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Letter book, 1834-1888
Transcriptions of Norway letters dealing largely with spiritual matters. Names which appear are Elling Eielsen, Jens Johnsen, Niels C. Haugene, Ole Olsen Oterholt, and Inger L. Flood. Cover says: "Coppie af Breve, 1843 den 28 Juni" -
Stener M. Stenby papers, 1941
Photographs and other items about an 1882 immigrant from Biri, Norway, who was ordained in 1886. He served the Bethlehem Lutheran Congregation, Clear Lake, Iowa, throughout the 55 years of his ministry. He was president of the Elling Eielsen Synod, 1902-1941. Includes: Articles (n.d.); Memorials (1941); Photographs (n.d.). -
Clarence J. Carlsen thesis, 1932
"Elling Eielsen, Pioneer Lay Preacher and First Norwegian Lutheran Pastor in America," MA thesis, University of Minnesota. -
Peter A. Rasmussen papers, 1830-1941
Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, and clippings of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, author, and editor. Rasmussen immigrated in 1850; was a parochial school teacher (1850-1852); minister, Lisbon, Illinois (1854-1897); president, Eielsen Seminary, Lisbon (1854- 1855); organizer of Lisbon Society for Publication of Textbooks and Devotional Books (1856); editor of "Kirkelig Tidende" (1856-1861) and of "Opbyggelseblad" (1877-1887); and author of books and articles treating theological subjects.
Some of the topics discussed are education, foreign and home missions, theological doctrine, union of synods, lay activity in the church, recruitment of pastors from Norway, St. Olaf College, Augsburg Seminary, and life in the Lisbon settlement. Among the correspondents are Ludvig M. Biorn, August Cramer, Nils J. Ellestad, E. S. Holland (his brother-in-law), Gjermund Hoyme, Gisle Johnson, John N. Kildahl, J. Landsverk, N. J. Laache, Olaus Nielsen, and Friedrich A. Schmidt. Many of the letters are from Rasmussen. -
Lars Nielssen Nesseim (Nesheim) papers, 1838-1961
Biography/History:
Lars Nielsen Nesheim, a farmer in Øvre Lemme in Voss, Norway, was responsible for copying all of these letters. A man by the name of Ivar Davidson Hustvedt (who donated one copy to NAHA) knew the man personally, and described Nesheim as a self-taught man, and as an "original.” Hustvedt said Nesheim had "bookshelves that reach from the floor up to the ceiling filling two walls" and “he spared no effort, often traveling great distances in order to get hold of these letters, as a loan or by other means, so he could copy them. He bound these copies into books” These letters were sent from America, and often helped convince or deter a person from emigrating. All of them are carefully copied in gothic script using different colors of ink.Scope and Content:
The Lars Nielseen Nesseim papers consist of two volumes of copied immigrant letters. One volume was donated by Ivar Davidson Hustvedt, and the other by Rev. Sven Tverberg. The two volumes of America letters were written during the 1840s to friends and relatives in Voss and copied into books by Nesseim. Sophie Boe made typed transcriptions and translations of the Tverberg volume. Among the letters are some by Elling Eielsen, Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim, and John Haldorsen Quileqval, uncle of Knut Nelson.Correspondence between Sophie Boe, O.E. Rølvaag, and Theordore Blegen about the Tverberg volume, and between Blegen and the Chicago Historical Society (now Chicago History Museum) about the Ekse volume. Note, the volume donated by Ida S. Ekse to the Chicago Historical Society may be the Lars Davidsen Reque volume. Two other volumes are at the Voss Folk Museum.
Volume 1 and volume 2 of the copied immigrant letters is available online. -
Gunhild Andrine Jacobsdatter Larsen reminiscences, 1923, 1925
Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife: her 1844 passage across the Atlantic, life in Muskego in the 1840s and 1850s and her wedding, November 3, 1856. There are comments on "Nordlyset," the presidential election of 1856, Soren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, J. W. C. Dietrichson, Elling Eielsen, Even Heg, John J. Landsverk, and H. A. Stub.
