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An 85 page autobiography written by Gabriel Aanensen Fedde and translated and annotated by his grandson, Gabriel Bernhard Fedde. Fedde discusses his childhood in Norway, his schooling and helping his father out with work. He also discusses his faith and conversion experience and his studies at seminary and teaching jobs. The manuscript includes portions of Gabriel’s journal from his sailing days. He discusses his life in New York as a businessman. Other chapters include information about Norwegian Church life in Brooklyn, a discussion of the Separatists and Perfectionists movements in New York, breaks with the Synod Pastor, struggles with the Labor Unions, Norwegian deaconness activity in Brooklyn, and an epilogue by Gabriel’s grandson, Gabriel Bernhard Fedde. There is also information from the register of the ships Syria and Kepha that Gabriel was on and information about the city of Fedde, Norway.

Consists of a photocopy of a letter and a typed English translation. The letter is from G. and Klara Holmquist to Klara’s sister and husband dated 9 February 1870 from Woodhull, Wisconsin. The letter says the family is in good health but they just survived a harsh winter, and discusses a family friend and sundry other things.

Numerous documents related to the Frølich family history in both Norway and Seattle, Washington

Contains a bound book of newspaper clippings about Fridtjof Nansen collected by Martin Ulvestad. While most of the articles are obituaries and various recollections of aspects of Fridtjof Nansen in light of his death, some are reprints of earlier articles detailing his explorations, the opinions of Nansen of such famous Norwegians contemporaries as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and expedition companion Captain Sverdrup, and the causes Nansen championed. Most articles are written in Norwegian, and the rest, taken from the American and British press, are written in English; all are the original newspaper clippings pasted into a scrapbook format. These articles include obituaries from several national and international newspapers, reprinted articles from his 1922 Nobel Peace Prize recognition, interviews by people who knew Nansen, a 1926 article written by Nansen as well as a 1922 interview about starvation and poverty in post-revolution Russia and Eastern Europe and war-torn Greece, a telegram from King Haakon VII printed in a newspaper, other photographs and articles documenting his work as well as the establishment of his library after his death, poems by Nordahl Grieg and Hernia Janise, and photographs and pictures from his 17 May 1930 funeral.