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A proclamation signed by Christian IX (1863-1906), and separate signatures of Ole
Bull and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
68. BACHE, SØREN (1814-1890). DIARY. 1 volume and 3 folders. P 1525.
A copy of the diary which Bache kept during his visits to America, 1839-1947; a
transcription by Andreas Elviken; issues of Norsk Ungdom, December 1927-April
1929, in which portions of the diary was first printed; and photographs of Bache
and his wife and of Bache’s cabin at Muskego.
The NAHA published a translation of the diary in 1951 as A Chronicle of Old
Muskego. The published book omits “certain materials that Bache obviously copied
from manuals and other sources that fell into his hands; letters transcribed on pages
1-4; and the portion of the diary (pages 196-206) after Bache’s departure from
America.” It includes as an appendix the passenger list of the Johanna, on which
Bache returned after a visit home.
69. BACHE-WIIG, OLAI (1876-1924). PAPERS. 3 items. P 1212.
Two notebooks, “Tekniske Notiser,” and a story from Mosinee, Wisconsin, Times,
November 18, 1982, concerning the presentation of a photograph of Bache-Wiig to
the Mosinee Paper Corporation. Bache-Wiig, an immigrant from Baastad (now part
of Oslo), was first a designer and an engineer for that firm (1910-1911) and later rose
to vice-president and general manager (1916-1924).
70. BACON, ASTRID IHME (b. 1903). LOCAL HISTORY. 29 typescript pages. P 832.
“Bridges of Brotherhood” relates experiences and life of a Norwegian colony at San
Pedro, California. The author, born in Tvedestrand, Norway, emigrated to the U.S.
in 1914.
71. BAIKI, THE HOME THAT LIVES IN THE HEART. PERIODICAL. P 1508.
The original subtitle explained its purpose: “An American Journal of Sami Living.”
Faith Fjeld, who founded the periodical in 1991, is its editor and publisher. For
related material, see Finmark Misjonsforening, Minneapolis, P 670, and “Sami Siida
Newsletter,” A. K. A. “Arran: Newsletter of the North American Sami.”
72. BAKER, MONS SAMUEL (MONSSINI) (1849-1927). PAPERS, n.d. 4 items. P 252.
Publications of a Minneapolis railroad machinist who emigrated from Voss in 1859
as Mons Sjurson Bakkethun, eventually settling in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
He received a preacher’s license from Yale University in 1878, an M. A. from
Carleton College in 1879. He was active as a singer in Minneapolis late in the last
century. He wrote and published poems in Norwegian and English, often meant to
be sung to familiar tunes, and tracts expressing his socialist beliefs. “Strilevisen-
Fiskevisen” (32 pages) includes poems linked by autobiography; “Monsinnis lille
katekismus” (32 pages) states his economic beliefs in catechismal format. He
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