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379. GRAND FORKS COLLEGE. PAPERS, 1892-1922. 12 items. P 494.<br />
Catalogues and reports <strong>of</strong> a private Lu<strong>the</strong>ran secondary school founded in Grand<br />
Forks in 1891.<br />
380. GRANSKOU, JOHANNES (1859-1938). ARTICLE, ca. 1930. 1 volume, 16 pages. P<br />
556.<br />
A pamphlet titled Navneforandringen by Granskou and o<strong>the</strong>rs, containing an account<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> “Den norsk lu<strong>the</strong>rske kirke i Amerika” and efforts<br />
being made <strong>to</strong> change it.<br />
381. GRANT COUNTY HERALD. NEWSPAPER, 1979. 1 item. P 1056.<br />
Centennial edition commemorating <strong>the</strong> founding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> paper in 1879. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
accounts are about <strong>Norwegian</strong>s who settled in <strong>the</strong> area: Ole Lien, Harald Thorson,<br />
<strong>the</strong> Reverend Gullick Erdahl, <strong>the</strong> Rock Prairie Lu<strong>the</strong>ran Church, and <strong>the</strong> villages <strong>of</strong><br />
Thorsberg and Erdahl.<br />
382. GREETING CARDS, 1901-1932. 2 boxes. P 615.<br />
An assortment <strong>of</strong> cards for various seasons and occasions.<br />
383. GREGERSON, MERLE WINTON (1923- ). HISTORY, 1852-1982. 1 item. P 1415.<br />
Norsk Turkey River Settlement contains family s<strong>to</strong>ries <strong>of</strong> immigrants from Hallingdal<br />
and Numedal who settled in nor<strong>the</strong>astern Iowa. Extensive genealogical charts<br />
accompany <strong>the</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ry. Includes a translation <strong>to</strong> English <strong>of</strong> Gunder Gregerson’s<br />
au<strong>to</strong>biography (1842-1919) and information about Highland Lu<strong>the</strong>ran Church<br />
(pages 116-123). Relatively little community his<strong>to</strong>ry is given.<br />
384. GREVSTAD, MATHILDE BERG (1862-1952?). REMINISCENCES. 1 volume, 45<br />
typescript pages. P 746.<br />
“Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg: Pioneers,” a translation <strong>of</strong> Mrs. Grevstad’s account <strong>of</strong><br />
her parents who emigrated from Norway in 1861, first <strong>to</strong> Wisconsin, <strong>the</strong>n <strong>to</strong><br />
Fillmore County, Minnesota, and finally <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Red River Valley. <strong>The</strong> author<br />
presents a vivid picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> journey <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Red River Valley and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pioneer<br />
community (Lake Park) where her parents settled. Translated by Agnes Grevstad<br />
Lee.<br />
385. GREVSTAD, NICOLAY ANDREAS (1851-1940). PAPERS, 1889-1940. 7 boxes. P<br />
553.<br />
Correspondence, articles, reports, and clippings <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Norwegian</strong>-born journalist,<br />
diplomat, and financier.<br />
Grevstad was a practicing at<strong>to</strong>rney and edi<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Dagbladet (Oslo) before emigrating<br />
in 1883. In America he was edi<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Nordvesten (St. Paul); leading edi<strong>to</strong>rial writer<br />
for Minneapolis Daily Tribune; edi<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Skandinaven (Chicago) (1892-1911); United<br />
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