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NL NOR[lr C�CTll)"I • 1 he World's Largest Gathering For Nineteen Twenty-five EXHIBITION CELEBRATION Norse-American Centennial of the U n i t ed S t a t e s and Canada 1825 1925 Facsimile of official Cenlennwl ..1rt de Luxe Book and Program, Library edition, exact si=e 9 in. by 12 in. MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GROUNDS Beginning Saturday, June 6, 1925 Officially Recognized by The United States Special. Low Round Trip Rates on All Railroads Oscar Arneson, Saint Paul Hotel, St. Paul, Minn. �World's Largest Gathering For This Year Industry Show Postponed Until Norse Program CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT-PROGRESS TO BE CELEBRATED AT CENTENNIAL -FETE AND EXHIBITION DIRECTORS VOTE TO HOLD EXPOSITION IN CONNECTION WITH CENTENNIAL The Centennial Fete and Exhibition to be held in the Twin Cities in June of this year will be the largest gathering of its kind ever held in America. The attendance is 'estimated at a half million peo­ ple, consisting of conventions of twenty-six or more Bygdelags, Church Organizations representing more than 3000 congregations, and conventions of other large national and international organizations. Besides these there will be large delegations from the Norse-American and Canadian schools, colleges and seminaries. It will be a mass meeting of thirty large conventions, many of the people coming from foreign countries. The Celebration will be attended with Pagentry, and memorable events and entertainment to make this an epochal fete, an uneclipsed event in world celebrative history. Taking advantage of the opportunity to show the thousands of visitors coming to the Twin Cities fo.r the Norse-American Centennial 1what north, w�st ,manufacturers produce, the din;ctors of the annual Northwest Industrial Exposition have an­ nounced that the exposition will be held June 6th to 13th instead of in March. The Industrial Exposition decided unanimously that they could not afford to overlook "such a won­ derful opportunity to show the whole world what the northwest manufacturers produce." The suggestion was embodied in iL letter to .lv1r. Dickson from the managing director of the Cen­ tennial. "The suggestion has been made that the dates of the Northwest Industrial Exposition be changed to the early part of June," Mr. Holstad wrote, "so that the multitude coming to the Twin Cities to attend the Centennial and the thirty conventions held in connection with it, will have an opportunity to see the great variety of products manufactured in the Northwest." ELABORATE BOOK AND PROGRAM T.he Publicity Committee of the Centennial is preparing, in connection with the program, an elaborate book containing historical narratives of th�J-i o·semen since their arrival in America; their achiev�ments in agriculture, commerce, industry, Jt�ature, science, art and music. Specially bound �opi will be presented to the King and Queen of Norway, President and Mrs. Coolidge, Lord and �ady Byng and the other notables who will attend. It will be a book that will be read and handed down from generation to generation. Make This Your Vacation In The Heart of The World's Playgrounds FUN ROYALTY JS COMING .. "With President and Mrs. Coolidge as well as members of the Royal Family of Norway numbered among the distinguished guests, it will be an un­ paralleled opportunity," said Mr. Dickson, presi­ dent of the Twin City Manufacturers, Inc. -Minneapolis Tribune, 2,6, '2 5. STATE OF MINNESOTA Executive Department "T. PAUL The Epochal J. A. 0. PREUS, Governor December 22, 1924. Mr. Oscar Arneson, Chairman, Publicity Committee, •· Norse-American Centennial. St. Paul, Minnesota. Dear Sir: The proposed Norse-American Gentcnnial of the United States and Canada will, no doubt, prove to be the greatest celebration ever held by the Norwegians of America, and deserves the enthusiastic support of all citizens. It will commemorate an event which has had results of far-reach­ ing importance in the history and development of our country, particularly of the West. I trust the press of St. Paul and Minneapolis will co-operate with your com­ mittee in impressing upon the people of the Northwest the importance of the Centennial and that the business interests of the two cities will lend their assistance in making the celebration the greatest success possible. • Yours very truly, J. A. 0. PREUS. SPORT Fete of 1he Century Stupenduous­ Monumental­ Historical ENTERTAINMENT • �NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL At the Minnesota State Fair Grounds, June 6, 7, 8, 9, 1925 L\ N EVENT OF WORLD INTEREST! Yes, and .£"'\. more - it will be be an event to be remembered by millions of people for many years to come. For altho the attendance will run into the hundreds of thou· sands at this world's congress yet millions who cannot at· tend in person will be vitally interested. