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"Childhood Home of Lawrence Welk." n.d.
- "Ludwig and Christina (Schwahn) Welk Homestead, Strasburg, North Dakota." n.d.
  - "National Register of Historic Sites Official Document." n.d.
- "The Ludwig & Christina Schwahn Welk Homestead." n.d.
- "Salute to Strasburg: Lawrence Welk's Home Town." Pioneer Weekender Magazine, 8 November 1970.
- "State of North Dakota, Office of the Governor, Proclamation." 5-11 June 1995.
Eriksmoen, Curtis. "Popular TV Host Born, Raised in North Dakota." Forum, 28 October 2007.
"Lawrence Welk's 50th Anniversary Photo Album." n.d.
"Lawrence Welk Souvenir Booklet." n.d.

"Lawrence Welk Souvenir Magazine." Sprin 1968. [PDF]

"Lawrence Welk Souvenir Program ." n.d. [PDF]
"Significant Dates in the Life of Lawrence Welk." n.d.

Books and videotapes about Lawrence Welk can be located at this GRHC website page:

http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu
/grhc/order/lawrence_welk/lwlist.html.

Lawrence Welk Books, CDs, and Videotapes (**Some items are limited quantity and out of print**)

Oral Interviews with Fern Renner Welk, Branson, Missouri, May 21, 1994 and Santa Monica, California, July 27, 1994

Oral Interview with Jayen Walton Rosen, San Antonio, Texas, Jauary 26, 1992 (former Champagne
Lady with The Lawrence Welk Show)

Death of Myron Floren, July 23, 2005

" An Interview by Barb Miller: Myron Floren, Watertown Public Opnion, 1983.
"Extraordinary Accordionist Myron Floren Dies at 85." Lawrence Welk Show 12, no. 2: Summer 2005, 5.
Gonzalez, John W. "Accordianist Floren Recalled as Humble." Houston Chronicle, 25 July 2005.
Maloney, Ron."Wurstfest Headliner Dies of Cancer." Herald-Zeitung, 24 July 2005.
McLellan, Dennis. " The Lawrence Welk Show" Musician Myron Floren Dies." Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2005.
" Myron Floren, Roslyn-Born Accordion Player, Dies at 85." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 24 July 2005.

Death of Lawrence Welk, May 17, 1992

Bonham, Kevin. "Effort to Build Welk Monument Likely to Get Boost by His Death." Grand Forks Herald, 19 May 1992, sec. A1.
Brue, Mike. "Lawrence’s Wealth Bandleader Founded Empire." Grand Forks Herald, 20 May 1992, sec. 1A.
Brue, Mike. "‘Professor Welk’ Made the Scene Band Leader Clicked with UND Students, Faculty During 1973 Visit." Grand Forks Herald, 20 May 1992, sec. 1A, 7A.
Clooney, Nick. "Welk's Music a `Wunnerful' Success Story." Cincinnati Post, 20 May 1992, sec. 1D.
Fredricks, Shirley Welk. "Eulogy of Lawrence Welk." May, 1992.
Gates, David. "It Was a Wunnerful Life: Heartland hero Lawrence Welk: 1903-1992." Newsweek, 1 June 1992, 76.
Gerboth, Betsy."Lawrence Welk Dies at 89; Welk's Death `The Passing of an Era'." Forum, 19 May 1992, sec. 1A.
Herald. "It was a ‘Wunnerful’ Life." Grand Forks Herald, 19 May 1992, sec. A1.
Jacobs, Mike. "Lawrence Welk Helped Create Nation’s Image of N.D." Grand Forks Herald, 19 May 1992.
"Lawrence Welk's 100th Birthday Would Have Been March 11, 2003." n.d.
MacDonald, John. "N.D. Town Mourns Loss of Native Son." Associated Press, n.d.
McNally, Ron. "Strasburg Mourns Death of Celebrated Musician." Emmons County Record, 26 May , 1992.
Miller, Michael M. "The Nation Recognized Welk Genius." Forum, May 1992.
Miller, Michael M. "Welk's German-Russian Heritage Will be Preserved." Grand Forks Herald, 29 May 1992.
Nelson, Todd. "Lawrence Welk Dies he was Simply 'Wunnerful,' Fans Recall." Argus Leader, 19 May 1992, sec. 1A.
Nelson, Todd. "Floren Plans Tribute for Welk at Corn Palace." Argus Leader, n.d.
Phillips, Barbara D. "It was Wunnerful While it Lasted." Wall Street Journal, 20 May 1992.
Remwolt, Lisa. "Welk's Aberdeen Sister Reminisces: `He was Such a Wonderful Brother to all of Us'." Aberdeen American News, 19 May 1992, sec. 6A.
"Senator Young Pays Tributes to Lawrence Welk." Congressional Record, 16 September 1968.
Weil, Martin. "Bandleader Lawrence Welk Dies; TV's `Champagne Music' Conductor." Washington Post, 19 May 1992, sec.D7.
"Welk, his Fans Place Heritage in Perspective." Forum, 10 June 1992, sec. A4.
Wloszczyna, Susan. "Welk, TV's Family Music Man." USA Today, 19 May 1992.

