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

1051. PAULSON, MAGDA FOSSUM (b. 1892). CLIPPINGS, 1890-1983. 5 items. P
1437.
A proclamation of the Governor of South Dakota, William Janklow, naming
December 10, 1982, as Magda Fossum Paulson Day in honor of her 90th birthday.
Magda Paulson, who lived in Webster, South Dakota, was noted for her quiltmaking
projects on behalf of Lutheran World Relief, Norwegian World Relief, and
other charitable organizations.
1052. PAULSON, PAUL. PHOTOS. 19 items. P 1101.
Posters, photos, and clippings of a dance orchestra leader in Minneapolis. Paulson
was also a member of the Norønna Leikarring and of Nordkap Male Chorus.
1053. PAUST, BENJAMIN A. (b. 1880). PAPERS, 1969. 4 items. P 270.
A letter and three typescript articles: “An Immigrant and His Progeny,” “My
Summers on the Farm,” and “My Four Years at the University of Wisconsin,” by a
Minneapolis realtor.
1054. PEDERSEN, CARL O. (1887-1972). PAPERS, 1925-1926. 20 items and 1 volume,
346 typescript pages. P 303.
Clippings and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, and a
manuscript dealing with the observance of the Norse-American Centennial in the
United States and in Norway.
1055. PEDERSEN, JENS CHRISTIAN (b. ca. 1859). PAPERS, 1865-1900. 3 items. P 304.
A vaccination certificate, a diary of a trip from Kristiania (now Oslo) to New York,
and a poem written on board ship in 1898.
1056. PEDERSEN, MARIE ARNESEN (ca. 1838-1924). LETTER, 1889. 2 items. P 1142.
Copy and translation of a letter written in Batavia, Illinois, to an uncle in Norway,
covering details of daily life.
1057. PEDERSEN, OLE R. (1854-1945). AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1935. 1 item. P 1281.
“Autobiography of O. R. Pedersen,” translated by his daughter, Mae Peterson,
1974. Pedersen enlivens his account with stories of his childhood and youth in
Valdres, Norway, and of his emigrant journey to Brown County, Wisconsin, 1873.
His narrative continues with stories of family, church, and pioneer life in Brown
County, where he spent the rest of his life.
1058. PEDERSON, DOROTHY C. ASLAKSON (1928-1978). STUDENT ESSAYS. 6
items. P 1041.
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