Norwegian Americans -- Wisconsin -- Holmen
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
A Pioneer Story of Agnethe Thompson by Frances Sjuggerud, Mildred Holter, and Thomas Johnson of Holmen, Wisconsin
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.
"Pioneer Days of A. H. Bratferg [Andrew H. Bratberg]" by Sylvan Lee of Holmen, Wisconsin
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.
"Pioneer Days of Barre [Borre] Stoen" by Melvina Casberg of Holmen, Wisconsin
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.
Thomas Pederson Reminiscences of the Long Coulee Community
Photocopy of reminiscences written by Thomas Pederson in 1924 regarding pioneer life and social customs of the Norwegian community of Long Coulee near Holmen, Wisconsin in the 1860s.