compiled by C. A. CLAUSEN

Some Recent Publications

BOOKSANDPAMPHLETS

AHLBÅCK, RAGNA et al. Amerika trunken: Emigranter beretta om sig sjiilv. Helsingfors, 1976. 199 pp.

Material collected by Finland-Swedish scholars during a study to ur among Finnish settlers in the United States and Canada, 1971.

BAERA, GUNNAR. Utvandringen fra Hallingdal til Amerika. Hamar, 1975. 104 pp.

A genealogy. BARTON, ARNOLD, ed. Scandinavians and America: Essays

Presented to Franklin D. Scott. Chicago, 1974. 112 pp. BARTON, JoSEPH J. Peasants and Strangers: Italians, Ruma­

nians, and Slovaks in an American City, 1890-1950. Cam­bridge, Massachusetts, 1975. xii, 217 pp.

BEIJBOM, ULF. Amerika! Amerika! Stockholm, 1977. 263 pp. An account of Swedish immigration and of life among the

Swedish Americans. BENJAMIN, GILBERT G. The Germans in Texas: A Study in

Immigration. Austin, Texas, 1974. 159 pp. A photo-offset reproduction of the odginal work published in

1909. BERGQUIST, ULF, ed. Sweden in America. Stockholm, 1978.

48 pp. A pamphlet designed for study circles. It consists largely of in­

terviews with Swedish Amedcans. Illustrated.

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BJORK, KENNETH 0., ed. Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 27. Northfield, 1977. 323 pp.

Published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association. The contents are listed individually by authors in the following section on articles.

BOJER, JOHAN. The Emigrants. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1978. 355 pp.

A translation of the Norwegian emigrant novel published under the title Vor egen stamme in Oslo, 1924. This translation by A. G. Jayne was originally published in 1925. Paul Reigstad has supplied an introduction for the present edition.

BRUNVAND, }AN HAROLD. Norwegian Settlers in Alberta. Ot­tawa, 1974. 71 pp.

A volume in the Mercury Series of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies at the National Museum of Man, Ottawa.

BYE, ERIK. Blow, Silver Wind. Minneapolis, 1978. 119 pp. A Norwegian author, poet, and TV commentator tells in poetry

and p rose a bo ut the hopes and trials of the earl y immigrants. Post­script by Eric Sevareid, "Letter to a Grandfather I Never Knew." Illustrated by Karl Erik Harr.

BYE, ERIK. Veien har ingen ende. Oslo, 1976. 109 pp. A collection of articles about Norwegians in America. Illustrated.

CoNZEN, KATHLEEN NEILS. Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-1866: Accommodation and Community in a Frontier City. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976 .. 300 pp.

CoPPA, FRANK J. AND CURRAN, THoMAS J. The Immigrant Experience in American Life. Boston, 1976. 232 pp.

Contains a 9hapter by Kenneth O. Bjork on the Norwegians. DINNERSTEIN, LEONARD AND }AHER, FR. COPLE. Uncertain

Americans: Readings in Ethnic History. New York, 1977. 336 pp.

Articles on various ethnic groups explore their history from colo­nial times to the present.

EIDE, HAROLD. The Alaska Adventures of a Norwegian Cheechako: A Greenhorn with a Gold Pan. Edmonds, Washington, 1975. 128 pp.

FAPso, RICHARD J. Norwegians in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis­consin, 1978 ( ?) . 40 PP.

FAST, HowARD. The Immigrants. Boston, 1977. 389 pp. The Second Generation. Boston, 1978. 407 pp.

The first and second volumes of a projected trilogy about the intermingling of various ethnic groups in the San Francisco area.

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Foss, WILLIAM O. The Norwegian Lady and the Wreck of The Dictator. Washington, D.C., 1977. 104 pp.

Relates the events surrounding the 1891 wreck of a Norwegian cargo ship off the coast of Virginia and the factors leading to the erection of the Norwegian Lady Statue.

FRIIS, ERIK J., ed. The Scandinavian-American Bulletin. This bulletin is published monthly by the Scandinavian­

American Business Association of greater New York. It cm·ries arti­cles of interest about all the Scandinavian countries. A special fea­ture is "The Scandinavian of the Month," a brief article by the editor honoring a person of Scandinavian blood who has achieved distinction in some particular field.

GRAEBNER, ALAN. Uncertain Saints: The Laity in the Lu­theran Church-Missouri Synod, 1900-1970. Westport, Con­necticut, 1975. xiii, 284 pp.

"The gradual emergence of the lai ty as German immigrants be­came Americanized."

