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

306. FINNEY (FENNE), KNUTE I. (b. 1880). PAPERS. 6 items. P 1388.
A clipping and testimonials from noted violinists concerning a Norwegian violinist
and teacher. Finney emigrated from Voss, Norway, in 1896 and studied at the
American Conservatory of Music and at the Chicago Musical College before he
established his own studios in Chicago. He invented and patented a “Finger Guide
System” designed to educate students in playing the violin.
307. FINSETH, MARCUS B. PAPERS, 1859-1895. 17 items. P 1046.
Certificates of bounty land grants, land purchases, warranty deeds for land
acquired in Goodhue County, Minnesota, by members of the Finseth family, 1859-
1891, and a diploma from the Goodhue County schools, 1895.
308. FINWALL, CHRISTIAN WALLENTIN (1865-1939). BIOGRAPHY, 1987. 1 item, 8
typescript pages. P 1389.
A biographical sketch and family history written by Sofie Reid about Finwall, a
Baptist minister, who came to Chicago from Bergen in 1883. He was graduated
from the Baptist Seminary in Morgan Park in 1887. After serving various parishes in
the Midwest and in Seattle, he returned to Chicago and built the Logan Square
Baptist Church, where he was the first minister. His final years were spent in
California.
309. FIRING, T. OTTMANN (1890-1971). AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1880-1934. 1 item, 57
typescript pages. P 1310.
“Days of Our Lives; Personal Narrative of Experiences as a Youth in Norway, A
Sailor on a Windjammer, A Country Preacher, and College President and
Administrator.”
Born at Horton, Norway, Firing planned to enter the Royal Naval Academy and
joined the merchant marine to gain the required 18 months of sea experience. He
was converted at the Bethelship Methodist Church in Brooklyn, New York, in 1908,
and left his ship because of illness. He studied at the Norwegian-Danish Seminary
connected with the Garret Theological Seminary and Northwestern University and
was ordained in 1916. After serving a parish at Norway, La Salle County, Illinois,
he became principal of the Seminary he had attended and served until it closed in
1934. He then became president of Evanston Collegiate Institute which eventually
became Kendall College. He retired in 1954. The autobiography ends with 1934.
310. FJELDE, HERMAN OLAUS (1866-1918). PAPERS. 3 boxes. P 1209.
Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who
received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to
the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of
Minnesota, 1890-1895. He began to practice medicine in 1895, first at Martell,
Minnesota, and later moved successively to Abercrombie, Fargo, and Rolla, North
Dakota.
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