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Julius Strandberg And "The Almost White Child", Hans J. Strandberg
Julius Strandberg And "The Almost White Child", Hans J. Strandberg
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Why did more than 50 million people leave Europe for the United States in the second part of the 19th century? To understand the largest migration in history you have to look to the hopelessly poor living conditions which many people in the Old World lived under. To people living in an overpopulated and underpaid. Europe the idea of going to America where nothing was impossible but where "everything" was possible was immensely attractive.
Christian Madsen- A Dane In The "Wild West", Sybil D. Needham
Christian Madsen- A Dane In The "Wild West", Sybil D. Needham
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I never tire of hearing stories about Danish immigrants coming to America in the 1800' s. Their courage fills me with admiration because few of them would ever see their homeland or families again. My own great-grandparents Jens and Kristine Bagge arrived in June of 1863. Kristine died a few years later leaving five small children behind. We know she was lonely for Denmark.
Back Matter, Visti Favrholt
A Family Sketchbook, Eva M. Johnson
A Family Sketchbook, Eva M. Johnson
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Father, Otto Christensen, was born in 1875 on a farm
that lay on the edge of the North Sea in Jutland, Denmark.
When he was four his mother died and his father remarried.
He spent his childhood tending sheep and cattle and playing
in the sand dunes and heather along the sea. He must have
spent much time dreaming his dreams.
Book Review, Thorvald Hansen
The Impact Of Nfs Grundtvig On American Immigrants, Axel C. Kildegaard
The Impact Of Nfs Grundtvig On American Immigrants, Axel C. Kildegaard
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They came singly and in small groups in the 1850' s. A
few settled in the cities, others moved on to the lumber
forests of Michigan and Wisconsin while more made their
destination the fertile farmlands of the midwest. A few of
the even more adventurous crossed the country or made
the long sail around the Straits of Magellan to California.
Memories From A Danish American Parsonage, Bodil S. Sorensen
Memories From A Danish American Parsonage, Bodil S. Sorensen
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Those of us who grew up in the Danish-American
colonies of the 30' s and 40' s experienced a life that has
now disappeared. It was a rich and unique life. It was a
time of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation immigrants adjusting
to the American culture and at the same time cherishing
their particular brand of Danish heritage.
Book Review, Gerald Rasmussen
From Junction City To Denmark, Visti Favrholt
From Junction City To Denmark, Visti Favrholt
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Standing on the deck in the cold of the night, I could
distinguish lights some distance away on both sides of the
ship. It was clear we were in a kind of channel. Another
passenger said it was a Norwegian fjord. How he could
tell, I didn't know, because it was pretty dark out there.
But one thing, was very clear. The captain of our ship, for
all his golden buttons and stripes, must have got lost
because he was supposed to find Denmark. Columbus
could have done better. I stood there in the dark and
thought about the matter …
Paradise In Poverty, Visti Favrholt
Paradise In Poverty, Visti Favrholt
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Junction City, in the early thirties, was a sleepy, small
town located in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. With a
population of only a few hundred, it could hardly be
called a city. But the forefathers had visions of a major rail way
and highway junction at this location, providing prosperity
and a great future for all. As it was, the railway went
straight through town and trains seldom stopped there.
Annotated Bibliography Of Resources For Researching Danish-American Folklife, Gregory Hansen
Annotated Bibliography Of Resources For Researching Danish-American Folklife, Gregory Hansen
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Danish-American folklife consists of the expressions of
traditional culture that identify Americans of Danish heritage
as belonging to this small ethnic group.
Encompassing a full range of expressive behavior, ranging
from building and decorating immigrant homes to crafting
intricate patterns with knitting needles, scissors, hammer
and anvil, Danish-American folklife includes any form of
knowledge or skill that is learned by observation or imitation
within a community context (Hansen 1988:23)
Some Reflections Of My Life: An Account Of Mission Work Among The Cherokee, Abelone Larsen
Some Reflections Of My Life: An Account Of Mission Work Among The Cherokee, Abelone Larsen
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Editor's Introduction
In 1892, at the invitation of a Danish immigrant who had married a Cherokee woman in what was then Indian Territory, the Danish Lutheran Church Association sent a student from Trinity Seminary in Blair, Nebraska, to investigate the possibility of doing mission work among the Cherokee. The student, Niels Laurits Nielsen, returned in the summer of 1893 and began working among the Cherokee, eventually founding a school and a church at Oaks, Oklahoma. The Oaks mission became one of the most important missions of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (later the UELC) and continues as an institution …
Nels C Nelson: Danish-American Archaeologist, Kathleen Nielsen Carlson
Nels C Nelson: Danish-American Archaeologist, Kathleen Nielsen Carlson
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There have been many Scandinavian immigrants who have left their hearts in the great American Southwest. Nels Christian Nelson, a Danish-American pioneer whom the Curator of the American Museum of Natural History chose "as one of the eight characters who shaped American archaeology"1 was one of them. What captivated this impoverished Danish teen-ager in the United States and finally in the arid high deserts of New Mexico? ·Perhaps a review of Mr. Nelson's life will paint a clearer picture of this adventuresome, intelligent Danish-American.