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

clergymen regarding theological disputes; from friends and relatives concerning
agricultural profits and losses; and from Civil War soldiers. The compilation
volume contains typewritten copies of these letters, copies of documents, and a
family history. Correspondents include O. F. Duus, N. J. Ellestad, W. J. L. Frich, J.
Krohn, A. Mikkelsen, and H. A. Preus. Alfred O. Erikson’s article, “Scandinavia,
Wisconsin,” in Studies and Records, volume 15, 1949, is based partly on these papers.
282. ERNSTSEN, OLINE (MRS. DANIEL) (b. 1882). REMINISCENCES, 1939, 1956. 3
items. P 84.
Eleven pages of handwritten recollections by a Norwegian-born pioneer housewife
at Bear River, Minnesota, of her passage to America and of early pioneer days.
Deals largely with religious life, transportation, and communication. Also, a 5-page
handwritten historical sketch of the origin (1906) of the Ladies Aid at Bear River,
Minnesota, Lutheran congregation, and a photo of a yoke of oxen at work.
283. ESPELAND, EMIL (1869-1968). PHOTOGRAPHS. 1 folder. P 1074.
Photos and slides of paintings and a biography of an emigrant from Fana near
Bergen, who came to Milwaukee in 1910, and moved to Chicago in 1924. He
became noted for his “Norwegian house” in Chicago which he had decorated in
Norwegian style.
284. ETHNIC STUDIES. PAPERS. 3 folders. P 813.
The Balch Institute reading lists, Minneapolis Multiethnic Curriculum Project,
National Ethnic Studies Assembly Newsletter, University of Wisconsin Ethnic and
Minority Studies Review, and ethnic conference announcements.
285. EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH. CLIPPINGS. 39 items in 1 folder. P 85.
Newspaper accounts covering Free Church schools (1909-1940) and annual
meetings (1905-1945) of that church body.
286. EVANS, CHRISTOPHER (1840-1919). DIARY, 1865-1918. 1 item. P 995.
A copy of a translated diary of an Iowa farmer who came from Vang, Valdres,
Norway, in 1850. Translated by Carl T. Narvestad of Granite Falls, Minnesota, with
an introduction by Robert O. Evans, a great-grandson.
287. EVANS, EYVIND (1900- ). CLIPPINGS, 1979. 4 items. P 1412.
Clippings from Norwegian newspapers, August 1979, about an immigrant farmer
and writer who came to the United States in 1920. He began work as a lumberjack,
but began farming near Kasson, Minnesota, in 1930. He was a self-educated farmerintellectual,
who wrote solid and sensible essays, book reviews, and editorials in
Norwegian-American journals and newspapers. The clippings are mainly about
his visit to Norway where he turned over to the University Library (Oslo) his
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