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1. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Ruth Lima McMahon, November 28, 1925, Chicago, Illinois

Date Created:
11/28/1925
Description:
Letter from Ruth Lima McMahon to Ole Rølvaag discussing her experience as a Norwegian-American.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

2. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Nora Solum, November 3, 1937, Searsport, Maine

Date Created:
11/3/1937
Description:
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Nora Solum discussing writing to Professor Theodore Jorgenson and the potential biography about Ole Rølvaag.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

3. Ole E. Rølvaag's 1896 Immigration Diary from Donna, Norway to United States

Creator:
Rølvaag, Ole Edvart, 1876-1931
Date Created:
1896
Description:
Diary kept by Ole E. Rølvaag as he left Donna, Norway for America in July of 1896.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Diaries

4. Don't Vote To Kill Your Town, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Pamphlet stating the prohibition towns are gaining populations faster than wet towns.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

5. The Truth and Some Statements of the Liquor Interests Side by Side, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
Date Created:
1908
Description:
Pamphlet by the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League comparing truths and statements of the liquor interests.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

6. Statement of County Option by Hon. Seaborn Wright, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
Date Created:
1909
Description:
Pamphlet on the statement of Hon. Seaborn Wright. Wright was a politician from Georgia a strident prohibitionist.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

7. Business Men Prefer "No License," Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
Pamphlet on statements from cities throughout Minnesota on "no-license."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

8. Do You Want This In Your Town? Willmar Six Years Dry, Willmar, Minnesota

Creator:
Calderwood, W.G.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Pamphlet showing the benefits to the town of Willmar, Minnesota after six years of being dry. The results include decreased taxes and an increase in post office receipts, bank deposits, and population.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

9. Stop! Read! Think! pamphlet, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Pamphlet covering the business standpoint of why a no-license town is a great success.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

10. The Key to the Liquor Problem in Questions and Answers, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
Date Created:
1911
Description:
Pamphlet showing answers to the liquor problem and reminding voters to not forget the primaries and general election.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

11. "A Birthright Restored" or County Opinion - What It Is and How It Will Work, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Pamphlet of an address given by P. J. Youngdahl. Youngdahl was the state superintendent for the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

12. Think After Ten Years Test One Town Had, The Other Had, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota and the differences between the cities in terms of the number of saloons, city debt, city tax rate, and miles of pavement, water mains, and sewers. Includes the phrase, "The towns are not a mile apart."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

13. Engebret E. Lobeck Prohibition Candidate for Governor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Prohibition State Committee
Date Created:
1912
Description:
Pamphlet for Honorable Engebret E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1912 election.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

14. Goodtemplarordenens Konstitution, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nygens Bogtrykkeri
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Pamphlet about the constitution of the International Order of Good Templars.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

15. Minnesota Avholdsselskap i kamp for "A Dry State," Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Total Abstinence Association
Date Created:
1918
Description:
Pamphlet on Minnesota being a dry state with the prohibition amendment and opinions from prominent Norwegian-Americans in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

16. Memorandum and Manual of Information: Some Facts About the Liquor Situation in Minnesota

Creator:
Scandinavian Grand Lodge, I.O.G.T.
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Pamphlet on facts about the liquor situation in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

17. Sangbog for Afholds-og Ungdomsmøter, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Total Abstinence Association
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Songbook for the Minnesota Total Abstinence Association.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Songbooks

18. The Minnesota Dry Federation: Its Plans and Why It Was Organized, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Dry Federation
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Pamphlet covering why the Minnesota Dry Federation was organized and its plans.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

19. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, September 5, 1923, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-09-05
Description:
Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag discussing life, St. Olaf College, and asking her to write a letter to her father Andrew Berdahl. The Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

20. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, September 14, 1923, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-09-14
Description:
Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag discussing life, and asking her to write a letter to her father Andrew Berdahl. The Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

21. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag, Sioux Falls, January 24, 1924, South Dakota

Date Created:
1924-01-24
Description:
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

22. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to the Ole Rølvaag family, November 30, 1924, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date Created:
1924-11-30
Description:
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

23. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag, December 3, 1924, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date Created:
1924-12-03
Description:
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

24. Address of President Coolidge before the Norwegian Centennial celebration, at Minnesota State Fairgrounds June 8, 1925

Creator:
Coolidge, Calvin
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Copy of Calvin Coolidge's speech at the Norse-American Centennial, printed as part of House Resolution 48.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

25. Norse-American Centennial souvenir booklet

Creator:
Norse-American Centennial Executive Committee
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Commemoration of the first arrival in New York of Norwegian immigrants in 1825 and program of the Norse-American Centennial held on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in June 1925.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets
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