https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/files/original/84b6e56265528867a00d304b84450d5f.pdf f8db743d1d58a0fbbab246a38c063ad0 PDF Text Text Collection Name: Nils Flaten family letters and photographs, 1888-1956 Collection Number: P1712 Extent: 2.8 cubic feet (7 archive boxes) Biography/History: Nils Flaten (1867-1947) taught Romance Languages at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1900-1946. Born in Valdres, Norway, son of Ole and Moren (Wagensten) Flaten. Emigrated in 1868 and settled in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minn. Married Inez Ruth Olson of Arkdale, Wisconsin, September 1, 1896. Scope and Content: The Nils Flaten family papers contain a collection of letters and photographs about the family. Access Rights: This collection is open to research. Bibliographic Citation: [Indicate the cited item here]. Nils Flaten Family Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Box Folder Description 1-2 Correspondence, 1888-1955 Includes: <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;">Arthur E. Olson, Portland, N.D., brother of Inez Flaten, 1897-1898, </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Almira Bermer, friend of Inez Flaten, London, England, 1 letter/1922</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Arnold Flaten, son of Nils Flaten, Duluth, Minn., Northfield, Minn., St. Paul, Minn., 1923-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Rev. G.H. Bakken, family friend, St. Paul, Minn., 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mrs. R.D. Berry, family friend, photographs: car and home, circa 1920</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Miss Mae Bjorneby, family friend, Kalispell, Montana, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mrs. Heite, family friend, Los Angeles, California, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Erich Boe, uncle of Nils Flaten, Hamar, Norway, in Norwegian, 1903</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Frida Boe, family friend, Ostrander, Minnesota, 1903</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ivar Boe, son of Aunt Ingelev, St. Elmo, Georgia, 1920-1925</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Celia, sister to Inez Flaten? Arkdale, Wisc. and San Francisco, California, 1897-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Dorothea, sister, Dennison, Minnesota, 1898</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Emil, brother, Lake City, Minnesota, 1920</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mrs. H., family friend, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1900-1902</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Hospitals letters, Nurses, St. Paul, and Faribault, Minnesota, 1923-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Adah Holen, cousin, Friendship, Wisconsin, 1896</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Inez Olsen, niece of Inez Flaten, Vaxtaire, North Dakota, 1919</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Inger Aanes, niece of Inez Flaten, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Deer Lodge, Montana, 1901-1905</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ingelev Boe? aunt of Nils Flaten, Northfield, Minnesota, Grand Bay and St. Elmo, Alabama, 1897-1923</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ingvald, uncle to Nils Flaten, Bruno, Minnesota, 1920-1923</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Isabell Isaacs, cousin, Hazel Run, Minnesota, 1897</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Inez Flaten, wife of Nils Flaten, Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota, 1920-1955</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Julia Post, former St. Olaf College faculty (Women's PE), Madison, Wisconsin, 1923-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Louise Aanes Nelson, sister of Inez, Nils Flaten's wife, Clarkfield, Minnesota, 1897-1925</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Marie, sister, Mora, Minnesota, 1907-192</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Nils Flaten to Inez Flaten, Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota, 1898-1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Olav Flaten and Marie, Northfield, Minnesota, and Torrington, Lingley and Yoder, Wyoming, 1906-1926</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ole Flaten, brother of Nils Flaten, Judith Gap and Roundup, Montana, 1918-1922</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Olena (Ollie) Flaten, wife of Ole Flaten, Arkdale, Wisconsin, Judith Gap, Montana, Enterprise, Oregon, Baldwin, Nielsville, and Spring Valley, Wisconsin, 1897-1925</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ole and Inger Olsen, parents of Inez Flaten, Arkdale, Wisconsin, 1888-1908</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Olava Aanes, niece of Inez Flaten, Clarkfield, Minnesota, 1906</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Randi, sister of Nils Flaten, Dennison and Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1898-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Samuel and Mildred Olson, brother of Inez Flaten, Montevideo and Ada, Minnesota, Portland and Voltaire, North Dakota, Elm Creek, Manitoba, 1898-1905</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Sigrid, sister of Nils Flaten, Northfield and Lake City, Minnesota, and Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1898-1922</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Susana Nyhus Hagen, sister of Inez Flaten, Portland and Rugby, North Dakota, Arkdale, Necedah, Strongs Prairie, and Friendship, Wisconsin, Mora, Pine Creek, and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, Braekkesto, Norway, 1897-1925</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Thea Pearson, sister of Nils Flaten, Lake City, Minnesota, Minot, North Dakota, Oregon City and Hood River, Oregon, 1901-1924</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Emil O. Ellingson, family friend/St. Olaf Faculty, Northfield, Minnesota, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mrs. O.E. Brandt, family friend, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mrs. Eikeland, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1902</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Carl Gronland, Portland, North Dakota, 1897</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Bertha Hirli, Necedah, Wisconsin, 1897</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">G.N. Steile Hilland, South Dakota, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Constance Helling; L.L. Enger, International Land Locating Co.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ruth Rorvik, St. Olaf College student, Alpha Delta Sorority, Northfield, Minnesota, 1921</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Mathilde Rasmussen, family friend, Rushford, Minnesota, 1921 </li> </ul> 3-4, 6 Photographs, 1913-1944 Subjects include: St. Olaf College campus & athletic events, family, residence & peony garden, vacations/tours, and post-World War I Italy (1919). All images have been scanned. Box 6 contains glass plate negatives. 