The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914Babcock, Kendric Charles
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The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914
Babcock, Kendric Charles
Scandinavians -- United States
Eric Johnson (Janson) and C. F. Peterson, _Scans-karne i Illinois
Historiska Anteckningar_ (1880), is an early work of limited scope but
judiciously written.
E. W. Olson (Editor with A. Schön and M. J. Engberg), _History of the
Swedes of Illinois_, 2 vols. (1908), has some valuable chapters in the
first volume, especially ch. IV on the Bishop Hill Colony, and the
chapters dealing with Swedish churches; volume two is devoted to the
usual illustrated biographies.
D. IOWA
Charles R. Tuttle, _An Illustrated History of the State of Iowa_ (1876);
W. E. Alexander, _History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa_
(1882); Charles H. Sparks, _History of Winneshiek County, with
Biographical Sketches of its Eminent Men_ (1877); J. J. Louis, _Shelby
County_; Charles H. Fletcher, _The Centennial History of Jefferson
County_ (1876); _A Biographical Record of Boone County_ (1902); A.
Jacobson, _The Pioneer Norwegians_ (1905).
G. T. Flom, "The Coming of the Norwegians to Iowa," _Iowa Jour. of Hist.
and Politics_, III (1905); "The Early Swedish Immigration to Iowa,"
_Ibid._, III (1905), "The Danish Contingent in the Population of early
Iowa," _Ibid._, IV (1906), and "The Growth of the Scandinavian Factor in
the Population of Iowa," _Ibid._, IV (1906); B. L. Wick, "The Earliest
Scandinavian Settlement in Iowa," _Iowa Historical Record_, XVI (1900);
F. A. Danborn, "Swede Point, or Madrid, Iowa", _Year-Book of the Swedish
Historical Society of America_, 1911-1913.
E. OTHER STATES
_North Dakota_: H. V. Arnold, _History of Grand Forks County ...
including an Historical Outline of the Red River Valley_ (1900); T.
Haggerty, _The Territory of Dakota_ (1889); _Compendium of the History
and Biography of North Dakota_ (1900).
_Nebraska_: _History of the State of Nebraska_ (1882).
_Kansas_: John A. Martin, _Addresses_ ("The Swedes in Kansas") (1888).
_Utah_: H. H. Bancroft, _Utah, 1540-1886_ (in _History of the Pacific
Coast States of North America_, vol. XXI, 1889).
_New York_: Arad Thomas, _Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York_
(1871); G. J. Mason, "The Foreign Element in New York City," _Harper's
Weekly_ (Sept., 1888); S. Folkestad, "Norske i Brooklyn-New York",
_Symra_ (1908).
TRAVELS AND GUIDE BOOKS
Good accounts of conditions in the European kingdoms, as those
conditions were related to emigration at different periods, are: Samuel
Laing, _A Tour of Sweden in 1838: comprising Observations on the Moral,
Political and Economic State of the Swedish Nation_ (London 1839), and
_Journal of a Residence in Norway during the Years 1834, 1835 and 1836_
(2nd ed., 1837); Charles Loring Brace, _The Norsk Folk; or a Visit to
the Homes of Norway and Sweden_ (1857); Mrs. Woods Baker, _Pictures of
Swedish Life, or Svea and her Children_ (1894); J. F. Hanson, _Light and
Shade from the Land of the Midnight Sun_ (1903).
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