The Miss Norway of Greater New York contest originated in 1952. Annually, since then, accomplished young women of Norwegian heritage have participated, discussing their accomplishments and their aspirations and explaining how their Norwegian heritage has contributed to their lives.
Over the years, Norwegian immigrants or their descendants have contributed stories of the Norwegian-American experience in and around the New York area. These original accounts go as far back as the late 1800s and are part of the NIA collection. Oral accounts have been included as a separate collection.
The NIA is proud of its efforts to have Nordisk Tidende digitized by the National Library of Norway—a 5 year long effort. Nordisk Tidende was a Norwegian weekly published from 1891 to circa 2000. Here is the story of Norwegian in New York—good times and bad. You will probably find wedding, confirmations, obituaries of relatives as well as all civic and social enterprises on these pages. Nordisk Tidende functioned as the only free Norwegian newspaper during World War II.
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