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(Ole) Michael Jakobsen Stolee (1871-1946) and Martha Knutson Stolee (1878-1957), missionaries to Madagascar, 1900-1911. Papers include glass negatives, photographs; letters to church officials, family and congregations who supported them. Also includes papers of Rev. Michael Stolee from the time he served as commissioner for the National Lutheran Council in France during World War I. As commissioner he aided people affected by World War I as well as armed services personnel and helped with the reconstruction of churches in France, Poland, and Russia. Michael returned to the U.S. and taught at Luther Seminary in St.Paul until his death.
Storli Family Reunion, Lincoln City, Oregon (June 17-19, 1994). Includes family pedigree of Storli family in America (those descended from Ole Knutsen Storlie( 1832-1905) and Ingeborg Vallerdalen (1832-1911); The Ode Family: Gleanings of Family History (account based on a manuscript titled"Gleanings of Family History" by Anna Storli's niece, Sigrid Ode, who visited America from Norway in 1913-1914. Added to Ode's facts are additionalnotes given by Victor Storli; Victor Storli translation of article authored by Sigrid Ode (Arbeiderbladet, Aug. 1, 1939), "The Weather was bad, and many of the passengers seasick. At Last we arose to eat, An emigrant [Valdres] voyage of seventy years ago" based on an interview with Sarah Bergesen, older sister to Anne Ode Hagen Storli.
A copybook of letters written by Storm Bull, a Norwegian-born, Swiss-educated engineer, who came to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1879, where his uncle, the violinist Ole Bull, had lived earlier. Storm Bull, a member of the engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin, served on the city council and was for a time mayor of Madison. The letters deal with University affairs. The file also contains four obituary notices.
Straub Family History and photograph albums. Includes names of Hanson, Hubbard, and Haas. Family line back to One Hanson, Sisseton, South Dakota. Hundreds of photographic images from 1900-1940s