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

Four papers, including one by Carlton C. Qualey titled “Upper Midwest
Centennials.” Introduction by Theodore C. Blegen.
1411. URBERG, SØREN SØRENSEN (1861-1930). PAPERS, 1880-1931. 4 folders. P
1482.
Born in Aust Agder, Norway, Urberg emigrated in 1889 and graduated from Luther
Seminary in 1893. He spent the remainder of his life as a minister in Blair,
Wisconsin, serving parishes in Trampeleau and Jackson counties.
The papers include correspondence, manuscripts of sermons and speeches, and
family trees with statements about members of the Urberg family. En synodeprest blir
Texthistorie: Søren S. Urberg, by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, 69 pages. “Kilder: Skriftlig
matteriale etter S. S. Urberg, publisert og upublisert; Brev, minnebøker, intervju....”
1412. UVAAS, OLE HALVORSON. LETTER, 1889. 5 items. P 1182.
Transcript copy of a letter and translation of a letter from a Winchester, Wisconsin,
resident to his brother in Telemark. A letter from the donor and a memorandum are
included.
1413. VALDER COLLEGE. CATALOGUES, 1908-1917. 7 items. P 530.
Catalogues of a business and teacher-training institution founded in 1899 in
Decorah, Iowa, by Charles H. Valder.
1414. VALLEY GROVE LUTHERAN CONGREGATION, NERSTRAND, MINNESOTA.
RECORDS, 1868-1920. 4 volumes. P 396.
Minutes of the congregation (1868-1890, 1893-1916) including some discussions on
doctrine, property, and programs; treasurer’s account book (1860-1881) and a
history (1855-1920) of the congregation by O. H. Stenbakken which gives names of
first settlers and itinerant preachers and dates of significant events.
1415. VALLON, JULIA SANDO. BIOGRAPHY, 1937. 5 typescript pages. P 735.
Copy of an article which first appeared in Grand Forks Herald, January 24, 1937,
about scouting for land in Red River Valley, North Dakota, by her father, Halvor
Lars Sando.
1416. VANBERG, BENT (d. 1989). MANUSCRIPTS, 1980s. 2 items. P 1204.
Copy of “Attack at Norway Lake, Sioux against Scandinavian Settlers,” a semidocumentary
account of the Sioux uprising of 1862; the fifth chapter, “Heroine from
Hardanger,” is the story of Guri Rosseland. An unpaged manuscript, titled
“Between You and V; Random Reflections.”
Vanberg served as editor of Sons of Norway Viking for fifteen years, retiring in
1979.
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