Kenneth Jorgenson's papers and manuscripts.
Contains the autobiography of Karl Olsen entitled, Little Karl From Norway: The Story of My Life. The manuscript is 140 pages long and contains photocopied photographs of the Karl Olsen family.
Vaccination record for Kari Lodvarsdatter.
Diary of K. Berge and others, from nineteenth century Norway.
Consists of a short photocopied biography of Juul Helleson and his wife, Laura Amalie Jakobson.
This section is a biography of Juditha Batalden and her ancestors. There are also photographs of the family and of the Batalden Islands in Norway.
The ancestors to prime minister Jörgen Lövland from around 1280.
Consists of a manuscript describing the Olson family’s history beginning with Jonas (born 1831) and his wife Anna Britta Hed (born 1835). The manuscript talks about their lives as immigrants and pioneers in Minnesota. History about their daughter Josephine and her husband John Olson and their personalities and their children is also discussed.
Two articles on the life of artist, Jonas Olof Grafström. Both of the articles are by Brian Magnusson of Augustana College. Also included are a letter from an owner of an original Grafström painting of the ten thousand lakes of Minnesota as well as two photographs of the painting.
Magnusson, Brian, " Olof Grafström: An Immigrant Artist Portrays the Early Pacific Northwest, 1886-1890." The Swedish-American Historical Quaterly (1986): 42-59.
Kirn, Mary Em, and Sherry Case Maurer. 1984. Härute--out here: Swedish immigrant artists in Midwest America : an exhibition of works from Augustana College and the Quad Cities community. Rock Island, Ill: Augustana College Art Dept.
