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Translation of selected passages from the first 90 pages of “Viking” fra Norge til
America, written by a member of the crew of the ship Viking, which sailed under
Magnus Andersen’s command from Bergen to the Columbian Exposition at
Chicago in 1893. The translator is unknown. A translation of the entire book was
made by Helen Fletre, Rolf Erickson, et al. in 1984. A copy is in the NAHA book
collection.
1115. RAY, OLAF E. (1856-1943). PAPERS, 1898-1944. 2 boxes. P 580.
Papers of a Norwegian-born attorney and etymologist: correspondence, clippings,
journals, pamphlets, and notes for his book Vore navne (1944).
Ray wrote frequently for the local press on civic matters. His chief interests were
the Leif Erikson discovery of America and the etymology of Norwegian names. He
represented Sons of Norway at the Millenary of the Duchy of Normandy festival in
June, 1911.
1116. REAR, ESTEN E. BIOGRAPHY, ca. 1922. Manuscript, 8 pages. P 612.
A sketch of Haldor Ostensen Rye and his family of North Aurdal, Valdres, Norway,
who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1852.
1117. RECORD BOOK, 1853-1871. 1 volume, 66 pages. P 323.
An unidentified account of an emigration journey from Norway to Muskego,
Wisconsin, to Stillwater, ending in Brownsville, Minnesota, in 1855. Also contains
irregular farm and household accounts for years 1853 to 1870.
1118. RED WING SEMINARY. PAPERS, 1887-1933. 12 boxes. P 581.
Correspondence, records, catalogues, photographs, and histories of a Lutheran
Seminary founded in 1879, as both an academy and a divinity school. College
courses were gradually added and in 1917 both the college and theological
departments were merged with St. Olaf College and with Luther Theological
Seminary respectively.
The correspondence deals with the problems of the post-merger period,
recruitment of students, employment and salaries of teachers, and the organization
of new departments.
1119. REECE, ANDREW A. (1873-1943). PAPERS, n.d. 3 volumes, 631 typescript
pages. P 418.
Unpublished manuscripts of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: the first, a
drama titled “Pastor Brown,” deals with the problem of building a church in a
pioneer Minnesota congregation made up of conflicting groups. The second
(unfinished), titled “A Norseman in the Melting Pot,” recounts the experiences of a
young Norwegian immigrant in Chicago and the Fox River settlement and his visit
to the homeland after nine years in America.
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