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Hands and Minds,” in Chicago. The exhibit gave rise to the publication of Our
Norwegian Immigrants, by Dreyer Forlag, Oslo, 1978.
Among Erickson’s many interests were Norwegian-American artists and
composers, including the lesser known ones. One study, “Norwegian-American
Artists’ Exhibitions Described in Checklists and Catalogs,” appeared in Norwegian-
American Studies, volume 31, 1986. A 17-page paper titled “Norwegian-American
Composers” is dated July 31, 1989.
His collection includes papers with titles as follows: “The Norwegian Lutheran
Church at Jambo Creek in Gibson Township,” Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; “A
Walking Tour of the Lessor Cemetery, Shawano County, Wisconsin”; “Bay,
Gjelsness, Hansen, Nyholm, Solberg and Strom: The Scandinavian as Librarian”; a
biography of Theodore Wesley Kock for the American Library Directory; “A Catalog
of Art at Norway Center.” He pursued family history: “Family Papers: Icons or
Source Materials?” and “Mother, Karen Ramseth” (who was his greatgrandmother).
Some portions of the Erikson papers remain to be processed. He died of cancer at
the peak of his career at age 52. A published Erickson family history is in our books
collection.
278. ERICKSON, THOMAS. COPYBOOK, 1877-1883. 1 volume. P 887.
Copybook of accounts and letters addressed to G. Gundersen, Stavanger, from
Thomas Erickson from various ports in Europe. Transferred from Newberry
Library, Chicago (1977).
279 ERIKSEN, ANNA (1873-1895). LETTERS, 1892-1895. 18 items. P 1475.
Copies of 8 letters written from Faribault, Minnesota, to the Nels Jensen family of
Hudson, Wisconsin, by an acquaintance and fellow immigrant from Mo i Rana.
Anna worked for an Episcopal “prestefamilie,” earning two dollars a week, and
later for a school. Her letters tell of declining health, possibly tuberculosis. A letter
from a Bertha Hauge informs the Jensens of Anna’s death.
Eriksen comments on church life and interdenominational strife and on her own
preference for the “Haugianers.” America differs greatly from Norway, she writes,
and is difficult until one gets used to things. Nonetheless, she did not want to live
in Norway again.
280. ERIKSEN, BEVERLY. MEMOIR. 1 volume, 100 handwritten photocopied pages.
P 1073.
An account of childhood in Norway by Eriksen’s grandmother.
281. ERIKSEN, INGEBRET (1819-1896). PAPERS, 1846-1848. 41 items and 1 leatherbound
volume, 96 typescript pages. P 83.
Letters to Eriksen, farmer and merchant at Scandinavia, Wisconsin, from Lutheran
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