A magazine from Norway from 1945 during WWII.
Consists of a wedding songbook for a couple named Aasta and Anders, with songs and "themes" to accompany various aspects of their lives together. The celebration was held on 2 August 1952 and is written in Norwegian.
Consists of an article fromThe New Yorker magazine dated 6 October 1975 written by Lillian Ross entitled "Letter from Oslo." It discusses Norway in the 1970s: its economy, unemployment, retirement, employment, geography, migrants, education, and industrialism. There is information about the Sesquicentennial Norwegian Utvandrigen Til Amerika (Immigration to America) and the activities and speeches for the commemoration in 1975. There is also information about the changing attitudes in Norway toward America. The article also includes information about King Olav V and his activities such as his visits to the United States for the Sesquicentennial. Additionally, there is discussion about the debate in Norway about joining the Common Market and about the changes industrialism and the oil industry brought to Norway.
Article citation: Lillian Ross, “Letter From Oslo,” New Yorker, October 6, 1975, 102-128.
Includes a photocopied issue of "Free Passage," a quarterly journal from Spring 1980, containing novelist Simon Johnson's short stories, as well as dedications to Norman Voldal and Harold "Bobby" Johnson, and "I Skogen (In the Woods)" a poem by Johnson set to music by Norwegian composer, Sigvart A. Hofland. Also included is another article from "Dakota Arts Quarterly" (Spring 1980) written as a forward by Rodney Nelson, one of the translators of the short stories.
The short stories included in the journal are: "Inga from the Grove," "Jim's Last Day," "From Diggings," "Louis Alfred & John Otto," "The Quarantine."
Families who Immigrated to Edison-Bow, Skagit County, Washington.
This is a photocopied draft of a story written by Kristofer Janson and translated by Harry T. Cleven.
Includes birth, marriage and death documents from 1855-1921.
Information about some of the Scandinavian Lodges and also declared Scandinavian Day along with newspaper clippings and the pages of a scrapbook.
Records of the Norwegian-American Historical Society including correspondence, pamphlets, and newsletters.
Research on the Foss family, specifically Thea Foss for the documentary “Finding Thea”. This collection includes Histories, news articles, correspondences, photographs, and digital content such as the Find Thea DVD and VHS.
