Olaf Brauner

Looking through my bookshelf this morning I discovered 2 books I hadn't looked at for a long time. They have somewhat of a Norwegian connection. I purchased them at a rummage sale in the late 1970s, to the best of my recollection, in the Riverside Park area (that is north of Gateway Drive) of Grand Forks, N.D. It is a 2 volume set titled The German Element in the United States written by Albert Bernhardt Faust published by Houghton Mifflin Company, copyright 1909. The title page of the first volume is inscribed: "Through the kindness of my neighbor, Professor Olaf Brauner, to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Pratt whose deep interest in the people of the United States is widely known. AB Faust. Ithaca, December 24, 1913" and this in a different hand: "For George and Helen from Olaf and Nikoline, Christmas 1913" and in each volume in red pen: "Den" I have only begun looking but found many references to Olaf Brauner. Olaf Brauner 1905 New York: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKMR-BXF 1875 Residence Oslo, Norway Olaf M Brauner born østre Aker: http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f70301&personpostnr=30999&merk=30999 So you are invited to assist in finding more for him and the correct Pratt family... Many thanks & Happy New Hunting Year!