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

Also, “Han Ola og Han Per: A Prairie Comic Strip,” by Robert Bly, published in A
Lake Superior Journal, volume 1, no. 1, 1975; “Selections from Han Ola og Han Per,”
sponsored by Ye Olde Opera House Inc., Spring Grove, Minnesota, 1980, 37 pages.
See also, Han Ola og Han Per: A Norwegian-American Comic Strip, NAHA and the
University of Minnesota Press, 1991.
1160. ROSENVINGE, REIDAR VICTOR COLDERUP (1926- ). PAPERS, 1979. 3
folders. P 1043.
Clippings, correspondence, family history, and a 1979 Rolf Erickson interview of a
Norwegian-born painter who came from Halden, Norway, to Chicago in 1926,
where he worked at painting and decorating. At the same time he continued his
studies in art at the Art Institute in Chicago, painting landscapes and murals. In
1972 he began work in rosemaling and gave lessons in that art in several Chicago
centers.
1161. ROSHOLT, MALCOLM (b. 1907). PAPERS, 1963-1968. 4 folders. P 443.
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts,
family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance
writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central
Wisconsin, especially the Norwegian settlements described by Thor Helgesen as
“Indianeres land,” which encompass sites such as Stevens Point, Iola, and
Scandinavia.
A translation of J. W. C. Dietrichson’s Reise blandt de norske emigranter; a history of St.
Michael’s Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; a serial in the Iola Herald (1965-1970)
entitled From the Indian Land (based on Helgesen’s Fra Indianernes lande (1915), on
plat books, and town, school, and church records) that relates the history of
Norwegian settlements in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; cassettes containing
interviews, mainly about the late author O. A. Buslett; “A Photo Album of the
Past”; and biographical information about Rosholt himself and about his earlier
family members who gave Rosholt, Wisconsin, its name.
1162. ROSSING, LARS A. (1845-1913). PAPERS, 1866-1963. 2 boxes and 5 volumes. P
586.
Correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks and account books,
photographs, and The Rossings and Their Store of a Norwegian-born merchant at
Argyle, Wisconsin, dealing with merchandising, church, local history, and family
interests. The L. A. Rossing general merchandise store was founded in 1870.
1163. ROSVALD (SOLVESON), HALVOR (1823-1904). PAPERS, 1849-1935. 3 items
and 1 volume. P 333.
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer, Dodge County, Wisconsin, and biographical
sketches of Halvor and his brother, Engebret S. Roswell, Whitewater, Wisconsin.
The papers contain data on the brothers’ California expedition together with Hans
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