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Translations by Sigvald Støylen of fragments found in a notebook kept by an immigrant from Orkedal, Norway, to Dunn County, Wisconsin. 2 pages typescript. A brother, John Jensen Lium, came to the United States in 1870 and settled at Christine, N.D.
"Days of Our Lives; Personal Narrative of Experiences as a Youth in Norway, A Sailor on a Windjammer, A Country Preacher, and College President and Administrator." Born at Horton, Norway, Firing planned to enter the Royal Naval Academy and joined the merchant marine to gain the required 18 months of sea experience. He was converted at the Bethelship Methodist Church in Brooklyn, New York, in 1908, and left his ship because of illness. He studied at the Norwegian-Danish Seminary connected with the Garret Theological Seminary and Northwestern University and was ordained in 1916. After serving a parish at Norway, La Salle County, Illinois, he became principal of the Seminary he had attended and served until it closed in 1934. He then became president of Evanston Collegiate Institute which eventually became Kendall College. He retired in 1954. The autobiography ends with 1934.
Translation of an account by Olaf Grimalden of the life and work of Huvestad, a farmer from Eidsborg parish, Lårdal, Telemark who was a delegate at the Eidsvoll constitutional convention of 1814. His daughter Anne and her two children emigrated to the United States. Translated by Norman Hagen, Milan, Minnesota.
Reproductions of photographic slides of house, barn, and interiors showing details of construction and decoration, of a pioneer home in Holden Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. An interesting feature of the house was the murals on the walls and floors.
Minutes of an organization founded in 1890. Among the topics discussed were bilingualism, introduction of new courses, methods of instruction, athletics, discipline, social life, relations between Luther College and the academies, terminal courses for all students. Consisting of the teachers at Luther College, Luther Seminary, Lutheran Normal Schools (Sioux Falls), Luther Academy (Albert Lea), Bode Academy (Bode, Iowa), Bruflat Academy (Portland, N.D.), plus representatives from the Synod board and clergy.