HAGEN, V. W. VON. The Germanic People in America. Nor­man, Oklahoma, 1976. xii, 404 pp.

HALEY, ALEX. Roots: The Saga of an American Family. New York, 1976. 587 pp.

No comments are necessary about this book, which has made an impression on America comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

HARNEY, ROBERT AND TROPER, HAROLD. Immigrants: A Por­trait of the Urban Experience. Toronto, 1975. 212 pp.

A contribution to the expanding field of urban-ethnic studies in North America, with emphasis on Toronto, Ontario.

HASSELMOE, NILS. Swedish America: An Introduction. New York, 1976. 70 pp.

"A concise easily accessible survey of Swedish America for the general reader."

HAUGE, ALFRED. Cleng Peerson. Translated from the Norwe­gian by Erik J. Friis. lntroduction by Kenneth O. Bjork. Boston, 1975. Vol. l, xviii, 409 pp.; vol. 2, 384 pp.

A slightly abridged version of Hauge's fictionalized trilogy, Cleng Peerson, originally published in three volunes. Oslo, 1961-1965.

HAUGEN, EVA AND EINAR, trs. and eds. Land of the Free: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's America Letters, 1880-1881. Northfield, 1978. xiv, 311 pp.

Reactions of the famous Norwegian poet to life among the Brahmins of New England and the Norwegian pioneers in the Middle West.

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HIGHAM, JOHN. Send These to Me: ]ews and Other Immi­grants in Urban America. New York, 1975. ix, 259 pp.

HoLAND, HJALMAR R. Norwegians in America: The Last Mi­gration. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1978. 256 pp.

A translation by Helmer M. Blegen ofHoland's popular Den siste folkevandring, published in 1930. The present version is edited by Evelin Ostraat Wierenga and illustrated by Elsie Hotvedt Thorsen.

HoLLAND, CLIFFORD B. Towhead, Son of a Norman. New York, 1976. 237 pp.

A Norwegian-American boy grows to maturity on the Mesabi Iran Range during the years 1912-1921.

HUSEBOE, A. R. AND GEYER, W., eds. Where the West Begins. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1978. 160 pp.

Essays on Middle Border and Siouxland writing, in honor of Herbert Kranse. Among authors discussed is Ole E. Rølvaag.

HvmT, KRISTIAN. Flight to America: The Social Background of300,000 Danish Emigrants. New York, 1975. vii, 214 pp.

A translation, in part, of the author' s Flugten til Amerika eller drivkræfter i masseudvandringen fra Danmark 1865-1914. Aarhus, 1971.

JENSEN, BJØRN, ed. Møte med Amerika. Oslo, 1976. 257 pp. Twenty-five prominent Norwegians tell about their "meeting

with America."

JENSEN, MAGNY LANDSTAD. Girdle Stones. Kanona, New York, 1975. Wilding Ballads. Kanona, New York, 1976. No Love Is Lost. Kanona, New York, 1977.

Three collections of poems, built partly on Norwegian-American themes, by a Norwegian immigrant of 1926.

JEVNE, PER. Brevet hjem: En samling brev fra norske utvan­drere. Oslo, 1975. 144 pp.

A collection of "America letters" to relatives and friends in Nor­way. Illustrated.

KAPP, FRIEDRICH. On Emigration. Winchester Academy Ethnic Monograph No. 3. Larson, Wisconsin, 1977. 26 pp.

This pamphlet is a translation of a cha p ter from Kapp' s two­volume work entitled Aus und iiber Amerika, published in 1876. The translation is by Professor Lewis Tushen.

KARNI, MICHAEL G. AND 0LLILA, DOUGLAS J., eds. For the Common Good: Finnish Immigrants and the Radical Re­sponse to Industrial America. Superior, Wisconsin, 1977. 235 pp.

A collection of interpretative essays.

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LINDQUIST, EMORY. Bethany in Kansas: The History of a Col­lege. Lindsborg, Kansas, 1975. xii, 309 pp.

The history of a well-known Swedish Lutheran college. LJONE, ODDMUND. Mine tårer fløt rikelig. Oslo, 1975. 178 pp.

A novel based on the life and letters of a Norwegian immigrant woman from Hallingdal. Her letters, in translation, were published by the NAHA in 1950 under the title Fron tier Mother: The Letters of Gro Svendsen.

LovoLL, ODDS. Bygda i den nye verda: Dei norsk-amerikanske bygdelaga. Oslo, Norway, 1977. 131 pp.

Based on the author's A Folk Epic published by the NAHA in 1975.

LovoLL, ODD S., ed. Cultural Pluralism versus Assimilation: The Views of Waldemar Ager. Northfield, Minnesota, 1977. 136 pp.

