He founded and edited "Almueskoletidende" (1861-1866). He was an able writer and translator, and at various times served as editor of "Missionsvennen," "Budbæreren," "Den Norske Lutheraner," "Ebenezer," and Luthersk Kirketidende. He also edited reports and yearbooks for the church. His 8,000-volume library and his manuscript dealing with the history of the Norwegian Lutheran church in the United States were destroyed by fire in 1879.

Scope and Content: 
Correspondence (4 volumes of copybooks), 3 volumes of ministerial records, a scrapbook, a diary, notes, and manuscripts of a Lutheran clergyman, born and educated in Norway, who emigrated to the United States in 1866.