from 1954. In 1950 he was knighted into the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Blegen Hall on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus is named after Theodore C. Blegen. The research papers of Dr. Blegen was located in the University Archives, University of Minnesota. The Minnesota Historical Society also has a collection of Theodore C. Blegen papers. Selected bibliography "James Wickes Taylor: A Biographical Sketch." Minnesota History Bulletin 1.4 (1915): 153-219. online The historical records of the Scandinavians in America (1918) online "A Plan for the Union of British North America and the United States, 1866." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 4.4 (1918): 470-483. online "The Competition of the Northwestern States for Immigrants." Wisconsin Magazine of History (1919): 3-29. online "The Early Norwegian Press in America." Minnesota History Bulletin 3.8 (1920): 506-518. online "Cleng Peerson and Norwegian Immigration." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 7.4 (1921): 303-331. [Blegen, Theodore C. "Cleng Peerson and Norwegian Immigration." The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 7.4 (1921): 303-331. online] Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860 (1931) Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads (1936) Building Minnesota (1938) online free to borrow A Review and a Challenge (1938) Norwegian Migration to America: The American Transition (1940) Grass Roots History (1947) The Land Lies Open (1949) With Various Voices Recordings Of North Star Life (1949) online Lincoln's Imagery: A Study in Word Power (1954) online Editor, Land of their choice: the immigrants write home (U of Minnesota Press, 1955). Minnesota: A History of the State (1963) Kensington Rune Stone, New Light on an Old Riddle (1968) References Additional Source Flanagan, John T. (1977) Theodore C Blegen, a Memoir ( Northfield, MN: Norwegian-American Historical Association) Commager, Henry Steele (1961) Immigration and American history : essays in honor of Theodore C. Blegen (Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press) External links Portrait of Theodore C. Blegen Forest History Society's Theodore C. Blegen Award American people of Norwegian descent Augsburg University alumni 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 1891 births 1969 deaths University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni American Lutherans People from Fergus Falls, Minnesota 20th-century Lutherans 20th-century American male writers