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Bernt J. Muus papers, 1855-1990
Biography/History:
Bernt Julius Muus was a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and church leader. He helped found St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Born in Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway on March 15, 1932. He was the grandson of the priest Jens Rynning and the nephew of the emigrant author Ole Rynning. After graduating from the Latin school of Trondheim in 1849, he entered the University of Christiania to study theology and completed his theological training in 1854. In 159, Muus immigrated to the United States.
Muus was the first pastor of Holden Lutheran Church in Kenyon, Minnesota. Muus also founded St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minnesota, Fox Lake Lutheran Church in Rice County, Minnesota and many other churches in southern Minnesota. Muus was also the bishop of the Minnesota District of the Norwegian Synod, took part in theological disputes, and urged the church to do more in the field of education. In 1874, Muus, along with a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, founded St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1898, due to Muus’ uncompromising nature and stubbornness, he was expelled from the church for failure to conform to doctrine.
Muus married Oline Pind in 1859. They had three children, Nils, Jens Ingebrigt Rynning, and Paul Johan Elster. After a lengthy and highly publicised legal battle, Pind was granted a limited divorce on January 20, 1883. Divorce in the Norwegian-Lutheran community was rare at this time.
Scope and Content:
Articles, clippings, correspondence, lectures, sermons, court documents, family histories, and notes of a Norwegian-born clergyman and the founder of St. Olaf College. The file includes some Oline Muus letters and papers and the papers of Ole Willem Kluver, a great-grandson of B. J. Muus.
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Bernt N. Toftness family history, 1939
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Bert Brun play, undated
"Ashes to Ashes" (33 pages typescript). -
Bert J. Enger letter, 1923
A letter to an employee by a Norwegian-American businessman while on a world cruise. Enger founded the Enger and Olson Furniture Company in Duluth and donated land for the Enger golf course and the Enger Tower. A park was also named in his honor. -
Bertha (Brita) Hagen letters, circa 1920-1949
Letters from Brita Hagen of Deer Park, Wisconsin (born in Vik i Sogne) to her daughter Freda Severson Vick of St. Paul, Minnesota. Brita Americanized her name to Bertha and was married Fred Severson.
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Bertha Buan clippings, 1932-1964
Lyric verse published mainly in the "Duluth Skandinav" by a poet who came from Beistad, Trøndelag, and who lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of her poems were set to music, of which several are found in the collection. Includes a 16-page pamphlet titled "Stevne minne; Dikte". For a biographical sketch of Haldor S. and Bertha Buan, see "Family Sagas," ed. Kristine Leander (1997), pages 19-20.
See in library collection, "Tre-Kløver-Hjørnet" (Duluth, Fuhr, 1947, 56 p.), on which she collaborated with Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud and Marcus Tellevik. Another copy in Johnsrud papers, (see P0948).
Includes scores, "Bluebells" (1944); "DU Deilige Trondhhjems Fjord" (1943); "My Christmas Boat" (1942); "My Home Land (Norway)" (1944); "Song to our Flag" (1942); "When the Boys Come Home Again" (1944). Poems: "Trøndere!"; "Tribute to Minnesota"; "Vår Syttende Mai"; "Christian Ellingsen og Egil Hammer (in memoriam)"; "Marcus Televik (in Memoriam)"; "Henrik Ibsen" -
Bertha O.F. Johnson letters, 1874-1888
Letters to Bertha Fjeld from her mother, Oline Fjeld of Fåberg, Norway, after Bertha's emigration to Blair, Wisconsin, and a few from a sister. Many are from Karl Emil, her future husband, written from various towns where he worked as a railroad station agent. Karl Emil was also known as Charles E. Johnson. A final letter to him is addressed Zumbrota, Minnesota. Folder 1: Letters from Norway (1874-1886). Folder 2: Letters from Karl Emil (1875-1877). Folder 3: Miscellaneous letters. Includes vaccination certificate (1855). -
Berthe C. Petersen papers, 1927-1975
Papers concerning a Norwegian-born Chicago clubwoman. Mrs. Petersen was active in Norwegian National League, President of the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, served on the Norse-American Centennial Committee, and promoted the idea of Leif Erikson Day. In 1940 she received the St. Olav Medal from Haakon VII of Norway. -
Bertinius K. Savre biography, 1960
Autobiography of a Norwegian-American teacher and journalist, who served as administrator and teacher at church-affiliated academies: Clifton College, Texas; Glenwood Academy, Minnesota; and Grand Forks College, North Dakota; and as a teacher at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. From 1918 until his retirement in the 1950s he was editor and publisher of the Glenwood, Minnesota, "Herald." He was also president and curator of the Pope County, Minnesota, Historical Society. -
Bertlesen/Bertleson family history, undated
"Is it Bertlesen or Bertleson? A family history," by Richard C. Thompson