Some Recent Publications
compiled by Deborah L. Miller
with most Norwegian listings by
Helene Fran Grimsvang and
Caroline S. Haslund
BOOKS
AND
PAMPHLET S
Allen, E . John B. From Skisport to Skiing. One Hundred Years
Sport, 1840-1940. Amherst, Mass., 1993. 229 pp.
of an
American
Anderson, George W, Jr., transcriber, translator, and indexer. Early Records
of the LeSueur River Church of Waseca and Steele Counties, Minnesota. Brooklyn Park, Minn., 1993. 48 pp.
Barton, H. Arnold. Folk Divided: Homeland Swedes and Swedish Americans,
1840-1940. Carbondale, Ill., 1994. xv, 403 pp.
Beijbom, Ulf, ed. Swedes in America: Intercultural and Interethnic Perspectives on
Contemporary Research. Vaxji::i, Sweden, 1993. 224 pp.
A report of the symposium "Swedes in America: New Perspectives," held in
Vaxjo May 31-June 3, 1991.
Bj0rlo, Egil-Henrik, ed. Vestover! Glettfra utvandringafra Tysvcer ti/ Amerika.
Tysv.er, Norway, 1993. 128 pp.
Westward! Glimpses from the emigration from Tysv;:er to America.
Bodnar, John. Collective Memory and Ethnic Groups: The Case of Swedes, Mennonites, and Norwegians. Rock Island, Ill., 1991. 39 pp.
Bryn, Steinar. Norske Amerika-bilete. Om amerikanisering av norsk kultur.
Olso, 1992. 128 pp.
The Americanization of Norwegian culture.
Buenker,John D. and Lorman A. Ratner. Multiculturalism in the United States.
New York, 1992.
Case, Lois]. Relatively Speaking. Forman, N.D., 1992 or 1993. vii, 88 pp.
Norwegian-Amer ican genealogy in North Dakota.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
Djupedal, Knut, et al., eds. Nonvegian-American Essays. Oslo, 1993. 142 pp.
Essays from the fourth Norwegian-American Studies Seminar of the
Norwegian-American Historical Association chapter in Norway, Voss,
August 12-15, 1992. Dedicated to Lloyd Hustvedt.
Ekstrand, Florence. The Best of the Old Church Cookbooks. Seattle, 1988. 175
pp.
Informative and delicious assortment of recipes from pre-1970s church cookbooks, many if not most of Scandinavian origin.
Ellingsgard, Nils. Nonvegian Rose Painting in America: What the Immigrants
Brought. Translated by James Skurdal. Decorah, la., 1993. 96 pp.
Erlien, Ellef C. History
pp.
ef the Hade land Lag in America. Fargo, N.D., 1989. 261
Fiske, Arland 0. The Scandinavian Adventure. Minot, N.D., 1990. xii, 232 pp.
Flemming Larsen, Birgit, Henning Bender, and Karen Veien, eds. On Distant Shores: Proceedings of the Marcus Lee Hansen Immigration Conference,
Aalborg, Denmark,]une 29-]uly 1, 1992. Aalborg, 1993. 372 pp.
Greene, Victor. A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America. Berkeley, California, 1992. 355 pp.
Includes discussion of Scandinavian-American polka bands.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T., Ingeborg R. Kongslien, and Dina Tolfsby, eds. Essays
on Norwegian-American Literature and History. Oslo, 1990. 216 pp.
Essays from the third Norwegian-American Studies Seminar of the
Norwegian-American Historical Association chapter in Norway, Hamar, 1989.
Harstad, Peter T. and Bonnie Lindemann. Gilbert N. Haugen: NorwegianAmerican Farm Politician. Iowa City, la., 1992. xi, 217 pp.
Hokkanen, Lawrence and Sylvia, with Anita Middleton. Karelia: A FinnishAmerican Couple in Stalin's Russia, 1934--1941. St. Cloud, Minn., 1991.
xix, 139 pp.
Houe, Poul, ed. Out of Scandinavia: Essays on Transatlantic Crossings of Cultural
Boundaries. Minneapolis, 1993. 116 pp.
Ingwersen, Faith, and Mary Kay Norseng, eds. Fin(s) de Siecle in Scandinavian
Perspective: Studies in Honor of Harald S. Naess. Columbia, S.C., 1993.
245 pp.
Johnson, John W john 0. Johnson, A Pioneer Aviator in Minnesota. White
Bear Lake, Minnesota, 1994. 10 pp.
Lee, Art. A Lutheran Scandinavian Academy. The Rise and Demise ef Scandinavia
Academy and Central Wisconsin College, 18 93-193 2. Scandinavia, Wisconsin, 1992. 304 pp.
Legwold, Gary. The Last Word on Lefse. Cambridge, Minn., 1992. 168 pp.
"Heartwarming stories-and recipes too!"
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Lovoll, Odd S., ed. Nordics in America: The Future
Minn., 1993. xii, 228 pp.
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Past. Northfield ,
Proceedings of a symposium at St. Olaf College, November 6-7, 1992, inaugurating the King Olav V Chair in Scandinavia n-American Studies.
