https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/files/original/e3d47140accd3589bc3554f950049ac3.pdf c33c09e178f05095c481833f0337aa96 PDF Text Text Collection Name: Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness family papers, 1888-1975 Collection Number: P1708 Extent: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archive boxes) Biography/History: Family papers of Lingah (Leirgat) Christine Anderson (1871-1954) who married Jens Anderson Ness (1863-1937) in 1902. He was born in Sogndal, Norway, and immigrated 1872. Lingah was a graduate of St Olaf College in 1894; and attended the Univ. of Kansas (1894-95) and Peabody Conservatory of Music (1987-98). She served as an instructor of music, German, and history for a time at Park Region Luther College In Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Jens Ness obtained degrees from Luther College (1890), and Johns Hopkins Univ. (Ph.D., 1901). He was a teacher of Latin, French, and Greek. A long-time faculty member at Wittenberg College (1904-1935). Scope and Content: The collection comprises several folders of photographs, letters of reference for Lingah, diaries, clippings, and family correspondence. Access Rights: This collection is open to research. Bibliographic Citation: [Indicate the cited item here]. Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness Family Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Box Folder Description 1 1 Address book, undated 1 2 Family clippings, 1927-1975 Includes "In Memoriam" booklet for Helen Nelson Anderson, 1848-1932. 1 3 Non-family clippings, 1922-1968 Includes "How to live to be one hundred"; "Rare Lincoln print in possession of Springfield photographer now [Howard B. Fry]" [Image of George Washington receiving Lincoln at the portals of Heaven with the laurel wreath for the martyred hero of the Civil War]; wedding announcement for Emily Moores and J. Robert Groff; last rites for Fannie M. Raup; Wittenberg College Nursery School; wedding announcement for Dorothy Anne Chenney and Donald Anderson Higgins; obit for Dr. Owen S. Barke; wedding announcement for Dorothy Higgins and William Goode Wilson; obit for Marian Boggess; obit Grace Prince; Margery Harris and Elizabeth Ricks (Wittenberg students) injured in car accident (1922); Mrs. Roy Solveig Carpenter. Lingah Anderson records 1 4 Diary kept during first year at St. Olaf College, 1890 1 5 Autograph book kept while attending St. Olaf College Includes: J.O. Barke (1896), H.T. & Elise Ytterboe (1894); Gurly Christianson (1894); E.R. Sinkler (1894); Marie Krohn (1893); Augusta Amundson (1891); Christine Grose (1891); J.A. Ness (1890); Anna E. Mohn (1894); Camelia Jensen (1890); from cousin Josie; from sisters Ella and Mrs. Thorpe; Clara Johnson (1890); A.J. Sandbo (1890); Marie Wing (1891); Thorsten K. Thorstensen (1890); August Bjorneby (1890); Maline Oie; John P. Tandberg (1890); Caroline Finseth (1894); O.C. Narvestad (1890); Clara Schmidt; O.P. Berg (1890); William Bjornstad (1890); Matth A. Pederson (189; Ivar Havneros (1890); Anna Gronvold (1894); Martha Fedje (1890); Gena Finseth (1894) Anna Thorstensen (1890); Marie Gronvold (1894); Thora Marie Swennumson; S.O. Johnson (1890); Herman Biorn (1890); Agnes Mellby; E.B. Wollan (1890); Magna Naess (1893); Sarah Larsen; C.J. Rollefson (1890); Paul G. Schmidt; "Lulu" (1891); Ida [roommate] (1890); Marie Mellby (1890); Ivan Ringstad (1890); P.G. Bjorneby (1890); Wm. E. Homme (1890); Ole O. Glesne (1890); Hjalma S. Hanson (1890); Susanne M. Rollefson (1890); K.A. Sannes (1890); T. Rygh (1891). Additional entries from other locations. 1 6 Miscellaneous, 1896-1909 Including wedding invitation (Jens Ness & Lingah Anderson, 1896); "When the Tide is Low," small poem book created by Georgia H. MacPherson (1937); program for "Flower Circle Musical"; program for the "Cosmopolitan Club of Wittenberg College"; musical recital at Methodist Church, Morganville, Kansas with Heika, Carrie, and Lingah Anderson; invitation: ); Wedding announcement of Ole G. Bundlie & Gertrud Brusegaardo Bryllup (1887); playbill of Nixon & Zimmerman's "The Girl from Maxim's" (1900); playbill Nixon & Zimmerman's "The Turtle"; blank contract "The Thurston Teachers' Agency (315 Wabash Avenue, Chicago); receipt of life membership, St. Olaf Alumni Association (1909); 1 6 St. Olaf records, 1888-1894 Includes: Academy graduation diploma (1890); college department grades; calling cards of the following: Johan A. Erstad, O.E. Winterbold, Louis P. Johnson, L.S. Swenson, and G.A. Christensen; 1 7 Publications, circa 1893 Includes student essay, "Hiawatha" written for Founders' Day, 1893. 1 8 University of Kansas, 1894-1896 Includes: University of Kansas "The Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, banquet (1894) and dedication of Spooner Library; invitation to Sigma Nu, Frazer Hall, with calling card of Mr. E. T. Hackney (1894); Thirteenth National Convention of Kappa Kappa Gamma with Upsilon Chapter at Evanston, Illinois (1896); grades (1894-1895) 1 9 Recommendation letters, undated Includes: H.T. Ytterboe, J.A. Ness, F.W. Blackmar, Th. N. Mohn, Albert E. Egge, E.M. Hopkins, Andrew Fossum, C.J. Rollefson, O.G. Felland, J.O. Barke, Prof. E. G. Mellem (Park Region Luther College). 