Content:
Gunhild A. Larsen (Mrs. Tobias) Manuscript: Recollection from Muskego. Note: baptized in Laurvig, Norway. -
Elling Eielsen papers 1846-1997
Biography/History:
Elling Eielsen was born and raised on the farm of Sundve in Voss, Norway. The son of Eiel Ingebrigtsen Sundve and Anna Ellingsdatter Sundsvaal. In Norway, he was brought up in the Lutheran religious tradition of Hans Nielsen Hauge. From 1832-1839, he was a lay preacher who toured around Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, where he was often met with opposition and eventually faced imprisonment
Eielsen immigrated to the United States in 1839 first settling in the Fox River Settlement, LaSalle County, Illinois. In 1843, he was formally ordained as a Lutheran minister by Francis Arnold Hoffmann, a German Lutheran pastor. The Eielsen Synod (originally named the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) was founded at the Jefferson Prairie settlement, Wisconsin, in 1846 by Elling Eielsen. Eielsen is considered the first Norwegian Lutheran minister in the United States.
Scope and Content:
Copies of his baptism and confirmation records; Eielsen's certificate of ordination and of letters by him (1836-1862); transcripts of a 15-page typescript article titled "Haugianer Folket på Sundve Fraasegnuppskrifter" (1931) by Knut Bjørgaas; a thesis (208 pages, 1932) titled "Elling Eielsen: Pioneer Lay Preacher and First Norwegian Lutheran Pastor in America" by Clarence J. Carlsen; an Eielsen bibliography by Olaf M. Norlie (106 pages); a Master's thesis (98 pages, 1946) by Ansgar Sovik and his Norway lectures on Eielsen; a list of Eielsen Synod churches and ministers; and assorted articles, clippings, and pamphlets. -
Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson papers, circa 1843-2012
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the Koshkonong congregations, doctrinal differences, plans for a seminary, and relations with the Mormons. There are references to Søren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, Elling Eielsen, Laurits J. Fribert, Hans Gasmann, Cleng Peerson, J. D. Reymert, John G. Smith, and Gustaf Unonius. After founding many congregations in Wisconsin, Dietrichson returned to Norway in 1850. He was opposed to emigration. In 1973 NAHA published E. Clifford Nelson's "Pioneer Churchman: J. W. C. in Wisconsin, 1844-1850." It includes a translation of Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter…" (1846) and of his "parish journal" for Koshkonong, 1844-1850. A copy of "Reise" is in the NAHA book collection; copies of an 1896 reprint are included here. Also included are photographs and articles on Deitrichson by Berge Øverland (1942) and Einar Haugen (1946).
Contents- J.W.C. Dietrichson letters, undated
- Typed transcriptions of letters with index, undated
- Photographs, undated
- Includes cabinet card, published by W.A. Fermann, Stoughton, Wisc.
- Publications, undated
- Clippings and articles, undated
- Dietrichson Slekten Jubileumfest, 1924, 1949, 1974;
- Book "Stamtavler over Familien Breder og de med den Beglaegtede Familier Preus og Arctander med alle disse familiers sidelinier" (Norway, 1876)
- Genealogy/family history,undated
- See folio cabinet for framed pedigree chart
- Correspondence, 1848-1911
- Correspondence with Edwin R. Dietrichson, World War I, 1918)
- Miscellaneous family letters, 1897-1944
- Correspondence of Rasmus and Margit Fione family, Nissedal, Norway, 1934-1938
- Correspondence Petter and Anne Flatland, 1930-1938
- two photographs of Elving H.D. Dietrichson
- Newspaper clipping regarding Rachel Dietrichson
- "A Brief Biography and a Tribute, Isak Levin Preus Dietrichson," by Otto Dietrichson
- Obituary clippings regarding Levina Dietrichson, 1935
- Newspaper columns "This 'N That" authored by Susie W. Stageberg, 1958
- Correspondence from Hans and Olav Nordbö, Telemark, Norway, 1931-1939
- Includes several photographs.
- 300+ photographs