Brief Description: Collection contains photographs of Norwegian American groups collected by Eyvind Ager, son of Waldemar Ager, Norwegian newspaperman, author, and prohibitionist.  Photographs are from late 1800s, early 1900s, and include:  Temperance/Abstinene Societies (Det Nationale Afholdsforbund), Sons of Norway, Nordlandslaget, Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota, Reform Newspaper Staff.  Also contains photographs with Waldemar Ager and of Juliette Kildahl, E. E. Lübeck (prominent Temperance speaker), Henrik Wergeland monument in Fargo, ND, and first church in Stanwood, WA, 1878. Also life insurance papers for the Scandinavian American Fraternity.

Record Series Number: VMA/RG01/ARCH.Ager

Volume: 1.0 Boxes

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Rights/Use Restrictions: May be reproduced with written permission from Vesterheim collections staff or Executive Director.