Program for meeting of Executive Board and Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association, 1928 February 10-11
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- Program for meeting of Executive Board and Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association, 1928 February 10-11
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- p0584_02196
- Date
- 1928 February 10-11
- Description
- Birger Osland was a Norwegian-born Chicago investment banker, philanthropist, and author. He was an official in various enterprises of Charles H. Wacker (1893-1911); founder and president of Birger Osland and Company, investment bankers (1911-1940); general western manager of the Norwegian America Steamship Line (1911-1923) and for many years a member of its board of representatives. He also served as secretary-treasurer of Lake Otis Groves, Inc.; director of the Scandinavian Trust Company of New York until its merger with New York Trust Company; and vice president of Chicago Security Dealers Association.
- From 1917 to 1919 Osland was an attaché with rank of major in the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, stationed in Christiania (now Oslo), and also a member of the U.S. Food Administration, Copenhagen. He was a trustee of the Century of Progress Exposition; member of the Norwegian-American World's Fair Auxiliary Committee; treasurer of NAHA for 25 years; director and also president of the Norwegian-American Hospital; and national treasurer of Norwegian Relief, Inc., during World War II.
- Program for Meeting of Executive Board and Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association.
- Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
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- Letters (correspondence)
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- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
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Norwegian-American Historical Association, “Program for meeting of Executive Board and Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association, 1928 February 10-11,” Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/3688.