5 1 Fourteen postcards sent to Nils and Inez Flaten, 1907-1956 Correspondents include John N. Kildahl (1907, 1909); Nora Johnson (1966); Ellen Christenson (1953); Nora Schmidt (n.d.); Mrs. P.O. Holland (1930); Grace Carlson (1951); Grandma Flaten to Sigurd Flaten (1925). Postcard depictions: General View, Ashland, Oregon (1909); Vang Valdres med Grindafjell (1949); York Minister, West Front (1956); Little Sister and Big Sister Bay, Sister Bay, Wisconsin (1953); Mt. Wapta (undated); St. Olaf Choir (1920); Tivoli Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi (1930); St. Olaf College Old Main (1909); M/S Oslofjord (1951); Interior of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1925); and Public Schools, Spring Valley, Wisconsin (1908). 5 2 42 page typescript journal/memoir kept by Nils Flaten from 1938 March 18- 1945 May 31 Flaten addressed his student days, and subsequent years as a teacher. Reminiscences include childhood Christmas practices and customs (meals, brewing beer, animal tending, singing, presents, church service, visiting neighbors, games, and julebukking). In addition, transcripts of his radio address "Norskdom I Amerika" (for the Norwegian Government Broadcasting) and a eulogy for former Dennison, Minnesota, resident Sever J. Svein, are included. 5 3 42 handwritten letters to Nils Flaten from spouse, Inez Olson Flaten, Northfield, Minnesota, 1909-1910 5 4 40+ handwritten letters to Nils Flaten from father, Ole I. Flaten, 1894-1900 5 5 30+ handwritten letters to Nils Flaten from relatives in Norway, 1940-1946 The majority of letters are in regards to an inheritance. Folio Confirmation certificate issued by Rev. Iver G. Aschim to Inez Ruth Olson, Arcdale, Adams County, Wisconsin, 1889 May 24 Photographs available online <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nahaarchives/albums/72177720304425107">here</a>. Description of the photographs below. <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> 1913_001 </td> <td> Father shortly before Christmas </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1913_002 </td> <td> Sigurd and Dr. Melby’s house </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1913_003 </td> <td> Fall; Inez with children, Sigurd and Arnold </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1913_004 </td> <td> Europe </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1913_005 </td> <td> Fall; Olav </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1913-1915 </td> <td> Sigurd, Inez, Arnold, Miss Elstad, and views from St. Olaf </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1914_001 </td> <td> March 3; Family group picture </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1915_001 </td> <td> Arnold and Sigurd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1915_002 </td> <td> July; Arnold and Sigurd in garden </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1915_003 </td> <td> Individual family photos in the orchard of the house </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1915_004 </td> <td> Summer; views taken on trip to west </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1915_005 </td> <td> Inez and Class of 1914 at commencement </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1916_001 </td> <td> Professor Flaten family and houses </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1916_002 </td> <td> Fall </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1916_003 </td> <td> Professor Flaten and houses </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1917_001 </td> <td> Arnold, Sigurd, Nils, Inez, the Rolvaags, and new house </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1917_002 </td> <td> March 17; St. Olaf avenue house and Sigurd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1917_003 </td> <td> Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_001 </td> <td> Misses Anderson, Rahn, Holstad and home guards uniform </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_002 </td> <td> Boys </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_003 </td> <td> Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_004 </td> <td> February; Miss Anderson, Inez, Arnold, Miss Thomson, boys in uniform </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_005 </td> <td> Olav in uniform </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1918_006 </td> <td> Inez and Sigurd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919_001 </td> <td> February; Italy </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919_002 </td> <td> Pageant </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919_003 </td> <td> Winter </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919_004 </td> <td> Picnic at Vang’s Church </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919_005 </td> <td> Italy </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919-1920_001 </td> <td> St. Olaf campus, Arnold, Olav, and Sigurd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1919-2020_002 </td> <td> St. Olaf football game and gymnasium </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_001 </td> <td> Summer </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_002 </td> <td> Summer; Inez </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_003 </td> <td> Mary; Arnold, Inez, and Asda </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_004 </td> <td> May: President Boe and President Holland </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_005 </td> <td> Spring: St. Olaf football games, President Boe, Professor Holland, Rev. Kildahl, and Professor Ballenbache </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_006 </td> <td> October: St. Olaf football game </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_007 </td> <td> Peony garden on Manitou Street </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_008 </td> <td> October: St. Olaf Carleton football game at Carleton </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_009 </td> <td> View of St. Olaf from balcony on 315 Manitou Street </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1920_010 </td> <td> Winter: View from Old Main </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1921_001 </td> <td> Sigurd, Arnold on Manitou Street and house on Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1921_002 </td> <td> September: Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1921_003 </td> <td> Fall: Arnold </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1921_004 </td> <td> Summer: European tour </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1922_001 </td> <td> European tour </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1922_002 </td> <td> Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1922_003 </td> <td> Spring </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1923_001 </td> <td> European tours </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1923_002 </td> <td> May: Miss Jefsen, Miss Post, Sigurd, Inez, and Gevendlyn </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1923_003 </td> <td> Winter: Arnold, Sigurd, and Inez </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1923-1924_001 </td> <td> Arnold and Sigurd </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1924_001 </td> <td> Tour of 1923 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1924_002 </td> <td> Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1924-1925_001 </td> <td> Winter: Ruins of Chapel and new Science Hall </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1925_001 </td> <td> Spring: Mrs. Blesen Arnold </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1925_002 </td> <td> April: Norswing and Flaten family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1925_003 </td> <td> European tour </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1926_001 </td> <td> Fall: Home on Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1926_002 </td> <td> Tour of 1926 “University Special” </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1927_001 </td> <td> Admissions building </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1927_002 </td> <td> Spring play </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1927_003 </td> <td> Christmas: Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1927_004 </td> <td> Tour of 1927 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1927_005 </td> <td> House on Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1928_001 </td> <td> Unlabelled </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1929_001 </td> <td> Unlabelled </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1929_002 </td> <td> Tour of 1929 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1930_001 </td> <td> Tour of 1930 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1930_002 </td> <td> September: Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1930_003 </td> <td> June: Inez Arnold </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1931_001 </td> <td> Tour of 1931 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1931_002 </td> <td> Spring: Family and house </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1931_003 </td> <td> May and July: Olav and house, Inez and house, Sigurd and Olav </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1932_001 </td> <td> Winter: Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1932_002 </td> <td> Spring: Family pictures </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1932_003 </td> <td> Summer </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1932_004 </td> <td> Summer: Sigurd, Inez, Evelyn, Arnold, Randi, and new St. Olaf art building </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1932_005 </td> <td> OctoberL Evelyn and baby Anne, Inez and new art barn </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1933_001 </td> <td> Summer: Views of art studio and yard </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1934_001 </td> <td> Spring: Sigurd and Anne </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1934_002 </td> <td> September: Inez, Evelyn, and Anne </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1935_001 </td> <td> April: Evelyn with children, and Anne with Robert </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1936_001 </td> <td> Summer: Inez, Nils, Sigurd, and Anne with Robert </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1936_002 </td> <td> 1401 Forest Avenue North </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1940_001 </td> <td> French club on 1401 Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1940_002 </td> <td> June 11: Inez, Arnold, and Olav’s families at Minnehaha Park </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1940_003 </td> <td> May: Spanish club on 1401 Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1940_004 </td> <td> Houses on 1401 Forest Avenue </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941_001 </td> <td> September 1: Robert and Anne </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941_002 </td> <td> May: Pictures taken by Elaine Kirland </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941_003 </td> <td> June 19: Flatten family reunion at Granite Falls </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941_004 </td> <td> New Library building </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941_005 </td> <td> August: West Indies cruise on SS Kungsholm </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1941-1942_006 </td> <td> Winter: Sigurd, Inez, Nils, and view of hospital taken on January 27. The day of groundbreaking for the new library </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1942_001 </td> <td> May 10: Family pictures of Inez, Mary, Robert, Anne, Arnold, and Nils in the yard </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1942_002 </td> <td> Summer: Family pictures of Mary, Robert, Inez, Nils, and Arnold </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1943_001 </td> <td> Summer: Arnold, Anne, Robert, Mary, and Inez </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1944_001 </td> <td> Unlabelled </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 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 Nils Flaten Family Letters and Photograph 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/. 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 P1712 Title A name given to the resource Nils Flaten family letters and photographs, 1888-1956 Description An account of the resource Biography/History: Nils Flaten (1867-1947) taught Romance Languages at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1900-1946. Born in Valdres, Norway, son of Ole and Moren (Wagensten) Flaten. Emigrated in 1868 and settled in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minn. Married Inez Ruth Olson of Arkdale, Wisconsin, September 1, 1896. Scope and Content: The Nils Flaten family papers contain a collection of letters and photographs about the family. Digitized photographs available online <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nahaarchives/albums/72177720304425107">here</a>. Location: 14/A/5-14/A/6 68/A/5 (Box 7) 68/B/3 Subject The topic of the resource Northfield (Minn.) St. Olaf College Olson, Inez R. Flaten, Nils, 1867-1947 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-1956 Language A language of the resource English Norwegian Type The nature or genre of the resource Photographs Correspondence Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes) Box 6 contains glass plate negatives. 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]. Nils Flaten Family Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.