FOLDER 1: A first step towards the organization of Swedish Methodism in Minnesota 1853-1863 / by J. Olson Anders [from Swedish Historical Society of America, Vol 1, 1928] -- Per Andersson's letters from Chisago Lake / by Emeroy Johnson [from Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 24(1), 1973] -- Reflections on the causes of emigration from Sweden / O. Fritiof Ander [from Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 13, 1962] -- Some Swedish emigrant guide books of the second half of the nineteenth century / by Roy W. Swanson [from Yearbook of the Swedish Historical Society of America, 1926] -- The background of the beginnings of Swedish immigration, 1850-1875 [from American Historical Review, July 1926]

FOLDER 2: The problem of the third generation immigrant / by Prof. M. L. Hansen -- Family changes in three generations of Swedes / Eleanor E. Torell [from American Swedish Historical Foundation Yearbook, 1946] -- The immigrant church and the patrons of husbandry / O. Fritiof Ander [from Agricultural History, Oct. 1934] -- Early days on the Minnesota prairies / by Rev. Frank Peterson, D.D. [from Swedish Historical Society of America, Vol 8, 1922-23] -- Characteristics of the early Swedish settlers in Minnesota / by Judge Andrew Holt [from Swedish Historical Society of America Yearbook, Vol 7, 1921-22] -- Some factors in the Americanization of the Swedish immigrant, 1850-1890 / by Fritiof Ander [from Illinois State Historical Society Journal, Vol 26, 1933] -- The mind of the Scandinavian immigrant / by George M. Stephenson [from Norwegian-American Historical Studies, Vol 4, 1929] -- Minority-group pattern in prairie society / by Lieutenant John Useem, U.S.N.R., and Ruth Hill Useem [from American Journal of Sociology, Vol 50, March 1945]

FOLDER 3: Swedish emigration to America / by Hannes Hyrenius [from Le Nord, Vol 5, 1942] -- Typical "America Letters" [from Yearbook of the Swedish Historical Society of America, 1921-22] -- The first Swede in Minnesota / Theodore A. Norelius [Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 8, Oct 1957] -- What an old Minnesota church register reveals / Emeroy Johnson [from Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 18, July 1967] -- Swedes in Nebraska / by Joseph Alexis [from Nebraska State Historical Society Publications, Vol 19] -- Memories of a Swedish immigrant of 1852 / by Hon. C. J. A. Ericson [from Annals of Iowa, Vol 8(1), April 1907]

FOLDER 4: Source materials on emigration in the United States National Archives, with particular emphasis on Swedish emigration to the United States / Nils William Olsson [from The Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 12, Jan 1961] -- Scandinavian immigrant women's encounter with America / H. Arnold Barton [from Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 25(1), 1974] -- From Brinkelid to sunrise : a modern saga of discovery / Carl-Werner Pettersson [from Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 25(1), 1974] -- Glimpses from the activities of a Swedish emigrant agent / Olof Thorn [from The Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol 10, Jan & April 1959]