1 10 Letters to Lingah, circa 1895 Includes: Ole Fugleskjel (1895). Includes many family letters. 1` 11 Family farm (Lawrence, Kansas), undated 1 12 Postcards and ephemera, circa 1885-1909 Includes ca. 1885 Allen & Ginter, "Our Little Beauties" and woman baseball catcher "Virginia Brights."; advertisement card for "Jackson Corset Company, Jackson, Michigan; calling cards for Eugene Ness, Mrs. Jens Anderson Ness, Harry Roedel Minter, birth announcement of Lauren Davis (April 10, 1909); Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton. 1 13 Recipes, undated 1 14 Death records, undated 1 32 Daily Diary kept by Lingah Anderson, circa 1910 February 2-March 1910 Jens Ness records 1 15 Receipts, 1885-1887 Includes receipt from Johns Hopkins University (1885-87); Howell & Kingman manufacturers of boots and shoes, 325 Main Street, Red Wing, Minnesota (1885) 1 16 University of Minnesota, 1884 Includes student train pass on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, signed by Cyrus Northrop (1884) 1 17 Luther College, undated Includes receipts from Buchhandlung Gustav Fock in Leipzig 1 18 Recommendation letters, undated 1 19 Letters to J.A. Ness, undated Includes G.H. Kiland, Sioux Falls, SD. 1 20 Letters to J.A. Ness from former students, undated Presented at time of retirement at Wittenberg College. 1 21 Letters from J.A. Ness, undated 1 22 Publications, 1902-1926 Includes "The Etymology and meaning of the Sanskrit Root Id" (1902); The Johns Hopkins University Doctors' Dissertations 1876-1926" (1926) 1 23 Death records, undated Includes personal documents. 1 24 Notebooks/compositions,undated 1 32 Daily Diary kept by Lingah Anderson, Feb. 2-March 10, ca. 1920 1 25-31 Photographs,undated Include St. Olaf College images; Ness and Anderson families; 2 Books and wallets, 901-1911 Includes: "The K-Suffixes of Indo-Iranian," dissertation by Franklin Edgerton (Leipzig, 1911); "Ciceros Rede" by Gustav Landgraf (Leipzig, 1905); "Ralph Roister Doister," edited by Williams & Robin (London, 1901); "Daily Light on the Daily Path" (New York, n.d.); "Gems from William Cullen Bryant" (Boston, 1904); "Johannes Gossner's Skatkiste : indeholdende bibelske betragtninger paa hver dag i aaret, ledsagede af opbyggelige salmer, til fremme af husandagt og gudsfrygt" (Kristiania, 1907); "Birthday Greetings from Burns" (Edinburgh, ca. 1889); Holy Bible; "Den Engelske Lods" Henrik Wergland (1881); "Fragments from Fenelon" (New York, 1902); "A Christmas Caro in prose" Dickens (Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Co., n.d.); "Norsk Lyrik" by T. Blanc (Kristiania, 1906); 3 Miscellaneous, 1894-1920 Lingah Anderson-Jens Ness Papers: Loose items: Formal family photographs; Wittenberg Diploma (Helen Ness, 1920); St. Olaf College Degree (Lingah, Anderson, 1894); John Hopkins Ph.D. (Ness, 1901) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finding aid to the Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness Family Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1708 Title A name given to the resource Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness family papers, 1888-1975 Description An account of the resource Biography/History: Family papers of Lingah (Leirgat) Christine Anderson (1871-1954) who married Jens Anderson Ness (1863-1937) in 1902. He was born in Sogndal, Norway, and immigrated 1872. Lingah was a graduate of St Olaf College in 1894; and attended the Univ. of Kansas (1894-95) and Peabody Conservatory of Music (1987-98). She served as an instructor of music, German, and history for a time at Park Region Luther College In Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Jens Ness obtained degrees from Luther College (1890), and Johns Hopkins Univ. (Ph.D., 1901). He was a teacher of Latin, French, and Greek. A long-time faculty member at Wittenberg College (1904-1935). Scope and Content: The collection comprises several folders of photographs, letters of reference for Lingah, diaries, clippings, and family correspondence. Location: 14/A/3 68/A/3 Subject The topic of the resource Ness, Jens Anderson, Lingah St. Olaf College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-1975 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anderson, Lingah Ness, Jens Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1.4 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 record center carton) Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Clippings Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. This collection is open for research. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [Indicate the cited item here]. Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness Family Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.