Papers, 1883-1954.

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Papers, 1883-1954.

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Correspondence, primarily concerned with hail insurance, diaries, financial records, biographies of Olsness and Norwegian pioneers near Aneta and Sheyenne, N.D., poetry, newspaper clippings and other material relating to Olsness' life and career, including the Nonpartisan League, Independent Voters Association, farming partnership with his brother Aslak, and trips to Norway. Part of the collection is in Norwegian. Correspondents include William Lemke, Gerald P. Nye, Norman Thomas, Socialist Party, and the World Peace Agency.

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North Dakota Nonpartisan League

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North Dakota. Dept. of Insurance.

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Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971

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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971), newspaper editor and business management consultant, was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1925 to 1945. From the description of Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581564 ...

Independent Voters Association (N.D.)

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Lemke, William, 1878-1950

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U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1933-1950; North Dakota Attorney General, 1921. From the description of Papers, 1942-1953. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18430444 U.S. Congressman (1933-1940, 1943-1950), North Dakota, active in Nonpartisan League and Republican Party. William F. Lemke was born in Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota on August 13, 1878, moved to North Dakota in 1881, settling in Town...

Olsness, S. A. (Sveinung Anundsen), 1866-1954

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Born at Vinje, Telemark, Norway, immigrated to Sheyenne, N.D. First employed by the railroad and as a farm laborer. Served as secretary for Greenfield Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. from 1893-1916. Appointed as a clerk to the 1897 legislature, he became involved in politics. In 1916, he ran for Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota; held the office until his 1934 defeat by William Langer supporters. Also helped organize the Nonpartisan League. Returned to farming in 1934, continued involveme...

World Peace Agency.

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Olsness, Aslak, 1869-1943.

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Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...