Norwegian-American Historical Association

Membership: the association's primary membership activities include hosting educational events and tours. Naha also produces a quarterly print newsletter to inform and educate members about our collections and topics related to norwegian- american immigration history. In april our virtual event called transatlantic frameworks featured the emerging scholarship of two of our members. Miranda moen presented on working class immigrant architecture, and henrik olav mathiesen shared information on early immigrant correspondence communication structures. The event was moderated by historian annette atkins, a naha board member. In june, naha offered our week-long artistry and industry of norway tour. Participants traveled from oslo to bergen, expoloring the cultural, industrial, and agricultural history of southern norway. In october, nearly a hundred members enjoyed our biennial member meeting. The day included four engaging presentations, a book launch, a nordic-themed lunch, news from naha leadership, and election of new board members. Our theme was norwegian americans in the twin cities, and author david c. mauk gave the presentation.

Publication: in the fall of 2022, naha released volume 40 of our scholarly journal, Norwegian-American studies published in cooperation with the university of Minnesota press. The journal is dedicated to showcasing the best work in the field of Norwegian-American studies, including the related disciplines of history, literature, religion, art, and cultural studies. In addition to several perr-reviewed articles, the journal includes photographic features, book reviews, works-in-progress, and updates on teaching, learning, and researching in the field of Norwegian-American studies. In additional to our print edition, free digital access to the journal and all past issues are available to naha members on the project muse digital library. Naha members also received our newest oublication heart of the heartland: norwegian american community in the twin cities by david c mauk. The book was co-published with mnhs press.

Archives: naha continues to actively collect and preserve materials related to the Norwegian-American experience; assist members, scholars, historians, and others in accessing our archival holdings; and expand our digital repositories. In 2022, 34 donations were added to our archives. Dozens of scholars and family historians use the naha archives in person each year. In 2022, we celebrated the completion of our new climate-controlled vault during a visit from her majesty queen sonja of norway. A program in rolvaag memorial library highlighted our collections, our preservation efforts, and the research students are doing in the naha archives. We also digitiezed significant portios of the 1925 norse-american centennial collection-- a project made possible by the people of Minnesota through a nearly 87,000 grant funded by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage find. We also digitized 35mm slides from the american birkebeiner ski foundation collection and items from the temperance movement papers in coopoeration with the Minnesota digital library.

Fellowships, awards, and internships: in 2022 naha created two new fellowships. The naha archives fellowship will encourange research using the naha collections. The naha publications fellowship will stimulate scholarship in the field of Norwegian-American studies that results in a manuscript. The first application deadline for our fellowships is october 1, 2023, and we plan to make our first awards in january of 2024. Our 2022 odd s. lovell award in Norwegian-American studies was awarded to mattea diedrich of luther college. The award recognizes originality, excellence, and creativity in undergraduate research and writing. Each year naha offers internships for students to pursue their interest and gain practical experience in archives, public history, and nonprofit management. During the summer of 2022, we hosted an archives outreach intern, two internships for nordic students in the digital humanities, and a practicum student from the information school at the university of Wisconsin at madison.