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Rasmus J. Meland papers, 1903-1959
Correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, and notes of a Lutheran clergyman. Much of the material concerns the activities of Nordfjordlag and related enterprises. He made early attempts to found a Norwegian-American archives. Included is a collection of anecdotes submitted to Meland by clergymen for "Pioner presters saga," a publication never realized. Among these anecdotes are reminiscences (7 typescript pages) by Mary Nelsen Wee (Mrs. M. O.) under the title "Church Union." Meland was the author of John J. Meland and Marie Brekke Genealogy (1959), co-author of "Norske settlementer og menigheter i Sherbourne, Benton og Mille Lacs Counties, Minnesota" (1903), and editor of several Nordfjordlag annuals.
Includes:- Book "Norske Settlementer of Menigheder i Sherburne, Benton, og Mille Lacs Countier, Minnesota" (1903)
- Manuscript material for "Fra Pioner Presternes Saga" (27 July 1928-25 June 1932)
- Correspondence and reports (8 December 1896-20 October 1923)
- Correspondence and reports (12 April 1924-1 March 1957).
- Correspondence regarding a Norwegian-American Archive (11 May 1912-5 May 1914)
- Correspondence with O. M. Norlie (1922-1958)
- Clippings (1902-1948, n.d.).
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Rasmus Sørnes clippings, undated
Article from a Norwegian newspaper describing an astronomical clock made by Rasmus Sørnes, a technician at the Jeløy radio station in Norway. The clock was purchased by Seth G. Atwood for the Time Museum which he donated to the city of Rockford, Illinois.
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Rasmussen family history, 1956
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Rasmussen family history, 1978
Christopher and Christina family history -
Rauberg family history, undated
Rauberg (Rowberg) and Harthol family history, and chart. -
Raymond Wennblom family history, 1996
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Red Wing Seminary papers, 1887-1933
Biography/History:
Red Wing Seminary started as the educational center for the Hauge Synod, and was in operation from 1879 to 1932. By 1917, with the merger of the Hauge Synod into the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, a new seminary was formed called Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. After that merger, the school continued on as an academy and junior college of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. However, in 1932 those programs were merged into St. Olaf College.With the creation of the Hauges Synod in 1876, there was a calling to provide better education for training men for the ministry. The first attempt for a school was in 1854 in Lisbon, Illinois. A second attempt in 1865 at Koshkonong, but not until land was purchased in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1867 was there a start to solidifying a center for education. However, the synod abandoned the project in 1877 – nearly a decade later.
H.M. Sande, Rev. Østen Hanson, and A. Ellingson purchased an abandoned school property in Red Wing. The deal was later approved by the Synod and the land previously bought was traded in on this property. The next challenge, after purchasing the property, was to find teachers for the seminary. At a Synod meeting in 1879, they extended a call to Rev. A. Weenaas of Norway to become the new president and theological professor. However, he declined.
Their luck changed when they decided to extend a call to Rev. I. Eistensen to be temporary resident and theological professor. He accepted and opened the seminary on September 17, 1879. The seminary also had Prof. G.O. Brohough to teach preparatory classes. However, when Rev. Eistensens year as temporary president was up, he declined to renew his position. The Synod sent a delegation to Norway to secure a professor and pastor for the school.
Professor Weenas was selected, but he could not come for a year. J. Kyllingstad, who just returned from mission work in Africa, was the temporary president and instructor in religion. Professor Weenas arrived in the summer of 1882, with the school opening up that fall. The first students of the theological department included Iver Hatlestad, T.J. Skjei, G.C. Gjerstad, C.C. Holter, L.L. Nervig, J.B.A. Dahle, A. Wold, O.O. Bergh. M.G. Hanson, and P.C. Rømo.
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, records, catalogs, photographs, and histories of a Lutheran Seminary founded in 1879, as both an academy and a divinity school. The correspondence deals with the problems of the post-merger period, recruitment of students, employment and salaries of teachers, and the organization of new departments. -
Reidar Nilsen Qualley papers, 1870-1952
Correspondence, documents, diaries, and other data of an emigrant from Vestre Slidre, Valders, to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1890. He had been trained as a tailor in Norway and worked at this trade for about ten years in Madison. He joined the local tailors' union, helped organize the central body of the AFL, and was a key figure in the Federated Trades Council for twelve years. He also commanded leadership roles in the local church, Sons of Norway, Ygdrasil Literary Society, Valdres Samband, the Leif Erikson Memorial Association, etc. -
Reidar Stavseth articles, 1975
A series "I Midt-Vesten" which appeared in "Adresseavisen," a newspaper published in Trondheim, Norway, featuring Norwegian-Americans and their achievements in the Midwest. Mr. Stavseth travelled in this area early in 1975 and wrote the articles becue of the interest in the sesquicentennial of Norwegian immigration to America.
Subjects are: Sønner av Norge; Rapid City, South Dakota; O. E. Rølvaag; Decorah, Iowa, Luther College, and the Norwegian American Museum (Vesterheim); St. Olaf College; Snoose Boulevard Festival (Minneapolis, 1973, 1975); The Norwegian American Historical Association (NAHA); South Dakota Farms; Wall Drug, South Dakota; Black Hills, South Dakota; The "bygdelag" movement. -
Reidar Victor Colderup Rosenvinge papers, 1959-1979
Clippings, correspondence, family history, and a 1979 Rolf Erickson interview of a Norwegian-born painter who came from Halden, Norway, to Chicago in 1926, where he worked at painting and decorating. At the same time he continued his studies in art at the Art Institute in Chicago, painting landscapes and murals. In 1972 he began work in "rosemaling" and gave lessons in that art in several Chicago centers.
Includes:- Includes interview with Rolf Erickson, August 1979
- Mural at Bethesda Home. Includes clippings, correspondence.
- Family History.