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Andrew B. Moe biography, undated
By a Norwegian-born pioneer concerning his father, Iver B. Moe, founder of Poulsbo, Washington, and its first postmaster. Moe emigrated from Fredrikestad in 1880 to Minnesota; in 1882 to Seattle. The biography deals also with the trip across the mountains from Miles City, Montana, to Seattle, and with logging in Washington.
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Andrew B. Moe Article: "Journey to Seattle Pioneering" (n.d.) -
Fillmore County, Minnesota, tax receipts, 1861-1877
Tax levies on land ranging from 80 to 320 acres.
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Fillmore County, Minnesota: Tax Receipts. -
Michael Mickelsen papers, 1891-1947
Correspondence, articles, and clippings of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman. The clippings treat subjects such as temperance, language problems, and the Norwegian Memorial Church. Many of the letters are from charitable institutions, including Homme Home for the Aged, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, and Ebenezer, a Home for the Aged, Minneapolis. J.A. Aasgaard is one of the correspondents.
Contents:- Articles, Clippings, Sermons. Includes autobiographical notes.
- Papers & Articles. Includes membership notice from the National Geographic Society (1910); "Mindekirkens Menigheds Historie" (1929);
- Correspondence.
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Gulbrand Mellem biography, 1923
Clippings and a 25-page typescript translation of an article that appeared in "Decorah-Posten," January 2, 1923, concerning Mellem, a Norwegian-born farmer in Worth County, Iowa. The sketch touches on subjects such as chinch bugs; logging in Missouri; slavery; caravan to Iowa from Rock Prairie, Wisconsin; Indian visits; purchase and sale of land; public service; and the slavery question in the church. Part of Mellem's land became the site for Northwood, Iowa. For a time he was considered the largest landowner in Iowa. The translation was done by Mrs. Brede Wamstad, a granddaughter.
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Gulbrand Mellem Article: Pioneer Life in North Iowa. Includes clippings. -
Ole Anderson Mellby papers, 1972-1944
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman (pastor at New Richland, MN, 1872-1914): 1876-77 correspondence, receipts for money given to St. Olaf's School, signed by B.J. Muus; a biography of Mrs. Mellby by Carl A. Mellby, a son; the letters are by H. A. Preus (Sept. 29, 1872), U. V. Koren (July 31, 1903), Thina M Bjorn to Clara Schmidt (March 20, 1898), later Mrs. Carl A. Mellby.
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Formal portrait of Carl A. Mellby, circa 1890
Formal portrait of Gisle Mellby, circa 1900
Formal portrait of Rev. O.A. Mellby, 1881 -
Mikkel Mehus letter, 1883
Photocopy of an letter (Dec. 18, 1883) written at Newburgh, North Dakota, dealing mainly with the drinking problem among Norwegian settlers.
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Mikkel Mehus Letter. Obituary clipping. -
Gunnar J. Malmin papers, undated
Letters, clippings, and articles by a professor of music at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Washington. "Source Material Relating to the Emigration of 1825" was published in the "American Scandinavian Review," 13 (June, 1925). "The Society of Friends in Norway and Their Relations to the Early Norwegian Emigration to America," "Norwegian Music in America," and "Norwegian Archives" are unpublished manuscripts. The "Decorah-Posten" clippings, "Norsk Landnam i U.S.," are articles by Malmin. The file includes "Songs and Hymns for Children's Voices," 36 pages, 1928, and "Songs and Anthems for Children's Voices," by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin, 51 pages, 1930. Note: For another set of the series "Norsk Landnam i U.S." see Norwegians in the U.S. Scrapbooks, I-II. P 697.
Contents:- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers [music]. sheet music, "To Minnesota," and "Mit flag'.' "Songs and hymns for children's voices." 36 p. 1928. "Songs and anthems for children's voices, by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin." 51 p. 1930. See Thomas Garber Music, P 1456. In a letter of March 11, 1989 Garber says "the melody was published in a column by G. J. Malmin in a newspaper in South Dakota along with" an article describing how his father heard it in the Haugesund harbor. The origin is unknown, although Garber doubts it is Norwegian.
- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers: Articles. Includes "Reverend Malmin's lost tune," audio cassette tape, Transferred from Music collection; Transferred from Gjerset Papers (Musicians): "Music and musicians": I. Norwegian male choruses and the Norwegian Singers' Association of America. 15 p. II. Artistically trained singers and musicians. 2 p. (Some sections had appeared in various newspapers.); "Information as to the Music Department in Connection with the Institution [Augustana College and Normal School] (1925), History of Music at Waldorf College, Concordia College history of music.
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Hans (Boe) Madson papers, 1847-1931
Emigration papers, tax receipts, and a certificate of naturalization of a Norwegian-born farmer of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. A warranty deed to Halvor Rasmussen, and general tax receipts of Albert Halvorson, Nels Madson, H. Halverson, M.R. Madson (Martin Rasmus Madson, son of Hans). Hans emigrated from Gjerpen in 1847.
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Hans Madson Papers: Emigration, Tax, Naturalization. -
Maanedstidende volume, undated
An organ of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the volume contains all the numbers except (vol. 2, No. 6-7; vol. No. 3; and pgs. 23-4 of vol. 12) and , of "Maanedstidende" from the first issue March, 1851, to the including March 1853. Edited by A.C. Preus, H.A. Stub, and C.L. Clausen, pastors in the church, the journal was printed in K. Langeland's print ship, first at Racine, Wisc., and later at Janesville, Wisc. In April, 1852, Den skandinaviske presseforening, Immansville, Wisc., became the publishers.
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Maanedstidende , 1 volume. -
Lutheran Publishing House papers, 1908-1915
Minutes of the board of publication, financial reports, and correspondence of the Norwegian Synod's publishing house in Decorah, Iowa, with a branch office in Minneapolis. Thomas Nilsson was the president of the board and L.S. Dale, business manager.
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Lutheran Publishing House Papers: Correspondence and Reports.