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION BY GOVERNMENT. The government of the United States has officially recognized the importance of the Centennial by the issuance of spe• cial Centennial postal stamps which will be on sale in the near future. Besides having been recognized by the Presi· dent and the government of the United States, the Cen• tennial has also been officially recognized by governors of many states and by state legislatures. PRESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE COMING. Presi• dent Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge have accepted invitations to be present. This undoubtedly will mean that the Presi• Jent will b accompanied by his-official family, including Frank B. Kellogg and His Excellency H. H. Bryhn, the Norwegian Minister to the United States. CARNIVAL OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. Every day there will be an elaborate musical program at the State Fair Ground by famous Norse-American solo· ists, bands and choirs. Also by an academic choir from Oslo, Norway. Entertainment will be provided for all, men and women, young people and children. An old• fashioned "Norsk Bondebryllup" will be presented. Dif­ ferent programs will be conducted simultaneously every day except Sunday. HISTORIC PAGEANT TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. A stupendous Pageant depicting the history of Norse-Americans up to the present time with scenes from both countries showing forth the departure from Norway the home land and the arrival and development of the Norwegian people in America. The costumes will be magnificent, and in brilliancy of technique, in magni• tude and splendor the whole array will rival anything of its kind that has been heretofore produced. The other features of the Centennial are being prepared on the same elaborate scale. LORD AND LADY BYNG. Lord Byng, Governor· General of Canada and his wife have been invited to at· tend. According to estimate ent from Canada, visitors from there will number between 25,000 and 50,000. Ad· dresses will be delivered by high government officials and other prominent citizens of Canada, SPECIAL LOW RATES will be given on all railroads and on many steamship lines. The American railroads naturally take great interest in the Centennial. They are already advertising it in their time tables and will soon start advertising it with large posters on all railroad sta• tions and in many other ways. GOVERNORS OF FIVE STATES WILL ATTEND. Governors of five Northwestern states, all of them Nor· wegian by birth or descent, and all members of the Cen· tennial committee will attend. They are: Governor Theo. Christianson of Minnesota; Governor J. J. Blaine of Wis· consin; Governor A. G. Sorlie of North Dakota; Governor Carl Gunderson of South Dakota; and Governor J. E. Erickson of Montana. ATTENDANCE ESTIMATED AT FROM 300,000 TO 500,000. Hon. E. G. Quamme, president of the Federal Land Bank in St. Paul and Chairman of the Centennial Finance Committee, is very conservative when he estimates the attendance at close to a half million. The following is a list of those hundreds of thousands that are sure to attend: 1. Twenty•s1x "bygadelags" will gather m the Twin G1t1es by cars and railroads from all parts of the American Continent and Canada. One single "bygadelags" (Sogna• laget) is expected to gather together with 25,000 of their "lag," and if all other bygdelags should be represented proportionately it would mean an attendance of over 300,000 from bygdelags alone. THE TWIN CITIES HA VE PLENTY OF ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE ALL VISITORS AND DELEGAT£S. 2. Besides bygdelags in the U. S. and Canada, Nor• way will send representatives who will be the guests of their respective bygdelags here. 3. The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (2,700 congregations). 4. The Norwegian Lutheran Free Church of America. 5. The Lutheran Brethren. 6. Th Young People's Leagi1e of th-e Norwegian Lutheran Church. 7. Det Norsk Lutherske Landsforbund For Ungdom i Amerika. 8. Sons of Norway. 9. Daughters of Norway. 10. Norse-American Historical Society. 11. Faedrenearven Society. 12. Norsk Sangerforbund of America ( consisting of all Norwegian singing societies of U. S. and Canada.) 13. An Academic Choir from Oslo, Norway. Con• sisting of thirty women and twenty men students from Oslo University. 14. All Norse-American colleges, academies and sem, inaries in U. S. and Canada will close their school year in time !'or the. Centennial in order to enable their musical and athletic organizations, their teachers and their students to attend. 15. Norse-Americans in every state of the union, Norse-Canadians in every province of Canada, Norweg, ians in the home country, large Norwegian colonies in Great Britain, in France and in Germany, in Sweden, Den· mark and Finland, in South Africa, Asia and Australia, in Mexico and South America, will be represented. OTHER NOTABLES TO ATTEND. Among other Norse-American notables to attend will be former gover· nor of Minnesota, J. A. 0. Preus, R. A. Nestos former governor of North Dakota; United States Senators Peter Norbeck, Reed Smoot, H. 0. Bursum andHehrick Ship• stead; ten congressmen; also high officials of Norse•Ameri• can church organizations in the United States and Canada; presidents of Norse-American academies, colleges, semin· aries and societies in the United States and Canada. CHARLES E. HUGHES, SECRETARY OF STATE, has sent most cordial invitations from the State of Minne• sota to the King, the Storthing and the people of Norway, the government and the people of Canada; the govcr.1• ment and the eople of Iceland, to attend and participate --� �nten VISITORS FROM NORWAY. Members of the 26 "bygdelags" in America (Norse-American societies formed by people from the same district in Norway) expect many thousand visitors from Norway a their guests. Besides all these, high dignitarie in the Norwegian