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

COLLECTIONS
1. AABERG ACADEMY. PAPERS, 1914-1921. 4 items. P 470.
Correspondence and reports concerning a Devils Lake, North Dakota, school held
by Pastor Ole H. Aaberg for his parishioners during the winter months from 1888 to
1903.
2. AAKER FAMILY. PAPERS, 1845-1969. 4 boxes. P 1.
Papers of Knud Saavesen Aaker (1797-1873) and his descendants: articles,
correspondence, Civil War letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, albums, clippings,
family histories, charts, and a diary. Includes letters from B. J. Muus, G. Hoyme,
and Knute Finseth.
3. AAKER’S BUSINESS COLLEGE. REPORT, n.d. 1 item. P 469.
Report about a business school founded at Fargo, North Dakota, in 1902 by Hans
H. Aaker and continued by Oscar J. Hanson.
4. AANAAS, LEIF TORGRIMSON. DOCUMENT, 1848. 1 item. P 2.
A release document issued to Aanaas and his family upon their departure for
America from Telemark, Norway.
5. AASE HAUGEN HOME. PAPERS, 1915-1974. 6 items. P 627.
Constitution, brochure, and history of a Decorah, Iowa, retirement home founded in
1914 by the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.
6. AASEN, JOHANNES JOHNSEN (b. 1860). PAPERS, 1862-1881. 8 items and 1
volume. P 3.
A vaccination certificate and a daily account of a Norwegian-trained businessman’s
journey in 1881 from Bergen to Morris, Illinois.
7. AASEN, NIELS W. (1878-1925). PAPERS, 1925. 2 items. P 4.
A clipping and a pamphlet concerning the Aasen Corporation of America,
Stoughton, Wisconsin, and its Norwegian founder. Aasen invented several military
devices including the hand grenade, deep water bomb, modern trench mortar, and
the air bomb. Aasen lived in the United States less than two years.
8. AASGAARD, JOHAN A. (1876-1966). PAPERS, 1934-1957. 7 items. P 5.
Biographical data about a Lutheran clergyman who was president of Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minnesota, and later president of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
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