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              <text>Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Includes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Two notebooks containing outlines of sermons by a Norwegian-born Minneapolis minister, poet, and author. He was editor of "Lutheraneren" (1882-1884) and of "Vor Tid" (1904-1907). He is the author of "Harald Heg", a novel depicting pioneer life. Included are 22 newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family; a program on the unveiling of the Gjertsen monument, September 12, 1915; an address by Gjertsen entitled "Social Settlements," given before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis on November 16, 1908; and photographs of Gjertsen's father and a brother. "The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen by Nina Draxten" was published by NAHA in 1982. Added: Includes newspaper clippings about Gjertsen and his family (1880-1938); photos of Gjertsen and his father, Johan Peter Gjertsen; a poem, "Nordens sønner"; An address before the Norwegian Society of Minneapolis, November 16, 1908" 17 p.; "Ta1e ved afsløring af Gjertsen monumentet, Lakewood Cemetery, 9/12/15" by Thorwa1d E. Nelson, 5 p., and "Unvei1ing of the M. Fa1k Gjertsen Monument" 4 p.; "MindefesteR over ska1den Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1910" 30 p., with "Mindetale" by Gjertsen, pp.17-30; entries about Carsten Hansteen (1856-1923) from "Norsk Biografisk Leksikon," "Studenterne fra 1874" (1899) and "Studentene fra 1874" (1924); correspondence, including "anonymous 1etter,". Hansteen's letter to Georg Sverdrup, Dec. 17, 1900; letter to Esther Paulsen, 1910; letter to Amund Ness, 1912; letter to Adolph Moss (photocopies or transcriptions); letters to Nina Draxten, 1977-86. "Harald Heg" (1914). 2 volumes: "Utkast til Prædikenes, Minneapolis, 1882." 241 p., and 1 volume of sermon notes by Sundays of the church year; artic1e by Eyvind J. Evans on "Harald Hegg" (Nov. 16, 1967); and 2 folders of Draxton notes, arranged by envelopes with notations of sources.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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