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

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119. BJORK, KENNETH O. (1909- ). PAPERS, 1935-1997. 18 boxes. P 1343.
Correspondence, book reviews, speeches, offprints of articles, personal financial
papers of a professor of history at St. Olaf College and NAHA editor, 1960-1980.
120. BJORLAND, OLA. SONGBOOK, 1895. 1 item. P 1365.
A compilation of Norwegian folk songs, religious and secular, in English, compiled
by the minister of the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Chicago for use on
informal occasions.
121. BJORNARAA, DRENG (l903-1987). CLIPPINGS. 13 folders. P 1380.
Newspaper items and some correspondence collected by a Norwegian American
who lived in Minneapolis and had a varied career as a journalist, educator, federal
government officer, and public relations officer for U. S. Steel. The clippings cover
his interests in Norwegian-American activities. He sat on a number of boards:
Lutheran Brotherhood, Fairview Hospital, and St. Olaf College.
122. BJORNDAL, MAGNUS (1899-1971). PAPERS, 1946-1971. 2 boxes. P 765.
Manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and articles of a Norwegian-born
American engineer, who came to the United States in 1922 and who founded and
was president of Technical Laboratories in Weehawken, New Jersey. A leader in
many Norwegian-American activities, he also did considerable research on the
Norwegian discovery of America. He was president of NAHA (1969-1971).
123. BLEGEN, HANS O. (1853-1921). PAPERS, 1914. 1 folder. P 729.
Copy of Governor L. B. Hanna’s appointment of Blegen as member of the
committee to present a bust of Lincoln from North Dakota to Norway; and a
program of the unveiling and presentation of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial at
Kristiania, July 4, 1914.
124. BLEGEN, HELMER M. (b. 1898). COLLEGE HISTORY, 1970. 12 items and 1
vo1ume, 349 pages. P 730.
Articles, notes, and statistics on the history of Augustana College, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, by a professor of Romance languages at that college. The file also
includes a collection of articles and pieces translated by Blegen, and a biographical
statement about him by Arthur Huseboe in Minnesota Posten, September 9, 1965.
125. BLEGEN, THEODORE C. (1891-1969). PAPERS, 1944-1968. 158 items in 4 folders.
P 819.
Letters, clippings, speeches, and a typescript copy of a family memoir,
“Minnetonka Family, the Story of Saga Hill,” by Theodore C. Blegen, historian,
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