Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0557 Title A name given to the resource Rasmus J. Meland papers, 1903-1959 Description An account of the resource 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.<br /><br />Includes:<br /> <ul> <li>Book "Norske Settlementer of Menigheder i Sherburne, Benton, og Mille Lacs Countier, Minnesota" (1903)</li> <li>Manuscript material for "Fra Pioner Presternes Saga" (27 July 1928-25 June 1932)</li> <li>Correspondence and reports (8 December 1896-20 October 1923)</li> <li>Correspondence and reports (12 April 1924-1 March 1957).</li> <li>Correspondence regarding a Norwegian-American Archive (11 May 1912-5 May 1914)</li> <li>Correspondence with O. M. Norlie (1922-1958)</li> <li>Clippings (1902-1948, n.d.).</li> </ul> Digital Collection:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2o7bqzt">Executive Board of the Women's Missionary Federation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, circa 1910</a></li> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2o7bq7V">Mildred Ullrich's display, 1936</a></li> </ul> Location: 4/C/3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Meland, Rasmus J. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-1959 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Clippings Reports Manuscripts