Boyesen, Alf E.]]> Boyesen, Algernon]]> Seyersted, Per E.]]> Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895]]> Boyesen, Ingolf K.]]> Evjen, John Oluf]]> New York]]> Biography/History: 
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848–1895) was a Norwegian-American author, educator, and literary critic known for helping introduce Norwegian culture and literature to American audiences. Born in Norway’s Valdres region, he immigrated to the United States in 1869 and quickly became involved in academic and literary circles. Boyesen taught languages at Urbana University in Ohio and later joined Cornell University’s faculty before becoming a professor of Germanic languages at Columbia College (now Columbia University).

A prolific writer, Boyesen published novels, short stories, poetry, and essays that often explored themes of immigration, identity, and cultural adaptation. His best-known novel, Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life (1874), was one of the first works of Norwegian fiction to gain broad recognition in the United States. He died in New York City in 1895.

NAHA published Clarence Glasrud's "Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen" in 1963. 

Scope and Content: 
Biographical miscellany, articles, poems, and stories of a Norwegian-born novelist, poet, essayist, and teacher. 

]]> Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895]]> Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman who attended Albion Academy, Augustana College (Paxton, Illinois), and Augsburg Seminary (Marshall, Wisconsin) and who served pastorates in Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Nils E. Boe was the father of Lars W. Boe. 

The correspondence, consisting largely of letters to Boe written by clergy, laity, and relatives, describes economic, social, and church conditions especially in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and Wisconsin; provides information regarding problems connected with Marshall Academy and Augsburg Seminary; and discusses topics currently under discussion in the church, such concepts as professor fund, proselytism, "den nye retning," "erklæringer," "Wisconsinisme," and "Augustanaisme." 

Included are three manuscript articles by Bøe, entitled "Protest" (1885), "Om Augsburgernes Principer" (1898), and "Det engelske sprog indenfor vort samfund"(ca. 1920). Most of the collection consists of correspondence with family and friends, including parishioners of Bøe in Kansas, Michigan and Iowa and a number of Civil War letters.

]]> Bøe, Nils E.]]> St. Olaf College]]> Haugen, John Edward]]> Ingvoldstad, Orlando]]> Middleton, Kristmar]]> Wist, Johs B.]]> Jorgenson, Theodore, 1894-1971]]> Waldorf College]]> Lutheran Church]]> Rasmussen, Gerhard, 1857-1943]]> Biography/History: 
Lars W. Boe (1875–1942) was a prominent leader in both St. Olaf College’s early development and the broader history of American Lutheranism. The son of a pioneer pastor, he graduated from St. Olaf in 1898 and was ordained after completing his studies at the United Lutheran Church seminary in St. Paul. In his twenties, Boe became the first president of Waldorf College (1904–1915), simultaneously serving as a pastor and as a member of the Iowa state legislature. He later moved into church administration, becoming the executive secretary to the trustees and education board of the newly formed Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in 1917.

Boe’s 1918 inauguration as St. Olaf’s president highlighted his continuity with the college’s earlier leaders, blending Norwegian-American traditions with the wartime patriotism of the era. His presidency carried the college through years of growth and hardship, guiding St. Olaf from a period of prosperity, through the Great Depression, and into the challenges of another world war.

Scope and Content: 
Articles, pamphlets, clippings, scrapbooks, and pictures dealing largely with biography. L. W. Boe was the fourth president of St. Olaf College. The two scrapbooks were compiled by his sister, A. Sophie Boe. The main collection of the L.W. Boe Papers is in the St. Olaf College Archives. Papers deal largely with biography, Boe's proposals for reorganization of the Lutheran Church, and the Boe Memorial Chapel.

]]> Boe, L. W. (Lars Wilhelm), 1875-1942]]> ]]> Civil War]]> Lutheran Church]]> Wisconsin]]> Jackson County (Wis.)]]> Femtende Wisconsin]]> 15th Wisconsin Regiment]]> Torkelson, Iver]]> Minnesota]]> St. Olaf College]]> Tollefson, Andrew]]> Wisconsin]]> Anderson, Ole]]> Augustana Academy (Canton, S.D.)]]> Augustana College (Canton, S.D.)]]> Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.)]]> Montana]]> Augsburg College and Theological Seminary]]> Central Wisconsin College]]> Tollefson, Andrew]]> Lutheran Church]]> Toftezon, Zacharias M.]]> Washington]]> ]]> Toftezen, Zacharias M.]]> Wisconsin]]> Thompson, Elling, 1830-1909]]> Blizzards]]> South Dakota]]> Miner County (S.D.)]]> Tystad, Søren A.]]> Lutheran Church]]> Bygdelag]]> Tank, Nils Otto]]> Turlie, Irene]]>