Lovoll, Odd S., ed. Nonvegian-American Studies, Vol. 31. Northfield , Minnesota, 1992. 370 pp.
Published by the Norwegian- American Historical Association. The contents
are listed individually by authors in the following section on articles. The volume contains ten artices and is dedicated to the memory of John R. Jenswold.
Lovoll, Odd S. Norwegians on the Land: Address for the Society for the
Study of Local and Regional History. Marshall, Minn., 1992. 16 pp.
Lundeberg, Knut 0. Glimt Jra mit /iv: en utvandrers minnebok, ed. by 0yvind
Gulliksen. K viteseid, Norway, 1992. 107 pp.
Glimpses from My Life: An Emigrant's Reminiscences, by the pastor who
founded the Lutheran Brethren.
Marvick Family History, 1400s-199 3. Minneapolis, 1993. vi, 350 pp.
McQuillan , Aidan. Prevailing Over Time: Ethnic Adjustment on the Kansas
Prairies, 187 5- 1925. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1990. xix, 292 pp.
This comparative study of rural immigrant groups in one region includes
Swedes, Mennonites , and French Canadians.
Naeseth, Gerhard B. Nonvegian Immigrants to the United States: Biographical
Directory, 1825-1850 . Madison, Wis., 1993. Vol.1, 390 pp.
Volume 1 covers the years 1825-1843.
Nelson, Marion John, ed. Material Culture and People's Art among the Nonvegians in America. Northfield , Minn., 1994. ix, 228 pp.
Ohnstad, Asmund, ed. Among the Fjords and the Mountains: Summary of Aurland's History. Aurland, Norway, 1994. 121 pp.
Omodt, Don, rev. Torske Klubben History, 1933-1993 . Minneapolis (1993].
156 pp.
0verland, Orm, and Steinar Kj~rheim, eds. Fra Amerika ti/ Norge: i norske utvandrerbrev, 1838-1857 . Oslo, 1992. Vol. 1, 496 pp.
From America to Norway: in Norwegian Emigrant Letters, 1838-1857.
Paulsen, Gary. The Winter Room. New York, 1989. 103 pp.
Fictional story of a young boy on a northern Minnesota farm recounting his
old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythologica l logging past.
Pederson, Jane Marie. Between Memory and Reality: Family and Community in
Rural Wisconsin, 1870-1970 . Madison, Wis., 1992. 314 pp.
Scholarly study of Norwegian- American life in Trempealea u county.
Preus, Herman Amberg. Vivacious Daughter: Seven Lectures on the Religious
Situation among Nonvegians in America. Edited and translated by Todd
W Nichol. Northfield , Minn., 1990. xiv, 232 pp.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
Raaen, Aagot. Grass ef the Earth: The Story
Dakota. St. Paul, 1994. xxv, 238 pp.
ef a Norwegian Immigrant Family in
Reprint of the 1950 Norwegian-American Historical Association book, with
a new introduction by Barbara Handy-Marchello.
Rasmussen, Janet E. New Land, New Lives: Scandinavian Immigrants to the Pacific
Northwest. Northfield, Minn., and Seattle, 1993. xiii, 320 pp.
Rudjord, Kare. Amerikabrev. The Mebergs. Farsund, Norway, 1989. 295 pp.
America Letters: The Mebergs.
Scandinavia Overseas: Patterns ef Cultural Traniformation in North America and
Australia. Uppsala, Sweden, 1990. 119 pp.
Schultz, April R. Ethnicity on Parade: Inventing the Norwegian-American through
Celebration. Amherst, Mass., 1995. xiii, 150 pp.
Setterdahl, Lilly. A Century of Song: American Union of Swedish Singers,
1892-1992. Chicago, 1992.xvii,318 pp.
Simonsen, Henrik B. Kampen om danskheden . Tro og nationalitet i de danske
kirkesamfund i Amerika. Aarhus, 1990. 256 pp.
The Struggle over Danishness: Belief and Nationality in the Danish Church
Community in America.
Slind, Marvin G. Norse to the Palouse: Sagas
Wash., 1990. xi, 155 pp.
ef the Selbu
Norwegians. Pullman,
Stilling, Niels Peter. A New Life: Danish Emigration to North America as Described by the Emigrants Themselves in Letters, 18 42-1946. Aalborg,
1994. 215 pp.
Sunde, Rasmus. Long Prairie. Ei sognebygd i Amerika. Vik i Sogn, Norway,
1994. 102 pp.
Long Prairie: A Sogning Parish in America.
En Synodeprest blir teksthistorie: Seren S. Urberg i Wisconsin, 1893-1930. Telemark College series 136, B0 i Telemark, Norway, 1991. 75 pp.
A Synod priest through his writings.
Thompson, Harry F. Guide to Collections Relating to South Dakota NorwegianAmericans. Sioux Falls, S.D., 1991. 65 pp.
Utvandringa ti! Amerika. Gamalt fra Kviteseid, no. 8. 0yvind T. Gulliksen, ed.,
Kviteseid, Norway, 1993. 64 pp.
