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  Elling Eielsen papers 1846-1997

  Biography/History:

  Elling Eielsen was born and raised on the farm of Sundve in Voss, Norway. The son of Eiel Ingebrigtsen Sundve and Anna Ellingsdatter Sundsvaal. In Norway, he was brought up in the Lutheran religious tradition of Hans Nielsen Hauge. From 1832-1839, he was a lay preacher who toured around Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, where he was often met with opposition and eventually faced imprisonment

  Eielsen immigrated to the United States in 1839 first settling in the Fox River Settlement, LaSalle County, Illinois. In 1843, he was formally ordained as a Lutheran minister by Francis Arnold Hoffmann, a German Lutheran pastor. The Eielsen Synod (originally named the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) was founded at the Jefferson Prairie settlement, Wisconsin, in 1846 by Elling Eielsen. Eielsen is considered the first Norwegian Lutheran minister in the United States.

  Scope and Content: 
  Copies of his baptism and confirmation records; Eielsen's certificate of ordination and of letters by him (1836-1862); transcripts of a 15-page typescript article titled "Haugianer Folket på Sundve Fraasegnuppskrifter" (1931) by Knut Bjørgaas; a thesis (208 pages, 1932) titled "Elling Eielsen: Pioneer Lay Preacher and First Norwegian Lutheran Pastor in America" by Clarence J. Carlsen; an Eielsen bibliography by Olaf M. Norlie (106 pages); a Master's thesis (98 pages, 1946) by Ansgar Sovik and his Norway lectures on Eielsen; a list of Eielsen Synod churches and ministers; and assorted articles, clippings, and pamphlets.

• Peter J. Eikeland papers, 1852-1927

  Articles, sermons, speeches, notebooks, and manuscripts of a Norwegian-born educator and theologian. Topics include child training, Norwegian language, Norway's literature and history, church schools, Ibsen, and reminiscences.
  
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  • Manuscript of article "Samfundets Støtter" (n.d.); "Ibsen Studies" Typescript with written editions (1934); Published copy of "Ibsen Studies" (1934)
  • 1 photograph; Clippings (1910, 1927, 1934); Manuscript articles (1908-1917). 1908 1934
  • Correspondence (1920
  • Review of "Ibsen in Germany" (1920)
  • Other manuscript articles and reviews (1920-1927)
  • Manuscript article in Norwegian (circa 1923)
  • Typescript and manuscript copies of "Litt Sproghistorie" (undated)
  • Correspondence (1904-1923)
  • Syllabus for Norwegian course at St. Olaf College (undated)
  • Biographical Information (1919)
  • 11 Envelopes containing Sermons (1883-1917, undated)
  • Articles on Language and Literature (undated)
  • Notebooks containing: Speech "J. Hudson Taylor" (1925); Notes on Samfundets Støtter (1912-1913); Talks on Christian Religion (n.d.); "Den ortografiske forvisning" (n.d.); Church History (1880-1882); Lectures and Church History (n.d.); Notes on Bible Reading (1886); Article on Samfundets Støtter (1920); Speeches on Religious Topics (1908); Oslo University Lectures (1908-1909); Language (n.d.); "History of Literature" (1910); Notes on "En Fallit" (1914); Vikings in America (n.d.); Notes on Language (1909); Notes on Literature (n.d.); Notes on Language and Literature (1918-1922); Grammar and Drama (n.d.); Notes (n.d.); "Erindringer… Laur. Larsen" (1920); Notes on "Ande Magter" (n.d.); Notes on Selected Norwegian Literature (1907).
  • Notebooks containing: Articles (1910); Articles (1883-1903); Speech (n.d.); Classroom notes (1914-1918); Notes on "Sigurd Slembe" (1912-1919); Notes on Wergeland and Ibsen (1911-1912); Norse laesebok, Ibsen (n.d.); Notes on "Fru Inger til Ostraat" (n.d.); Notes on literature (1910-1911); Notes on "Naar jernteppet falder" (n.d.); Notes on "Arnljot Gelline" (1917-1920); Article on "Kongsemnerne" (1911); Articles (n.d.); Talks to Student Societies (1882-1892); Speeches at St. Ansgar Seminary (1891); Bible Study (n.d.); Notes on literature (1917-1919); Wergeland, Welhaven (1911-1912); Notes on literature (n.d.); Classroom notes (1907-1910); "Et blik paa vor saga" (n.d.); "Norge under verdenskrigen" by A. Elviken (n.d.); Day book (1926); Notes (1909, n.d.); "Haedre din far og din mor" (n.d.)
• John Einerson (Tjøn) papers, 1823-1953

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• Oral History

  Alice Holm Eissner interview, 1995 October 6

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today." Celeste Holm was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Knud Gunderson Eittreim papers, circa 1818-1874

  Military discharge, probate settlement, and other Norwegian legal documents.
  
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  • Vaccination certificate
  • Pamphlets: "Israels dug og Guds rose," Friedr. Wilh. Krummacher. Stavanger, 1872. 16 p. "Nogle afskedsord af N. Tøsseland, ved hans bortreise fra sine foraeldres hjem." Bergen, n.d., 15 p

  
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• Øystein Ekroll family history, 1978

  Paper written by a St. Olaf College student from Norway concerning his Norwegian-American relatives in the Thorstensen, Ekrem, Larson, Ellingson, and Nygaard families, who emigrated from Sunnmøre, Norway, to Walworth County and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Includes the Thorstensen, Ekrem, Larson, and Ellingson Families
  
• Augustus Christian George (Hans Abramson) Elholm papers, 1731-1799

  Correspondence and article by Miecislaus Haiman, "Major Elholm, The Champion of Polish and American Liberty." (1932)
  
  Contents:
  Article: Miecislaus Haiman. Note: A preprint chapter from Haiman's book, "Poland, and the American Revolutionary War (1932), presenting the thesis that Augustus Christian George Elholm,a major in the American Revolutionary War army, a companion of Pulaski, and a co-founder of the state of Franklin, to which Tennessee is a successor, was born in Norway. Also includes lettes between Haiman and Theodore C. Blegan, 1932.
  
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• Edward Marius Ellefsen church history, 1911

  Historical sketch of "The Norwegian Lutheran church in Chicago (1839-1900)." Ellefsen was the minister at Our Savior's Church (1915-1917). Includes two maps showing location of churches founded at different periods.
  
  Contents:
  Edward M. Ellefsen Article: History of Chicago Norwegian Lutherans.
  
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• Gilbert B. Ellestad papers, 1885-1915

  Papers of a watchmaker, jeweler, and optician who lived at Lanesboro, Minnesota. He was born in Fillmore County, Minnesota; his father emigrated in 1849 from Vestre Slidre. Includes: Biographical sketch of Gilbert Ellestad (n.d.); farm contract (1889); an account book (1885-1886); and several photographs (1894-1915).
• John Ellingsen papers, 1891 - 1960

  Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born (Stavanger, emigrated 1883) farmer and mason, Platte, South Dakota, which discuss local church life, the snowstorm of 1888, the depression in the 1890s, and World War I. References are made to Sven Oftedal, Theodor S. Reimestad, and Georg Sverdrup. Includes clippings of articles by son, Elling Ellingsen, about "some of the experiences my father had in the terrible blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888" (1960).
  
  Contents:
  John Ellingsen Papers: Articles and Correspondence. Incluses clippings of articles by son, Elling Ellingsen, (1960) about "some of the experiences my father had in the terrible blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888."
  
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