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Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson papers, circa 1843-2012

Title
Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson papers, circa 1843-2012
Identifier
P0066
Date
1843-2012
Description
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the Koshkonong congregations, doctrinal differences, plans for a seminary, and relations with the Mormons. There are references to Søren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, Elling Eielsen, Laurits J. Fribert, Hans Gasmann, Cleng Peerson, J. D. Reymert, John G. Smith, and Gustaf Unonius. After founding many congregations in Wisconsin, Dietrichson returned to Norway in 1850. He was opposed to emigration. In 1973 NAHA published E. Clifford Nelson's "Pioneer Churchman: J. W. C. in Wisconsin, 1844-1850." It includes a translation of Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter…" (1846) and of his "parish journal" for Koshkonong, 1844-1850. A copy of "Reise" is in the NAHA book collection; copies of an 1896 reprint are included here. Also included are photographs and articles on Deitrichson by Berge Øverland (1942) and Einar Haugen (1946).

Contents
  • J.W.C. Dietrichson letters, undated
  • Typed transcriptions of letters with index, undated
  • Photographs, undated
    • Includes cabinet card, published by W.A. Fermann, Stoughton, Wisc.
  • Publications, undated
  • Clippings and articles, undated
  • Dietrichson Slekten Jubileumfest, 1924, 1949, 1974; 
  • Book "Stamtavler over Familien Breder og de med den Beglaegtede Familier Preus og Arctander med alle disse familiers sidelinier" (Norway, 1876)
  • Genealogy/family history,undated
    • See folio cabinet for framed pedigree chart
  • Correspondence, 1848-1911
  • Correspondence  with Edwin R. Dietrichson,  World War I, 1918)
  • Miscellaneous family letters, 1897-1944
  • Correspondence of Rasmus and Margit Fione family, Nissedal, Norway, 1934-1938
  • Correspondence Petter and Anne Flatland, 1930-1938
  • two photographs of Elving H.D. Dietrichson
  • Newspaper clipping regarding Rachel Dietrichson
  • "A Brief Biography and a Tribute, Isak Levin Preus Dietrichson," by Otto Dietrichson
  • Obituary clippings regarding Levina Dietrichson, 1935
  • Newspaper columns "This 'N That" authored by Susie W. Stageberg, 1958
  • Correspondence from Hans and Olav Nordbö, Telemark, Norway, 1931-1939
    • Includes several photographs.
  • 300+ photographs


Location: 
1/A/4
Extent
1.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
Language
English
Norwegian
Rights
Rights undetermined.
Type
Correspondence
Photographs
Clippings

Collection

Archival Collection

Citation

Dietrichson, J. W. C. (Johannes Wilhelm Christian), 1815-1883, “Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson papers, circa 1843-2012,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9627.