Immigration to America from Kviteseid. Includes essays by Tor 0. Sanden,
James A. Skree, Harry T. Cleven, Steinar Berge, Torjus Fjagesund, Carl H.
Chrislock, and 0yvind T. Gulliksen.
Webster, Beverly. Aase'.s Family: Ancestors and Descendants ef Families ef
Stevens/Stephens, Tollefson, Thompson, Ellefson & Related Families. Willmar, Minn., 1993. lx, 386 pp.
Norwegian-American genealogy in Minnesota.
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Wendelius, Lars. Kulturliv i ett svenskamerikansk lokalsamhalle: Rockford, Illinois. Uppsala, Sweden, 1990. 177 pp.
Cultural Life in a Swedish-A merican Communi ty: Rockford, Illinois.
Williams, Anna. Skribent i Svensk-Amerika:]akob Bonggren,journalist och poet.
Uppsala, Sweden, 1991. 253 pp.
Author in Swedish America: Jakob Bonggren ,Journalis t and Poet.
Wollstein, Hans]. Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in
American Films from 1910 to World War II. Metuche n, NJ., 1994. xiv,
367 pp.
Young, Carrie. Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences. Iowa City, Ia., 1993. 134 pp.
Young, Carrie. The Wedding Dress: Stories from the Dakota Plains. Iowa City,
Ia., 1992. 126 pp.
Historical fiction about North Dakota Norwegia ns.
ARTIC LES
A.R., "Hedema rkinger pa Kanadas pr~rie." Arbok!Ringsaker. Veldre og Brottum historielag, 1991, I: 42-44.
An account of the Olstad brothers from Veldre, Hedmark, reprinted from
Hamar Stiftstidende, 1934.
Aamodt, Erik. "Utvandr ingen fra Horg." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I:35-40.
Emigratio n from Horg, S0r- Trnndelag.
Aasum, Bjarne. "Amerikabrev. Glimt fra namdalsk utvandring." Arbok /
Namdalen. Namdal historielag, 1991, I: 31-36.
Letters from Julie Estensdatter Skei, who emigrated from Overhalla, Trnndelag, to America in 1888.
Aasum, Bjarne. "Utvandr ingen fra Skei, 1888-190 4. Skeislekten i USA."
Arbok / Namdalen. Namdal historielag, 1992, I: 123-147.
The Skei family from Overhalla, Nord-Trnn delag, in the United States.
Aasvik, Olav. "Amerikareise i 1914." Lurnyboka, 1987, I: 69-71.
Aaskvik tells of his journey and first year in America.
Abrahamson, Laura Aleta Iversen, intro. by Philip L. Gerber. "Herding
Cows and Waiting Tables: The Diary of Laura Aleta Iversen Abrahamson." South Dakota History, 20, 1(1990), 17-50 .
Allen, E. John B. '"Skeeing ' in Maine: The Early Years, 1870s to 1920s."
·
Maine Historical Society Quarterly, 30, 3-4 (1991), 146-165.
Andersen, Arlow W "Land, Sea, and Ice: Explorers and Discoverers in the
Norwegi an-Amer ican Press." Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992),
243-266.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
Aspas, Berta. "Ei utvandringskvinne fra Osmarka." Gjemnes-minne, 1992, I:
38-44.
The story of Nikoline Heggem Bloom (1866-1966), who emigrated from
Osmarka, Nordm0re.
Bakken, Arnold. "Den eldste tannlegen i verda er soknedaling." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 108-113.
About Harry I. Egdahl, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, "the oldest dentist in the
world."
Bakken, Arnold. "Litt om utvandringa fra Soknedal til Amerika."
Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 19-34.
Emigration from Soknedal, S0r-Twndelag.
Baklien, Botolv. "Fyrste Amerika-brevet i 1845 fra Al sine pioner-emigrantar." Delaminne: Arbokfor Hallingdal, 1991, I: 45-49.
The first letter home from emigrants from
Al, Buskerud.
Berg, Gunnar. "Utvandringen til Amerika." Fauskeboka, 1990-91, I:
106-116.
Emigration from Fauske, Nordland.
Berg, Ruth H. "Garnle Amerika-brev forteller historie: fra et haugianerhjem pa Gressvik." Varden . Artidsskrift for Onsey historielag, 1990, I:
17-22.
Letters from Nicoline Larsen to relatives in America.
Bergebakken, Per Arnfinn. "Alvdals-amerik aneren Iver Olson." Gammelt
fra Alvdal og Folldal. Historielaget Frederiks Gave, 1991, I: 48-51.
About Iver Olson from Alvdal and his will.
Bjorgum, Jorunn. "Dreams of the Old Country: A Room of One's Own.
The Norwegian Nationality Reading Room in the University of
Pittsburgh." Scandinavian Journal of History (Sweden], 17, 1 (1992)
45-64.
Bliss, John C. "Evidence of Ethnicity: Management Styles of Forest Owners in Wisconsin." Forest and Conservation History, 36, 2 (1992) 63-72.
