SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY VII COMPILED BY JACOB HODNEPIELD Amerikabreve fra gamle tider. Decorah-posten, May 20August 12, 1938. Twelve letters, covering the period December, 1852-May, 1873, written from Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota by Norwegian immigrants to relatives in Norway. Bakken, Amelia Johnson. Fra livet paa Washington Prairie i gamle dage. Decorah-posten , September 5-29, 1939. The title in the last installment changes to: Minder fra livet i gamle dage. These are the author's reminiscences of pioneering in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Beck, Richard. Our Cultural Heritage and Its Preservation. Tr0nder-American , 1:58-63 (June, 1938). "An address delivered at the annual convention of the National Tenderlag of America, at Duluth, Minnesota, June 25, 1937." Bj0rk, Kenneth, transi, and ed. See Paulson, Arthur C. Et blad av jEttetalet til Professor Dr. H. G. Stubs slektshistorie . Nordfjordlagets aarbok , 1937 og 1938 , 15-20. A genealogy of the family of the late H. G. Stub. Blikstad, Bersvend J. The Nelson-Moen Family of the Town of Tumuli, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Fergus Falls, Ukeblad Publishing Co., [1938]. 24 pģ A narrative account of family connections. Brown, Charles E. Halvor Lars Skavlem. The Wisconsin Archeologist, 19:47-49 (January, 1939). Halvor Lars Skavlem (1846-1939) was an amateur archaeologist and naturalist of Janesville, Wisconsin, who acquired a famous collection and came to be recognized as an authority in his field. Bruce, G.M. Bygdelagene. Nordmanns-forbundet, 32:7-10 (January, 1939). 160 SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS 161 A general statement and explanation of the bygdelag movement, including origins, objectives, and practice, and their co-operation in the general organization of Fœllesraadet. Carlson, William H. Scandinavian Collections in the Libraries of the United States. Scandinavian Studies and Notes , 15: 217-238 (August, 1939). Collections in the eastern states include the Fiske Icelandic Collection, the Harvard Scandinavian Collection, the one at Yale, the Marsh Library of the University of Vermont, the Schofield Memorial Library of the AmericanScandinavian Foundation, and the Scandinavian books in the Library of Congress . Institutions in the Middle West having noteworthy Scandinavian collections are the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, the University of North Dakota, Luther College at Decorah, Iowa, Augustana College and Theological Seminary at Rock Island, Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, and the John Crerar Library, Chicago. In the Far South, we find one at the University of Texas, and there are some on the Pacific coast. Chr. Lidt afholdsprat. Reform, November 10, 17, 1938. A historical account of the prohibition movement, particularly among the Norwegians in this country. Crow, William L. Rasmus Bj0rn Anderson. In William L. Crow, Wisconsin Lives of National Interest; Sketches of Some Prominent People Identified with the History of the Badger State, 158-160. Appleton, Wisconsin, C. C. Nelson Publishing Co., 1937. 199 p. Erikson, J. A. D et forjœttede land; fortœlling . Decorah, Iowa, Trykt hos The Anundsen Publishing Co., [1938]. 430 p. Fiction; a story of immigration and life in the United States, principally in Wisconsin. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Riverside Lutheran Church, Dawson, Minnesota, 1885-1935, June 1Ķ-16. [Dawson, Minnesota, Dawson Sentinel print, 1935.] 55 p. The pamphlet includes a historical account of the church and a program of the festivities. Platen, Nils. Valdris-rispo ; sannferdiga skr0no pa Minnesota Valdris , optegnet av Nils Flaten. Reprint of Maal og mirine, March 9, 1939, p. 30-50. Tales told in the Valdris dialect as spoken in Minnesota. Fortieth Anniversary First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 18961936 . Belview, Minnesota, [1936]. 10 p. The history of the church was probably written by the pastor, the Reverend O. C. Harang. 162 STUDIES AND RECORDS Gaustad, Ingrid. Utvandringen til Amerika 1866-73. Historisk tidsskrift (Oslo, Norway), 31:237-279 (1938). This is largely a statistical study of emigration to America during the years covered, with emphasis on economic causes. Population in Norway was doubled during 1815-65. Emigration took out 63 per cent of the birth surplus during 1865-73; but, with the coming of hard times in the United States in 1873, emigration diminished. Grose, I. F. A Pioneer Boy's Experiences in a Corner of Goodhue County. Our Young People (Minneapolis), September 4...