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

Day (1905, 1906), and letters regarding synodical activities. Most of the letters by
Roalquam are to his wife. Roalquam was a teacher at Luther College (1878-1886),
and principal at Grand Forks College (1891-1893).
1136. ROAN, CARL MARTIN (1878-1946). FAMILY NARRATIVE. 325 typescript
pages. P 773.
“The Immigrant Wagon,” by a Minneapolis physician, is chiefly the story of his
parents. Roan’s father, Ole Roen Johnson (1825-1903) came from Valdres to
Wisconsin in 1852; Roan’s mother, Beret Eggen (1832-1907), came from the
Trondheim diocese to Wisconsin in 1853. After their marriage they moved to
Minnesota.
1137. ROANG, SVERRE. PAPERS. 13 items. P 1163.
“Søren Jaabæk—Man for His Time,” a paper presented to the Ygdrasil Literary
Society, Madison, Wisconsin, by Judge Roang of the Rock County Court. Roang’s
grandmother was a cousin of Søren Jaabæk. The clippings concern Jaabæk and
descendents, including a translation of a poem Jaabæk wrote upon the death of a
grandson in the early 1870s in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The file includes
information about Jaabæk’s son Peter (1841-1916), who emigrated in 1865.
See also article on Jaabæk in Nordmands Forbundet, September, 1932.
1138. ROCKNE, KNUTE (1888-1931). BIOGRAPHY, 1982. 1 item. P 1225.
“Vossingen som revolusjonerte amerikansk fotball,” by Anders Buraa in Nordmands
Forbundet, no. 5, 1982. The article is a distillation of the information in Buraa’s book
De Reiste Ut.
1139. ROCKSTAD, ANDRES (1847-1932). PAPERS, 1817-1931. 6 items and 1 volume. P
342.
Correspondence and biographical notes regarding a Norwegian-born citizen of
California.
“A Short Treatise on Tom Paine,” American-Scandinavian, March 15, 1962; “Mistaken
Identity: A Holiday Experience in Minnesota”; and “Søren Roinestad Honored,”
Western Viking, February 5, 1965.
1140. RODNING, RICHARD A. BIOGRAPHY & TRANSLATIONS. 8 items. P 1519.
“To the Land I Will Show You: A Sketch on the Life of Syver Swenson Rodning,” by
his son, 1987, 42 typescript pages.
S. S. Rodning was born in Hol, Hallingdal, in 1869 and emigrated in 1894. He
taught in various Red River Valley congregations, studied at Augsburg Seminary,
and began farming in Benson County, North Dakota, in 1901. He was a prolific
writer. Many of his narratives and poems were published in Hallingen, which he
edited for several years.
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