Death of Fern Renner Welk, Februrary 13, 2002

Burke, Allan."Fern Welk, 98, Dies in Santa Monica." Emmons County Record, 28 February 2002.
- "Fern had Made us a Home out of a Broom Closet." The Lawrence Welk Show, Spring 2002, 1.
- "Fern Welk Dies Peacefully at 98." The Lawrence Welk Show, Spring 2002, 2.
"Fern V. Welk, 98, of Santa Monica, Calif." Emmons County Record, 28 February 2002.
"Fern Welk, Wife of Lawrence Welk, is Eulogized as Daughter of the Prairie." Emmons County Record, 14 March 2002.
Other Articles about Lawrence Welk
"50 Years on National Television: The Lawrence Welk Show." Musical Family News 1, no. 1: n.d., 1-5.
Ames, Walter. "Welk Shrugs off new Rhythm and Blues Fad." Los Angeles Times, 23 January 1955, sec. 8C.
Armstrong, Mark. "Welk Homestead." KFYR Radio, 23 July 2001.
Armstrong, Patti Maguire. "Maintaining `Wunnerful' Memories." Algona Upper Des Moines, 23-28 December 2001, 8.
Bacon, James. "Welk's Success Awes Hollywood." n.d.
"Ballrooms and "Treasure Inn", Lost Twin Cities Ballrooms." n.d.
Boldt, Megan. "N.D. Home Still Attracts Visitors: Welk Family Home Carries on Memories." Forum, 10 November 2002, sec. A21.
Brue, Mike. "Lawrence Welk's `Wunnerful' Roots: Dedication of Strasburg Homestead is Sunday." Grand Forks Herald, 4 June 1992, sec. 1C, 2C.
Burke, Allan. "Eva Welk, Last of Lawrence Welk’s Siblings, Died Friday, Eemembered as Humble Care-Giver." Emmons County Record, 16 March 2006, 1, 3.
"Ceremony Puts Welk Back in N.D. Spotlight." Bismarck Tribune, 6 June 1995, 1.
"Champagne Music." Dakota Datebook, 7 September 2005.
"Champagne Music" Still Bubbles on TV." North Dakota Horizons, Winter 1992.
Condon, Maurice. "In Strasburg, N.D., They Remember Lawrence Welk, When he was Leader of the Hotsy Totsy Boys." TV Guide, 29 April 1967, 20-23.
"Dedication of the Ludwig and Christina (Schwahn) Welk Homestead." n.d.
Dwight, Floyd E. "Welk Family at Strasburg, North Dakota." n.d.
"Fact Sheet - Lawrence Welk." Watertown Public Opnion, 1983.
"Five Musicians Inducted in Minnesota Music Hall of Fame." n.d.
Flanagan, Barbara. "It's Welk on America." n.d.
"Frank Scott." Dakota Datebook, 21 June 2006.
Goldade, Bill. "Welk's Home." North Dakota Horizons, Winter 1992.
Helm, Merry. "Remembering Lawrence Welk." Dakota Datebook, 11 March 2004.
"Homestead of Ludwig and Christina Schwahn Welk, Birthplace of Bandleader Lawrence Welk, Strasburg, North Dakota." n.d.
"It's the last 'A One, and a Two, and a Three' Show." Watertown Public Opnion, 1983.
Jones, Will. "Bandleader Lawrence Welk as a Dakota Man who Made Good." Minneapolis Tribune, 20 May 1956.
Jones, Will. "Welk Wants Praise, Too." n.d.
"Jules Herman, Welk Musician and Bandleader, Dies 93." Lawrence Welk Show 12, no 2: Summer 2005, 7.
