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John N. Kildahl papers, 1882-1938
Articles, clippings, reports, speeches, sermons, and letters of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, college president, theologian, and author. The letters to his son J. L. Kildahl offer counsel on pastoral problems and discuss family affairs. Kildahl was the second president of St. Olaf College (1899-1914). The clippings include an obituary (1916) of his father; an article on his mother's 90th birthday (1917); "Reminiscence as Written by a County Pioneer," a long article by his sister N. Johanna about the family's pioneer experiences in the 1880s in North Dakota carried in "The Cando Record," July 12, 1934; and an account of a Kildahl family reunion in 1914. Kildahl was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St.Olav.
Includes:- Clippings & Reports. Address book of Kildahl's congregation in Chicago; notebook on church conference at Norway Lake (1885-1886); "Installation address of Prof. J.N. Kildahl, as Professor of Systematic Theology at the United Church Seminary, St. Paul" (Jan. 10, 1915) 14 p., typescript; "J.N. Kildahl: Excerpts from a Chapter in 'Fifty Years in America'", by N.N. Ronning (July, 1938); 1888-1938
- Correspondence. One letter from Peder J. Eikeland to Kildahl, dated Aug. 9, 1893, in Norwegian. 1893-1893
- Letters to his son, John. All letters in English. 1915-1920
- English Sermons. 1894-1922
- Norwegian Sermons. 1882-1921
John Nathan Kildahl's funeral held at St. Olaf College, Northfield, 1920 September
Choir processional, John Nathan Kildahl's funeral held at St. Olaf College, Northfield, 1920 September
John Nathan Kildahl and group gathered, circa 1915 -
Kristofer Janson papers, 1876-1964
Papers of a Norwegian author and Unitarian clergyman: clippings, correspondence, and pamphlets. Janson lived in Minneapolis (1881-1893). He organized several Unitarian congregations, including one in Hanska, Minnesota, and wrote several novels about his countrymen.
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Kristofer N. Janson and family, 1880 -
Joseph Langland papers, 1863-1964
A biography and critique of a second-generation Norwegian-American poet and professor of English at the University of Massachusetts. Langland spent his early life in northeastern Iowa and has written two volumes of poems, "The Green Town" (1956) and "The Wheel of Summer" (1963). "Norwegian Rivers" is a poem written for the sesquicentennial of the Norwegian migration, 1975. The file includes information about Langland.
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Joseph Langland Papers: Clippings and Poem. -
Henry Langum articles, undated
"Thoughts about Life" and "When Old Age Comes" (5 typescript pages) by a Lutheran clergyman and high school teacher; a 12-page autobiography of Andrew Johnson Langum, Henry's father, translated by his daughter. Born in 1831 near Drammen, Andrew emigrated in 1853 and settled eventually in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
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Henry Langum Articles. -
Erling Larsen articles, 1955-1956
Articles appearing in "Sparks," the official publication of the Minnesota State Automobile Association, by a professor of English at Carleton College. The articles deal largely with Minnesota, its lakes, rivers, birds, history, mines, Indians, and museums.
Includes "Where the Cannon [River] Flows"; "The Way to Big Sandy"; "This Pigeon [River] is Not Dead"; "The Broad, Smooth Rainy [River]"; "Taconite"; "The Mississippi and the Lake of Tears"; "Shadow of the Sioux"; "Inherit the Sea [story of Chris Grastvedt]"; and "God's Country and the Ships." -
Gunhild Andrine Jacobsdatter Larsen reminiscences, 1923, 1925
Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife: her 1844 passage across the Atlantic, life in Muskego in the 1840s and 1850s and her wedding, November 3, 1856. There are comments on "Nordlyset," the presidential election of 1856, Soren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, J. W. C. Dietrichson, Elling Eielsen, Even Heg, John J. Landsverk, and H. A. Stub.
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Gunhild A. Larsen (Mrs. Tobias) Manuscript: Recollection from Muskego. Note: baptized in Laurvig, Norway. -
Gustav Adolph Larsen correspondence, 1881-1931
Letters of call (1881-1886) to a Lutheran clergyman and related correspondence.
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Gustav A. Larson Correspondence: Letters of Call. -
Magnus Larsen letters, 1887-1899
Copies of 21 letters by a Norwegian-born draftsman and designer who rose from shoveling coal to designer for Tiffany. Larsen is critical of the inequalities in American society and gives detailed accounts of unpleasant experiences in metropolitan New York.
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Magnus, Larsen Letters. Letters in Norwegian. -
C.W. Larson address, 1927
Manuscript of an address delivered by the Iowa-born (St. Ansgar) chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture before the American Institute of Cooperation in Chicago, dealing with cost and improvements in methods of milk production, and the role of the cooperative. Larson was professor of agriculture at Pennsylvania State College and Columbia University and in 1927 was named director of the National Dairy Council.
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C.W. Larson Article: Milk Production & Cooperatives. Clippings. -
Christian Larson biography, 1917
An autobiography of a Norwegian-born (Lindaas, Hordaland) Iowa farmer who was the father of Laurence M. Larson, professor of history at the University of Illinois, the author of "The Log Book of a Young Immigrant," published by NAHA in 1939. Larson emigrated in 1870, settling in Winnebago Co., Iowa.
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Christian Larson Article: Autobiography. Manuscript.