Contains translations of ten articles by and about the Norwegian-American editor and author. Introduction by Carl H. Chrislock.

LUEBKE, FREDERICK C. Bonds of Loyalty: German Americans and World War l. De Kalb, Illinois, 1974. xvii, 266 pp.

A volume in the Minorities in American History series. MARZIO, PETER C., ed. A Nation of Nations. New York, 1976.

xviii, 670 pp. Illustrations and text celebrate the role of immigrants in the

building of America. MATHESON, DEL. Reunion: East of the Sun. Eugene, Oregon,

1978. xviii, 313 pp. A family hist01y dealing mainly with the Steiro and Bakken

families from Alsta in northern Norway. MILLER, RANDALL M. AND MARZIK, THOMAS D., eds.lmmi­

grants and Religion in Urban America. Philadelphia, 1977. xxii, 170 pp.

NAESETH, GERHARD B. Norwegian Tracks. Norwegian­American Museum, Decorah, Iowa.

A four-page folder published periodically by the Vesterheim Genealogical Center to assist Norwegian Americans in tracing their ancestry and compiling family histories. It lists books and articles dealing with genealogical material.

NAESETH, GERHARD B. Wrolstad Family History. n.p., 1978. Published in loose-leaf form.

A family from Drangedal, Telemark, settling in Wisconsin. NAESS, HAROLD A., ed. Norwegian Influence on the Upper

Midwest. Duluth, Minnesota, 1976. 126 pp.

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A collection of pa pers presented at an international conference held in Duluth in 1975, the sesquicentennial year of Norwegian migration to America.

NAMIAS, JUNE. First Generation: Oral Histories of Twentieth-Century Americans. Boston, 1978. xviii, 234 pp.

NILSEN, FRIDA R. Growing Up in the Old Parsonage. Lake Mills, Iowa, 1975. vi, 52 pp.

"Reminiscences of turn-of-the-century family life in a Norwegian-American parsonage in Scandinavia, Wisconsin."

NUTEMAA, VILHO et al., eds. Old Friends - Strong Ties, Vaasa, Finland, 1976. 349 pp.

A collection of stu dies dealing wi th Finnish migration to America and the role the Finns have played in this country.

PARKS, ETHEL STROMME. The Ole Olsen Strømme Family. Pickett, Wisconsin, 1976. 49 pp.

Peer Strømme - the well-known author, editor, and lectur­er- was a member of this family.

PAULSEN, FRANK M. Danish Settlements on the Canadian Prairies: Folk Traditions, Immigrant Experiences, and Local History. Ottawa, 1974. vii, 114 pp.

A volume in the Mercury Series of Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies at the National Museum of Man, Ottawa.

PEARSON, DANIEL M. The Americanization of Carl Aaron Swensson. Rock Island, Illinois, 1977.

The "acculturation" of a prominent Swedish-American pastor, educator, and politicalleader.

PENNAR, ]OAN, comp. and ed. The Estonians in America, 1627-1975: A Chronology and Fact Book. (Ethnic Chronol­ogy Series.) New York, 1975. ix, 150 pp.

REISLER, MARK. By the Sweat of Their Brow: Mexican Immi­grant Labor in the United States, 1900-1940. Westport: Greenwood, 1976. xi, 298 pp.

RISCHIN, MOSES, ed. Immigration and the American Tradi­tion. (The American Heritage Series). Indianapolis, 1976. le, 456 pp.

RoSHOL T, MALCOLM AND MARGARET. A Ph o to Album of the Fast: Pioneer Scenes and Portraits from Central Wisconsin. Rosholt, Wisconsin, 1976. 208 pp.

Ross, CARL. The Finn Factor in American Lab or, Culture, and Society. New York Mills, Minnesota, 1977. 220 pp.

Introduction by Rudolph Vecoli. Varied experiences of Finnish Americans, 1865-1945.

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RUNBLOM, HARALD AND NORMAN, HANS, eds. From Sweden to America: A History of the Migration. Minneapolis and Uppsala, 1976. 391 pp.

Consists of a series of articles by vmious scholars that sum up the extensive research in immigration carried ori at the University of Uppsala under the leadership of Professor Sten Carlsson.

SANDAGER, ARVID. Utvandringa til Amerika fra Nordre og Sondre Land ]839-1915. Gjøvik, Norway, 1973. 286 pp.

Migration to Ame rica from the distlicts of N orthern and South em Land, Norway.

SELLER, MAXINE. To Seek America: A History of Ethnic Life in the United States. Englewood, New Jersey, 1977. x, 328 pp.

