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

letters have been collected by Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift Institutt in Oslo,
Norway. The collection contains an index.
20. AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, OSLO. BIOGRAPHIES, 1964. 2 boxes. P 1185.
Data about the persons listed in a commemorative book placed in the Memorial
Church established in Oslo by the American Lutheran Church. Many of those
honored were first-generation immigrants to the United States from Norway. Some
of the biographies include photographs and all are indexed in the Rowberg
Biographical File.
21. AMERICAN RELIEF FOR NORWAY, INC. PAPERS, 1940-1952. 42 boxes and 5
volumes. P 646.
Papers of an association incorporated ten days after the invasion of Norway during
World War II. Founded to “relieve distress” among the people of Norway, it was
officially dissolved December 31, 1946.
Correspondence, reports, and publicity material fall into five categories: clothing
drive files, executive secretary’s files, president’s files, treasurer’s files, and
corporate records.
Topics treated include clothing drives; collection of funds; purchase and
distribution of food, clothing, shoes, drugs; publicity; problems of storage and
transportation; relations with governments; merging of relief agencies; affiliation
with the National War Fund; women’s activities; tools for Finmark; and the Anfin
O. Sather trust fund for the National Association of Norwegian Agricultural Clubs.
22. AMERIKA (NEWSPAPER), 1884-1922. CORRESPONDENCE, 1891-1895. 13 items.
P 1186.
Letters, chiefly to Reverend C. K. Preus from O. M. Kalheim, then the editor of
Amerika, a secular newspaper that served as an organ for the Norwegian Synod.
23. AMUNDSEN, ROALD (1872-1928). PAPERS, 1907-1928. 22 items. P 10.
Clippings, programs, and speeches concerning Norwegian-American reaction to
Amundsen’s explorations.
24. ANDERS, J. OLSON. BIOGRAPHY, n.d. BOOKLET, 22 pages. P 437.
“From Selbu to the Dakota Prairie,” an account of the life of Andrew Olson (Storset)
and his frontier experiences at Andover, South Dakota, as related by his son.
25. ANDERSEN, ARLOW W. (1906-1996). PAPERS, 1916-1996. 2 boxes. P 11.
Papers of an historian, the son of Norwegian immigrants, who earned his Ph.D.
degree at Northwestern University. After teaching positions in Illinois, North
Dakota, and Texas, he taught at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. He served
in the Army Air Force during World War II and was University of Oslo Fulbright
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