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Emigration and immigration -- Norwegian -- Wisconsin -- Holmen

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 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