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

238. DIESERUD, JUUL (1861-1947). PAPERS 1893-1923. 1 folder. P 1386.
Papers and articles by and about a Norwegian-born librarian who served as Chief
of the Division of Cataloging in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Includes newspaper clippings and a 12-page Dieserud letter to C. G. O. Hansen,
July 3, 1926.
For other articles by Dieserud see Symra, volume 1 (1905).
239. DIETRICHSON, JOHANNES WILHELM CHRISTIAN (1815-1883). PAPERS, 1844-
1946. 1 folder. P 66.
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in
Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as
itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the
Koshkonong congregations, doctrinal differences, plans for a seminary, and
relations with the Mormons. There are references to Søren Bache, Claus L. Clausen,
Elling Eielsen, Laurits J. Fribert, Hans Gasmann, Cleng Peerson, J. D. Reymert, John
G. Smith, and Gustaf Unonius. After founding many congregations in Wisconsin,
Dietrichson returned to Norway in 1850. He was opposed to emigration.
In 1973 NAHA published E. Clifford Nelson’s Pioneer Churchman: J. W. C. in
Wisconsin, 1844-1850. It includes a translation of Dietrichson’s Reise blandt de norske
emigranter... (1846) and of his “parish journal” for Koshkonong, 1844-1850. A copy of
Reise is in the NAHA book collection; copies of an 1896 reprint are included here.
Also included are photographs and articles on Deitrichson by Berge Øverland
(1942) and Einar Haugen (1946).
240. DJUPEDAL, JAKOB (b. 1864). OFFPRINT, 1994. 1 item, 19 pages. P 1309.
Memoirs of an emigrant who helped build a railway, the Grand Trunk Line in
Canada, 1907-1909, edited by Reidar Djupedal and published in Jul i Nordfjord,
1982-1984. The first account covers the trip across the Atlantic to a place near
Kenora, Canada. The next two sections treat life and working conditions on the
railway in a new country.
241. DOBBS, RUTH M. HISTORY. 4 typescript pages. P 1015.
A paper entitled “History of Five Points: Norwegian Settlement in Township of
Akan, Richland County, 1850-1947.”
242. DØVING, CARL (1867-1937). PAPERS. 14 items in 1 folder. P 67.
A letter from Døving to “Kjære ven,” February 4, 1923; “The Døving Hymn
Collection,” by Frank R. Miller, published in The Friend, February, 1936;
photocopies of 15 hymns translated by Døving; and lists of translations which have
been made of two Lutheran hymns. Døving was a Lutheran clergyman and a
student of hymns. His collection was given to Luther College.
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