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

Chicago craftsman who won recognition at the Paris Exposition, 1900, and at the
Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, for the violins he had made. An obituary,
six clippings, and other miscellany are included. Also, see the Gjerset File, P 683,
Box 3, Artists; and “Knute Reindahl, Violin Maker,” in American Scandinavian
Review, May 1922.
1126. REINERTSEN, PEDER INGBART REINERT (1858-1936). AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
1931. 2 items. P 1252.
An account by a Norwegian Augustana Synod clergyman who emigrated from
Sandvigen, Bergen, in 1875. After ordination in 1883, he served various Midwest
parishes. Translation is by P. D. Reinertsen, a son. The file includes a letter, July 30,
1901, from Reinertsen to Professor Kildahl, recommending Ole Rølvaag for
admission to St. Olaf.
1127. REITAN, NORMAN (1894-1955). AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1 item. P 1064.
Bright Patches: Growing up Norwegian in Shawano County, Wisconsin, by Norman
Reitan and edited by Rolf H. Erickson and Wilbert S. Peterson, 1991, 108 pages.
Reitan was a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney.
1128. RESSET, OLE (d. 1952). PAMPHLET, 1979. 1 item. P 1116.
“A Bjørnson Album, from the Writings of Ole Resset” tells of the writer’s
association with the poet, Bjørstjerne Bjørnson, in whose employ he began as a
stable-boy but later became cook and valet.
Resset settled in Rothsay, Minnesota in 1905. He began the reminiscences collected
in this pamphlet in 1936. The translation from Norwegian is by Olga Resset Kjell, a
daughter.
1129. RESTAURATION (SHIP). MEMORABILIA, 1960-1974. 4 items. P 1042.
Clippings, a postcard, and an article telling the story of the famous sloop which
brought the first organized group of Norwegian emigrants to the United States in
1825.
1130. REYMERT, AUGUST (1851-1932). PAPERS, 1832-1927. 6 boxes. P 391.
Correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, and photographs of a Norwegian-born
New York attorney.
The correspondence deals largely with family affairs in America, Norway, and
Scotland. The letters by James Denoon Reymert, August’s uncle, first editor of
Nordlyset (1847), first Norwegian-American member of a state legislature
(Wisconsin), and attorney, deal with opportunities for law practice on the American
frontier. Ole Bull was also a correspondent.
Other items include biographical sketches of family members, a family chart, and
an article about Hans Balling, the portrait painter. See Studies and Records, volume
186