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Ole G. Felland papers, 1869-1935
Collection Number:
P0708
Extent:
4.4 cubic feet (11 archives boxes)
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.
Access Rights:
The collection is open for research.
Bibliographic Citation:
[Indicate the cited item here]. Ole G. Felland Papers. Norwegian-American Historical
Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
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Description
Autobiography, 1927-1935
Description of Felland Farms in Norway, Emigration and Origins of
Family by O.G.F.; Translated from dialect by Mrs. Martin Hegland,
Jan. 1967. 71 typescript pages.
Biographical miscellany, 1889-1938
Includes publication "Hilsen fra Telemarken" by Thora Hansen
(1914); photo booklet, "The Principal Cities of the United States"
(undated)
Sermons, 1877-1883

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Speeches, 1869-1930
Includes: 25th anniversary of St. Olaf's College (1899); dedication
of St. John's Church, Northfield (1914)
Articles, 1869-1930
Includes: "Sagnes om Faust" (1906); cornerstone dedication of
Hoyme Memorial Chapel at St. Olaf College (Nov. 7, 1906); Dr.
Laur. Larsen (1915); Dr. F.A. Schmidt (1928); "The College and
the Ministry" (undated); Early Hymnology" (1911); "St. Olaf
College" undated); and "The Three Northern Capitals"
[Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo] (undated)
Norwegian Lutheran Education Association constitution, correspondence,
minutes, 1892-1897
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota, Th. Mohn Marker, letters and
reports, 1905-1907
Correspondence
Olaf G. (brother), 1870-1914
Gunder (brother), 1870-1913
Serena Sundby (sister), 1876-1899
Serena Sundby (sister), 1900-1924
Serena Sundby (sister), Monona Academy, 1878-1880
Relatives, 1872-1880
G.W. Felland (cousin), 1901-1908
O.W. Felland (cousin), 1870-1879
Lalla Felland (niece), 1911-1926
Other correspondence, 1869-1930
Theodor H. Dahl with pamphlet, 1903-1917
Carl Dreyer (Northwestern College), 1875-1933
Albert E. Egge, 1883-1895
N. Flaten, Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1898-1926
Andrew Fossum, 1892-1904
O.O. Fugleskjel, 1894-1910
Oluf Glasoe, 1889-1896
I.F. Grose with programs, 1891-1900
Otto C.O. Hjort, 1870-1878
Gjermund Hoyme, 1891-1900
E. Kristian Johnson, 1913-1917
John N. Kildahl, 1884-1915
Joh. Ph. Koehler, 1877-1898
J.N. Lenker, 1893-1909
Olaf Mandt, 1873-1879
Ole A. Mellby, 1880-1899

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Bernt J. Muus, 1881-1893
Olaf M. Norlie, 1899-1914
Torkel Oftelie, 1917-1927
Otto and J.A. Ottesen, 1871-1879
Christian K. Preus, 1876-1921
Herman A. Preus, 1877-1881
Johan W. Preus, 1871-1885
Halvard Roalkvam, 1878-1893
Olaf Smeby, 1872-1874
Peer O. Strømme, 1873-1916
T.K. Thorvildsen, 1881-1897
Andrew A. Veblen, 1881-1928
Halvor T. Ytterboe, 1883-1892
Correspondence, 1874-1937
Parish correspondence, 1880-1928
Correspondence, 1887-1927
K.T. Jacobsen, B.J. Muus, Peer O. Strømme, A. Veblen,
L.A. Vigness.
Northfield correspondence, 1895=1911
J.A. Aasgaard, 1900
R.B. Anderson and "Amerika", 1892-1921
Thorbjorn N. Mohn, 1879-1894
Knute Nelson, 1900-1922
O.E. Rølvaag, 1923-1924
Harald Thorson, 1900-1913
K.G. Faegre, 1872-1885
The following records were transferred to St. Olaf College Archives.
Norway tour clippings
History of Hoyme Chapel article
Mohn monument correspondence and reports
St. Olaf College papers
St Olaf correspondence, books, catalogs, diplomas, gifts,
convention
St. Olaf Music recital programs
St. Olaf College music programs
St. Olaf Norwegian and religion programs
St. Olaf Debate, literary societies, speech programs
St. Olaf miscellaneous programs
St. Olaf Academy graduation programs
St. Olaf College commencement
St. Olaf November Sixth program

