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Contains a bound book of newspaper clippings about Fridtjof Nansen collected by Martin Ulvestad. While most of the articles are obituaries and various recollections of aspects of Fridtjof Nansen in light of his death, some are reprints of earlier articles detailing his explorations, the opinions of Nansen of such famous Norwegians contemporaries as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and expedition companion Captain Sverdrup, and the causes Nansen championed. Most articles are written in Norwegian, and the rest, taken from the American and British press, are written in English; all are the original newspaper clippings pasted into a scrapbook format. These articles include obituaries from several national and international newspapers, reprinted articles from his 1922 Nobel Peace Prize recognition, interviews by people who knew Nansen, a 1926 article written by Nansen as well as a 1922 interview about starvation and poverty in post-revolution Russia and Eastern Europe and war-torn Greece, a telegram from King Haakon VII printed in a newspaper, other photographs and articles documenting his work as well as the establishment of his library after his death, poems by Nordahl Grieg and Hernia Janise, and photographs and pictures from his 17 May 1930 funeral.

Detailed description of contents:

Maps of Sweden

Table of contents and introduction

Ancestor and pedigree charts beginning with Karl August Johansson born in 1863 in Jarfalla, Stockholm, Sweden, and ending with the seventh generation dating back to Pehr Jansson born in the 1600s

Church birth record for Eric Ersson born in 1778 in Jarfalla, Stockholm, Sweden

Church “household examination” and information about Anna Lotta’s parents and her brother

Church record of Jan Eric Ersson and family

Family information for Carl and Anna Stina Jansson in Sweden as well as their photograph

Death notices for Anna Stina Jansson and Carl Johan Jansson as well as a translation of the telegram that was sent to Carl Berlin in 1918 about their deaths

Copies of what is believed to be information from an auction following the death of Carl Johan Jansson

Family group record for Anna Maria ( Johansson) Larson and husband Gustav Erik Adolph Larson

Photos of Gustav and Anna Maria Larson and family

Newspaper article about “Mrs. Larson” (Anna Maria) Carl Johansson

Berlin family group record

Information about Carl Berlin in Minnesota (map of St. Johns township, auction for Carl Berlin’s horses, cattle, hogs, and machinery, death announcement for Carl Berlin and John Berlin)

Herman Berlin family information and pictures John Berlin family information

Death announcements for Clarence N. Larson and Hulda Larson

Larson family photos

David Rasmussen family photos

Johan Johansson (John Johnson) family group record and photographs

Death announcement for Ruth Muriel Anna Christine Johnson Langlow (daughter of John Johnson)

Erik Johansson family group record and photographs

Eleven pages of descendants of Pehr Jansson (oldest known ancestor)

More family photographs

Certificate of marriage for Alexis Theodore Johnson and Helen Loraine Carlson on 21 December 1946

Two family tree copies

This Hefte family history book was published in 1981 and covers the generations of the descendants of Ole Olson Hefte (Gofa) and Ingrid Oldsdatter Kinneberg who emigrated from Norway in 1853. There is history and genealogical information for eight generations (into the 1980s) in chapter form as well as in a family timeline at the end. There is also information about the Hefte family reunions of 1939 and 1953 as well as reminisces written in 1981 by John Edwin Stenehjem, fourth son of Andreas and Gunvor Stenehjem, about a century of progress. It is 192 pages long.

Consists of a short photocopied biography of Juul Helleson and his wife, Laura Amalie Jakobson.

Materials describe how a vexel is used and the different types that exist. A vexel is a transmission of money. The notes also describe the words used on the vexel, when a vexel can be used, and what to do when a claim must be made against the vexel. Contains two examples of a vexel, one issued in Norway the other issued in Germany.

Consists of the original emigration certificate (flyttningsbevis) for Antoinetta W. Nordstrøm, allowing her to leave Sweden for America.

Consists of a photocopy of Knud Olsen Hovie’s cowpox vaccination certificate and describes the authenticity of the cowpox vaccination. The original is in Norwegian with an English translation on the verso.

Consists of the autobiography of Nils-Harald. It includes information about his childhood in Sweden, his emigration, career, and family. There is also family history of his wife’s family, his brother’s wife’s family, his sister-in-law’s husband’s family and other family members.

An original copy of a speech commemorating the memory of Matthias Pedersen Øien, 1867 - 1893.

Consists of personal papers relating to Elsie M. Parkhurst’s ancestors. She requested information about the arrival of her ancestors in America. The request form is included, as well as the actual copy of the list of alien passengers for the U.S. immigration officer at port of arrival, dated 1907. Included are a list of address for offices of immigration and naturalization service matters, a copy of a page from the White Star Line ship Cedric that lists the passenger Peter Severin Mittet., and a letter written by Elsie requesting the information.