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His sons who came later searched for gold in Australia, New Zealand, and
California. Fosholt was a grandson of Ole the Younger.
Two loose-leaf notebooks containing (in plastic pockets) letters received by Syver J.
Fosholdt from 1905 until his death in 1927. Most of the letters are from his youngest
son, Gabriel.
One loose-leaf notebook containing (in plastic pockets) “Letters from Fosholdt
Family in North Dakota to Syver Fosholdt in Iowa Assembled by Sanford Fosholt.”
The 120 letters and their enclosures (1904-1926) are mainly from Torkil and his sons
from Cooperstown, North Dakota.
“A Visit to Dunvegan,” an account of Fosholt’s trip to the Island of Skye; “A
Valdres Funeral in Norway, September, 1996,” an account of Per Goplerud’s
funeral. Goplerud, Fosholt’s cousin, was a local historian who had assembled a
private museum and archives on his farmstead (4 typescript pages); notes for a
speech which Fosholt gave when he made a donation of $50,000 to establish the
Archives Fund of NAHA.
Fosholt obituary, memorial folder, and funeral sermon. Fosholt died August 14,
1998.
326. FOSS, CARL J. NARRATIVE. 1 item. P 1429.
“The Immigrants: An Autobiography,” a 95-page story of the life of John
(presumably the writer) who was born at Raak in the Bjugn Fjord area of Sør
Trøndelag. He emigrated in 1902, via Hull and Liverpool, and came to Virginia,
Minnesota, where he became a construction worker in Mesabi Range towns. His
wife, Inger, arrived in 1905, and the story continues with their family life. They
lived in different places in the United States, Canada, and Alaska. The story ends
with a note about their life in Palo Alto, California. While in Virginia, Foss was
converted to Methodism by Carl Schevenius.
327. FOSS, HANS A. (1851-1929). PAPERS, 1923. 3 items. P 100.
A photograph and clippings of articles which appeared in Decorah-Posten dealing
with life in the Red River Valley. Foss, journalist and author, emigrated in 1877.
328. FOSSUM, ANDRES (1860-1943). PAPERS, 1875-1941. 2 boxes. P 541.
Correspondence, manuscripts, articles and records of a teacher, author, Greek
scholar, and archeologist.
Fossum, born in Allamakee County, Iowa, attended Luther College, Johns Hopkins
University (Ph.D.), and the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece.
He was the author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918) and of articles on the
theater in ancient Greece.
His correspondents include George O. Berg, Gisle Bothne, Albert E. Egge, O. G.
Felland, J. F. Fries, Hjalmar R. Holand, Olaf Huseby, Th. N. Mohn, Anna Mohn
(Mrs. Th. N.), Knute Nelson, George A. Torrison, Andrew A. Veblen, and H. T.
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