SEMMINGSEN, INGRID. Norway to Ame,rica: A History of the Migration. Minneapolis, 1978. vi, 213 pp.

A translation by Einar Haugen of the miginal Norwegian volume published under the title Drøm og dåd, Oslo, 1975.

SKAAREN, KJELL ERIK. Utvandrere til Amerika fra Brønnøy og Vik 1867-1925. Vik, Norway, 1975. 106 pp.

Emigrants from Brønnøy and Vik in Helgeland, Norway.

SKARD, SIGMUND. Trans-Atlantica- Memoirs of aN orwegian Americanist. New York, 1978. 218 pp.

The founder of the American Institute at the University of Oslo records his experiences as professor of American literature and describes European attitudes toward the United States in recent generations.

SMEDAL, ERLING A. Smedal Family History and Genealogy. Mansfield, Ohio, n.d. 230 pp.

Members of the Smedal family gained fame as virtuosos on the Hardangerfele, both in Norway and in the United States.

STENSLAND, DoRis. Haul the Water, Hattl the Wood. Canton, South Dakota, 1978. 210 pp.

A semi-fictional story dealing with the lives of a pioneer couple in Lincoln County, South Dakota.

STØEN, VIDAR. Utvandrere fra Folldal i Østerdalen til Folldal i Amerika. Tynset, Norway, 35 pp.

Emigrants from Folldal, Norway, to Folldal in America.

STUHLER, BARBARA AND KREUTER, GRETCHEN, eds. Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays. St. Paul, 1977. 402 pp.

Included are biographies of women of various immigrant groups.

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SVALESTUEN, ANDREAS A. Tinns emigrasjons historie 1837-1907. Oslo, 1972. 337 pp.

Emigration from the district of Tinn in Telemark, Norway.

SZEPLAKI, JOSEPH. The Hungarians inAmerica, 1583-1974: A Chronology and Fact Book. New York, 1975. viii, 152 pp.

TEDEBRAND, LARS GORAN, ed. Historie forskning på nya viigar: Studier tilliignod Sten Carlsson. Lund, Sweden, 1977. 380 pp.

Afestschrift dedicated to Professor Sten Carlsson, director of the Migration Research Project at Uppsala University, which has pioneered along "new paths in hist01ical research."

WERTSMAN, VLADIMIR, comp. and ed. The Romanians in America, 1748-1974: A Chronology and Fact Book. New York, 1975. v, 118 pp.

WINTHER, SoPHUS KEITH. Take All to Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976. 306 pp.

"This initial volmne of Winther's trilogy on Danish immigrant life was first published in 1936 .... perhaps the most successful novel on Danish immigration."

WUST, KLAUS AND MUEHLEN, NORBERT. The Story of German-American Involvement in the Founding and De­velopment of America. Philadelphia, 1976.

WYTRWAL, JOSEPH A. Behold! The Polish-Americans. Detroit, 1977. xi, 667 pp.

A survey of Polish-American experiences.

ARTICLES

ÅKERMAN, SUNE. Toward an Understanding of Emigrational Processes. Scandinavian journal of History, 3: 131-154 (Stockholm, 1978).

ANSTENSEN, ELIZABETH. Ski-entusiaster i Saskatoon. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69:101-102 (1976).

A Norwegian couple operates a Ski Haus in Saskatoon, Sas­katchewan.

BENSON, JACK A. Before Skiing Was Fun. Western Historical Quarterly, 8: 431-441 ( 1977).

How "Norwegian snowshoes" were used for transportation in the Rocky Mountains, 1860--1920.

BERGH, EINAR. Northern Lights. Sans of Norway Viking, 76: 50--51 (1979).

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"Northern Lights" is a film produced by John Hanson and Rob Nelson. It deals largely with the life of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in North Dakota during 1915-1916.

BIRTHPLACE OF NORWEGIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA. Sans of Norway Viking, 72: 236 (1975).

The Old Muskego church built in 1844. BJØRNSON, VALDIMAR. Icelanders in the United States. Scan­

dinavian Review, 64: 39-41 (No. 3, 1976). BROWN, GEORGE C., ed. A Swedish Traveller in Early Wis­

consin: The Observations of Frederika Bremer. Wisconsin Magazine of History, 61: 300-318 (1978).

BRYE, DAVID L. Wisconsin Scandinavians and Progressivism. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 163-193 (1977).

BYE, ERIK. Cleng's Song. Sans of Norway Viking, 72: 320 (1975).

A poem about Cleng Peerson by a well-known author, enter­tainer, and TV personality.

