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Biographical data, family history, correspondence and letters of call concerning a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister who served parishes in the Midwest.
Biographical data, clippings, photos, sermons, and poems of a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and 1916 graduate of St. Olaf College. He studied a year at Menighetsfakultetet in Oslo. After serving in several parishes he became Executive Secretary for the Zion Society for Israel, 1943-1952.
Clippings, naturalization certificate, letters, and other data concerning a Norwegian-born minister who came from Karmøy in 1888. After serving a parish in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for 25 years he became editor of Lutheraneren, the official organ of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America. A manuscript, "En fiskedag paa vestsiden af Karmøi", consists of reminiscences from 1880.
Pictorial record of occasions involving the Norwegian-American community in Chicago: May 17, appearances of Bernt Balchen, Governor Adlai Stevenson, the Oslo Håndverkers Chorus, and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Blessum, a Chicago businessman and for a time Clerk of Cook County Court, was present at these events. He was a son of Ben Blessum, the Norwegian-American painter.
"An Interview with Svein Ellingson," 20 pages, reported in The Hymn, April, 1986. The interview with the Norwegian hymn writer and translator took place at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in August 1985.
"‘Hans'; a Translation of Hans Nielsen Hauge's Major Work ‘The World's Folly' Together with a Discussion of Its Impact on the Hauge Lutheran Church in Immigrant America."
"Pennestrøg—Opplevelser," the reminiscences (150 pages) of an emigrant from Feda to Brooklyn in 1880. He had been a teacher and a sea captain in Norway; in Brooklyn he established himself as a ship chandler and shipbuilder. He was influential in the religious life of the community as a lay preacher and a Sunday School teacher. He was one of the founders of Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooklyn and also of the Norwegian Deaconess Hospital there.
The collection includes biographical notes and a summary of "Pennestrøg" in English. "My First Voyage as Skipper," is a translation of pages 60-66 of "Pennestrøg" by Gabriel Bernard Fedde, a grandson.
"Reflection on Our Times: The Art of Lloyd Herfindahl," a catalog giving information about exhibits at the Minnesota State Capitol and at the St. Louis County Heritage Arts Center in Duluth. Herfindahl is an artist from Albert Lea, Minnesota, where many of his murals are located. He has exhibited in London, Paris, and Monte Carlo, and is the recipient of several European awards.