Brokerud, Martin. "Den siste store utvandringen fra Hadelands-bygd ene
1905-1916." Arbokfor Hade/and, 1992, I: 110-125.
Migration from Hadeland, 1905-1916.
Brun, Hakon. "Fra Kabelvag til Amerika." Arbokfor Vagan, 1992, I: 58-60.
Marius Johnsen tells of his journey to America in a 1903 letter.
Bryge, Olav. "Soga om Sigmund og Lars Skeie/The Simon and Lars Scheie
families' centennial: 100 years in Lyon County, Iowa, 1870-1970."
Eikjen. Arsskrift for Eiken sogelag, 1990, I: 40-44.
Brnste, Ole K. "Amerikareise og nybyggerliv fra 1868." Gamaltfra Lesja og
Lesjaskog, 1993, I: 18-22.
Emigration from Lesja, Oppland.
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Byre, Conrad. "Gudbr and Byre. Lomvxr i Amerika." Heim og bygd. Lite
gamalt fra Lorn, 1990, I: 26-31.
The America n experien ce of Gudbran d Byre from Lorn, Oppland .
B0e, Sigmund. "Emigrasjon til USA omkring hundrearsskiftet." Segn og
sage. Tidsskriftfor Sande sogelag, 1992, I: 21-28.
Voyages to the United States about 1900.
B0vre, Michael J. "Fra Ringsaker i Norge til Koshko nong Prairie i Wiscon sin." Arbok. Ringsaker, Veldre og Bmttum historielag, 1992, I: 95-103.
History of the B0vre family from Ringsaker, Hedmark .
Christianson, J.R. "Scandinavian-Americans." Multiculturalism in the United
States, John D. Buenkn er and Lorman A. Ratner, eds., New York,
1992, 103-129 .
Dahle, Gudrun . "Litt om utvandr ingi fra 0lve til Amerika." Kvinnhersminne. Arbok for Kvinnherad, 1992, I: 61-68.
Emigrati on from 0 lve, Hordaland.
Dyste, A. Gerald. "The Twin Churche s of Christiania, Minnesota, from
1854 to 1864. A Study of the Causes of Immigra nt Church Conflicts." Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 73-98.
Egstad,Ludvig. "Min reise til Amerika." Arbokfor Gj@vik, 1990, I: 78-80.
Ludvig Egstad's journey to America in 1912.
Einbu, Johanne s P. "Om utvandringa til Amerika." Gamalt fra Lesja og Lesjaskog, 1993, I: 14-17.
Emigrati on from north Gudbran dsdalen.
Ekroll, 0ystein . "Til Dakota i 1880-90 -ara." Segn or Sage. Tidsskriftfor Sande
sogelag, 1991, I: 10-28.
Emigrati on from Sunnm0r e.
Ellis, Reuben J. "The Culture of Displaced Geography: A Model for Western Regional Destabilization in Knut Hamsun's Fra Det Moderne
Amerikas Aandsliv." North Dakota Quarterly, 59, 3 (1991) 174-181 .
Engan, Rolf. "Fra Raen til Amerika. Et amerikabrev fra 0vre Alen." Gau-
dalsminne, 1992, I: 80-84.
Letters from Iver Olsen, Chicago, to his family in Alen, S0r-Tf0ndelag.
Enge, Kare. "Amerikabrevet." Fauskeboka, 1990-91 , I: 65-67.
A letter from Joh. J0rgense n, Fauske, to a friend in America.
Espehou g, Johanne s P. "Eders Moder var det nyttigste menneske." Jul i
Sunnjjord, 1991, I: 27-29.
A letter to Espehoug's two daughters in Norway.
Fairweather, Floyd. "Fredrik Nilsson Vestre. Ein amerikansk p10ner."
Arsskrift. Vatnesogelag, 1990, I: 4-12.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
F.N. Vestre emigrated to America from Vestrefjord, M0re og Romsdal, in
1888.
Fidje, Ranveig. "Utvandringen til Amerika." Arsskrift. Flekkerey historielag,
1990, I: 43-55.
Emigration from Flekkerny, Vest-Agder.
"Den F0rste utvandreren. En uheldig gullgraver fra Oppdal." Begda var.
Oppdal historielag, 1991, I: 42.
The first emigrant: an unlucky golddigger from Oppdal.
Gauldalsminne. Arbok for Gauldal historielag, 1992.
The entire volume deals with emigration and emigrants from Gauldalen, S0rTrnndelag.
Gj;ere, Tore P. "Family of Kristen Vestre." Arsskrift. 0rskog historielag, 1990,
I: 3, 23-27.
The family emigrated to the United States from 0rskog, M0re og Romsdal.
Granhaug, Peder. "Dagbok fra en utvandrer for 60 ar siden." !.Autin . lokalhistorisk arbokfor Leten, 1991, I: 17, 101-104.
The diary of an emigrant from 1927.
Granhus, Odd-Stein. "Socialist Dissent among Norwegian Americans:
Emil Lauritz Mengshoel, Newspaper Publisher and Author."
Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 27-72.
Grindal, Gracia. "Dano-Norweg ian Hymnody in America." Lutheran Quarterly, 6, 3 (1992) 257-315 .