BYE, ERIK. The Road without End. The Norseman, No. 4: 94-95 (1975).

A translation of the poet's Norwegian poem, "Veien har ingen ende," in honor of Cleng Peerson.

CANUTESON, RicHARD L. The Kendall Settlement Survived. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 243-255 (1977).

Contrary to general opinion, the "Slooper" colony of 1825 did not disintegrate entirely as a result of westward migration after 1834.

CARLSSON, STEN. Sweden and America after 1860: A Research Project. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 27: 204-214 (1976).

CHRISLOCK, CARL H. Name Change and the Church, 1918-1920. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 194-223 (1977).

CLAUSEN, C. A. Some Recent Publications. Norwegian­American Studies, 27: 280-297 (1977).

Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with immigrant hi sto ry.

CLENG PEERSON HONORED. The Norseman, No. 3: 78--79 (1975).

150th emigration anniversary observation in Oslo, Tysvær, and Texas.

CoLLIN, ToRBORG. - Og grave guld til dig. Nordmanns­Forbundet, 68: 182-185 (1975).

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The experiences of Axel Jørgensen Ulvøsund as gold-digger dur­ing the 1850s in California, British Columbia, and Australia.

CoNTACT AcRoss THE SEAS. The Norseman, No. 3: 63--67 (1977).

"The widening scope and colorful services of The Norseman Federation (Nordmanns-Forbundet) through seven decades."

DEHLIN, HAROLD STENE. Vår mann ved Yale. Nordmanns­Forbundet, 69: 69--71 (1976).

Interview with a Norwegian-bom professor of theology at Yale University: Nils Astrup Dahl.

DUNLEVY, J. A. AND GEMERY, H. A. Same Additional Evi­dence on Settlement Patterns of Scandinavian Migrants to the United States. Scandinavian Economic History Review, 24: 143--152 ( 1976).

A supplement to an article byR. K. Vedder and L. E. Gallaway entitled "The Settlement Preferences of Scandinavian Emigrants to the United States, 1850--1960," which appeared in Scandinavian Economic History Review, 18: 159-176 (1970).

DURUM, WALTER AND DIANN. Norske antikviteter i U.S.A. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 44-47 (1976).

Norwegian antiques in the United States.

ELMEN, G. L., ed. and trans. The Wounds of Farting. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 16-23 ( 1975).

Letters from members of the Swedish Bis hop Hill settlement in Illinois, 1846-1853.

FLAGSTAD, CARL. Math Dahl, an Old Warhorse during Glory Days, Dies at 92. Nord-Norge, 233: 9--11 (December, 1976).

Colorful North Dakota Nonpartisan League politician finally quits the hustings.

FRIEDMAN, PHILIP S. A Danish-American Bibliography. Scandinavian Studies, 48: 441-444 (1976).

FRIIS, ERIK J. Ties Bound by 150 Years. Scandinavian Review, 63: 54-63 (No. 4, 1975).

Norwegians on both sides of the Atlantic celebrate tl1e immigra­tion sesquicentennial.

FRIMAN, AxEL. Swedish Emigration to North America, 1820--1850. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 27: 153--177 (1976).

GULLBERG, Bo AND ODEN, BIRGITTA. AID Analysis and Mi­gration History. Scandinavian Economic History Review, 24: 1-30 (1976).

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A critique of the automatic detector analysis system as applied to the study of Swedish migration history.

HALE, FREDERICK. Marcus Hansen, Puritanism, and Scan­dinavian Immigrant Temperance Movements. Norwegian­American Studies, 27: 18-40 (1977).

A Ciitique of Professor Hansen' s themies about the relations be­tween puritanism and frontier conditions.

HALLIDAY, E. M. Carving the American Colossus: The Gran­ite Was Tough - But So Was Gutzon Borglum. American Heritage, 28: 19-27 (June, 1977).

Borglum's sculpture at Mount Rushmore. HATLEN, L. CARSTEN. Her samles Nordmenn ved Galden

Gate. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 71: 6-7 (1978). The Norwegian Club in San Francisco.

HAUGEN, EINAR. Sumra: A Memoir. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 101-llO (1977).

Symra was a cultural magazine published in Decorah, Iowa. Dur­ing its short life, 1905-1915, it carried articles by prominent Norwegians on both sides of the Atlantic.

HILL, JoHN. Successful Computer Wizard. The Norseman, No. 2: 33-36 (1977).

The story of Gene M. Amdahl and the Amdahl computer plant in Sunnyvale, California.

HJELM-HANSEN, PAUL, JR. Minne fra pionerenes dager. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 105-106 (1976).

