Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969]]> Østby, Paul Gjermundsen , 1836-1917]]> Bøe, Nils Endreson (Anderson)]]> Brictson, J. O.]]> Wisconsin]]> Nilsson, Svein]]> Johnson, Gunder Høibergsmo]]> Reque, Lars Davidson]]> Kulberg, Martha]]> Rustung, Anna]]> Hauge, Hans Steensen]]> Hauge, Ole Steensen]]> Kindem, Lars]]> Burkee, Andres]]> Listerud, Hans C.]]> Thompson, Andrew W.]]> Boe, A. Sophie]]> Haakon Adelstein]]> Boe, Endre Endreson , 1810-1885]]> Bergo, Ole Larsen, 1793-1869]]> Otteson, Otto]]> Thompson, Thor A. (Teigen)]]> Conference for the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Luthutheran Church in America]]> Papers of a daughter of Pastor N.E. Bøe, consisting of correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and clippings. Includes:

• Biography of N.E. Bøe, "Days That Are Gone: The Story of Father's Life," by A. Sophie Bøe (4 copies/1 photocopied, in file). Nils E Bøe, born in 1846 at Valestrand, Norway, emigrated from Norway in 1851 to Koshkonong, Dane County, Wisconsin. Biography touches upon many topics, including: farm work, Forth of July (Independence Day celebrations), swimming hole, ice skating, Christmas, education/school days, passenger pigeons, religion, Albion Academy, Civil War (enlisted as Nils Anderson in the 40th Wis. Reg., Co. C), Luther College, preparation for the ministry at Augustana Seminary (1866-1871), two years in Eureka, Kansas (1871-1873), prairie life (fires, prairie dogs, buffaloes, and flowers), six years in Calumet, Michigan (1873-1879), saloon element, Finnish sect, Laestadians, grasshoppers near Willmar, Minnesota (p. 65), Rev. Alfred Backman, Rev. Nils Brun, cyclone/tornado, ten years in Leland, Illinois (1878-1889), horses and roads in Illinois, twenty years in Silver Lake, Iowa (1889-1909), liquor problem (p. 97), wedding ceremonies, St. Ansgar Academy, Game Gulbrand, wood carver (pg. 122), Christmas celebrations, Augusta Kean (p. 12&0, Rev. J.A. Ottesen, seven years in Deronda, Wisconsin (1909-1916), Rev. J.A. Bergh
• Letters from Agnes Kittelsby, China, 1914 - 1919. Also includes 5 photos from China.
• America letter written by her grandfather; other letters; newspaper clippings; article "Lars Davidson Reque: Pioneer" by A. Sophie Bøe, published in "Studies and Records" v. 6 (undated); "One of Our Pioneer Mothers" by A. Sophie Bøe, published in the Lutheran Herald (undated); 2 photos, unlabelled and undated.
• Family History Materials. Includes "Genealogy of the N.E. Bøe Family", 1935, 29 p.; eightieth anniversary pamphlet of St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation (1931)
• Biography, correspondence, genealogical materials, May 30th 1928 - March 5th, 1936, many undated. Includes copies of "Genealogy of the N.E. Bøe Family", 1935, 29 p.
• Clippings, articles, pamphlets, and correspondence concerning Svein Nilsson.

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