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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A Pioneer Story of Agnethe Thompson by Frances Sjuggerud, Mildred Holter, and Thomas Johnson of Holmen, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box: MISC 63, Folder: 1
Identifier: MISC MSS 293
Abstract

Copy of "A Pioneer Story" by Frances Sjuggerud, a sixteen year old high school student from Holmen, Wisconsin, and written between 1936-1939. Sjuggerud's writing is a brief biography of her neighbor Agnethe (Fixen) Thompson, born October 29, 1863, in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939.

Dates: circa 1936-1939

"Pioneer Days of A. H. Bratferg [Andrew H. Bratberg]" by Sylvan Lee of Holmen, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box: MISC 63, Folder: 12
Identifier: MISC MSS 304
Abstract

Copy of Pioneer Days of A. H. Bratferg [Andrew H. Bratberg], written by Sylvan Lee of Holmen, Wisconsin. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939. The correct spelling of the name is Bratberg, not Bratferg as transcribed by the Library of Congress.

Dates: circa 1930

"Pioneer Days of Barre [Borre] Stoen" by Melvina Casberg of Holmen, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box: MISC 63, Folder: 13
Identifier: MISC MSS 305
Abstract

Copy of Pioneer Days of Barre [Borre] Stoen by Melvina Casberg of Holmen, Wis., ca. 1936-1939. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939.

Dates: circa 1936-1939

"Sacia History", a biographical sketch of Harmon Van Slyke Sacia and Cordelia Sophia Packard Sacia of the Town of Holland, La Crosse County, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box: MISC 63, Folder: 14
Identifier: MISC MSS 306
Abstract Copy of "Sacia History", a biographical sketch of Harmon Van Slyke Sacia and Cordelia Sophia Packard Sacia of the Town of Holland, La Crosse County, Wis., 1936-1939 by his great-grandchild. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939 and is titled simply Sacia History.Neither Harmon V. nor Cordelia Sacia were...
Dates: 1936-1939

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Emigration and immigration -- Norwegian -- Wisconsin -- Holmen 3
Norwegian Americans -- Wisconsin -- Holmen 3
Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin 2
Agriculture -- Wisconsin 1
Education -- Wisconsin -- Holmen 1