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Photographs (Ladies' Hall, St. Olaf College), 1884-1910
Photographs (Ytterboe Hall, St. Olaf College), 1900-1919
Photographs (President's Home, Manitou Cottage. St. Olaf
College), 1900-1913
Photographs (Steensland Library, St. Olaf College), 1902-1913
Photographs (Health Center/Hospital, St. Olaf College),
1904-1919
Photographs (Heating Plant, St. Olaf College), 1906-1925
Photographs (Hoyme Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College),
1906-1923
Photographs (Mohn Hall, St. Olaf College), 1912-1920
Photographs (Holland Hall, St. Olaf College), 1919-1925
Photographs (Gymnasium, St. Olaf College), 1921
Photographs Finseth Band Stand, St. Olaf College, 1921
Photographs (Faculty, St. Olaf College), 1887-1918
Photographs (Students, St. Olaf College), 1887-1902
Photographs (Students, St. Olaf College), 1903-1920
Photographs (Off-Campus, St. Olaf College), 1886-1911
Photographs (Divinity School, 1890s Crisis, St. Olaf College),
1887-1899
Photographs (Athletics, St. Olaf College), 1886-1921
Photographs (Art and Drama, St. Olaf College), 1886-1924
Photographs (Old Main, St. Olaf College), 1884-1925
Photographs (Faculty Houses, St. Olaf College), 1903-1920
Photographs (Campus Scenes, St. Olaf College), 1888-1920
Photographs (Campus Scenes, St. Olaf College), undated
Photographs (Northfield Scenes, St. Olaf College), 1887-1918
Photographs (Heath Creek, Northfield), 1891
Photographs (Minnehaha Falls &amp; Borchgrevink (Norwegian
Missionary from Madagascar), 1886-1904
Photograph album, 1886-1919
Photograph album, 1887-1923
Photograph album, 1909-1921
Photographs (G. Felland Home, Dane County, Wisconsin), 1887-1892
Photographs (Relatives and Friends), 1887-1905
Photographs (Luther College Graduates), 1872-1874
Photographs (Hebrew Classes, St. Olaf College), 1912-1922
Photographs (Northfield Home), 1915-1923
Photographs, 1868-1874
Three tintype photos, circa 1868-1874. Purchased by a donor at a
flea market in Indiana. Two of the images provide identification:

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“Peder Helgeland, Lisbon [Illinois]” and “Ole Felland, Utica, Wis.”
The relationship between the images probably derives from their
connection to Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where both men
were students: Felland in 1868-1874, and Helgeland in
1870-1873.
Photograph album (St. Olaf College), 1890-1929
Photograph album (Dane County, Wisconsin and St. Olaf College),
1887-1888
Photograph album (St. Olaf and friends), 1886-1887
Photograph album (St. Olaf and friends), 1872-1898
Photograph album (Relatives and friends), undated
Autographs and diaries, 1868-1904
School note books (Northwestern University, Watertown, Wisconsin and
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa), 1870-1876
Photograph album (Relatives and friends), 1869
School Essays (Northwestern University, Watertown, Wisconsin and
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa), 1870-1876
Call Letters, certificates, passport, 1878-1929
Photograph album, 1860-1910
Owned by Thomas J. Mark. Identified: (pg 1) Mrs. R. Aastrup; (pg
2) Thomas Mark, Helen &amp; S. Aasen; (pg 3) Theodor &amp; Helen
Opsahl; (pg 4) John &amp; Josephine Mark; (pg 5) Uncle Dave &amp; Olivia
Mark; (pg 6) Nevina &amp; Robert Mark; (pg 7) Sarah Kjerland; (pg 9)
Thomas Roalm; (pg 10) Thomas Mark, Opsahl, S. Aasen; (pg 13)
Mr. &amp; Mrs. Kleffe; (pg 14) Aasen girls; (pg 15) Agnetha Loftsgaard
Fellend; Aunt Aagot, Thomas Mark and parents; (pg 17) Groth
family, St. Ansgar, Iowa; (pg 18) Saugen children; (pg 19) B.J.
Loftgaard; sister Bertha Haraldson Sawyer &amp; Anna Haroldson
Coleman; (pg 21) Kerina Mark at graduation; (pg 22) O.S.
Nestegaard; (pg 23) Erick Ellingson, Northwood, Iowa; (pg 25)
children: A. Opsahl &amp; Olga Aasen; (pg 29) Severena Kleppe.
Photo album, 1898
Created by photographer E.E. Brubaker at Sumner and Son's
Studio) containing images of both Carleton College and Northfield.
Images are of places and buildings rather than people or events.
St. Olaf College Memory Book, 1914
Published to commemorate the school's 40th anniversary, it
contains photos largely taken by Felland himself. Photos are of
campus, students, and faculty.
Photographs, 1876-1878