The home of Just Christian Grønvold in Wanamingo, Minnesota, will be preserved as it was left when Dr. Grønvold died in 1895.

HuMPHREY, SENATOR HUBERT H. Norway- A Living Tes­timonial to the American Dream. Sans of Norwau Viking, 72: 282 (1975).

HVIDT, KRISTIAN. Emigration Agents. Scandinavian journal of Historu, 3: 179-203 (1978).

The character and influence of the numerous emigration agents, representing steamship lines and other corporations, who scoured the European countries during the height of emigration.

HVIDT, KRISTIAN. Scandinavian Discord on Emigration. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterlu, 25: 254-263 (1974). Translated by H. A. Barton.

Discord between Danes and Swedes caused largely by factors connected with emigration.

JACOBSON, CHARLOTTE. From the Archives. Norwegian­American Studies, 27: 298-304 (1977).

A survey of recent additions to the NAHA archives.

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JoHNSON, SHERMAN C. A Minnesota Immigrant at Age Sev­enty. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 29: 240-256 (1978).

Johan Persson, a former member of the Swedish Riksdag, joined his son at Marine Mills in 1876.

KUNICZAK, W. S. Polonia: The Face of Poland in America. American Heritage, 29: 35-44 (April-May, 1978).

KVERNDAL, RoALD. Den norske minnekirke i Chicago. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 70: 116-118 (1977).

The Norwegian Memmial Church in Chicago.

LANDFORS, ARTHUR. On the Swedish-American Language. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 25: 3-12 (1974).

LEIREN, TERJE I. American Press Opinion and Norwegian In­dependence, 1905. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 224-242 (1977).

A study of the attitude of the American press toward the dissolu­tion of the Norwegian-Swedish dynasti c union which lasted from 1814 until 1905.

LEIRFALL, JoN. Hegra befare and after the Emigration Era. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 3-17 (1977).

A Norwegian scholar discusses the causes and effects of emigra­tion in his home district. Translated by C. A. Clausen.

LJUNGMARK, LARS. Hans Mattsons Minnen: A Swedish­American Monument. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarter­ly, 29: 57-68 (1978).

An analysis of the memoirs of a prominent Swedish-American Civil War veteran, editor-publisher, social and politicalleader.

LOVOLL, ODDS. Decorah-Posten: The Story of an Immigrant Newspaper. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 77-100 (1977).

LOVOLL, ODD S. Kenneth O. Bjork æresdoktor ved univer­sitetet i Oslo. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 177-179 (1976).

The editor of the publications of the Norwegian-American His­torical Association was granted an honorary doctor' s degree by the University of Oslo. This article appears in English in The Norse­man, No. 5: 136-138 (1976).

LUEBKE, FREDERICK C. Ethnic Group Settlement on the Great Plains. Western Historical Quarterly, 8: 405-430 (1977).

LUND, ERIC. The Swedish Pioneer Historical Society' s First Thirty· Years. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 29: 235-239 ( 1978).

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MARZOLF, MARI ON. The Pioneer Danish Press in Midwest America, 1870--1900. Scandinavian Studies, 48: 426--440 (1976).

MATHISEN, ANGELA R. A Pe1fect Partnership. The Norseman, No. l: 15-18 (1977).

"Seventy years ago Norwegian"born Ole Evinrude developed the first practical outboard motor."

MATHISEN, ANGELA R. Old World Wisconsin. Nordmanns­Forbundet, 70: 7-8 (1977).

An article about the projected outdoor ethnic museum west of Milwaukee.

McGoULDRICK, PAUL F. and TANNEN, MICHAEL B. Did American Manufacturers Discriminate against Immigrants before 1914? journal of Economic History, 37:723-746 (September, 1977).

MoRSTAD, A. E. Erik Morstad' s Missionary Work among Wis­consin lndians. Norwegian-American Studies, 27:111-150 (1977).

NAESETH, GERHARD B. In Search of the Past. The Norseman, No. l: 20--23 (1976).

"Vesterheim Genealogical Center, a new institution to help trac­ing ancestry and origins."

NEAL, HARRY EDWARD. Danish Legacy in America. Scan­dinavian Review, 64: 55-63 (No. l, 1976).

NELSON, CHARLES H. Towards a More Accurate Approxima­tion of the Class Composition of the Erik Janssonists. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 3--15 (1975).

An analysis of the demographic composition of the Bishop Hill Colony in Illinois.

NELSON, EDWARD O. Recollections of the Salvation Army's Scandinavian Corps. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 29: 257-276 (1978).

A record of the vigorous and far-fl ung work of the Scandinavian Department of the Salvation Arm y in America.

