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Homme Homes papers, 1885-1919
Almanacs titled "Waisenhus Kalender," (1885-1919) published by Even Johnson Homme, founder of several benevolent institutions in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, containing information on these homes and rosters of Norwegian Lutheran clergymen.
Includes Clippings: obits. of Mrs. Homme, article by H.R. Holand Also history of the homes and pictures. "Om dans, et foredrag holdt i Winchester, Wis., 1879, udgivet of Past. E.J. Homme paa Waisenhusets Forlag og saelges til fordel for Waisenhuset i Wittenberg, Wis." Chicago, Nordens bogtrykkeri, 1883. 16 p. (Traktat no.1). "Hvorledes skulle menigh dslemmer retteligen bruge Guds ord til andres opbyggelse? Forhandlinger ved et offentligt mode i "Vor Frelsers Kirke" i Milwaukee den 26de January 1873." 16 p. Decorah, B. Anundsen. (Offprint from Kirkelig Maanedstidende) (Traktat no.5) Folkedahl, Beulah. A dream come true: the Homme homes at Wittenberg. Wittenberg, Wis., Nels and Ruth Englund Paulsen, 1956. xiv,184 p. (See St. Olaf library for another set of the Kalender and another copy of the Folkedahl book) -
American Relief for Norway, Inc. papers, 1940-1946
Papers of an association incorporated ten days after the invasion of Norway during World War II. Founded to "relieve distress" among the people of Norway, it was officially dissolved December 31, 1946. Correspondence, reports, and publicity material fall into five categories: clothing drive files, executive secretary's files, president's files, treasurer's files, and corporate records. Topics treated include clothing drives; collection of funds; purchase and distribution of food, clothing, shoes, drugs; publicity; problems of storage and transportation; relations with governments; merging of relief agencies; affiliation with the National War Fund; women's activities; tools for Finmark; and the Anfin O. Sather trust fund for the National Association of Norwegian Agricultural Clubs. -
Abraham Jacobson papers, 1848-1989
Articles, clippings, obituaries, memoirs, correspondence, pictures, and scrapbooks of a Norwegian-born clergyman and farmer. The scrapbooks contain clippings taken largely from "Decorah-Posten:" obituaries, biographic sketches of Dakota pioneers, and items concerning Norwegian pioneer associations, Lutheran church conventions, Det Norske Selskap, Norsk-danske presseforening i Amerika, and Jacobson's contacts with Abraham Lincoln, "Decorah-Posten," and "Nordlyset." There are items about Rasmus B. Anderson, L. W. Boe, Gjermund Hoyme, U. V. Koren, Bernt J. Muus, Knute Nelson, Oley Nelson, Halle Steensland, Peer Strømme, Hans G. Stub, and Oscar M. Torrison.
The articles consist of biographies of Winneshiek County, Iowa, pioneers: Jacob Aga, Ole Andreas Anderson, Gunder H. Blegeberg, Ove Christian Johnson Hallan, Thor Halvorson, Tollev Halvorson, Johan Hegg, Christopher T. Hoyme, Andrew O. Lommen, Ole T. Lommen, Lars Iverson Melaas, and Knudt Thompson. The correspondence and other articles concern Jacobson's mission to the Gaspé settlement in the 1860s. Jacobson was the first Lutheran clergyman to preach in Dakota Territory and the first Norwegian in the Decorah area.
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J.J. Heimark papers, 1880-1958
Papers of a Fairmont, Minnesota, physician: correspondence; retail business statements; county and school district orders and receipts; Yellow Medicine County school district treasurer's reports; account books of the Moe grocery store, Minneapolis; a translation of B. Aslakson's "Ti maaneders fangenskab i Andersonville"; a family history. -
Einar Josephsen papers, 1907-1962
Papers of a Norwegian-born journalist and publicity director: correspondence, articles, and scrapbooks dealing with a variety of subjects such as war, politics, religion, immigration, and Norwegian-American literature. Among his correspondents are Fred Biermann, H. Sundby Hanson, Sverre Mortensen, and Felix B. Wold. There are World War I letters and letters by Theodore C. Blegen, Knut Gjerset, Birger Osland, Kristian Prestgard, and O. E. Rolvaag. Josephsen was on the"Skandinaven" staff, circulation manager of "Decorah-Posten," with the book department of Augsburg Publishing House, publicity manager and later public relations manager of the New York Central Railroad Company, and finally the public relations director of City National Bank, Chicago.
Includes:- Articles, Clippings, Diary. Includes: "Bjerke's Review of a New Catechism," translated by E. Josephsen (1910); "Has 20th Century Civilization Improved Mankind?" (1939), 1914-1942
- Scrapbook, 1918-1921
- Scrapbook, politics, 1961-1962
- Article, "History of Decorah Park System," by Fred Biermann, 1956
- "A Man in the Street" manuscript, 1932
- Correspondence, 1907-1961
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Knut Gjerset papers, circa 1897-circa 2017
Papers of a Norwegian-born historian and author; manuscript material of his projected Norwegian-American Encyclopedia; clippings and correspondence about policies and publications of NAHA and the collecting of artifacts for the Norwegian-American Museum; and a manuscript biography of his father, Ole S. Gjerset. Theodore C. Blegen, Ludvig Hektoen, Laurence M. Larson, Torkel Oftelie, Birger Osland, and Ditlef G. Ristad are among his correspondents. -
Ole G. Felland papers, 1869-1935
Biography/History:
Ole Gunderson (O.G.) Felland was born October 10, 1853 in Utica, Wisconsin. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Luther College in 1874, a Master of Art from Northwestern College in 1876 and graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri in 1879. In 1881, he joined the faculty at St. Olaf Academy where he taught Greek, Latin, German and Hebrew and in 1891, became the college’s librarian. From 1879-1889 he was also a Lutheran clergyman.
Scope and Content:
Articles, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, reports, sermons, speeches, and a 73-page typescript autobiography. The correspondence includes letters written from Luther College; Northwestern College; Concordia Seminary; eastern Dane County, Wisconsin; Rothsay, Minnesota; Idaho; and Washington. Among the photographs are several of eastern Dane County, Wisconsin, farm scenes and interiors as well as pictures of prominent Norwegian Americans and of St. Olaf College. -
Gertrude M. Hilleboe family papers, circa 1820-1960
Gertrud M. Hilleboe was the Dean of Women at St. Olaf College from 1915-1958. She donated her papers to NAHA in 1968. The 13 boxes were described on 10 cards which are included here. In 2000 most of the collection was transferred to the St. Olaf College Archives, with the exception of family papers with no College connection. -
Thomas I. Benson thesis, 1968
Typescript of thesis entitled "The Norwegians in California, 1850-1900: A Preliminary Survey" submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in history in the College of the Holy Names, May 1968. The author was a teacher in the public schools of Oakland, California. -
Holmes City Laeseforening records, 1877-1905
Constitution and financial records of a reading society at Holmes City, Douglas County, Minnesota, the purpose of which was to establish a library would promote Christian and civic enlightenment.