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Catalogs of a school founded in 1919 in St. Paul and later moved to Minneapolis. Some catalogs concern branch schools located on the East and West coasts of the United States and in Canada. Also newspaper clippings.
Catalogues, correspondence, reports, and yearbooks of a Bible school founded by the church of the Lutheran Brethren in 1903, located first in Wahpeton, North Dakota; in 1918 moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota; and lastly in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1935. "In 1916 a junior high school course was added, and two years later the school offered a four-year high school course. In 1946 it was decided to separate the seminary and Bible departments from the academy. In 1948 the following names for the two schools were decided upon: for the academy, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy; for the Bible school, Lutheran Bible School and Seminary; for the two schools together, Lutheran Brethren Schools." From 1949/50 Catalogue.
First opened in November 1894 as a finishing school, the Lutheran Ladies’ Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota became a full fledged college offering a Bachelor of Art Degree. The seminary had a renowned Conservatory of Music that was well known throughout the midwest. The ladies who attended gave the institution a nickname “prestefru fabrikk” – meaning the pastor’s wife factory.
On June 8, 1920, there was a fire that destroyed the schools. Efforts to rebuild were discussed but nothing came to fruition. The last president of the seminary, Pastor Thoralf Hoff, was a leading figure in bringing coeducation to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The Conservatory’s music director, Carl Youngdahl, moved to Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and built a well known program there.
Scope and Content:
Catalogs, journals, pictures, and reports of a Red Wing, Minnesota, school that ran from 1894 to 1920.
Catalogs (1892-1917), brochures, correspondence, reports, catalogs, and student publications of an institution founded by the Norwegian Synod in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1889 and merged with Augustana College in 1918.
Includes:
Lutheran Normal School Journals (The Mirror, 1900-1905); Jordahl, Sivert A. "Memorial History: Lutheran Normal School, 1889-1918" (Another copy in library collection).
Lutheran Normal School Correspondence, Programs, and Reports. Includes: Lists of students and teachers of the school. 1902-1931
Lutheran Normal School Clippings. 1890-1902
Lutheran Normal School Journals (The Mirror, 1906-1918)
Photographs, articles, catalogues, correspondence, histories, and records of a number of Lutheran theological seminaries founded by Norwegian Americans.
Catalogues, student publications, and programs of a Lutheran secondary institution founded in 1904 in Minneapolis by the Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Synod.