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Marcus Thrane papers, 1817-1890
Material by and about the father of the labor movement in Norway, author, journalist, and satirist. Thrane emigrated from Norway to the United States in 1863. -
Torrey Savereid letters, 1942-1944
Torrey Savereid entered the armed forces with a background including being the son of a Norwegian immigrant, a Norwegian Lutheran and coming from rural Iowa. He had met a young Norwegian-American woman (Marjorie Thronson) who was working in Minneapolis before he left overseas. The letters tell of his early history (and life in the trenches) while the overseas courtship continued through war-time censorship and V-mailletters.
Includes:
- 10 folders of correspondence between Torrey Savereid and Marjorie Savereid..
- "My Love is Always Yours: The World War II Letters of Torrey Savereid, 194s-1944" by David W. Thronson.
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Arlys Edman Thun papers, 1977
Typescripts of "The World of the Vikings," and an article, "The Red River Valley of the North," written by a former resident of the Red River Valley area. -
Edward John Thye papers, 1945-1958
History/Biography:
Born in Frederick, South Dakota, 1896. Thye served in World War I, and returned home to work at the Deere & Webber. Thye held various positions from serving the town council of Sciota and Sciota school board, president of the Dakota County Farm Bureau, director of Twin City Milk Producers Association, and others. Thye was elected the 31st Lieutenant Governor under Harold Stassen in 1942. When Stassen resigned to served the navy, Thye succeeded him as governor. He was reelected until 1947 when he was elected as U.S. Senator – defeating Henrik Shipstead and Theodore Jorgenson.
Scope and Content:
Newsletters, speeches, press releases, clippings, and letters of a Minnesota farmer and a United States senator (1947-1958).
Includes these speeches/addressed by Thye:
- "The One Hundred Anniversary of Minnesota," (1949); "Need for Action on Hoover Commission's Recommendations," (1950)
- "Address before the National Lutheran Educational Conference, Washington D.C.," (1952)
- "Alaska and Hawaii Deserve Statehood," (1952)
- "Norway's Constitutional Day," (1952)
- "Norway's Independence Day," (1954)
- "All Segments of Nation's Economy--Agriculture, Industry, Labor--Must be kept in Balance," (1954)
- "Sen. Thye says Dairy Problems Demand Changes," (1954)
- "Thye Cites need for Research in Fighting Disease," (1954)
- "Sen. Thye Gets Action on Egg Price Hearing," (1954)
- "On Continuing Small Business Administration," (1955)
- "Sen. Thye would Continue Small Business Agency," (1955)
- "Sen. Thye asks Hearings to Clarify Wheat Inspections," (1955)
- "A Stalwart Friend Speaks for Small Business," (1958)
- "Remarks of Introduction by Sen. Thye at St. Olaf College [welcoming Princess Astrid, & Prime Minister Gerhardsen] (1958)
- "Thye Leadership Praised by Colleagues--Remarks by Hon. Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota) and Hon. Styles Bridges (New Hampshire), (1958)
- "Sen. Ed Thye Speaks for the Farmer, remarks by Thye, Andrew F. Schoeppel (Kansas) and George D. Aiken (Vermont), (1958)
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Anna Thykesen papers, 1910-1951
Papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College: a Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson letter and a scrapbook of clippings dealing largely with Bjørnson and the centenary of his birth, a scrapbook on O. E. Rølvaag and other writers (1931-1956), and a scrapbook of clippings on the reorganization problem in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America in the early 1930s. -
Adolph Tidemand prints, 1956
Reproductions from the National Gallery, Oslo, of paintings by a famous Norwegian artist. Among these are "Brevet fra Amerika," and "Udvandringen." Other prints deal with Norwegian church life. -
Christi Tillotson correspondence, 1912-1922
Letters written to a Norwegian immigrant living at Clinton, Wisconsin, in connection with her gifts to Opheim and Vinje Parishes in Vossestrand. The gifts were used for an old people's home in the Opheim parish and for a children's home at Voss. Each letter has an English translation. Also, "Ole Trondson Rong/Ole R. Tillerson; Martha Haavardsdatter Nyre; Christie Eriksdatter Slæn," by Terrance Hanold, edited by Ruth Hanold Crane. -
Gertrude Tingelstad pamphlet, 1978
Scandinavians in the Silverton Country; Their Arrival and Early Settlement, the story of Scandinavian pioneers who moved into the Willamette Valley in Oregon, by the granddaughter of a couple who came in 1892. -
Oscar A. Tingelstad papers, 1899-1953
Correspondence, records, articles, reports, and account books of a Lutheran clergyman, educator, and author. Dr. Tingelstad was professor of psychology and education and registrar (1909-1928) and professor of philosophy and Bible (1944-1953) at Luther College, and president of Pacific Lutheran College (1928-1943).