NELSON, PEDER H. Den første utvandring fra en østlandsbygd. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 70: 62-63 (1977).

The earliest emigration from Hadeland in eastern Norway. NELSON, PEDER H. Kirkejubileum i Red River Dalen.

Nordmanns-Forbundet, 70: 124-125 (1977). Historical sketch of a Norwegian congregation in the Red River

Valley.

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NELSON, PEDER H. Nybyggerne i Spring Grove. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 129-130 (1976).

About the Norwegian settlement in Spring Grove, Minnesota.

NELSON, PEDER H. Utvandringen fra fjellbygdene i Halling­dal. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 70: 41-42 (1977).

Emigration from the mountain communities of Hallingdal.

NELSON, RODNEY. The Popcorn Man. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 256-271 (1977).

A brief comedy based on Scandinavian-American life in the Red River Valley during tl1e 1940s.

Norske settlementer i Texas. Nordmanns-Fo1·bundet, 71: 124-125 (1978).

Norwegian settlements in Texas.

PAANANEN, ELOISE ENGLE. Finns from Alaska to Florida. Scandinavian Review, 64: 17-26 (No. l, 1976).

PAULSON, KRISTOFFER F. Berdahl Family History and Røl­vaag's Immigrant Trilogy. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 55-76 (1977).

Rølvaag married into ilie Berdahl family and received much val­uable information from his in-laws about pioneer life in South Dakota.

QUALEY, CARLTON C., tr. and ed. Three America Letters to Lesja. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 41-54 (1977).

Disillusionment and hope expressed in letters sent from Min­nesota to Gudbrandsdal, 1867, 1869, and 1896.

ROSENBERG, KJELL. Blader fra Bosque. Nordmanns­Forbundet, 69: 50-51 (1976).

A visit to Cleng Peerson's settlement in Texas.

SALISBURY, ROBERT S. Swedish-American Historiography and the Question of Americanization. Swedish Pioneer His­torical Quarterly, 29: 117-136 ( 1978).

SELJAAS, HELGE. Polygamy among the Norwegian Mormons. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 151-162 (1977).

SEMMINGSEN, INGRID. Nordic Research in.to Emigration. Scandinavian journal of History, 3: 107-129 (1978).

An analysis of the voluminous research in the field of emigration-immigration carried on in the Scandinavian countries in recent years. A list of references is appended to the article.

SIMONSON, HAROLD P. Rølvaag and Kierkegaard. Scandina­vian Studies, 49: 67-80 (1977).

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SJOBORG, SOFIA CHARLOTTA. Journey to Florida. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 24-45 (1975).

The travel journal of a Swedish lady who emigrated from Upp­sala to Florida in 1871. Translated and edited by Wesley M. Wes­terberg.

Sjømannskirken i New York jubilerer. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 71: 144-145 (1978).

The Norwegian Seamen's Church in New York celebrates its centennial.

SKÅRDAL, DOROTHY BURTON. Danish-American Literature: A Call to Action. Scandinavian Studies, 48: 405-425 (1976).

A survey of Danish-American literature and a plea for more analysis of the subject.

SKÅRDAL, DOROTHY BURTON. Scandinavian-American Litera­ture: A Frontier for Research. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 28: 237-251 (1977).

SKOGSETH, ARNE. Westby i Wisconsin- Norskdommens høyborg i U.S.A. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 204-207 (1976).

Westby- a Wisconsin town with strong Norwegian roots. SMITH, TIMOTHY L. Religion and Ethnicity in America.

American Historical Review, 83: 1155--1185 (1978). SOMMERFELT, AMBASSADOR S. CHR. The Common Past and

Future of America and Norway. Sans of Norway Viking, 72: 124-125 (1975).

Stirring Saga of the Norwegian Special Operations Group. Sans of Norway Viking, 74: 96--99, 124-126 (1977).

The story of a group of about 100 men formed at Camp Hale, Colorado, June, 1943, to pedorm special duties in Norway during World War Il.

STRONG, C. PETER. The Foundation Story. Scandinavian Re­view, 64: 38--45 (No. 2, 1976).

The story of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. The Gossipy Art of Louis Larsen. American Heritage, 27:

66--67 (October, 1976). A Norwegian:born "American primitive" artist who came to

Deckertown (Sussex), New Jersey, in 1880 and produced numerous primitives o± a somewhat gossipy character.

THORSON, GERALD. Tinsel and Dust: Disenchantment in Two Minneapolis Novels in the 1880s. Minnesota History, 45: 211-222 (1977).

