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• Helmer Melius Blegen papers, 1950-1980

  H. M. Blegen was a professor of Romance Languages at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for 49 years. See also P0482, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
  
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  • Typescript volume (341 pages) of articles, notes, and statistics on the history of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD (1970).
  • Next-to-last issue of "Life and Letters" (May 1950) on Norwegian Writing; Copy of memorial service program for Blegen (1 July 1980); "The H. M. Blegen Collection in the Mikkelsen Library of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD" (Donated 1974-1975); 3 issues of "Prairie People: Siouxland Heritage Museums Publication" (1978).
• Hans O. Blegen papers, 1903-1914

  Born in Faaberg, Blegen emigrated in 1873 to Olmstead County, Minnesota. In 1885 he moved to Benson County, North Dakota where he farmed. Elected to North Dakota House of Representatives in 1906. For brief biography and photograph, see P0271, Norwegian-Americans in politics.
  
  Includes: Copy of Governor L. B. Hanna's appointment of Blegen as member of the committee to present a bust of Abraham Lincoln from North Dakota to Norway (22 April 1914) and a program from the Unveiling and Presentation of the bust in Frogner Park, Kristiania, 4 July 1914; Photographic negative of "three of the many 'hired men' whom Blegen encouraged to strike out for themselves and not continue to work for others. They homesteaded in McKenzie County, North Dakota about 1903." The men are Peter Froholm from Innvik, Nordfjord; Clarence Rude from Stewartville, Minnesota; and Jon (Joe) Kirkeide from Stryn, Nordfjord. Added clipping from Curtis Eriksmoen (2006) "N.D. Artist [Paul Fjelde] lift Norway hopes during Nazi rule"
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  Theodore C. Blegen papers, 1925-1960

  Dr. Blegen was editor of the Norwegian American Historical Association publications, 1925-1960. The letters in this collection are those written to Mrs. Helen Katz, his assistant, usually in connection with editorial details. They are written in a bantering tone and reveal interesting aspects of Blegen's personality, and also the personality of Mrs. Katz, who added her own comments to the letters before she donated them to the archives.
• Norman Blessum photographs, 1950-1982

  Pictorial record of occasions involving the Norwegian-American community in Chicago: May 17, appearances of Bernt Balchen, Governor Adlai Stevenson, the Oslo Håndverkers Chorus, and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Blessum, a Chicago businessman and for a time Clerk of Cook County Court, was present at these events. He was a son of Ben Blessum, the Norwegian-American painter.
• Helge A. Boe papers, 1897-1922

  Born Vang, Valdres, Boe emigrated 1864. He worked as a clerk in various stores in Northfield, Minn. Before returning to Norway in 1877 for 1½ years. Upon his return to Northfield he established a hardware store in the building originally occupied by the First National Bank. He retired in 1922.
  
  Includes photocopies of clippings, 1922; 1 letterbook, pp. 2-1954, 1897-1898.; 1 photograph (1920) of Boe and his wife, and another couple.
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  Lars Wilhelm Boe papers, 1896-1993

  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.

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  Vigleik E. Boe papers, 1896-1983

  Biography/History:
  Vigleik Engebret Boe was born March 30, 1872, in Odda, Hardanger, Norway to Enegebret Engebretsson and Kristie (Skare) Boe. He immigrated in 1892 and settled in Nerstrand, Minnesota where he lived with his Aunt Mrs. Valgjer Olson. During this time, he became a member of the Vang Congregation. He married Maria (Haugen) Boe on December 23, 1899. 

  Boe attended St. Olaf College Academy (1895-1899) and the  United Church Seminary (1900-1903). He served as a Lutheran minister in Finley for 30 years. Boe was the editor of  "Luthersk Menighedsblad," (1910-12), and associate editor, "Concordia" (songbook, 1915). 

  
  

  Scope and Content: 
  The Boe papers include clippings, correspondence, family history materials, Finley Lutheran church records, and St. Olaf and United Church school records.
  
  Location: 
  1/A/3

• Carl L. Boeckmann papers, 1914-2000

  Clippings, photos, and exhibition descriptions of a Norwegian-born artist who came to the United States in 1887. He painted portraits, landscapes, and religious subjects. The papers were collected in connection with an exhibition of Boeckmann paintings at the Hennepin County Government Center (October 4-6, 1976) under the sponsorship of the Richfield, Minnesota, Bicentennial Commission. His painting "The Battle of Killdeer Mountain" hangs in the Minnesota Capitol Senate hearing room.
  
  Includes photos and description of the exhibition (Hennepin County Government Center, 1976); catalog of paintings compiled by Marilyn B. Anderson from research and exhibitions from Sept. 1967 to Nov. 2000. 6 pages (lists 94 paintings, usually with present owner); and photography of self-portrait.
• Floren and Haugen family history, undated

  "A Psalm book…and a Good Pair of Shoes: The Floren and Haugen Family, 13 Generations, From Tangvold Farm, Hegra Parish, Stjørdalen, Norway, to Valley Grove, Northfield, Minnesota" by Carol-Jean Swanson Boevers.
  
  The book includes general information about Norway, descriptions of each generation of the family, information about Norwegian emigration to America, and information about Norwegian life in America, including topics such as keeping Norwegian culture, education, preserving ties with Norway, religion, and American names.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Johan Bojer papers, 1872-1959

  Two photographs (one autographed) of the Norwegian novelist, and a newspaper clipping, "Et eventyr, som er sandt," February 1, 1923.