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Consists of Norwegian contracts from the sale of property belonging to Ole Slind before the family immigrated to Minnesota. The deed to his farm in Norway and selling papers are included. The materials are in Norwegian.

Contract between Thomas Angells Stiftelser (seller) and Kari Olsdatter Slind (buyer) regarding sale of the property Slindan Nordre, Gnr. 141, bnr. 2 from October 21, 1920. (3 pages, some handwritten).
Skylddelingsforretning (survey) of the farm Slind, Gnr. Bnr. 1 performed on September 16, 1920 (6 pages, some handwritten).
Report from Thomas Angells Stiftelser regarding the results of the survey of September 16, 1920, and how the farm Slind now is divided into 22 different places (33 pages).
Conveyance between Thomas Angell’s Stiftelser (seller) and Kari Olsdatter Slind (buyer) regarding sale of the property Slind Nedre Gnr. 143, bnr. 9 of October 19, 1921 (1 page).
Receipt regarding payment for the property Slind Nedre; date October 21, 1921 (1 page, some handwritten).
Contract with comments between Kari Olsdatter Slind (seller) and Ole Gundersen Slind Jr. (buyer) regarding the sale of the property Slind Nedre Gnr. 143, bnr. 9 (2 pages handwritten contract and 2 pages typewritten comments).
Conveyance regarding the property Slind Nedre, as decided in previous contract. Announced on February 10, 1922 (1 page).
Contract with comments between Ole Gundersen Slind (seller) and Jørgen Olsen Klegseth (buyer) regarding the sale of the property Kjøsnes søndre Gnr. 157, bnr. 2 (2 pages).

Consists of a leaflet written by Norman B. Wilkinson and published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1962 and several Norwegian newspaper article written about Bull dating from 1929 to 1956. The leaflet contains information on Ole Bull’s music and compositions, emigration and colonization, and political activities.

Consists of the autobiography of Ole Bakken, which he wrote in 1990 and dedicated to his grandchildren. The story covers his life in America after his parents and he emigrated from Norway in 1926.

Ole A. Harstad Anderson was from his boyhood the best behaved and educted of all the six brothers, a conscientious and tender-hearted man who functioned as a reliable instructor and guide of the whole family. Ole Aanonson Harstad, citizen name Anderson, was born in Valle, Saetersdal, Norway and came to Seneca, La Salle county, Illinois, in 1861 and married in 1863 to Miss Anna Petersdaughter Helgeland, who was born in Stavanger, Norway in June of 1841. They farmed in LaSalle and Ford Counties, Ilinois. Ole died Sept. 13, 1872 laving Anna with four children, one son having preceded him in death, He was buried near Clifton, Ill. Anna passed away Sept. 18, 1897 and is buried in Harding LaSalle County, Ilinois.