Minneapolis of the 1880s as presented in novels by Kristofer Janson and his wife Drude Janson.

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VECOLI, RUDOLPH J. An Outsider's View of the Association. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 272-279 (1977).

A noted Italian-American immigration scholar takes a look at the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

VESTERHEIM. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 70: 127-128 (1977). The Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa.

WESTERBERG, WESLEY M. The Swedish Connection. Scan­dinavian Review, 64: 15--20 (No. 2, 1976).

Connections between Sweden and the United States through the centuries.

Why Did They Leave? The Norsenwn, No. 4: 109-112 (1975). "In Stavanger the remarkably successful climax of the Ses­

quicentennial ·observation in Norway provided some of the an­swers to the frequently asked question."

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AGER, WALDEMAR

Clarence Kilde. Tragedy in the Life and Writing of Wal­demar Ager: Norwegian Immigrant, Author and Editor.

An M.A. thesis presented at the University of Minnesota in 1978 - "a carefnl and sympathetic study." 108 typewritten pages.

BENGSTON, HENRY Emory Lindquist. Reflections on the Life of Henry Bengston. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 261-264 (1975).

Memories aroused by the death of a prominent Swedish­American editor, author, and humanitarian.

BLAINE, JOHN J. Pa trick G. O' Brien. Senator John J. Blaine: An Independent Progressive during "Normalcy." Wisconsin Magazine of History, 60: 25--41 (1976).

Blaine was the son of "an ambitious and pious Norwegian mother" and a Scottish father "who talked to himself about politi es while he plowed his fields." Both parents were immigrants.

BLEGEN, THEODORE C. John T. Flanagan. Theodore C. Blegen: A Memoir. North­field, Minnesota, 1977. ix, 181 pp.

A biography of tl1e well-known educator, immigration historian, and editor of the NAHA.

HAGGLUND, J OEL ("Joe Hill") Richard F. Snow. "Joe Hill." American Heritage, 27: 78--79 (October, 1976).

"Joe Hill" emigrated from Sweden in 1910 and soon became the foremost songwriter of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.).

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HANSEN, PAUL HJELM

Han som oppdaget Dakota. Nord-Norge, 231: 5-7 (April, 1976).

Biographical sketch of Paul Hjelm Hansen, who was instrumen­tal in attracting Norwegian immigrants to the Dakotas.

HOKANSON, NELS M.

Franklin D. Scott. The Saga of Nels M. Hokanson- Immi­grant and Immigrant Historian. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 29: 198--208 (1978).

}ANSSON, ERIC

Paul Eimen. Wheat Flottr Messiah: Eric ]ansson of Bishop Hill. Carbondale, Illinois, 1976. xv, 222 pp.

Biography of the man who attempted to found a religious­communitarian Swedish community in Illinois.

}OHANSON, GUSTAV E. H. A. Barton and Paul Eimen. In Memoriam. Swedish Pioneer Historical Qttarterly, 26: 117-127 (1975).

Biographical sketch of a noted Swedish-American scholar and educator.

LENROOT, IRVINE LUTHER

Herbert F. Margulis. Senator Lenroot ofWisconsin: A Polit­ical Biography, 1900-1929. Columbia, Missouri, and Lon­don, 1977. 410 pp.

Biography of a prominent Swedish-American politician. LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.

Leonard Mosley. Lindbergh: A Biography. New York, 1976. XXX, 446 pp.

MONDALE, WALTER F. Bent Vanberg. Norseman U.S. Vice President. The Norse­man, No. 6: 163--165 (1976).

"Rapid career of Walter F. Mondale." 0LESON, THURINE

Erna Oleson Xan. Wisconsin, My Home: The Story of Thurine Oles on As Told to Her Daughter. Madison, Wis­consin, 1975.

The reminiscences of a second-generation Norwegian-American woman who grew up in a Norwegian community in Wisconsin. First published in 1950.

RASMUSSEN, ANNE-MARIE

Anne-Marie Rasmussen. There Was Once a Time. New York, 1975. 237 pp.

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"The autobiography of the young girl who came from Norway to work for Nelson Rockefeller and then married his son Steven."

Rus, JAcoB A. James B. Lane. Jacob A. Riis and the American City. Port Washington, New York, 1974. xi, 267 pp.

RØLVAAG, OLE E. . Pioneer-livets dikter. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 94-97 (1976).

Biographical sketch of the noted author of pioneer novels. SWENSSON, CARL A.

D. M. Pearson. The Two Worlds of Carl A. Swensson, 1873-1888. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 28: 259--273 (1977).

Swensson founded Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and organized the Oratodo Society and the Messiah pe1formances in that community.

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