Grnt, Gudbrand. "Eggen-slekta borte fra Haltdalen-vok ste seg stor i
Amerika." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 62-68.
The Eggen family emigrated from Haltdalen, S0r-Trnndelag.
Grnt, Gudbrand. "Haltdalen, Alen og Singsas bygdelag, sarnlingspunkt pa
Dakota-pr;erien." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 58-61.
A Norwegian bygdelag in North Dakota.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T. "Amerikabrev til K viteseid Fra brevsarnlinga etter
Olaf S. Houkom. Del II." Gamalt fra Kviteseid, 9, Arsskrift 1994,
Kviteseid,
America letters from Kviteseid, from the collection of Olaf S. Houkom.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T. "En amerikansk roman skrevet pa norsk: Ole E. R01vaag, I de dage." Bokspor. Norske beker gjennom 350 ar, Oslo, 189-202.
An American novel written in Norwegian.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T. "Har dere nylig havt brev fra brndrene i Amerika?:
Fra Niels 0. Narnl0s' korrespondanse, 1897-1911." Holla-Minner,
Holla Historielag, 1991, 92-114.
"Have you heard from the brothers in America?"
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Gulliksen, 0yvind T. "Peder Kristoffersen Waal: en utvandrer fra Notodden." Arsskrift. Notodden historielag, 1986, I, 4; 66-77.
An emigrant from Notodden, Telemark.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T. "Travel Narratives, Popular Religious Literature, Autobiography: N.N. Rr<mning's Contributi on to Norwegian -American
Culture." Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 165-204.
Gulliksen, 0yvind T. '"You Can't Go Home Again': Norwegian -American Travel Accounts." American Studies in Scandinavia [Denmark] , 23, 2
(1991), 95-104.
Haatvedt, Nils Olsen. "Amerikabrevet." Arsskrift. Rau/and historielag, 1992,
1:53-56.
Handy-Ma rchello, Barbara. "Land, Liquor, and the Women of Hatton,
North Dakota." North Dakota History, 59, 4 (1992) 22-29.
Hanes, Kare, "Utvandri ng fra Vatne." Arsskrift. Vcitne sogelag, 1990, I: 15-25.
List of emigrants from Vatne, M0re og Romsdal.
Haugen, Per. "Om 'Var egen stamme'" Arbok. Ringsaker, Veldre og Brettum
historielag, 1991 , I: 33-41.
Discusses Hans Larsen Staff from Veldre, Hedmark, who emigrated to the
United States in 1859.
Haugstad, Johannes. "Fri Amund til Amundson ." Hemgrenda . Ringebu historielag, 1991, I: 65-78.
The John Amundson family emigrated from Venabygd, Oppland.
Havik, Sveinung. "Utvandri ngen fra Levanger-distriktet, Frol og Levanger
by: 1871-1890 ." Arbok. Levanger historielag, 1991, I: 118-127.
List of emigrants from the district of Levanger.
Havik, Sveinung. "Utvandri ng fra Levanger-distriktet. Frol og Levanger by:
1891-1926 ." Arbok. Levanger historielag, 1992, I: 132-147.
Emigration from Levanger, Trnndelag, 1891-1926.
Hawbecker, Gladys Risvold. "En Risvold-slekt i Saudasj0en og Amerika.
Syv brndre fra Sauda og deres etterkomm ere i Amerika." Arsskrift.
Saudasogelag, 1991,I: 102-118.
The Risvold family from Sauda, Rogaland.
Heimen. 3, 1994.
Special issue on Norwegian immigration to the United States containing the
following articles: Odd S. Lovoll, "Innvandrer nes Amerika"; David Mauk,
"Broer mellom religi0se kulturer: Pavirkninge r pa fire 'moderk.irkers' karakter i
Brooklyns norske koloni"; Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger, "Immigrant liv i
Midtvesten"; Einar Niemi, "Fra Nord-Norg e til Amerika. Noen refleksjoner
om problemstillinger, perspektiver og utfordringer"; Ola Alsvik, "Brev fra
Norge til Amerika-k ilder til norsk lokalhistorie?";Jostein Molde, "Annotert
bibliografi over litteratur om norsk oversj0isk utvandring siden 1975 ." This
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
issue also contains tributes to Gerhard Brandt Naeseth and Einar Haugen, two
major figures in Norwegian-Amer ican scholarship, who both died in 1994.
Higham, John. "The Ethnic Historical Society in Changing Times."]ournal
of American Ethnic History, 14, 2 (Winter, 1994) 30-44.
Holten, Endre. "Romsdalinger i Lincoln City, South Dakota." Arsskrift.
Romsdal sogelag, 1992, I: 75-79.
Emigrants from Romsdal, M0re og Romsdal.
Hughey, Michael W '"Making' History: The Vikings in the American
Heartland." International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 2, 3
(Spring, 1989) 338-360.
Jenswold, John R. "Becoming American, Becoming Suburban: Norwegians in the 1920s." Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 3-26.
