark, prepared by the chairman of the Telemark Festival in
Norway. The pamphlets include information about Norwegian Americans who
came from Norway.
886. NORDHAGEN, HARRIET (1899-?). PAPERS, 1998. 2 folders. P 1402.
Data concerning the activities of a native of Drammen, Norway, who came to
Chicago in the mid-1920s and became involved in the affairs of a Norwegian colony
in Chicago. She was a member and officer of many groups, including the
Federation of Norwegian Women’s Societies, Ladies’ Singing Society, Norwegian
National League, Nora Lodge, and for various homes and hospitals.
Some poems by her daughter, Barbara Nordhagen, are included.
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