Topic: Immigration and Ethnicity / Rights Status: No Copyright - United States

1. 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

2. Albert Johnson and Knute Nelson statues at the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Snapshots of the statues of Albert Johnson and Knute Nelson statues at the Minnesota State Capital during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

3. Alfred and Clayton standing in a field, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Alfred and Clayton standing in field, posing for a picture.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

4. Banquet in honor of the Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway at Hotel Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:: Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:: 1939-06-17
Description:: Duluth hosted royalty of Norway for the dedication of Norwegian businessman Bert Enger's gift to the city of Enger Tower.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

5. Brides of the Pageant of the Northman, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Norstrom, J. E.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Agnes Suudheim (left) and Alfrida Hoff (right) appeared as two of the brides to be carried away by the young immigrants in the Pageant of the Northman.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

6. Clan Stewart, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:: Johnson, Frederick B., 1870-?
Date Created:: 1898?
Description:: Duluth's large Scottish Clan Stewart gathered often for celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

7. Dr. Grandall reading a book, Fairfax, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Dr. Grandall reading a book outside of an office.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

8. Fairfax High School faculty, Fairfax, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923-1924
Description:: Group portrait of the Fairfax High School faculty, Fairfax, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

9. Fairfax High School faculty, Fairfax, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923-1924
Description:: Fairfax High School faculty group portrait.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

10. Family members standing in front of their house, Minnesota

Creator:: Boyun, L.
Date Created:: 1912
Description:: Portrait of a small family standing outside their wooden frame home. The man and woman are pictured on the left with crossed arms.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

11. Family sitting picnicking outside their house, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: An unidentified family enjoying a picnic outside of their house.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

12. Farewell party for Nils P. Xavier, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1891
Description:: Farewell party for Pastor Nils P. Xavier at the Ft. Ridgely and Dale parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

13. Formal family group portrait, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: Pictured in the front row, left to right: Theodore Gilman, Hans O., James Ludvig, Mathea, John Olaus. Back row: George Edward, Benjamin Henry, Albert Martin, Carl Otto.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

14. Formal wedding portrait, Fairfax, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal wedding portrait of an unidentified couple.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

15. Formal wedding portrait, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal wedding portrait of an unidentified couple.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

16. Four women outside the Rognlie parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Four unidentified women standing outside the Rognlie parsonage. The woman second from the left is possibly Marie Rognlie.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

17. Ft. Ridgely and Dale Lutheran Church, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1891-07-22
Description:: Exterior of the Ft. Ridgely and Dale Lutheran Church in Franklin, Minnesota for the ordination of Pastor P.H. Rognlie.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

18. German Catholic Benevolent Association Convention, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1911-09-24
Description:: Members of the German Catholic Benevolent Association are shown marching northward on Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter in a 1911 parade. The arch in the foreground is at the intersection of the avenue with Park Row. Many downtown businesses are visible.
Contributing Institution:: Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

19. Giants in the Earth preface draft

Date Created:: 1926?
Description:: Preface to "Giants in the Earth" published by Harper & Brothers.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Documents (other)

20. Grandma Gullerud with her family, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Grandma Gullerud is pictured outside of the family house in Zumbrota, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

21. Group enjoying a sunny day, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Margie Rognlie (second from the right) with a group sitting outside on a sunny day.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

22. Group portrait at the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Formal portrait of an unidentified group during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

23. Group portrait of Bygdelagenes Faellesraad, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Group portrait of the Bygdelagenes Faellesraad (Counsel of the Bygdelags), St. Paul, Minnesota. Included in the portrait is Pastor L. M. Gimmestad (President), T.A. Walby (Vice-President), and Eilev O. Bakke (Secretary).
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

24. Hannah Lunde, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal portrait of Hannah Lunde in a hat.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

25. Ingjerd Mansson, mother of Swan J. Turnblad, Sweden

Date Created:: 1851?
Description:: Tintype portrait of Ingjerd Mansson. Ingjerd was Swan J. Turnblad's mother. The tintype is hand-tinted and in a paper frame.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Tintypes

26. Iver and Nicoline Lunde sitting with two women, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Iver and Nicoline Lunde sitting with Grandma Gullerud and an unidentified lady.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

27. John Bergley's house, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Front of the John Bergley house in Franklin, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

28. John Lunde, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Creator:: Frelstad, A. J.
Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal studio portrait of John Lunde.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

29. Julia Gullerud, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Creator:: Larson, M. E.
Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal portrait of Julia Gullerud. Julia is related to Parelius Rognlie's wife, Marie.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

30. Julia Gullerud, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Julia Gullerud in a fur coat outside the family house in Zumbrota, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

31. Karen Gullerud with a dog, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Karen Gullerud and pet dog on the steps to the house.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