Jerum, Hermann. "Slekter etter utvandra kvamssokninger til Amerika pa
lei ting etter slektrntter og buplasser i Kvam." Nakka ta kvart fra Kvam
og Felling. Kvam historielag, 1993, I, 6: 59-60.
Descendants of emigrants seeking their roots in Kvam, Nord-Trnndelag
Johnson, John A. "Concerning Emigration." Translated by C.A. Clausen.
Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 205-234.
Joranger, Terje Mikael Hasle. "Fra fjellbygd til pra:rie." Arbok for Valdres,
1993, 145-162.
From a mountain community to the prairie.
Joranger, Terje Mikael Hasle. "Handverker og pionfr: Aslak Olsen Lie i
Amerika." Sagn og soge i Sendre Ourdahl. Ser-Aurdal historielag, 1992,
1:31-35.
Craftsman and pioneer: Aslak 0. Lie from Reinli, Valdres, who emigrated to
Buffalo county, Wisconsin.
Joranger, Terje Mikael Hasle. "Hvorfor reiste s0r-aurd0lene til Amerika?"
Sagn og soge i Sendre Ourdahl. Ser-Aurdal historielag, 1993, 1:28-33.
Why did people from S0r Aurdal go to America?
Karstad, Eirik. "Brevet fra gamlelandet, Melhusbrev fra rundt 1890."
Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 73-79.
Letter from Norway to emigrant Kristoffer Lodgaard.
Karstad, Eirik. "En utvandrersaga." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 44.
About Kirsti Jonsdatter Dybdalsbak from S0r-Trnndelag, who emigrated in
1857 at age 49.
Keillor, Steven J. "Rural Norwegian-Am erican Reading Societies in the
Late Nineteenth Century." Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992),
139-164.
Kj01:1s, Gerh. "F0rste amerikafararen." Stranda-minne. Arsskrift for Stranda sogelag, 1991, I: 8, 17-19.
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About Hans Nikolayson Engeset, the first emigrant from Stranda, M0re og
Romsdal.
Kolstad, Gunhild. "0yinger i Amerika." Nes og Helgeya. lokalhistorisk skrift,
1988-89, I: 94-115.
Emigrants from Helg0ya, Hedmark, in America.
Kristiansen, Thor. "Flekkernyfolk i Amerika." Arsskrift. Flekkemy historielag,
1990, I: 1, 56-61.
List of emigrants from Flekkerny, Vest-Agder.
Kvam, Arne. "Om en trnndersk menighet i USA. Inherred menigheds historie 1870-1920." Arbokfor Namdalen. Namdal historielag, 1991, I, 33:
113-116.
A Norwegian-A merican congregation in Minnesota.
Lagerquist, L. DeAne. "As Sister, Wife, and Mother: Education for Young
Norwegian-A merican Lutheran Women." Norwegian-American Studies,
33 (1992), 99-138.
Langfj;eran, John. "Hilsen fra Wind Lake." Arbok. Mosvik historielag,
1987-88,I:2 ,19-23.
Tells of the author's visit to Oscar and Gilma Dukleth.
Lindberg, Christer, ed. "Foreigners in Action at Wounded Knee." Nebraska
History, 71, 4 (1990) 170-181.
Lintelman, Joy K. '"Our Serving Sisters': Swedish-American Domestic
Servants and Their Ethnic Community. " Social Science History, 15, 3
(1991) 381-395.
Lovoll, Odd S. '"For People Who Are Not in a Hurry': The Danish
Thingvalla Line and the Transportation of Scandinavian Emigrants."
Journal ef American Ethnic History, 13, 1(Fall,1993) 48-67.
Discusses many shipping companies that Scandinavians used to emigrate to
North America, concentrating on the Thingvalla Line.
Mackintosh, Jette. "Ethnic Patterns in Danish Immigrant Agriculture: A
Study of Audubon and Shelby Counties, Iowa." Agricultural History,
64, 4 (1990) 59-77.
Mackintosh, Jette. "Migration and Mobility among Danish Settlers in
Southwest Iowa." journal ef Historical Geography [Great Britain], 17, 2
(1991) 165-189.
Molde, Jostein. "Den forste utvandrer fra Verdal?" Verda/ historielags skrifter,
1989,I, 16: 122-127.
Discusses Ole Jacobsen Jermstad and his brother Johannes Jermstad.
Molde, Jostein, ed. "Glimt fra baptistpresten Rafael M. Halseths liv og
virke." Verda/ historielags skrifter, 1989, I, 16: 144-149.
The life and work of Baptist minister R.M . Halseth.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
Molde, Jostein. "Verdaling innblandet i henging i Wisconsin." Verda! historielags skrifter, 1990, I, 17: 162-173.
Tells of Mikal Johannesen Snausen (Charles Johnson) from Verdal, NordTrnndelag.
Naas, Per. "Amerikabrev fra Olav Henriksen Bustrak til slektningar i 'F:edrenehjemmet' pa T0rnes." Det var ein gong. Minner Jra Drangedal, 1992,
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Letters from O.H. Bustrak to his family in Drangedal, Telemark, in the 1870s.
