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

the Philippines (1896-1924).
1436. WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799). GENEALOGY, 1932-1963. 1 folder. P
399.
Clippings and pamphlets concerning the George Washington genealogy.
1437. WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. PAPERS, n.d. 3 items. P 643.
Historical sketches in manuscript of the Ebenezer Old Folks’ Home and the Martha
and Mary Orphan Home at Poulsbo and the Josephine Sunset Home at Stanwood.
1438. WEFALD, KNUD (1869-1936). PAPERS 1925, 1933. 5 folders. P 400.
Two addresses, 1925 and 1933; “Wefald Family in America,” by Nana Wefald
Wilson; “Family History of Knut Stork Wefald and His Wife Sarah Skre[?],” a looseleaf
notebook; poems by Wefald and their translations; extracts from the
Congressional Record (68th and 69th); a copy of his Dikt i Samling; Selected Poems,
Telemark, Norway, 1987; and a collection of clippings, many of which report on the
speeches he made. Wefald was a Norwegian-born lumberman, poet, congressman,
and Minnesota railroad and warehouse commissioner.
1439. WEGNER, MADELEINE JEAN. STUDENT PAPER, 1982. 1 item. P 1337.
“Feminists and Church Leaders: Norwegian-American Women in Transition, 1850-
1920,” a report submitted to the American Studies Committee at Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. The writer is a grand-daughter of Peter
Norbeck, who served in the United States Senate from South Dakota.
1440. WERGELAND, AGNES MATHILDE (1857-1914). PAPERS. 2 boxes P 1440.
Mainly clippings of articles from newspapers and periodicals about a Norwegianborn
poet and historian who became a much esteemed professor of history at the
University of Wyoming. The file includes several photographs, including one of
the bronze plaque erected in her memory at the University of Wyoming. Among
the tributes is one by Knut J. Norstog.
1441. WESTERGAARD FOUNDATION, HONNOLD LIBRARY. PAPERS. 2 items. P
1091.
A brochure and a list of books describing a collection of Nordic materials left to
Pomona College, California, by Waldemar Westergaard, a teacher of history, first at
Pomona College and later the University of California at Los Angeles.
1442. WESTNES, PEDER ROLF (d. 1989). PAPERS, 1978. 7 folders. P 1030.
A collection of the works, poems, short stories, and novels of a Chicago writer,
active in the Norwegian literary circles of that city. A Chicago Tribune obituary is
included.
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