Personal as well as professional correspondence runs throughout the collection and provides information on family affairs and on educational and professional careers of friends and colleagues. He defended the classical course of study in the colleges he served and in the main took a conservative stance on religious doctrine. Topics discussed are theory of evolution, liberal theology, rationalism in the church, curriculum development, church mergers, student recruitment, building programs and problems related to financing private colleges. In brief, his correspondence treats issues and problems prominent in college and church affairs during the first half of the twentieth century.
Manuscripts by Tingelstad: "The Historic Position of Lutheranism" (1927), "Registration Procedure and Preparation of Class Lists" (1927), "Academic Freedom and Tenure" (1939), "Brought up a Lutheran-But" (ca. 1945), "Thy Word is Truth" (1948), and "How Do Our Colleges Measure up to Present Day Educational Standards?" (1948). Meticulously kept, the account books contain detailed records of all correspondence and all personal financial transactions for the years indicated. See also correspondence with Mrs. Tingelstad, 1953-1955 in Archives contributions correspondence, NAHA Secretarial Records.
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Nehemias Tjernagel papers, 1913-2007
Articles, clippings, and pamphlets of an Iowa farmer, author, and musician dealing with the history of Norwegian Americans in the Story City area. Among the papers are a list of Tjernagel's musical compositions and writings; a Story City, Randall, Roland community bibliography; stories by Tjernagel clipped from "The Story City Herald" about early pioneers, and from other journals containing articles by Tjernagel and others on pioneer churches, prairie fires, agriculture, food and water supply, homes, peddlers, horse thieves, music, disease, and the 1855 settlement.
Includes several photographs of the Follinglo farm and an article titled "Travel," (1920) by Tjernagel.; added January 2008: "Nehemias Tjernagel's Music: An Album," edited by Peter Tjernagel Harstad (2006). Includes a DVD of the Musical Legacy of Nehemias Tjernagel. Includes: "Paragraphs of a pedestrian"[Northfield, Minn., Mohn Printing Company, 1913. 75 p.] (Another copy in library collection) In library collection: "Fodture: AEgypten og Palaestina" Randall, Iowa, 1897; "Fotturer i AEgypten og Palaestina" Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1919; "Walking trips in Norway," Columbus, Ohio, Lutheran Book Concern, 1917. Three hymns (Thy will be done, Rock of ages, 0 Sacred Head) set for mixed voices. (Northern Edition of octavo music, no.16). Chicago Northern Book and Music Co., c1907 4 p. Octavo music: including "The king of love" Henderson, A.M. Memories, being an address given at the 35th annual Old Settlers' Picnic at Bell's Mill, Hamilton county, Iowa, Aug. 1, 1937. 2nd ed. 16 p. "A short story of my life." 11 p.; "A list of books and book mss., and those of my other writings that I can call to mind." 3 p.; "Story City-Randall-Roland community bibliography" prepared by Henry J. Peterson. 1 p.; "Nehemias Tjernagel, Follinglo Farm, Story City, Iowa," by Henry J. Peterson. 4 p.
Clippings of articles on the Tjernagel family participation in World War I, Tjernagel's musical activities, and the Riverside Band: transferred from the Carl G. 0. Hansen clipping collection. Ppublications: "Annals of Iowa; a magazine of history": "Immigrants trying experiences." July 1951, pp. 64-71; "Pioneer Iowa homes." October, 1951, pp. 146-151; "Variable Iowa weather." Jan. 1952, pp. 205-214; "Pioneer foods and water supply." April 1952, pp. 276-279. "Pioneer Iowa soil subjugation." Oct. 1952, pp. 417-433; "Pioneer animal lore.'' April 1953, pp. 595-611; "Prairie fires menaced settlers." July 1953, pp. 32-37; "Pioneer church fathers." January 1954, pp. 217-225. "The Palimpsest": "The Sheldall school." Sept. 1931, pp. 359-369. (Also published as a separate pamphlet 39 p.); "The last horse robbery." Oct. 1931, pp. 73-380.; "The Riverside Band." May 1932, pp. 02-214; "Who was Nagelsen, by P.J. Tjernagel & H.M. Tjernagel." July 1932, pp. 61-273; "Angels of the sick room." Sept. 1942, pp. 98-304.