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Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917

Title
Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917
Identifier
P1249
Date
1903, 1917
Description
Langseth was born in Tingvold, Nordmøre, and emigrated in 1887. He was a pastor and teacher at Tacoma, Sioux Falls, rural Princeton, Minnesota (in the area treated by the first history) and Hazard, Nebraska. In addition to these histories he published "Norsk barnehefte," "Telesoga" no. 14 : "Telerne i Santiago og Glendorado i Minnesota" (a supplement to the first history); and "Nils Greve i Amerika: fortælling av Norsk Amerika." 

  • "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
    • Translation of pages 50-55 are in Nordmaendenes i Rock County, Wisconsin og nærmeste omegn. Typewritten (on one side of each leaf): 337 leaves, no. leaf 169. No author, place or publisher on the title page.
  • "Av Pastor Peder O. Langseth" and "1917" are written in manuscript
  • A manuscript map "Rock Prairie Settlement" by C.H.T. is frontispiece.
    • Leaf 199 is a manuscript substitution for missing typed leaf which is included in the Tollefsrude History. There are manuscript corrections and additions throughout, and several manuscript pages inserted. The work is credited to Langseth in "Who's who among pastors…"; and to Langseth and Christian H. Tollefsrude in "Litteratur om utvandringen fra Norge til Nord-Amerika" (p. 70). The section ending on leaf 153 is signed "P.V." (i.e. P.L.); the section ending on leaf 189 is signed "P.L." Chapters beginning leaves 54, 190, 204, and 235 are credited to Tollefsrude. Leaves 117-124 are a history (in English) of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beloit, by John N. Brown (1883-1966) who was a pastor there (1909-1917). 1996: a letter from Dr. J.S. Johnson to C.G.O. Hansen (found in the Hansen clipping file), Dec. 31, 1928, describes planning on this history. Leaves 195-203 contain "æresrullen" (roll of honor): list of men who served in the Civil War, with township, regiment and company mustered in and out, and notes. See Christian H. Tollefsrude History (P1424).
    • Both copies should be consulted, since each includes corrections and additional material not found in the other. See that history for copy of letter from Tollefsrude about the book (contents: Rock County, Wis., Jefferson Prairie, Torpekolonien, Rock Prairie, Janesville, Orfordville, Beloit, Brodhead, Sand Prairie og Avon, Albany, Albany by og nedre Albany settlement, Rock Run og Durand, Edgerton).
Extent
0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
Language
Norwegian
English
Type
Manuscripts

Collection

Archival Collection

Citation

Langseth, Peder Olsen, “Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10725.