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Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980
- Title
- Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980
- Identifier
- P1252
- Date
- 1901-1980
- Creator
- Reinertsen, Peder
- Description
- An account by a Norwegian Augustana Synod clergyman who emigrated from Sandvigen, Bergen, in 1875. After ordination in 1883, he served various Midwest parishes. Translation is by P. D. Reinertsen, a son.
The file includes a letter, July 30, 1901, from Reinertsen to Professor Kildahl, recommending Ole Rolvaag for admission to St. Olaf. See O.E. Rolvaag papers, P0584 box 52, for 1960 letter from his son to Gudrun Hovde about relations between Rolvaag and Reinertsen.
Also includes family histories, photographs (photocopies), obituaries from Ladies Aid scrapbooks of Bergen Lutheran Church, and Bethesda Lutheran Chuch records, Bristol, South Dakota.
- Extent
- 2 folder
- Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Type
- Manuscripts
Collection
Citation
Reinertsen, Peder , “Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10719.