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one done by Bernhard Plockurst (1825-1907).
The collection includes related newspaper clippings, For three songs by Carl
Raugland see P 558, box 2.
153. BREIVIK, OLAV (1888- ). CLIPPINGS. 38 items. P 1145.
Copies of newspaper items concerning a Norwegian-born violin maker. He served
first as an apprentice in Chicago before moving to Milwaukee where he operated
his own shop until he retired in 1962.
154. BREKKE, SJUR J. (1876-1932). SERMON NOTES, 1905-1908. 1 volume. P 422.
An unpaged book of handwritten sermon notes by a Norwegian-born Lutheran
clergyman.
155. BREVIK, KRISTINE. CLIPPINGS, 1968. 2 items. P 913.
“Silver Mountain,” a fairy tale by Kristine Brevik, illustrated by Odd Nesse,
published as a supplement to the Chicago Tribune (January 14, 1968) and a clipping
from Vinland, Chicago, describing the work. Her Search for Silver Mountain is in the
NAHA books collection.
156. BRISVOLD, CHRISTIAN. PAPERS, 1832-1903. 1 folder. P 1297.
Copies of letters and documents (with some translations by Karl Schultz) of
Christian Brisvold and Gunleik Bjørnson, both of whom served in Wisconsin
regiments in the Civil War. The Brisvolds lived at Greenlake, Wisconsin.
157. BRØGGER, ANTON W. (b. 1884). LECTURE, 1936. 2 items. P 47.
A 20-page offprint of “Vinlandsferdene,” a lecture presented to Det norske
geografiske selskab in 1936 and then published in Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. A
clipping reporting a similar lecture held in Minneapolis is included.
158. BROSTE, OLE K. REMINISCENCES. 1 item, 12 typescript pages. P 755.
“Coming to America, 1868,” as told to Petra M. Lien, Hanska, Minnesota. Eight
families from Lesjaskog and Romsdalen emigrated to Linden Township, Brown
County.
159. BROSTEN, ANDREW (EINAR) (1863-1941). AMERICA LETTERS, 1881-1896. 20
items. P 1298.
Translation of letters to relatives in Norway written by an 1881 immigrant. Some
letters were addressed to a brother, Richard, who emigrated in 1883. Andrew wrote
from Illinois and Iowa, but finally settled permanently in Griggs County, North
Dakota. Papers include biographical notes.
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