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

79. BEATTY, WILLIAM K. ARTICLES. 3 items. P 1471.
Articles on Norwegian-American medical leaders by the professor of Medical
Bibliography at Northwestern University Medical School: 1. “Petra Dahl: Physician,
Social Activist, and Norwegian.” 2. “Niles T. Quales: Physician and Leader in the
Norwegian community of Chicago.” 3. “Medical Care for Norwegian Immigrants in
the Chicago Area.” See also his article “Ludvig Hektoen: Scientist and Counselor”
in Ludvig Hektoen Papers, P 148.
80. BECK, RICHARD (b. 1897). PAPERS, 1938-1951. 1 folder. P 31.
Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of
Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.
81. BEKKER, JOHN A. ESSAY, 1940. 8 typescript pages. P 32.
“Norway’s Final Bulwark” deals with the durability of a democracy in Norway.
82. BENDICKSON (RUDIE), OLE (1841-1918). PAPERS. 2 items. P 1121.
Translation of a poetic memoir (4 typescript pages) written in 1881 by an emigrant
from Slidre, Valdres, who came to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1857 and later
moved west. The memoir is supplemented by an account of his later years written
by a granddaughter.
83. BENGSTON, JOHN D. ARTICLES, 1975, 1977. 2 items, 57 and 27 typescript pages.
P 826.
“A Study of Lexical Interference in the English of Norwegian-Americans” surveys
English as spoken by Minnesotans of Norwegian descent, pointing out influences
in vocabulary from Norwegian. The second, “Han Ola og Han Per,” treats the
language and literature in the comic strips of Peter Julius Rosendahl which ran for
many years in Decorah-Posten, Decorah, Iowa.
84. BENSON, PAUL. HISTORY, 1995. 1 item, 200 pages. P 1384.
“The Empire of Song : A Panoramic History of America’s Choral Kingdom,” a
survey of the development of choral music at the Scandinavian-American colleges
in the United States, by a graduate of St. Olaf College, 1967.
85. BENSON, THOMAS I. (b. 1934). THESIS, 1968. 193 typescript pages. P 694.
“The Norwegians in California, 1850-1900: A Preliminary Survey,” a Master of Arts
degree study, Department of History, College of the Holy Names, Oakland,
California.
86. BERG, ANDERS T. (ca. 1857-1893). CORRESPONDENCE, 1888-1894. 15 items. P
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