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Gunnar J. Malmin papers, undated
- Title
- Gunnar J. Malmin papers, undated
- Identifier
- P0235
- Date
- Undated
- Creator
- Malmin, Gunnar J.
- Description
- Letters, clippings, and articles by a professor of music at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Washington. "Source Material Relating to the Emigration of 1825" was published in the "American Scandinavian Review," 13 (June, 1925). "The Society of Friends in Norway and Their Relations to the Early Norwegian Emigration to America," "Norwegian Music in America," and "Norwegian Archives" are unpublished manuscripts. The "Decorah-Posten" clippings, "Norsk Landnam i U.S.," are articles by Malmin. The file includes "Songs and Hymns for Children's Voices," 36 pages, 1928, and "Songs and Anthems for Children's Voices," by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin, 51 pages, 1930. Note: For another set of the series "Norsk Landnam i U.S." see Norwegians in the U.S. Scrapbooks, I-II. P 697.
Contents:- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers [music]. sheet music, "To Minnesota," and "Mit flag'.' "Songs and hymns for children's voices." 36 p. 1928. "Songs and anthems for children's voices, by Dorothy and Gunnar Malmin." 51 p. 1930. See Thomas Garber Music, P 1456. In a letter of March 11, 1989 Garber says "the melody was published in a column by G. J. Malmin in a newspaper in South Dakota along with" an article describing how his father heard it in the Haugesund harbor. The origin is unknown, although Garber doubts it is Norwegian.
- Hans Gunnar Malmin Papers: Articles. Includes "Reverend Malmin's lost tune," audio cassette tape, Transferred from Music collection; Transferred from Gjerset Papers (Musicians): "Music and musicians": I. Norwegian male choruses and the Norwegian Singers' Association of America. 15 p. II. Artistically trained singers and musicians. 2 p. (Some sections had appeared in various newspapers.); "Information as to the Music Department in Connection with the Institution [Augustana College and Normal School] (1925), History of Music at Waldorf College, Concordia College history of music.
- Audio location:
17/C/3 - Extent
- 3 folders
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Rights
- Rights undetermined
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
Citation
Malmin, Gunnar J. , “Gunnar J. Malmin papers, undated,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9982.