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

987. ODLAND, LISA. POEMS, n.d. 1 volume, 158 typescript pages. P 417.
Collection of poems titled “The Mystic Star.”
988. ODLAND, THOMAS (b. 1875). PAPERS, 1894, 1908. 5 items. P 895.
Emigration documents of an emigrant from Tysvær, Norway.
989. ØIEN FAMILY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1907-1948. 33 items. P 1346.
A collection of extended family letters written from Chicago, Eau Claire, and
Kvalshaug, Norway, by siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews of Randi Larsdatter
Øien Flatreit, the only one of eight children to remain in Norway from the last
generation to be raised at the Øyegrinde husmanns place at Nedre Øien. A letter
explaining the family relationships is enclosed.
990. ØIHAUGEN, OLE T. LETTER, 1866. 1 item. P 435.
Copy of a letter signed by Øihaugen and others, published in Addressebladet. The
authors complain about treatment they received and conditions on board ship
when they came to America.
991. ØSTERUD, OLE OLSON (1820-1909). PAPERS, 1833-1909. 1 box. P 689.
Correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born artisan
and farmer of Ostrander, Minnesota, who emigrated in 1854. The correspondence
(1854-1894) consists of letters from Norway, a Civil War letter, and letters from New
Ulm, St. Peter, Spring Valley, Walnut Grove, Preston, Hurdal, Red Wing,
Minnesota; Coon Prairie, Sparta, Muskego, Wisconsin; and Revillo, Dakota
Territory, and contains references to prices, house construction, crops, railroad
building, disease, school teaching, migration, activities on the Mississippi River,
and Wisconsin pineries.
992. ØSTREM, OLE O. (1835-1910). REMINISCENCES, 1858. 10 typescript pages. P
289.
Typewritten copy of an article based on a diary recounting the experiences of a sea
voyage in 1857. Østrem was a Lutheran clergyman.
993. OFTEDAHL, LARS. STORY, 1890[?]. 1 item. P 1195.
“Paa Prærien,” written by a professor at Augsburg College. Minneapolis.
994. OFTEDAHL, MARIA (MRS. EINAR L.) (1861-1948). REMINISCENCES, 1930. 5
items. P 290.
Articles and clippings of a Cottonwood, Minnesota, housewife dealing with
childhood memories, the “snow winter” of 1880-1881 in Lyon County, and local
church history.
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