A blank form used by applicants for jobs at the summer youth camp - Co-op-a-gan on Perch Lake in northern Minnesota, managed by the Range Educational Society in Virginia, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
A group of 13 women sitting and standing at tables inside a room. Back row: Miriam Heikkila, Mary Knight, Martha Pentti, Anna Kosala, Aune Lahti, Tynne Isaacson, Esther Niskala, E. Sylvia Isaacson; Front: Fanny Lehto, Viena Tuoki, Sylvia Silvola, Hilja Kilkkinen, Ellen Luopa.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Boy Scout group marching in Norse-American Centennial parade in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was influential in setting up Norse-American Centennial celebrations across the country.
Boy Scout Troop 248 marching the the Norse-American Centennial parade in New York City. Carl O. Pedersen's influence in organizing the Norse-American Centennial celebration spanned from New York to Minnesota, as well as other parts of the country.
A set of 8 documents including meeting minutes and other planning materials for summer youth camp Co-op-a-gan on Perch Lake in northern Minnesota in 1962.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Children marching in the Norse-American Centennial parade in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was an important figure in setting up events during this parade and other celebrations across the country.
Clan Stewart members in highland dress with bagpipes and drums and a few men wearing WWI uniform coats are playing in an unidentified business setting.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Five women wearing skirts and dresses with flowers posing for a group portrait. Left to right: Astrid Nyskinen, Florence Ranta, Aune Lahti, Aune Kettunen, Amelia Saari.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
A group holding American flags in the Norse-American Centennial parade in New York. Carl O. Pedersen, a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, was influential in organizing these celebrations across the country.
Women's Cooperative Guild in Virginia, Minnesota, standing and sitting at the 25th anniversary of the Guild celebration event held at the home of Ruth Irwin in 1964. Back row left to right: Ellen Luopa, Elsie Wiljanen, Bertha Saarela, Tynne Isaacson, Edna Simonson, Hilma Torma, Florence Panta (cut out: Fanny Lehto, Aune Lahti); Middle left to right: Amelia Koski, Edna Hall, Viena Tuohi, Esther Niskala, Aili Tapanila (cut out: Hilja Kilkkinen); Front: Elma Samuelson, Sylvia Isaacson, Sylvia Silvola, Mary Knight, Miriam Heikkila (cut out: Sylvia Hill).
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Joe Clifford of Midland Cooperatives, Lillian Ollila and Anne Lahti with a sign "Let's Go Camping" advertising Camp Co-op-a-gan on Perch Lake in French Township, Northern Minnesota in 1965, large scenic photograph of the northwoods in the background.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Carl O. Pedersen, a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, was influential in the Norse-American Centennial celebrations throughout the United States, including New York and Minnesota. During this celebration in Leif Ericson square, an unidentified man is giving a speech to the attendees of the parade.
Man giving speech to Norse-American Centennial parade attendees in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was an important figure in setting up events during this parade and other celebrations across the country.
Overlooking the crowd of parade attendees in Leif Ericson square.. Carl O. Pedersen, a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, was influential in the Norse-American Centennial celebrations throughout the United States, including New York and Minnesota.
Six men march in the Norse-American Centennial parade while holding the Norwegian and American flag in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was influential in organizing this parade and many other celebrations across the country, including Minnesota.
A group of wearing the traditional Norwegian bunad in the Norse-American Centennial parade in Leif Ericson Square. The bunad would have been worn by many attendees during the Norse-American Centennial Celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Tissue paper advertisement depicting a sloop, possibly the Restaurationen, crossing the sea to America. Printed with the logo for the Morse's Chocolate.
This group of parade attendees include Nils Collett Vogt, Helene Olaussen, Olaf Ronning, Arne Kildal, Anders Telnaes, Hilmar Halvorsen, Hans Fray, Peter Berge and Carl O. Pedersen. Pedersen was involved in Centennial celebrations across the country.
Norwegian nurses marching in the Norse-American Centennial parade. Brooklyn was home to the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, which eventually expanded to the upper Midwest.
Officers and members of the Women's Cooperative Guild in Virginia, Minnesota, sitting aound the table at the 25th anniversary of the Guild celebration event held at the home of Ruth Irwin, with other women sitting and standing in the background.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Chair Elsie Wiljanen, Secretary Esther Niskala, Treasurer Sylvia Hill, Membership secretary Ellen Luopa - 1964-1965 officers of the Women's Cooperative Guild in Virginia, Minnesota, standing while holding candles at the 25th anniversary of the Guild celebration event held at the home of Ruth Irwin, with other women sitting and standing in the background.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Chair Sylvia Isaacson, Membership secretary Ellen Luopa, Treasurer Sylvia Hill, Secretary Aune Lahti - 1962-1964 officers of the Women's Cooperative Guild in Virginia, Minnesota, standing at the 25th anniversary of the Guild celebration event held at the home of Ruth Irwin.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
