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

published six “Monssinian Cards” on similar themes.
73. BAKKE, KAREN ERIKSON (1861-1951). HISTORY, 1891-1951. 1 item. P 1203.
“Besta: A Story of North Dakota Pioneers,” reminiscences of an early settler as told
to her daughter, Cyrene Bakke Dear, and published in the Grand Forks Herald, 1978-
1979. The story begins with her childhood in Wisconsin, the trek to the Red River
Valley country in 1871, her short stay at Fort Lincoln and her acquaintance with
General Custer. The chief emphasis is on her life as wife and mother on a Trail
County farm and in the towns of Hillsboro and Mayville.
74. BALCHEN, BERNT (1899-1973). PAPERS. 12 folders. P 1377.
Tributes, clippings, information about honors and decorations, and photos of the
Norwegian-born aviator and polar explorer who became world-renowned for his
career which included rescue missions, trans-Atlantic flights, South Pole
expeditions with Byrd and with Ellsworth, and service in World War II to the
Scandinavian countries. He came to the U. S. in 1926 and was made an American
citizen by a special act of Congress in 1930.
75. BANG, ANTON CHRISTIAN (1840-1913). SERMON, 1908. 1 item. P 1032.
A sermon preached in Minneapolis by the visiting Norwegian bishop and church
historian.
76. BARTH, C. H. EXPOSITION, n.d. 8 pages bound in leather. P 662.
Treats the origin of Norway’s oldest national song, “Den Kronede Norske
Nationalsang,” by Henrik Anker Bjerregaard and the melody by Chr. Blom in 1820.
77. BARTON, ALBERT OLAUS (1870-1947). PAPERS. 1 folder. P 1443.
A journalist, author, and public official, Barton wrote extensively about early
Wisconsin pioneers, often in his column in the Madison Capital Times. Includes
clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses
(1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door
County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J.
Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of
Barton’s published writings (1927) and “Norwegian Books Owned” (1925).
78. BAUMANN, JULIUS B. (1870-1923). PAPERS, 1909-1923. 3 folders and 3 volumes.
P 29.
Papers of a Norwegian-born poet and register of deeds in Carlton County,
Minnesota: poems, letters, clippings, and three scrapbooks containing newspaper
articles by Baumann, responses to his articles, and discussions on Norwegian-
American literature by a variety of authors. Baumann published three volumes of
poems: Digte (1909), Fra Vidderne (1915), and Samlede Digte (1924).
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