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

San Francisco, and related correspondence.
1195. SCANDINAVIAN SISTERS OF AMERICA (1921). NEWSLETTER, 1934. 2 items.
P 868.
Two monthly letters issued by a lodge with headquarters in Superior, Wisconsin,
and two clippings, one of which tells about the founding of the society.
1196. SCANDINAVIAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S SOCIETY. RECORDS 1872-1945. 16
volumes. P 1382.
Minutes and financial records of a society organized in 1872 as “De Unge mænds
kristelig forening tilhøreded Trefoldigheds Menighed, Chicago, Ill.” Later minutes
books cite 1876 as date of organization. The stated purpose was to foster spiritual,
intellectual, and social development. Later they owned a building on Kedzie
Avenue, Chicago.
1197. SCANDINAVIANS IN HAWAII. PAPERS (1888-1984). 5 folders. P 1147.
Clippings, photographs, articles, and photocopies of books concerning
Scandinavians in Hawaii. Includes an early labor contract (1880); information about
the L’Orange and Knutsen families; A. Grip’s report “Of the Condition of the
Swedish and Norwegian laborers on the Hawaiian Islands” (1884); articles by
Eleanor H. Davis on Norwegian labor in Hawaii; article by Rangval Kvelstad on
Norwegians in Hawaii; and information on the centennial observance in 1981.
1198. SCANPRESENCE. CONFERENCE, 1973. PAPERS, 1972-1974. 2 boxes. P 1155.
Records of a 2-day seminar (Scandinavian Presence in America) which was
organized as a series of panels on various aspects of Scandinavian life and activity
in America, to which more than 60 invited participants contributed. The seminar
was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Northwest European
Language and Area Studies, the Department of Scandinavian, and the Scandinavian
Airlines. Dr. Marion Nelson of the University of Minnesota was General Chairman.
1199. SCANPRESENCE II. CONFERENCE, 1977. PAPERS, 1977. 1 box. P 919.
Papers of an “Action Conference on the Scandinavian Presence in America,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 6-8, 1977.”
1200. SCHAEFER, FREDERIC (1877-1955). CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1940. 6 items. P
344.
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born engineer and inventor, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, dealing with Det Norske Selskap.
1201. SCHARUM-HANSEN, INGVILD (1939- ). DIARY, 1950. 1 item. P 1197.
“Ingvild’s Diary,” June 1-July 2, 1950, kept by an eleven-year old girl who was one
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