Some Recent Publications
    compiled by C. A. Clausen (Volume 28: Page 324)

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

AHLBÄCK, RAGNA et al. Amerika trunken: Emigranter beretta om sig själv. Helsingfors, 1976. 199 pp.
Material collected by Finland-Swedish scholars during a study tour 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, Rumanians, 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 original work published in 1909.

BERGQUIST, ULF, ed. Sweden in America. Stockholm, 1978. 48 pp.
A pamphlet designed for study circles. It consists largely of interviews with Swedish Americans. Illustrated. [325]

BJORK, KENNETH O., 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. C. Jayne was originally published in 1925. Paul Reigstad has supplied an introduction for the present edition.

BRUNVAND, JAN 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 prose about the hopes and trials of the early 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 chapter by Kenneth O. Bjork on the Norwegians.

DINNERSTEIN, LEONARD AND JAHER, 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. [326]

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 carries 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 laity 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. Introduction by Kenneth O. Bjork. Boston, 1975. Vol. 1, xviii, 409 pp.; vol. 2, 384 pp.
A slightly abridged version of Hauge’s fictionalized trilogy, Cleng Peerson, originally published in three volumes. 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. [327]

HIGHAM, JOHN. Send These to Me: Jews 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 of Holand’s popular Den siste folkevandring, published in 1930. The present version is edited by Eveli n 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 Iron 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 Krause. Among authors discussed is Ole E. Rølvaag.

HVIDT, KRISTIAN. Flight to America: The Social Background of 300,000 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 chapter from Kapp’s two-volume work entitled Aus und über Amerika, published in 1876. The translation is by Professor Lewis Tushen.

KARNI, MICHAEL G. AND OLLILA, 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. [328]

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 tårerfløt 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 Frontier 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 I. 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 history dealing mainly with the Steiro and Bakken families from Alsta in northern Norway.

MILLER, RANDALL M. AND MARZIK, THOMAS D., eds. Immigrants and Religion in Urban America. Philadelphia, 1977. xxii, 170 pp.

NAESETH, GERHARD B. Norwegian Tracks. Norwegian-American 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. [329]
A collection of papers 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.”

NÜTEMAA, VILHO et al., eds. Old Friends - Strong Ties, Vaasa, Finland, 1976. 349 pp.
A collection of studies dealing with 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 political leader.

PENNAR, JOAN, 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. 1c, 456 pp.

ROSHOLT, MALCOLM AND MARGARET. A Photo Album of the Past: Pioneer Scenes and Portraits from Central Wisconsin. Rosholt, Wisconsin, 1976. 208 pp.

ROSS, CARL. The Finn Factor in American Labor, Culture, and Society. New York Mills, Minnesota, 1977. 220 pp. Introduction by Rudolph Vecoli.
Varied experiences of Finnish Americans, 1865-1945. [330]

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 various scholars that sum up the extensive research in immigration carried on at the University of Uppsala under the leadership of Professor Sten Carlsson.

SANDAGER, ARVID. Utvandringa til Amerika fra Nordre og Sondre Land 1839-1915. Gjøvik, Norway, 1973. 286 pp.
Migration to America from the districts of Northern and Southern 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 America: A History of the Migration. Minneapolis, 1978. vi, 213 pp.
A translation by Einar Haugen of the original Norwegian volume published under the title Drøm og dåd, Oslo, 1975.

SKAAREN, KJELL ERIK. Utvandrere til Amerika fra Brønnøy og Vik 1867-1 925. Vik, Norway, 1975. 106 pp.
Emigrants from Brønnøy and Vik in Helgeland, Norway.

SKARD, SIGMUND. Trans-Atlantica - Memoirs of a Norwegian 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, nd. 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, Haul 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 Folldall 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. [331]

SVALESTUEN, ANDREAS A. Tinns emigrasjons historie 183 7- 1907. Oslo, 1972. 337 pp.
Emigration from the district of Tinn in Telemark, Norway.

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

TEDEBRAND, LARS GÖRAN, ed. Historic forskning på nya vägar: Studier tillagnod Sten Carlsson. Lund, Sweden, 1977. 380 pp.
A festschrift dedicated to Professor Sten Carlsson, director of the Migration Research Project at Uppsala University, which has pioneered along “new paths in historical 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 volume 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

AKERMAN, SUNE. Toward an Understanding of Emigrational Processes. Scandinavian Journal of History, 3: 13 1-154 (Stockholm, 1978).

