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

267. ENDRESEN, LARS CHRISTIAN (1858-1938). PAPERS, 1975. 5 items. P 977.
Biographical information and photographs concerning an immigrant from
Kristiansand who came to Hoquiam, Washington, in 1888. After working as a ship’s
carpenter, he became a ship builder and operated the Endresen Spar and Timber
Company.
268. ENESTVEDT, OLE O. (1865-1958). PAPERS, 1932-1948. 1 folder. P 82.
Articles and clippings of a Norwegian-born Minnesota farmer. The clippings are a
series on local history that appeared in Sacred Heart News in 1944. “De Forenede
Staters Værste Indianerkrig” ( 39 pages) deals with the Sioux uprising in 1862 as
does “Intervju med Guri Endressen” by Gabriel Stene. The latter appeared in
revised form in Minneapolis Tidende (January 19, 1933). The third article, which
appeared in Skandinaven (January 1, 1937), concerns the snowstorm of January 7,
1873. Enestvedt wrote a column for Decorah-Posten, “Norske Pionerslegter,” and
was editor of the Numedalslag yearbook for many years.
269. ENGEBRETSON, FRANK. CLIPPING, 1979. 1 item. P 1109.
Article in Monroe Evening Times , February 24, 1979, concerning a barn mural
painted by Engebretson of Brodhead, Wisconsin, who “had painted more than two
miles of barn murals in Lafayette and Green counties” in Wisconsin between 1914
and the 1950s.
270. ENGEN, SIGLEIF. ARTICLE. 1 item (15 typescript pages). P 1351.
“Knut Olson Eia,” the story of the life in Norway of an emigrant said to have come
to America in 1821 with Cleng Peerson. Engen attempts to get at the facts about an
obscure pioneer and to correct erroneous statements that have been made about
him.
271. ENGER, HAGBART J. LETTER, 1923. 1 item. P 1072.
A letter to an employee by a Norwegian-American businessman while on a world
cruise. Enger founded the Enger and Olson Furniture Company in Duluth and
donated land for the Enger golf course and the Enger Tower. A park was also
named in his honor.
272. ENGER, RALPH. PAPERS, 1947-1949. 8 items and 1 volume (92 typescript pages).
P 664.
The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco, 1947 (88 pages + 17 plates),
including a a typescript manuscript, compiled and edited by Enger, editor of The
Pacific Coast Scandinavian. The work treats the main events in the club’s history, such
as receiving guests like Roald Amundsen after his discovery of the Northwest
Passage and the purchase of Amundsen’s ship Gjøa as a gift to San Francisco. It cites
the club’s constitution and by-laws, and provides lists of officers and members
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