"Lawrence Welk." Modern Maturity, December/January 1965-1966, 8, 10 .
"Lawrence Welk: A Wunnerful, Wunnerful Life." 1977.
"Lawrence Welk In Polka Hall of Fame." Golden Gate Chapter Newsletter 32 no. 4: July-August 2003, 1.
"Lawrence Welk Left the Farm to Please People with Music." Watertown Public Opnion, 1983.
"The Lawrence Welk Musical Family Calendar." n.d.
"The Lawrence Welk Show: Then and Now." Welk Group Inc., 1995.
Leland, John. "Lawrence Welk Culture Hasn't Gone Flat." New York Times, 11 September , 2004, sec. A1.
"Lawrence Welk Arrangements, Memorabilia Given to NDSU." Frontiers, Summer 1992, 20.
"Letters to the Editor." Watertown Public Opnion, 1983.
Mack, Donna Welk. "Presentation of Baton & Anthology." 5 June 1995.
Miller, Michael M. "Polkas, Waltzes, and Champagne Music." North Dakota Horizons, Winter 1994.
Miller, Dr. John. "From the Great Plains to L.A.: The Intersecting Paths of Lawrence Welk and Johnny Carson." n.d.
Murphy, Bob. "From Chewing Gum to Champagne." Minneapolis Tribune, 1 March 1953, 1, 7.
"NDSU Gets High Marks From Welk Kin." Forum, 21 June 1993.
Raihala, Ross. "Bubbles, Bach and the Blues." Forum, 16 May 1999, sec. E-2.
"Road Dedicated to Lawrence Welk." Forum, 6 June 1995, sec. B-1.
"Sister of Lawrence Welk Dies." Lawrence Welk 15, no 1: Spring 2006, 11.
Springer, Patrick. "Farm Boy Became `Champagne Music' King." Forum, Fargo, 19 May 1992, sec. A1.
"Step Back in Time with a Visit to the Childhood Home of Lawrence Welk (1903-1992)." n.d.
"Strasburg Toasts Welk, the 'King of Champagne Nusic'." Bismarck Tribune, 8 June 1992.
Welch, Susan. "Off-Camera he’s Still Mr. ‘Wunnerful’." Minneapolis Tribune, 10 October 1971, sec. 1D, 3D, 6D.
"Welk Collection is ‘Wunnerful, Wunnerful'." Grand Forks Herald, 9 July 1992.
"Welk Comes Home: Bandleader’s Memorabilia Finds Resting Place at NDSU." Grand Forks Herald, 18 February 1993, 13.
"A Welk Family Snapshot." Germans from Russia Heritage Society Heritage Review, Volume 35, no. 1: March 2005.
"Welk Homestead, Photographs." 15 July 2000.
Welk, Lawrence. "A Family Plan for Business." Christian Economics, n.d.
Welk, Lawrence and Bernice McGeehan. "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" Welk Group Inc., 1971.
"Welk Memorabilia Arrives at NDSU." Forum, 18 February 1993.
"Welk's First Broadcast was From Landa Area." Courant, 26 June 1984, sec. 5F.
"Welk Spurns Fads, Enjoys 'His' Day." n.d.
Wiebe, Joanna K. "Chaplin at Sacred Heart Never Met Famous Cousin." n.d.
Welch, Susan. "2 Entertainers...Each a Phenomenon." Minneapolis Tribune, 7 November 1971, sec. 10D.
"A "Wonderful" Man." Prairies 8, no. 4: October 1984, 8-15. [PDF]

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