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Box 8

 Container

Contains 45 Results:

Arthur M. Hovelsrud

 Sub-Series — Box: 8
Identifier: Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Arthur M. Hovelsrud was born on May 26, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Norwegian immigrants Martin and Mattie Hovelsrud. On February 24, 1918, he joined the United States Army where he served in the 32nd Engineers Band in Hoboken, New Jersey, until his discharge on August 24, 1919. In 1928, he and his wife Mauda became parents to a daughter, Dolores. The family eventually moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where Hovelsrud died on June 8, 1953. The material consists of correspondence to...
Dates: created: 1862-

Arthur M. Hovelsrud: 1918-19

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Arthur M. Hovelsrud was born on May 26, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Norwegian immigrants Martin and Mattie Hovelsrud. On February 24, 1918, he joined the United States Army where he served in the 32nd Engineers Band in Hoboken, New Jersey, until his discharge on August 24, 1919. In 1928, he and his wife Mauda became parents to a daughter, Dolores. The family eventually moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where Hovelsrud died on June 8, 1953. The material consists of correspondence to...
Dates: created: 1862-

Lawrence Hovelsrud: 1918-19

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Arthur M. Hovelsrud was born on May 26, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Norwegian immigrants Martin and Mattie Hovelsrud. On February 24, 1918, he joined the United States Army where he served in the 32nd Engineers Band in Hoboken, New Jersey, until his discharge on August 24, 1919. In 1928, he and his wife Mauda became parents to a daughter, Dolores. The family eventually moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where Hovelsrud died on June 8, 1953. The material consists of correspondence to...
Dates: created: 1862-

Signe and Dwight Meier

 Sub-Series — Box: 8
Identifier: Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials regarding Norway during World War II. Included in the collection are: several issues of the News of Norway , published in Washington D.C. by the Royal Norwegian Governments Press, which dates from 1942-43 and two issues of the Norway Times from 1995, which discusses life in Norway 50 years after World War II. Also included are publications written in Norwegian that cover a variety of...
Dates: created: 1862-

Alle Kvinners : 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This collection consists of materials regarding Norway during World War II. Included in the collection are: several issues of the News of Norway , published in Washington D.C. by the Royal Norwegian Governments Press, which dates from 1942-43 and two issues of the Norway Times from 1995, which discusses life in Norway 50 years after World War II. Also included are publications written in Norwegian that cover a variety of...
Dates: created: 1862-

Before we go back, 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This collection consists of materials regarding Norway during World War II. Included in the collection are: several issues of the News of Norway , published in Washington D.C. by the Royal Norwegian Governments Press, which dates from 1942-43 and two issues of the Norway Times from 1995, which discusses life in Norway 50 years after World War II. Also included are publications written in Norwegian that cover a variety of...
Dates: created: 1862-

Fra Aulaen Til Buchenwald : 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This collection consists of materials regarding Norway during World War II. Included in the collection are: several issues of the News of Norway , published in Washington D.C. by the Royal Norwegian Governments Press, which dates from 1942-43 and two issues of the Norway Times from 1995, which discusses life in Norway 50 years after World War II. Also included are publications written in Norwegian that cover a variety of...
Dates: created: 1862-

Airplane Flight Report

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Donald T. Nicklawsky was born on May 18, 1916, in Hillsboro, North Dakota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1938. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Air Crops on August 31, 1942. During a January 29, 1944, air raid over Frankfurt, Nicklawsky’s plane, “Our Love,” was shot down. This happened on Nicklawsky’s second raid over German territory. He was captured by the Germans, and sent to Stalag Luft 1 near Barth, Germany. He was eventually liberated by...
Dates: created: 1862-

IX Corps Grenade

 Sub-Series — Box: 8
Identifier: Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents Japanese pictorial, Kathryn (Kay) Lawrence of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was the first woman to graduate from the University of North Dakota's Flight Training Program in 1942. After graduation she worked for Boeing Aircraft Company before joining the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) in July 1943. On August 4, 1943, while flying a PT-19, Lawrence's plane crashed near Sweetwater, Texas, causing her untimely death. Seventeen days after her death the WAFS and the Women’s Flight Training...
Dates: created: 1862-

Kathryn (Kay) Lawrence: 1940-46

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Japanese pictorial, Kathryn (Kay) Lawrence of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was the first woman to graduate from the University of North Dakota's Flight Training Program in 1942. After graduation she worked for Boeing Aircraft Company before joining the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) in July 1943. On August 4, 1943, while flying a PT-19, Lawrence's plane crashed near Sweetwater, Texas, causing her untimely death. Seventeen days after her death the WAFS and the Women’s Flight Training...
Dates: created: 1862-