state and church, also many prominent people in business and in society will attend. Bishop J. P. Lunde, of O lo, rec• ognized all over the world as one of the grea(cst and most prominent of all theological writers and thinkers of the present day, has already accepted the invitation. THE MAIN NORWEGIAN SESSION of the Centen· nial will be held Sunday afternoon at the State Fair Grounds where formal greetings will be exchanged be• tween official representatives of America and Norway. l\ddr�es are to be given by the Right Reverend Her• man Lunde, bishop of Oslo and primas of the Norwegian State Church, and by Professor Kristine Bonnevie, of Oslo University, and by other prominent people from Norway. Introductory remarks by the Chairman of the Centennial Board of Directors, Professor Gi le Bothne, of the Minne· sota State University. Rev. B. i5. Bergesen, Chairman of the Program Committee, presides. �COMMITTEES Central Committee Professor Gisle Bothne, Minnesota State University Hon. N. T. Moen, Fergus Falls, Minn. Mr. A. C. Floan, St. Paul, Minn. Professor J. A. Hoivik, Moorhead, Minn. Mr. Trygve Oas, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. S. H. Holstad, Minneapolis, Minn. Hon. A. Ueland, Minneapolis President First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Managing Director Counsel Program Committee 0. H. Sletten, Minneapolis H. K. Madsen, Minneapolis B. E. Bergesen, Chairman, Minneapolis A. Askeland, Minneapolis Carl D. Kolset, Benson, Minn. Transportation Committee 0. P. B. Jacobson, Chairman, Minneapolis. Herman Mueller, St. Paul. Lee Kuempel, Minneapolis. Rev. M. E. Waldeland, St. An gar, Iowa. Arthur L. Johnston, St. Paul. Finance Committee Hon. E. G. Quamme, Chairman; President Federal Land Bank, St. Paul, Minn. L. W. Gorder, Vice-Chairman; First National Bank, Min, neapolis, Minn. A. G. Anderson, President American State Bank, Fergus Falls, Minn. A. C. Erickson, Pres. Albert Lea St. Bk., Albert Lea, Minn. 0. 0. Erling, Minneapolis, Minn. Henry M. Halverson, President Farmers State Bank, Wanamingo, Minn. 0. H. Haugen, V. Pres. St. Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Prof. C. F. Hjermstad, Red Wing, Minn. Hon. J. N. Jacobson, Pres. First Nat'! Bank, Hills, Minn. Hans Mo, Sleepy Eye, Minn. L. C. Grundeland, Chicago, Ill. Hon. S. A. Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn. Hans M. Prytz, Minneapolis, Minn. Olaf Ramstad, Citizens St. Bk., Thief River Falls, Minn. Consul Olaf I. Rove, Milwaukee, Wis. A. M. Sundheim, Minneapolis, Minn. Sam. Torgerson, Cashier Northwestern National Bank, Grand Forks, North Dakota. J. S. Ulland, President Fergu Falls National Bank, Fer, gus Falls, Minn. Hon. Magnus Swenson, Madison, Wis. Olaf Thorsov, Long & Thorsov, Architects, Minneapolis. Hon. M. J. Rohne, London. Minn. C. M. Berg, Pres. First Nat'!. Bank, McIntosh, Minn. J. Jorgen Thompson, Professor St. Olaf College, North­ field, Minn. A. C. Floan, Floan &? Leveroos, St. Paul, Minn. M. 0. Grangaard, Assistant Vice-President First National Bank, Minneapolis, Minn. Publicity Committee Budget Committee Oscar Arneson, Chairman, Minneapolis. Jos. G. Norby, Chairman, Minneapolis. Exhibits Committee Committee on Athletics Dr. Knut Gjerset, Chairman, Decorah, Iowa. Arnold C. Oss, Chairman, Sexton Co., Minneapolis. Women's Auxiliary Miss Elisa Pauline Farseth, President, Minneapolis. Mrs. J. E. Haugen, Vice-President, Minneapolis. Mrs. William 0. Storlie, Secretary, Minneapolis. - ../ V Mrs. Manley L. -.,.,,-;-.. Minneapolis. Mrs. Gilbert Gutl �n, St. Paul. Program Committee Mrs. A. C. Floan, Chairman, St. Paul. Miss Gunhild Oftedahl, Minneapolis. Mrs. Laura Bratager, Minneapolis. / Mrs. Amanda Anderson, Red Wing. Miss Georgina Lommen, Moorhead. Exhibits Committee Herborg Roque, Chairman, Minneapolis ✓ Bertha Dahl Laws, Vice-Chairman, Appleton, Minn. Hospitality Committee Mrs. Sophia,Wetteland, Chairman, Minneap<1 • Reception Committee Mrs. Gisle Bothr1e, Chairman, Minneapolis Concessions Committee Mrs. John 0. Lee, Chairman - St. Paul, Minn. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Norse-American Centennial Papers (P0562) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0562 Description An account of the resource <p><span>Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, clippings, pictures, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of an association incorporated in 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to supervise the observance of the arrival of the first group of Norwegian immigrants in America. The collection describes in detail the management of the celebration and gives data on observances in Chicago, Canada, Boston, and Brooklyn. Letters and essays reveal the loyalty of Norwegian Americans to their cultural heritage and the rivalry among area groups of Norwegians in America. The celebration was initiated by the bygdelags. The chief officials were Gisle Bothne, S. H. Holstad, J. A. Holvik, Elisa P. Farseth, and Mrs. Wm. O. Storlie. Correspondents include Juul Dieserud, Knut Gjerset, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and O. M. Norlie. The centennial received nationwide press coverage.</span></p> <b>Funding:</b><span><br /></span><span>Funding to digitize the Norse-American Centennial papers 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.</span> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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