ANSTENSEN, ELIZABETH. Ski-entusiaster i Saskatoon. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69:101-102 (1976).
A Norwegian couple operates a Ski Hans 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. Sons of Norway Viking, 76: 50-51 (1979). [332]
“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. Sons of Norway Viking, 72: 236 (1975).
The Old Muskego church built in 1844.

BJØRNSON, VALDIMAR. Icelanders in the United States. Scandinavian Review, 64: 39-41 (No. 3, 1976).

BROWN, GEORGE C., ed. A Swedish Traveller in Early Wisconsin: 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. Sons 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 bar 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: 204-2 14 (1976).

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

CLAUSEN, C. A. Some Recent Publications. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 280-297 (1977).
Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with immigrant history.

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. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 68: 182-185 (1975). [333]
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. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 69: 69-71(1976).
Interview with a Norwegian-born professor of theology at Yale University: Nils Astrup Dahl.

DUNLEVY, J. A. AND GEMERY, H. A. Some 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 by R. 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 Parting. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 16-23 (1975).
Letters from members of the Swedish Bishop 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: 44 1-444 (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 the 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). [334]
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. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 18-40 (1977).
A critique of Professor Hansen’s theories 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 Golden Gate. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 71: 6-7 (1978).
The Norwegian Club in San Francisco.

HAUGEN, EINAR. Symra: A Memoir. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 101-110 (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. Sons of Norway Viking, 72: 282 (1975).

HVIDT, KRISTIAN. Emigration Agents. Scandinavian Journal of History, 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 Quarterly, 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. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 298-304 (1977).
A survey of recent additions to the NAHA archives. [335]

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 Memorial 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 dynastic union which lasted from 1814 until 1905.

LEIRFALL, JON. Hegra before 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 Swedish-American 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 political leader.

LOVOLL, ODD S. 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). [336]

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

MATHISEN, ANGELA R. A Perfect Partnership. The Norseman, No. 1: 15-18 (1977).
“Seventy years ago Norwegian-born Ole Evinrude developed the first practical outboard motor.

MATHISEN, ANGELA R. Old World Wisconsin. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 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 Indians. Norwegian-American Studies, 27:111-150 (1977).

NAESETH, GERHARD B. In Search of the Past. The Norseman, No. 1: 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. 1, 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-flung work of the Scandinavian Department of the Salvation Army 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. [337]

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 the 1940s.

Norske settlementer i Texas. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 71: 124-125 (1978).
Norwegian settlements in Texas.

PAANANEN, ELOISE ENGLE. Finns from Alaska to Florida. Scandinavian Review, 64: 17-26 (No. 1, 1976).

PAULSON, KRISTOFFER F. Berdahl Family History and Rølvaag’s Immigrant Trilogy. Norwegian-American Studies, 27: 55-76 (1977).
Rølvaag married into the 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. Nordmanns-Forbundet, 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 into 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). [338]

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.

SKARDAL, 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.

SKARDAL, 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. Sons of Norway Viking, 72: 124-125 (1975).

Stirring Saga of the Norwegian Special Operations Group. Sons 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 perform special duties in Norway during World War II.

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 of a somewhat gossip 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. [339]

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 Norseman, No. 4: 109-112 (1975).
‘‘In Stavanger the remarkably successful climax of the Sesquicentennial 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 careful 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 Swedish-American editor, author, and humanitarian.

BLAINE, JOHN J.
Patrick G. O’Brien. Senator John J. Blame: An Independent Progressive during “Normalcy.” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 60: 25-41 (1976).
Blame was the son of ‘‘an ambitious and pious Norwegian mother and a Scottish father ‘‘who talked to himself about politics 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 the well-known educator, immigration historian, and editor of the NAHA.

HAGGLUND, JOEL (“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.). [340]

HANSEN, PAUL HJELM
Han sorn 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).

JANSSON, ERIC
Paul Elmen. Wheat Flour Messiah: Eric Jansson of Bishop Hill. Carbondale, Illinois, 1976. xv, 222 pp.
Biography of the man who attempted to found a religious commuinitarian Swedish community in Illinois.

JOHANSON, GUSTAV E.
H. A. Barton and Paul Elmen. In Memoriam. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, 26: 117-127 (1975).
Biographical sketch of a noted Swedish-American scholar and educator.

LENROOT, IRVINE LUTHER
Herbert F. Margulis. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin: 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.

OLESON, THURINE
Erna Oleson Xan. Wisconsin, My Home: The Story of Thurine Oleson 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. [341]
“The autobiography of the young girl who came from Norway to work for Nelson Rockefeller and then married his soil Steven.”

RIIS, 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 Oratorio Society and the Messiah performances in that community.