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              <text>John N. Midtlien papers, 1911-1952</text>
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              <text>Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and "A Christmas at the Old Parsonage in Coon Valley [Wis.]" (5 page-typescript), written by Midtlien and translated from the Norwegian by L. A. Mathre in 1965. A large number of the letters are from Martin Norgaard, a mathematics teacher. The remaining letters concern his duties as a parish minister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Content:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;"Christmas…Coon Valley Parsonage." translated from the Norwegian by Pastor L. A.. Mathre (1968); Article first appeared (in Norwegian) in "Jul I Vesterheimen" (1946)--copy included in folder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Includes Letter from Rev. J.M. Jensen, Oluf Glasoe, Theo A. Hoidahl, J. Granskou, Borghild Roe, P.O. Petersen of Brooklyn, NY, Rev. A.M. Skindlov, P. R.. Syrdal, Halver Hanson, and Charles A. Crouch,.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt; M. Nodgaard Letters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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Digital Collections:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1mfou"&gt;Formal portrait of Sophia Starke, Dexter, Minnesota, 1905&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1rzTY"&gt;Unidentified formal portrait, 1905&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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