Material culture and people's art among the Norwegians in America
By: edited by Marion John Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Marion J.; Norwegian-American Historical Association.
Publisher: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Northfield, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Norwegian Americans -- History.; Norwegian Americans -- Material culture.; Norwegian American folk art.
Description: Six chapters by six authors. Topics: Buildings and farmsteads in Coon Valley, Wisconsin; Settlement patterns and Architecture in Bosque County, Texas; clothing; immigrant treasures; S.O. Lund, a community artist; altars in the Norwegian-American church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Material culture and ethnicity: collecting and preserving Norwegian Americana before World War II / Marion John Nelson; title: Acculturation in buildings and farmsteads in Coon Valley, Wisconsin, from 1850 to 1930 / Reidar Bakken; title: "Good building stone and a 'lay of the land' that makes for 'hominess': Norwegian-American settlement patterns and architecture in Bosque County, Texas / Kenneth A. Breisch; title: "Well, I wondered when I saw you, what all these new clothes meant" / Carol Colburn; title: Vinaigrettes, little immigrant treasures / M.A. Madson; title: S.O. Lund, a community artist from Norway / Carlin Hibbard; title: Altars in the Norwegian-American church: an opportunity for folk expression / Kristin M. Anderson.