Minnesota]]> Stengel, E.]]> Olsen, Michael]]> Skovgaard, Axel]]> Olson, Eleanora]]> Olson, Ethel]]> Olson, Eleanora]]> Birkeland, Harold]]> Olson, Floyd Björnstjerne, 1891-1936]]> Politicians]]> History/Biography:
Born in Minneapolis, 1891. Olson graduated from North High School in Minneapolis in 1909. After graduation, he worked for the Northern Pacific Railway for a year before entering school at the University of Minnesota. He was only enrolled for a year, after which he worked various jobs in Canada, Alaska, and Washington. Upon his return to Minnesota in 1913, he enrolled at William Mitchell College of Law and graduated in 1915. 

Olson first ran for governor in 1923 against Theodore Christianson and lost. 1930 marked the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, Olson ran again and was elected with a large majority of the votes. He held that position until 1936 when he passed away from stomach cancer at the age of 44.

Scope and Content:
Information regarding the political career of Olson.
Includes an autographed copy of "Special Message of Governor Floyd B. Olson to the Legislature of Minnesota, Dec. 3rd, 1935."; and publication "Floyd B. Olson in the First Kidnapping Murder in 'Gangster Ridden Minnesota'," written and published by Harold Birkeland, ca. 1933, 24 p.]]> Olson, Floyd Björnstjerne, 1891-1936]]> Wisconsin]]> Olson, Gilbert ]]> Lutheran Church]]> Olson, Gilbert]]> Oconomowoc (Wis.)]]> Kemper, Jackson]]> Johnson, John J.]]> The papers deal with matters relative to building a church, securing a minister, electing officials, and living conditions. Two of the correspondents are Johan G. Gasmann and Jackson Kemper. John J. Johnson includes reminiscences in his correspondence.]]> Nelson, E. Clifford, 1911-]]> Preus, Herman A. (Herman Amberg), 1896-]]> Dane County (Wis.)]]> Columbia County (Wis.)]]> Minnesota Farmer (March-April 1958), "A Critical Look at the Lutheran Church Among Norwegian Americans" a pamphlet by E. Clifford Nelson and Eugene Fevold, and "The Union Movement and the Minority, 1917"; some Sunday school material and a teacher's manual.

Transition from Norway's State Church to an American Free Church is a study of the early efforts of the Reverend Herman A. Preus and his Spring Prairie, Bonnet Prairie, Norway Grove, and Lodi parish in Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin, to orient themselves to American church life, 45 typescript pages
]]> Digital Collection:
]]> Preus, Johan Carl K.]]> Lovoll, Odd S., 1934-]]> Includes: Clipping about Floyd Foslien and his psalmodikon; "Nordic-American psalmodikonforbundet"; letter (Jan. 16, 1996) of Beatrice Hole to Odd Lovoll describing her interest in the instrument and giving a brief history.; Newsletters (1997-2007); and Music Charts (n.d.).]]> Hole, Beatrice]]> Blekre, Faltin Olsen]]> Grønli, Ingeborg Emma]]> Larson, Clare Linn]]> Mørk, Gro Viken]]> Pladson, Barbo]]> Whipple, Sennev]]> Svendsen, Gro, 1841-1878]]> Olson, Nils]]> Berg, Nicolai]]> Livedalen, Kolbjorn]]> Hustvet, Steffa]]> Rodningen, Ole ]]> Rodningen, Ragnhild Berg]]> Lindstrom, Lars]]> Lindstrom, Kajsa]]> Sondreaal, Guri Settungsgaard]]> Blekre, Valentin Olson ]]> Gamle Erick]]> Newburgh (N.D. : Township)]]> Sondreaal, E. M.]]> Trageton, Ole]]> Trageton, Ole]]>
Includes:
  • Articles, Correspondence, 1923-1975
  • Historical Sketches. Includes: Barbo Pladson; Ingeborg Grønli; Guri Settungsgaard Søndreaal; settlement in Newburgh & Ragnhild Berg Rodningen; Gro Viken Mørk; Lindstrom Family (Lars & Kajsa, John and Martha, and children Emily and Charley); First teacher (Steffa Hustvet) and first school in Steele County; Pioneer Funeral of Ole Swenson; First Settlements along the Upper Goose River; Hatton Saloon Raid on Jan. 10, 1890; Pioneer Parties; Early Weddings; Pioneer Data; Lind Township Settlers were Hardy Pioneers; Traill County Pioneers Began Arriving in 1871; Trageton-Korsmo Caravan Arrived in the Year 1874; A Pioneer Doctor [Valentin Olsen Blekre]; A Pioneer Resume of Goose River Settlers; The Americanization of Scandinavian Names; Hallucination of Reality [Death], 1927-1950
  • Corresp., Manuscript Material "The Grass of the Earth." Correspondence mainly between T.C. Blegen and Raaen concerning her book "Grass of the Earth," with drafts and introduction, table of contents, etc. and comments by Raaen, 1949
  • Photographs. Includes obit clippings, general correspondence, 1951-1980
]]> ]]> Raaen, Aagot]]> Migration]]> Wisconsin]]> Minnesota]]> Kansas]]> Ramberg, Severt H. ]]> Rasmussen, Paul A., 1895-1970]]> Rasmussen was a grandson of P.A. Rasmussen, Pioneer Lutheran clergyman in Illinois.]]> Rasmussen, Paul A., 1895-1970]]>