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Oley Nelson papers, 1893-1943
- Title
- Oley Nelson papers, 1893-1943
- Identifier
- P0258
- Date
- 1893-1943
- Creator
- Nelson, Oley
- Description
- Papers of a Civil War veteran: pamphlets, speeches, clippings, photographs (including one with F.D. Roosevelt), sketches of Nelson's life, and GAR mementos. Included is a pamphlet titled "The Controversy as to the Responsibility of the Augsburg Board of Trustees to the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America from 1890 to 1893," by Oley Nelson and Ole O. Onstad. "Brief History, 1st Norwegian Settlement, Story and Polk Counties in Iowa, 1855" was compiled by Nelson in 1905, and translated by him in 1930. "A Short History of the First Norwegian Settlement in Story and Polk Counties, Iowa" by Nelson was translated by Jacob Hodnefield. The clippings (1914-1938) are articles about Nelson and a few are by him. Nelson, a Slater, Iowa, farmer, merchant, and legislator, was Commander-in-Chief of the GAR in 1935.
- Location: 1/B/4
- Extent
- 2 folders
- Subject
- Civil War
- Norwegian Lutheran Church
- Hodnefield, Jacob
- St. Olaf College
- Iowa
- Apland, Anfin
- National Old Settlers Forening
- Onstad, Ole O.
- Annals of Iowa
- Nelson, Oley
- Polk County (Iowa)
- Rights
- Rights undetermined
- Type
- Pamphlets
- Clippings
- Photographs
Collection
Citation
Nelson, Oley, “Oley Nelson papers, 1893-1943,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9997.