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“Reminiscences of Norway and America: A Story of Childhood, Adolescence and
Immigration,” 1993, 46 typescript pages; and “Remembrances of Norway,” 16
typescript pages. Both appeared as articles in Skandinaven in 1938 and 1939, and
both are translated by Richard Rodning.
The file contains two copies of Nyhusfamilien: Norsk-Amerikansk skuespil i 3 akter, 1926,
32 pages and several clippings; a poem, “Den vilfarne søn,” November, 1935;
“Udvandrings-historie...,” April 3, 1936; and “S. S. Rodning minde,” by A. E. Tufte.
All are from Skandinaven.
1141. ROE, HERMAN (1886-1961). PAPERS, 1918-1961. 89 items. P 328.
Family history, reports, speeches, correspondence, clippings, articles, and
brochures of the editor of the Northfield News, Minnesota (1918-1961).
Roe was president of the Minnesota State Fair, member of the board of governors of
the Minnesota Agriculture Society, secretary of the Minnesota Editorial
Association, and president of the National Editorial Association.
1142. RØDVANG, MARIT (1831-1901). BIOGRAPHY, 1902. 1 item. P 1356.
A copy of a clipping “En Pionerkvinde,” a biographical note about an emigrant
from Vestre Slidre, Valdres, written by Abraham Jacobson and published in Decorah
Posten, December 13, 1902. Marit and her husband were survivors of the sinking of
the Atlantic, a Great Lakes disaster which occurred August 30, 1852. A translation is
included.
1143. RØLVAAG, OLE EDVART (1876-1930). PAPERS, 1899-1956. 50 boxes. P 584.
Correspondence; notebooks; manuscripts of novels, articles, book reviews, lectures
and poems; clippings, scrapbooks, essays; and general commentary on Rolvaag as
author, educator, and cultural leader.
Correspondence: Rølvaag carried on a voluminous correspondence in both English
and Norwegian on subjects such as guidance to students and aspiring writers,
assistance to teachers planning courses in Norwegian, the place of Norwegian
culture in American life, defense of realism in his novels, the arts of writing and
translating, church affairs, immigration history, problems of publication and
distribution, state and national politics, and promotion of organizations. His
correspondents (approximately 1300) included land prospectors, farmers, students,
teachers, editors, artists, historians, theologians, poets, novelists, diplomats,
publication houses, and lecture bureaus.
Manuscripts: Complete or fragments of Rølvaag’s published works, including
manuscripts of translations of Rølvaag novels done by others. Complete or
fragments of unpublished manuscripts such as articles, poems, stories, and lectures
(public and classroom). The titles of some of these are “Individualiteten,” “Kildahl
ved St. Olaf,” “Hvis det er sandt,” “When a Novelist Is in a Hurry,” “Our Racial
Heritage,” “On Writing,” “On Books,” “Books and Folks,” “Thoughts of Thinking
People,” “Nils og Astri,” “Tois,” and “The Romance of a Life.” The collection
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