Norwegian-American Historical Association

Archives: naha continues to actively collect and preserve materials related to the norwegian-american experience. In 2024, we hosted 55 visiting researchers from the united states, canada, and norway, to our reading room, worked with student interns and classes at st. Olaf college, digitized 17,516 primary source materials, and welcomed 60 new donations to our collections. We received a generous grant for 297,303 from the national endowment for the humanities (neh) to preserve, digitize, and make accessible five collections that document the relief efforts of norwegian-americans for occupied norway during world war ii. (unfortunately, the funding was rescinded in april of 2025 as part of doge federal cost-cutting efforts.) we received two additional grants: one from sons of norway foundation to digitize 274 oral histories and a minnesota legacy grant to rehouse naha institutional records.

Psa 3 publication: in the fall of 2024, naha released volume 42 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 peer-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 addition to our print edition, free digital access to the journal and all past issues are available to naha members on project muse digital library. Naha also distributed to its members "muus vs muus: the scandal that shook norwegian america," a co-publication with minnesota historical society press.

Fellowships, awards, and internships: in 2024, naha awarded two fellowships. The naha archives fellowship encourages research that primarily focuses on the naha collections. The naha publications fellowship will stimulate scholarship in the field of norwegian-american studies that results in a publishable manuscript. Each year, naha offers internships for students to pursue their interests and gain practical experience in archives, public history, and nonprofit management.