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• Peter Christian Asserson papers, circa 1881, 1944

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  Biographical information on a Norwegian-born rear admiral and civil engineer in the United States Navy. He was an ensign in the navy during the Civil War, and as the senior member of the Corps of Engineers, 1872-1901, was in charge of building most major American dry docks. Includes an article by Kenneth O. Bjørk (n.d.).
  
  Biographical information:
  Born in Egersund, sailed as a youth in Norway, took courses in navigation, astronomy and engineering at Cooper Union in New York in preparation for service in the Union Navy at the onset of the Civil War. Served on the Florida as navigator and divisional officer. Following the war he raised four battleships, two frigates and a number of river boats. Placed in charge of the reconstruction of the navy yard in Norfolk in 1873. In 1885 he was sent to rebuild the navy yards in New York. Became known as a dry dock expert, retired in 1901, died in 1906. Children were William C. Asserson, Frederick A. Asserson, Henry R.Asserson, M. Alice Asserson, and two daughters who married W. B. Fletcher and William F. Spicer.
  
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  • Clipping, Biography by Kenneth Bjørk published in Nordisk Tedende, March 23, 1944
    • In English.
  • Photocopy of application as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, circa 1881
    • Approved as member in June 1882.
      
      

  
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• Augsburg Publishing House papers, circa 1915-1944

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  A historical sketch of the company by A.J. Anderson (1944), and pamphlets about staff picnics in the 1920s.
  
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  • Article and pamphlets circa 1944
    • "When We Were Young: Reminiscences from Augsburg Publishing House," by A. J. Anderson, "Lutheran Herald," May 30, 1944.
  • "Læsebog for børn: første trin by Knute Løkensgaard,"1932
    • Minneapolis, Augsburg Publishing House.
  • "Sunday School Teachers Class Book"
  • "Search the Scriptures: Daily Bible Study Helps for Revelation," September 1934, Dec. 1935, and June 1936
    • Pamphlet 10, 12 and 18.
  • "Little Folks," April 19, 1942
    • Vol. XXI.
  • "Rose Marie Makes Rice Bags" by Edith Cling Palm
  • "Trøst Fra Gud," 1935

  
  
  
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• Folkekalender, 1930, 1945

  Folkekalendar for 1930 and 1949 printed by Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Ivar Aus sermons, 1968-1977

  Aus was born near Oslo, and was called in 1947 to serve the Norwegian-speaking congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City. Twelve years later he became pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Minneapolis. He retired in 1971, but worked two years a Shepherd of the Hills Church in Edina, ten years at Central Lutheran Church. Sermons (and service folders) for Norwegian Advent services at Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College. Some were sponsored by the student society Idun-Edda.
• Ragna Dahle biography, 1923

  One of the Least, a 32-page biography of a Norwegian-American woman from Aitkin, Minnesota, who became a Lutheran missionary teacher at Manasoa, Madagascar. Astrid Awes, the author and Dahle's sister, used the missionary's diary as a partial basis for her account. Includes a portrait of Dahle and a photograph of her grave in Madagascar.
• Gilbert Helgeson Baaken papers, circa 1891-1912

  Born in Goodhue county to parents who emigrated from Valdres, Bakken was one of the earliest students at St. Olaf's School. Attended Augsburg Seminary, was ordained 1891. Served at Soldier, Iowa 1900-12; Mt. Morris, Wis. During the years these three notebooks were kept.
• Olai Bache-Wiig clipping and notebooks, 1904, 1982

  A story in the Mosinee, Wisconsin, Times, November 18th, 1982, concerning the presentation of a photograph of Bache-Wiig to the Mosinee Paper Corporation. Bache-Wiig, an immigrant from Baastad (now part of Oslo) was designer and engineer of the Corporation (1910 - 1911), operating superintendent, (1911 - 1916), and vice-president and general manager (1916 - 1924). The accompanying article was written by his son Lars Ravn Bache-Wiig of Philadelphia, PA.
  
  Also includes two notebooks of "Tekniske Notitser" including a number of separate pages with various formulae, financial calculations, etc, also March 25th, 1904 letter to Olai from his uncle.
• Søren Bache diary, 1839-1947

  A copy of the diary which Bache kept during his visits to America, 1839-1947; a transcription by Andreas Elviken; issues of Norsk Ungdom, December 1927-April 1929, in which portions of the diary was first printed; and photographs of Bache and his wife and of Bache's cabin at Muskego. The NAHA published a translation of the diary in 1951 as A Chronicle of Old Muskego. The published book omits "certain materials that Bache obviously copied from manuals and other sources that fell into his hands; letters transcribed on pages 1-4; and the portion of the diary (pages 196-206) after Bache's departure from America." It includes as an appendix the passenger list of the Johanna, on which Bache returned after a visit home.
  
  

  • Et Memorandum: 1839, June 28 - 1846, Dec. 5. Includes (loose): original diary
  • Transcription, Part 1, Bache Diary, Chronicle of Old Muskego, 1951. Includes pp. 1-177 of transcription.
  • Transcription, Part 2, Bache Diary, Chronicle of Old Muskego, 1951. Includes pp. 178-358 of transcription, plus 7 pp. of information transcribed from the back of the M.S.
  • Photographs, Issues of Norsk Ungdom. Includes: 2 sets of pp. 185-187, removed from Norsk Ungdom (December 1927), entitled Sören Baches dagboksoptegnelser: under sit ophold i Amerika…; monthly issues of Norsk Ungdom (Jan. 1928-Apr. 1929); photographs (3) of Bache, his wife, and his cabin; newspaper clipping entitled Søren Baches Plads i vor historie (Dec. 25, 1927).
• Astrid Ihme Bacon papers, 1976

  A typescript "Bridges of Brotherhood," chronicling the experiences and life of the Norwegian "colony" at San Pedro, California. The author was born in Tvedestrand, Norway, and emigrated to the United States in 1914. A letter explaining her project in writing this history is included.
• Mons Samuel (Monssini) Baker papers, undated

  Publications of a Minneapolis railroad machinist who emigrated from Voss in 1859 as Mons Sjurson Bakkethun, eventually settling in Goodhue County, Minnesota. He received a preacher's license from Yale University in 1878, an M. A. from Carleton College in 1879. He was active as a singer in Minneapolis late in the last century. He wrote and published poems in Norwegian and English, often meant to be sung to familiar tunes, and tracts expressing his socialist beliefs. "Strilevisen-Fiskevisen" (32 pages) includes poems linked by autobiography, "Monsinnis lille katekismus" (32 pages) states his economic beliefs in catechismal format. He published six "Monssinian Cards" on similar themes. His father, Sjur Monsen Bakkethun (1806-1866) emigrated from Haugesund 1858 to Long Prairie, Ill. In 1861 to Leon Township, Goodhue Co., Minn.