Nelson, Peder H. "Den lange, lange vegen. To maneder med okser og seilduksvogner over pr:erien i 1873." Gauldalsminne, l 992, I: 45-52.
Discusses the Norwegian settlement of Lake Hendricks, South Dakota.
Nelson, Peder H. "Svarte dager og m0rke netter i Nord-Dakota." Arbokfor
Hadeland, 1991, I: 102-106.
Black days and dark nights, by an author who lived for seven years in North
Dakota in the 1930s.
Nemeth, Anders. "Bamblinger i Midt-Vesten." Bambie gjennom tidene.
Arsskrift. Bambie historielag, l 988, I: 120-135.
Emigrants from Bambie, Telemark, in the Middle West.
Nielsen, George E. "En dansk socialist i det kapitalistiske Chicago." Arbejderhistorie [Denmark], 35 (1990) 29-38.
Published in English as "A Danish Socialist in Chicago" in The Bridge, 13, 1:
73-92 (1990).
Nilsen, Anne-Mette. "Til Amerika og hjem igjen." I.Autin. Lokalhistorisk
arbokfor Leten, 1991, I, 17: 99-100.
About emigrants to the United States who returned to Norway.
Norberg, Carl A. and Wayne D. Weed. "Sunken Schooner May Hold Secrets of the Sailing Era." Inland Seas, 46, 1 (1990) 18-22.
Okkenhaug, Trond. "Pa leting etter slektsrntter." Verda! historielags skrifter,
1989,I, 16: 177-183.
Richard Opheim seeks the birthplace of his grandfather, John Opheim.
Opseth, Laila Kamilla Larson. "Brev fra Saskatchewan i Canada." L6fotr.
Arbokfor Vestvagey historielag, 1991, I: 100-105. Trans. and ed., Per
Magne Bernhardsen.
An emigrant from Lofoten tells her story.
Reuter, Laurel. "Historical Tracings: The Evocative Folk Paintings of Emily
Lunde." North Dakota History, 58, 2: 31-33 (1991).
Riise,Jarl. "Utvandringen til Amerika." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 9-18.
About emigration to America, especially from Trnndelag.
Rygg, Ole N. "Amerikareise for 90 ar sidan." Nakka ta kvart Jra Kvam og
Felling. Kvam historielag, 1993, 6: 56-58.
Rygg, who left Norway in 1903 aged 19, tells of the journey.
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R0nning, Arvid Ivar. "'Kist det va da, ..." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 53-57.
About the Sveet family in Bonetraill, North Dakota.
Sandaker, Arvid. "Landinger de forste norske nybyggere i Oregon."
Landingen. Lands museum arbok, 1991, I: 119-120.
Emigrants from Land were the first Norwegian pioneers in Oregon.
Sannes, Halvor. "Legebrndre ne Sannes i Wisconsin: 'Norgesambassad0rene
fra Kalvodde'" Holla-minner. Tidsskrift for Holla historielag, 1992, I:
57-60.
Three brothers who emigrated from Telemark in 1914 became doctors in
Wisconsin.
Schow, H. Wayne. "The Scandinavians in Idaho." Idaho Yesterdays, 36, 4
(Winter, 1993) 2-13.
Schultz, April. "'The Pride of the Race has been Touched': The 1925
Norse-Amer ican Immigration Centennial and Ethnic Identity."
Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 26 7-307.
Schweer, Eleanor. "Pa leiting etter fars fodested." Arbok. Ringsaker, Veldre, og
Brettum historielag, 1991, I: 45-50.
Tells of John Olsen, who emigrated as a child, and his former home in Veldre,
Telemark.
Sehmsdorf, Henning K. "Assirnilasjon og tilpasning. Norsk-ameri kanske
tradisjoner pa den amerikanske nordvestkysten." Tradisjon, 1989, I, 19:
75-84. Includes English summary.
Assimilation and adjustment: Norwegian-A merican traditions on the northwest coast of America.
Shamai, Shmuel. "Ethnicity and Educational Achievemen t in Canada,
1941-1981." Canadian Ethnic Studies, 24, 1 (1992) 43-57.
Skogaas, Peder. "Pa en kirkegard i USA." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 102-107.
From a cemetery in Spring Grove, on the Minnesota-Iow a state line.
Sn0fugl, Asmund. "Over 400 blad og aviser i det norske Amerika pa vel
100 ar." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 85-101.
More than 400 journals and newspapers published in Norwegian America in
100 years.
Steensland, Halle. "Recollections from my Journey to America and my
First Years in America." Translated by Odd S. Lovoll. Norwegian-American Studies, 33 (1992), 235-242.
Strnms0e, Egil. "Amerika-br ev fra Andreas Strnms0e, 1892-1906." Arbok.
Levanger historielag, 1992, I: 34-51.
Letter from Andreas Strnms0e, who emigrated from Levanger in 1892.
Sveet, Arnold. "Haltdalen, Alen og Singsas bygdelags 50-ars jubileum,
1983." Gauldalsminne, 1992, I: 69-72.
About a bygdelag anniversary in North Dakota.
