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Swenson, Laurits Selmer, 1865-1947. Papers, 1898-1969.

Title: Papers, 1898-1969.

Includes biographical data, photographs, clippings, speeches and talks, official and personal correspondence (in Norwegian and English), and the St. Olaf College Doctor of Law diploma of Laurits (Lauritz) Selmer Swenson, U.S. counsel to various European countries. Included in the speeches is the text of a radio talk by Arne Kildahl on Laurits Selmer Swenson. The personal correspondence consists of two letters in Norwegian from Swen Swenson, Laurits' father. One of the letters has an English translation.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

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Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937. Frank B. Kellogg papers, 1890-1942 [microform].

Title: Frank B. Kellogg papers, 1890-1942 [microform].

Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, background materials, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers of this U.S. senator from Minnesota (1917-1923), ambassador to Great Britain (1923-1925), secretary of state (1925-1929), and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice (World Court) (1930-1935). Besides reflecting the issues and activities associated with these positions, the papers also provide considerable information about state and national Republican party politics, and about U.S. politics in general. Lesser amounts of material document his organizational memberships and activities, business affairs, career as St. Paul (Minn.) lawyer, and family matters. None of his official dispatches as ambassador or secretary of state are present. Papers from Kellogg's service as ambassador provide information on the European military, diplomatic, social, and economic scene; revision of the schedule of World War I reparations payments by Germany; and the official and social life of an ambassador.

ArchivalResource: 24.0 cubc feet (24 boxes) and 54 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313842379 View

Nilsen, Ole, 1844-1933. Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, 1857-1933.

Title: Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, 1857-1933.

Letters by Nilsen (or Nielsen) family members and other Norwegian immigrants to America (1855-1931); and correspondence, sermons, notebooks, clippings, and miscellany (1864-1933) of Ole Nilsen, the Younger, who served as a Lutheran pastor in Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Most of the materials are in Norwegian; some have been translated.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes, incl. 51 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614894 View

United States. Secretary of State. Consular dispatches, 1793-1906 [microform].

Title: Consular dispatches, 1793-1906 [microform].

Selected microfilm reels of dispatches and related documents covering the periods in which the following Minnesotans served in diplomatic posts: C. C. Andrews, Norway and Sweden (1867-1877) and Brazil (1882-1885); Edward D. Neill, Dublin, Ireland (1869-1870); Charles H. Graves, Norway and Sweden (1906); Laurits S. Swenson, Denmark (1897-1905); Stanford Newel, the Netherlands (1897-1905); and James Wickes Taylor, Winnipeg, Canada (1870-1893).

ArchivalResource: 25 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568766 View

Knute Nelson papers., 1861-1924.

Title: Knute Nelson papers. 1861-1924.

Correspondence and miscellany documenting Nelson's career asa soldier with the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry (1861-1864), as a country lawyer andpolitician at Alexandria, Minnesota (1871-1892), as governor of Minnesota(1893-1895), and particularly as United States senator (1895-1923). The majority ofthe papers focus on political and legislative affairs, either in Minnesota orreflecting Minnesota interests.

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Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, undated and 1857-1933.

Title: Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, undated and 1857-1933.

Letters by Nilsen (or Nielsen) family members and other Norwegian immigrants to America (1855-1931); and correspondence, sermons, notebooks, clippings, and miscellany (1864-1933) of Ole Nilsen, the Younger, who served as a Lutheran pastor in Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Most of the materials are in Norwegian; some have been translated.

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Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923. Knute Nelson papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1916-1923).

Title: Knute Nelson papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1916-1923).

Correspondence and miscellany documenting Nelson's career as a soldier with the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry (1861-1864), as a country lawyer and politician at Alexandria, Minnesota (1871-1892), as governor of Minnesota (1893-1895), and particularly as United States senator (1895-1923). The majority of the papers focus on political and legislative affairs, either in Minnesota or reflecting Minnesota interests.

ArchivalResource: 82.0 cu. ft. (82 boxes, including 23 volumes; 18 oversize items; 1 item in reserve).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313867157 View