PLU Archives and Special Collections

SIE 5-57
1980

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."

Lillian Ross - "Letters From Norway"

SIE 5-60
1975-10-06

Part of Manuscript Collection

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.

Aasta and Anders Wedding Songbook

SIE 5-74
1952-08-02

Part of Manuscript Collection

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.

Norwegian Magazine: WWII