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Deborah L. Miller, Helene Grimsvang, and Caroline S. Haslund
Talonen, Jouko. "Lestadiolaisuuden poliittis-yhteiskunnallinen profiili skandinavian maissa ja pohjois-amerikassa, 1900-1940." Faravid [Finland],
15 (1991) 291-317.
The sociopolitical profile of the Laestadians in Scandinavia and North America, 1900-1940.
Tjaldal, Sven Nilsson. "Reisen til Amerika Vaaren 1891." Arsskrift. Agder historielag, 1992, I, 68: 67-72.
An emigrant's diary from 1891.
Tj0nn, Helga Storedale. "-og vi er de Nordvestlige Setlere som er av
Vide folk': soga om Anfinn Thorson Hysingstad og Crow River
Menighed i staten Minnesota, 1860-95." Sunnhordland. Arbok, 1990, I,
71: 55-83.
About Norwegian settlers in Minnesota.
Torma, Carolyn. "Ethnicity and Architecture." South Dakota History, 21, 2
(1991) 136-154.
"Utvandring fra Heddal 1878-1890." Arsskrift. Notodden historielag, 1987, I,
5: 69-77.
List of emigrants from Heddal, Telemark, to the United States.
"Utvandring [fra Lesja] 1830-39." Gamalt fra Lesja og Lesjaskog, 1993, I:
44-50.
Emigration from Lesja, Oppland.
"Utvandringa til Amerika. Utvandringen fra Bratsberg Amt 1866-1914:
fogderiene." Sja deg attyvi . Fyresdal sogelag, 1990, I: 87-89.
Emigration from Telemark.
"Utvandringen til Amerika." Arbok for Mosvik historielag, 1991192, I, 6:
26- 67.
Emigration from Mosvik, Nord-Tmndelag.
Varpe,Jarle. "Dei reiste fra Sunnfjord."jul i Sunn.fjord, 1991, I: 29-33.
Emigration from Sunnfjord, Sogn og Fjordane.
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DISSERTATIONS
Bryn, Steinar. "The Americanization of Norwegian Culture." University of
Minnesota, 1993. 260 pp. Dissertation.
Golf, Olav. "Red Wing Seminarium. Et haugiansk skoletiltak i America."
University of Oslo, 1994. 345 pp. Doctoral dissertation.
A history of Red Wing Seminary, a Haugean institution.
Jenswold, John Randolph. "'The Hidden Settlement': Norwegian-Americans Encounter the City, 1880-1930." University of Connecticut,
1990. 195 pp. Dissertation.
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Joranger, Hasle Terje Mikael. "Av mid eller lyst? Utvandringe n fra Reinli til
Midt-Vesten 1848-1910. En unders0kelse av emigrantenes liv i
Amerika." University of Oslo, 1993. 245 pp. Advanced thesis.
From need or desire? The emigration from Reinli to the Midwest,
1848-1910. An investigation of the emigrants' lives in America.
Krogh, Hilde." 'We Meet Only to Part': Norwegian Immigrants in Transition." University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990. 350 pp. Dissertation.
Madland, Hans Andreas. "Norwegian -American Pioneer Pastors and
Spouses in the Upper Midwest, 1840-1860." University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1991. 104 pp. M.A. thesis.
Mauk, David C. "The Colony That Rose from the Sea: The Norwegians in
the Red Hook Section of Brooklyn, 1850-1910." New York University, 1991. 628 pp. Dissertation.
Nelson, James P "The Problem of Cultural Identity in the Works of
Waldemar Ager, Simon Johnson, and Johannes B. Wist." University of
Washington, 1990. 229 pp. Dissertation.
Nelson, Jane Merriam. "Carl Milles in the United States: The Circumstances of his Immigration and Success." University of Minnesota,
1990. 367 pp. Dissertation.
Nilsen, Tom. "Kanadafeber. Utvandring fra Rjukan 1923-1927 ."University
of Bergen, 1994. 184 pp. Advanced thesis.
Canada fever: emigration from Rjukan, 1923-1927.
Pomeroy, John H. "Congregatio nalism and the Scandinavian Free
Churches: Trans-Atlantic Evangelical Efforts, 1875-1900." University
of Texas, 1991. 94 pp. M.A. thesis.
Schultz, April Rose. "'A Peculiar People': Celebration, Historical Memory,
and the Creation of Ethnic Identity among Norwegian Americans in
the 1920's." University of Minnesota, 1991. 202 pp. Dissertation.
Stark, Tuula. "Interpreting the Past: An American-Sc andinavian Festival in
California." UCLA, 1991. 344 pp. Dissertation.
Stolen, Marianne Tove. "Harmonien : An Ethnohistori cal Sociolinguistic
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Thaler, Peter. "Ethnic Activism in Norwegian-A merican Literature." University of Minnesota, 1993. 152 pp. Dissertation.
Williamson, Erik Luther. "The Norwegian Short-Term Parochial School
(Religionsskole) in North Dakota Lutheran Congregatio ns,
1880's-1930' s." University of North Dakota, 1991. 96 pp. D.A. thesis.
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