Title: Gyda Varden Lodge No. 21, Sons of Norway Records
ID: OGLMC/752
Creator: Gyda Varden Lodge No. 21, Sons of Norway
Extent: 3.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1981
Languages: English [eng], Norwegian [nor]
The Gyda Varden Lodge No. 21, Sons of Norway Records, 1903-2023, consist of materials about the Gyda Varden Lodge as well as its separate predecessors, Varden Lodge of the Sons of Norway and Gyda Lodge of the Daughters of Norway. Records include meeting minutes, membership information, financial records, and newsletters.
Meeting minutes and newsletters from 2013 through 2023 are available as PDFs. These files are saved on a server in Special Collections and available for examination.
Additional items were received:
Deposited on permanent loan from Phyllis Johnson, Gyda Varden Lodge, October 10, 1988 (88-1623)
Don Lanes, Grand Forks, North Dakota, June 30, 1995 (95-2023)
Transferred from the Honve House Records, UA 111, in December 2006 (2007-2879)
Donated by Sam Johnson, Gyda Varden Lodge (2024-3506) and Doug Munski, Gyda Varden Lodge (2024-3526).
In 2024, previously processed additions (88-1623 and 95-2023) were transferred to OGLMC 1491 (Sons of Norway, District IV).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Trustees of the Gyda Varden Lodge
Acquisition Method:
Deposited on permanent loan; 82-981
A certificate of gift eliminating the status of permanent loan was signed by Douglas Munski, Gyda Varden Lodge, on 11 October 2024.
Related Materials: Sons of Norway, District IV Records: OGLMC 1491
Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in May 2015.
Grand Forks Skandinav newspaper, December 30, 1938
Norway....As We Saw It (booklet), 1950
752-1: (left to right) - Mrs. Lila Nelson, Mrs. Minnie Peterson, Edwin Jacobson, October 1973
752-2: Bowlers with trophies (seated include Irene Sundeen, Judy Orsak, ? Riley, Anna Vien; standing include Norman Vien, George Orsak, ? Helgeson, Irene Sollum, Ed Jacobson, Carl Nielsen, and Roger van Duyn), ca. 1960s
752-3: Folk Dancers (seated are Cora Jacobson, Agnes Wick, Dora Lindstrom, Darlene Clemenson, Margaret Zonges?, Julia Schoen, Agnes Larson, Mona Brevik, and Dagny Alphson; standing are Ray Egeland, Erwin Gustafson, Ed Jacobson, Andy Clemenson, Marion Gustafson, Alvin Theis, Myrtle Bain, Laurel Wick, Olaf Omlid, and Omar Bain), ca. 1965
752-4: Folk Dancers in pairs (from right are Mona Brevik and Olaf Omlid; Agnes Wick and Edwin Jacobson; Agnes Larson and Raymond Egeland; Myrtle and Omar Bain; Marion and Erwin Gustafson), ca. 1965
752-5: Drill Team and Chorus (seated are Mary Vein, Bernice Flohaug, Mary Jane Riley, Irene Sundeen, Lillian Hanson, Lila Nelson, Dora (Fury) Lindstrom, Peggy Curran, Cora Jacobson, Pearl Jordahl, Agnes Wick; middle are Minnie Peterson, Anna Vien, Sophie Johnson, Helen Griffin, Dagny Alphson, Clara Meberg, Gertie Hall (Vigen), Lila Peterson, Hazel Nelson, Jenny Stjern, Olga Christiansen, Arlene Rolland, Hilma Boe, Signe Braathen; top are Louise Helgeson, Jeanette Helle, Inga Holte, Edwin Jacobson, Clarence Bye, Hans Braathen, Leonard Nelson, Oscar Helgeson, Laural Wick, Irene Warcup, Ansie Knapp, Agnes Larson), ca. 1970