�Includes photograph of Concordia College, St. Louis, Missouri; a
photograph of a group including O.G. Felland, Rev. N.
Hendrickson, and others, probably taken at Concordia Seminary.

Rokke Name Index
Norway Grove Lutheran
Church
Sundby, Serena Felland
(Mrs. Ole)
Ottesen, Otto Christian
1858-1917
Mimer Literary Society
Madison, MN Mimer
Literary Society
Sander, Anton
Tandberg, Johannes P.
Ylvisaker, John Thorbjorn
Mohn, Thorbjorn Nelson
continued
Lisbon, Illinois
Petersen, Wilhelm M.H.
Hylland, Joh. K.
Lindtwed, C. B.
Naeseth, Chr
Ullenæs, C.
Markhus, Ingerid
Krostu, Gunsten
Gunestenson
Lee, J. L.
Lumholtz, Carl
Quammen, Nils A.
Ulvisaker, Joh
Kylo, J. E.
Isakson, T.
Olsen, Julia
Plageman, H
Simundson, Sigmund
Olsen
Naperud, Olaus N.

Roch, Cleophes
Sigurdslie, Gjermund
Mandt, Olaf
Smeby, Olaf
Ottesen, Jakob Aall
Preus, Johan W.
Quammen, Nils Aslaksen
1839-1915
Felland, G. W.
Felland, Gunder G.
Felland, O. W.
Felland, Olaf G.
Hoyme Chapel
Faegre, K. G.
Dreyer, Carl
Larsen, Ditman
Concordia Seminary
Jerde, K. O.
Lindtwed, Charles Baras
Eikeland, Peter J.
continued
Haeckel, Christoph
Holum, H. I. A.
Lee, O. H.
Haakonson, G.
Nilson, John
Kowalke, E
Olson, Oscar L.
Tharaldsen, Iver
Holmen, H.
Hargen, John E.
Lunde, Gudbrand
Amundsen
Gjertsen, Gerhard

Langeland, Magnus
Garthe, Martinius
Mishicott, O.
Hillis, F. E.
Reque, Styrk Sjursen
Sandmark, Einar
Reque, Sigurd
Gellerup, M.
Husmo, Ch. A.
Nelson, David T.
Hammeyer, H.
Meyer, Johan Hansen
Frick, W. K.
Heyer, Johs
Elland, Ole JR
Vangsnes, Ole Pedersen
Bokseth, B. A.
Ernst, Aug. F.
Heinig, F. U. K.
Landmark, G.
Gabrielson, Halvard
Kjærsland, S. A.
Jacobsen, J. D.
Monserud, O. H.
Thorsen, J. A.
Smarting, O. M.
Bredesen, Alfred
Sajen, A. K.
Christerm, J. W.
Gebauer, Chas J.
Pieper, Augustus
Petersen, Wilhelm M. J.
Felland, Ole Gundersen

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