32. Knitting at Grandma Gullerud's house, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Julia, Mina, Clara, Hans and Melvin are pictured in the living room at Grandma Gullerud's house in Zumbrota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

33. Knute Nelson statue at the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Snapshot of the Knute Nelson statue at the Minnesota State Capital during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

34. 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)

35. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag, January 1929

Date Created:: 1929-01
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)

36. 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)

37. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to the Ole Rølvaag family, August 8, 1929, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date Created:: 1929-08-08
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)

38. Letter from Andrew Berdahl to the Ole Rølvaag family, January 1, 1925, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date Created:: 1925-01-01
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)

39. 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)

40. Letter from Lars W. Boe to Henrik Shipstead, September 20, 1930, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:: Boe, Lars Wilhelm, 1875-1942
Date Created:: 1930-09-20
Description:: Letter from Lars Boe to Senator Henrik Shipstead suggesting he lend his influence to help nominating Ole Rølvaag for a Nobel Prize.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

41. Letter from Lars W. Boe to Lincoln Colcord, September 20, 1930, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:: Boe, Lars Wilhelm, 1875-1942
Date Created:: 1930-09-20
Description:: Letter from Lars Boe to Lincoln Colcord suggesting he lend his influence to help nominating Ole Rølvaag for a Nobel Prize.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

42. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Eugene Saxton, March 6, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-03-06
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Eugene Saxton discussing meeting Dr. Karl Hansen of the Minneapolis Tidende, translation of "Giants in the Earth," and meeting up with Ole Rølvaag for dinner.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

43. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to James Creese, November 19, 1927, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1927-11-19
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to James Creese of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Lincoln Colcord discusses the Swedish translation of "Giants in the Earth" and suggests nomination for a Nobel Prize.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

44. 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)

45. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, April 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-04
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the translation of "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

46. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, April 14, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-04-14
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the poor quality of translation.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

47. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, December 7, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1926-12-07
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing corrections to the introduction to "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

48. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, December 8, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-12-08
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the "great title controversy."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

49. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, December 6, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-12-06
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the titles for "Giants in the Earth" including "In those Days," "The Great Land-Taking," and "Founding the Kingdom."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

50. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, December 4, 1927, New Haven, Connecticut

Date Created:: 1927-12-04
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing teaching at St. Olaf College and travels to New York City.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

51. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, December 19, 1928, New York City, New York

Date Created:: 1928-12-19
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the translation of "Peder Victorious."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

52. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, February 1, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1926-02-01
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag expressing interest in having "Giants in the Earth" translated from Norwegian to English.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

53. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, February 9, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-02-19
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing Colcord friendship with Eugene Saxton, translation, and asking for copies of excerpts from Scandinavian reviews and the Minneapolis Journal.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

54. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, February 19, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-02-19
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing translation and planning for a visit in Minneapolis or Northfield.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

55. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, February 5, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1926-02-05
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing publishing, translation, and expressing interest in helping publish the book in English.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

56. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, January 1927, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1927-01?
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the "Facing the Great Desolation."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

57. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, January 1927, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1927-01?
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing passages of "Giants in the Earth" along with the manuscripts from the novel.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

58. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, March 11, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1926-03-11
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag expressing interest in "Giants in the Earth." He goes on to say that if he didn't contact him, it would have been someone else.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

59. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, March 17, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-03-17
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing publication and the war in Europe.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

60. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, May 5, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-05-05
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing publishing the two volumes of "I de Dage" as one, known as "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

61. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, November 24, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1926-11-24
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag saying Eugene Saxton, vice-president of Harper & Brothers, is interested in publishing "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

62. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, November 28, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947
Date Created:: 1925-11-28
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag suggesting English translations for Norwegian words during the process of translating "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

63. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, November 29, 1927, New Haven, Connecticut

Date Created:: 1927-11-29
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the success of "Giants in the Earth" and the publishing of "Pure Gold" before "Peder Victorious."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

64. Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, September 16, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-09-16
Description:: Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the translator not finishing the job and discussing where to find a translator.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

65. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, February 9, 1929, Chicago, Illinois

Date Created:: 1929-02-09
Description:: Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag discussing the praise for "Peder Victorious" and having to go to New York City.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

66. 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)

67. 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)

68. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Lincoln Colcord, January 1927, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:: Rølvaag, Ole Edvart, 1876-1931
Date Created:: 1927-01?
Description:: Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Lincoln Colcord discussing the references to the Bible in "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

69. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Nora Solum, 1930, Biloxi, Mississippi

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Nora Solum discussing his health and the three publications "Giants in the Earth," "Peder Victorious," and "Peder Seier."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

70. Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Ruth Lima McMahon, May 6, 1926, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:: Rølvaag, Ole Edvart, 1876-1931
Date Created:: 1926-05-06
Description:: Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Ruth Lima McMahon discussing his house in Northfield, Minnesota and the translation of "Giants in the Earth."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

71. 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)

72. Lunde family gathering, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Lunde family gathering. Grandma Lunde and Lena Lunde are pictured.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

73. Martha, Katharina, and Parelius Rognlie with Anne Loftnes and Alfred Otnes outside the Rognlie parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Martha is holding baby Parelius, with Katherina between Anne Loftnes and Alfred Otnes.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

74. Martha Rognlie outside the parsonage with her two children, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Martha Rognlie is holding Katherina and baby Parelius at the Ft. Ridgely and Dale parsonage between Franklin and Fairfax, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

75. Members of Ren Dixon Post 191, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Date Created:: 1880?
Description:: Formal portrait of the Ren Dixon Post 191, Grand Army of the Republic. Pictured in the front row, second from the left, Hans O. Grinder, fourth from the left, Martin O. Grinder.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

76. Men shaking hands during the Norse-American Centennial, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Two men shaking hands during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

77. Minnesota Year Book for 1853

Date Created:: 1853
Description:: Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:: Text
Format:: Books

78. Minnesota Year Book for 1851

Creator:: Le Duc, W.G.
Date Created:: 1851
Description:: Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:: Text
Format:: Books

79. Minnesota Year Book for 1852

Creator:: Le Duc, W.G.
Date Created:: 1852
Description:: Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:: Text
Format:: Books

80. Mother and child in traditional Norwegian bunad, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Mother and daughter posing for a picture in their traditional Norwegian bunad during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

81. Norden Society members Falk and Lind, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Wolf, Roman W.
Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Norden Society members Falk and Lind pose in costume.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

82. Norden Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: Members of the Norden Society are shown in costume.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

83. 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

84. Norwegian-American Centennial Cantata

Creator:: Christiansen. F. Melius; Rothnem, B.J.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra created for the Norse-American Centennial with text by B.J. Rothnem and Music by F. Melius Christiansen.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Notated Music
Format:: Sheet music

85. Olof Mansson, father of Swan J. Turnblad, Sweden

Date Created:: 1851?
Description:: Tintype portrait of Olof Mansson. Olof was Swan J. Turnblad's father. The tintype is hand-tinted and in a paper frame.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Tintypes

86. Parelius and Marie's wedding reception, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1895-06-13
Description:: Wedding reception for Parelius and Martha at the Ft. Ridgely and Dale parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

87. Parelius and Martha's wedding reception, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1895-06-13
Description:: Wedding reception for Parelius and Martha at the Ft. Ridgely and Dale parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

88. Parelius Rognlie family portrait, Renville County, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal portrait of Parelius Rognlie with his wife Marie's family. Pictured left top: Hans, Olaf, Mina, Julia, and Grandpa Gullerud. Bottom row from the left: Melvin, Clara, Parelius, Marie, and Grandma Karen.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

89. Parelius Rognlie with man in uniform, Franklin, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Parelius Rognlie holding a diploma with a man in uniform standing next to him.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Tintypes

90. Petition from the Bohemian residents of the city to the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bohemian citizens, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1907-06-10
Description:: A hand-signed petition to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the Bohemian residents of the City of Winona requesting the purchase of books published in their native language. It is accompanied by a letter from Edward M. Lehnerts, State Normal School, Winona, Minnesota, stating his support for the petition.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Petitions

91. Petition from the Polish residents of the city to the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Polish citizens, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1906
Description:: A hand-signed petition to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the Polish residents of the City of Winona requesting the purchase of books published in the Polish language.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Petitions

92. Portrait of an unidentified older couple, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: Formal portrait of an unidentified older couple.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

93. Portrait of a woman during the Norse-American Centennial, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Formal portrait of an unidentified woman dressed up during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

94. Portrait of a young man, Fairfax, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Portrait of an unidentified young man. The back reads "Til P.H.R."
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

95. Portrait of couple during the Norse-American Centennial, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Portrait of a formally dressed couple during the Norse-American Centennial celebration, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

96. Portrait of Hilda and Albert Grinder, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Portrait of Hilda and Albert Grinder.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

97. Portrait of husband and wife with their seven children, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: formal portrait of an unidentified husband and wife with their seven children.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

98. Portrait of Julia Gullerud and two young women, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900?
Description:: Formal studio portrait of Julia Gullerud with two unidentified women.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

99. Portrait of male during the Norse-American Centennial, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Formal portrait of an unidentified man dressed up during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

100. Portrait of male during the Norse-American Centennial, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Fenney, K.L.
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Formal portrait of an unidentified man sitting in a chair during the Norse-American Centennial celebration.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

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