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

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1001. OLESON, SOREN (d. 1898). LOCAL HISTORY, 1898. 1 item. P 295.
A historical sketch of early Norwegian settlers in Marshall County, Iowa, including
Oleson, by C. R. West.
1002. OLSEN, EMILY VEBLEN (1865-1953). PAPERS, 1885-1941. 1 box. P 571.
Papers of the wife of a Lutheran clergyman and a sister of Thorstein and Andrew A.
Veblen: a history of St. Ansgar congregation; sermons by her father-in-law, Johan
Olsen; a tribute to Claus L. Clausen by her husband, Sigurd Olsen; a letter by Ole
Nilsen; memoirs and biographies of her husband and her father-in-law by Mrs.
Olsen; and a photograph album.
1003. OLSEN, HANS (1846-1901). CLIPPINGS, 1901. 3 items. P 1009.
Copies of biographical data concerning an emigrant from Nordre Fron,
Gudbrandsdalen, who came to Brooklyn in 1882. He was the first president of
Nordmændenes Sangforening in Brooklyn.
1004. OLSEN, HJALMAR (1860-1942). FAMILY HISTORY. 1 item. P 1223.
Roald Steen’s translation of his article about a naval family, which was published in
Nordmanns Forbundet, no. 3, 1982. Hjalmar Olsen, an emigrant from Oslo, had a long
career with the United States Navy. Five of his sons pursued a similar career.
1005. OLSEN, JOHN W. (b. 1864). AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 34 typescript pages, n.d. P
609.
The story of a Danish-born state superintendent of schools in Minnesota, a dean of
the Agricultural College (Minnesota), and lecturer.
1006. OLSEN, M. M. FAMILY HISTORY, 1936? 39 pages. P 929.
Copy of a pamphlet, Minder og erfaringer, published in Copenhagen, dealing with a
Norwegian immigrant family in Wisconsin, who brought up one son to become a
physician in a Seventh-day Adventist health care institution and four to become
Seventh-day Adventist ministers.
1007. OLSEN, MICHAEL L. (b. 1944). STUDENT PAPER, 1966. 1 item, 70 typescript
pages. P 296.
“Scandinavian Immigrant Farmer Participation in Agrarian Unrest in Western
Minnesota,” a paper fulfilling requirements for graduation with distinction in the
field of history at St. Olaf College.
1008. OLSEN, NIELS H. F. (1890-1962). PAPERS, 1859-1959. 1 box. P 572.
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