Royal Norwegian Consulate General Records, 1922-1968

Royal Norwegian Consulate General Records

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Collection Overview

Title: Royal Norwegian Consulate General Records, 1922-1968

ID: OGLMC594

Extent: 85.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 08/00/1980

Subjects: Ethnicity - Norwegian, Genealogy and Family History, Genealogy and Family History - Organizations

Languages: English, Norwegian

Abstract

One of the responsibilities of this Norwegian governmental agency was to assist Norwegian heirs in the disposition of personal estates.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Records of the Royal Norwegian Consulate General, 1922-1968, have been divided into ten series.

Series 1: General Correspondence, 1940-1944

Series 2: General Inquiry Files, Minnesota, 1940-1960

Series 3: General Inquiry Files, Montana, 1947-1960

Series 4: General Estate Cases, Minnesota, 1929-1968

Series 5: General Estate Cases, Minnesota (Duluth Branch Office), 1950-1960

Series 6: General Estate Cases, North Dakota, 1935-1960

Series 7: General Estate Cases, South Dakota, 1922-1960

Series 8: General Estate Cases, Montana, 1936-1960

Series 9: General Estate Cases, Norway, 1928-1958

Series 10: Miscellaneous Files (passport applications and a mortgage satisfaction case)

A searchable index to the names of the deceased has been created for all of the inquiry files and estate cases (Series 2-9) in the collection (see http://library.und.edu/special-collections/databases/consulate-records/). Matches in the index will give the location (box and folder) of the file.

Note that the files in Series 1 and Series 10 are not included in the index.

Subject/Index Terms

Ethnicity - Norwegian
Genealogy and Family History
Genealogy and Family History - Organizations

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Olaf Solli, Consul General of Norway

Acquisition Method: Donation; 80-682

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Records of the Royal Norwegian Consulate General. OGLMC 594, Box #, Folder #. 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 December 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: General Correspondence: 1940-1944],
[Series 2: General Inquiry File, Minnesota: 1940-1960],
[Series 3: General Inquiry File, Montana: 1947-1960],
[Series 4: General Estate Cases, Minnesota: 1929-1968],
[Series 5: General Estate Cases, Minnesota (Duluth Branch Office): 1950-1960],
[Series 6: General Estate Cases, North Dakota: 1935-1960],
[Series 7: General Estate Cases, South Dakota: 1922-1960],
[Series 8: General Estate Cases, Montana: 1936-1960],
[Series 9: General Estate Cases, Norway: 1928-1958],
[Series 10: Miscellaneous Files],
[All]

Series 1: General Correspondence: 1940-1944

This series contains the general correspondence files of the Norwegian Consulate from 1940 to 1944. The files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, A: 1940
Folder 2: Correspondence, B: 1940
Folder 3: Correspondence, C: 1940
Folder 4: Correspondence, D: 1940
Folder 5: Correspondence, E-F: 1940
Folder 6: Correspondence, G: 1940
Folder 7: Correspondence, H: 1940
Folder 8: Correspondence, I-J: 1940
Folder 9: Correspondence, K-L: 1940
Folder 10: Correspondence, M: 1940
Folder 11: Correspondence, N: 1940
Folder 12: Correspondence, O: 1940
Folder 13: Correspondence, P-Q: 1940
Folder 14: Correspondence, R: 1940
Folder 15: Correspondence, S: 1940
Folder 16: Correspondence, T-V: 1940
Folder 17: Correspondence, W: 1940
Folder 18: Correspondence, A: 1941
Folder 19: Correspondence, B: 1941
Folder 20: Correspondence, C: 1941
Folder 21: Correspondence, D: 1941
Folder 22: Correspondence, E-F: 1941
Folder 23: Correspondence, G: 1941
Folder 24: Correspondence, H: 1941
Folder 25: Correspondence, J: 1941
Folder 26: Correspondence, K-L: 1941
Folder 27: Correspondence, M: 1941
Folder 28: Correspondence, N: 1941
Folder 29: Correspondence, O: 1941
Folder 30: Correspondence, P-Q: 1941
Folder 31: Correspondence, R: 1941
Folder 32: Correspondence, S: 1941
Folder 33: Correspondence, T-V: 1941
Folder 34: Correspondence, W: 1941
Folder 35: Correspondence, A: 1942
Folder 36: Correspondence, B: 1942
Folder 37: Correspondence, C: 1942
Folder 38: Correspondence, E: 1942
Folder 39: Correspondence, F: 1942
Folder 40: Correspondence, G: 1942
Folder 41: Correspondence, H: 1942
Folder 42: Correspondence, J: 1942
Folder 43: Correspondence, K: 1942
Folder 44: Correspondence, L: 1942
Folder 45: Correspondence, M: 1942
Folder 46: Correspondence, N: 1942
Folder 47: Correspondence, O: 1942
Folder 48: Correspondence, P-Q: 1942
Folder 49: Correspondence, R: 1942
Folder 50: Correspondence, S: 1942
Folder 51: Correspondence, T-V: 1942
Folder 52: Correspondence, W: 1942
Folder 53: Correspondence, A: 1943
Folder 54: Correspondence, B: 1943
Folder 55: Correspondence, D: 1943
Folder 56: Correspondence, E-F: 1943
Folder 57: Correspondence, G: 1943
Folder 58: Correspondence, H-J: 1943
Folder 59: Correspondence, K-M: 1943
Folder 60: Correspondence, N: 1943
Folder 61: Correspondence, O: 1943
Folder 62: Correspondence, P-R: 1943
Folder 63: Correspondence, T-W: 1943
Folder 64: Correspondence, A-B: 1944
Folder 65: Correspondence, C-F: 1944
Folder 66: Correspondence, H-Q: 1944
Folder 67: Correspondence, S-W: 1944
Folder 68: Miscellaneous Correspondence: 1944

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