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Includes eleven folders of biography information, pictures, speeches, lectures, clippings and articles, and personal papers of Arthur B. Ness. There are also two square boxes (box 2 and box 3) of personal items belonging to Arthur Ness.

Contains: a letter explaining how the documents were given to the University in 1985 by Arthur’s children; a six-page biography of Arthur and his family written by his son Wilfred; a copy of a Norwegian newspaper clipping dated 6 May 1952; a genealogical list of Torger Olson’s first and second family members; Arthur’s application for a homestead in Canada along with the document confirming the issue of land.

Also included are original documents, some with photos of Arthur: Arthur’s brother Albert’s baptism record dated 22 May 1950; Arthur’s baptism record and certificate dated 22 May 1950 in Ashby, Minnesota, signed by the pastor Bernhard Guldseth; Arthur’s Canadian Certificate of Naturalization dated 28 May 1920; Arthur’s declaration of intention for citizenship in the United States; Arthur’s U.S. immigrant identification card; Arthur’s United States naturalization certificate dated 19 February 1943; purchase agreement for a lot in Parkland, Washington; indenture papers for a land deed in Parkland for Thomas and Kirsti Olson dated 27 April 1908; Arthur’s passport; tax papers for 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1920.