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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Gerhard Rasmussen papers, 1876-1946]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[<p><b>Biography/History: <br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Rev. Gerhard Rasmussen was a Lutheran clergyman, born January 26th, 1857 i</span><span style="font-weight:400;">n Lisbon, Illinois. He became one of the many clergymen to come to Minnesota to preach to Scandinavian immigrants in the surrounding regions. </span></p>
<p><b>Scope and Content: <br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Articles, autograph books, clippings, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, and sermons. Among his papers are materials on the Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital in Chicago, Augsburg Seminary, St. Olaf College, the use of the English language in the church (1893), Lisbon, Illinois, cultural conditions, the merger movement among Norwegian Lutherans, and sketches of his father, P. A. Rasmussen. Among his correspondents are Nils C. Brun, Markus O. Bøckman, Theodor H. Dahl, Peder Dreyer, Thore Eggen, Peder J. Eikeland, Nils J. Ellestad, Severin Gunderson, Bjørn Holland (his mother's brother), Hans C. Holm, Even J. Homme, Mikel C. Holseth, John N. Kildahl, Laur. Larsen, Gerhard Lenske, Lars Lund, W. A. Passavant, L. H. Schuh, Hans G. Stub, Peder Tangjerd, Martin E. Waldeland, and Carl M. Weswig. Most of the letters by Rasmussen are to his parents and to Gjermund Hoyme.</span></p>]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Location: 5/C/3-5/C/4]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/catalog/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rasmussen%2C+Gerhard%2C+1857-1943">Rasmussen, Gerhard, 1857-1943</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1876-1946]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[This collection is open for research.]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes)]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reports]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[P0579]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[[Indicate the cited item here]. Gerhard Rasmussen Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
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