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  Spokane College papers, 1905-1929

  Biography/History: 
  Spokane College was founded in 1906 by the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America on Spokane's South Hill. The four-year liberal arts college also operated a law school. The college closed in 1929 when it was merged into Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland, Washington.

  Scope and Content: 
  Publications, photographs, catalogues, reports, and histories (one by J. M. Wickman, 1923) of a Lutheran school. See also J. Jorgen Thompson Papers (P0595). Thompson was president 1917-1920.

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  Waldorf Lutheran College papers, 1902-1970, 2003

  Biography/History: 
  Waldorf University was established in 1903 as Waldorf College by Rev. C.S. Salveson. It started as an academy, business college, and preparatory program for future pastors. In the spring of 1994, Waldorf College received accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. In January 2010, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America sold the college to a subsidiary of Columbia Southern University, transforming it into a for-profit institution. Waldorf College became Waldorf University in March 2016, and by 2022, ownership had been transferred to the Waldorf Lutheran College Foundation, leading the university to initiate the process of regaining nonprofit status. 

  Scope and Content: 
  Catalogues, brochures, bulletins, journals, reports, and photographs

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  Willmar Seminary papers, 1883-1919

  Biography/History:
  Willmar Seminary, located in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1882 as the “Minnesota Lutheran Seminary and Institute.” The Willmar Seminary was a Lutheran high school and junior college that ceased operations in 1969.

  Scope and Content: 
  Materials include scrapbook excerpts, journal entries, photographs, programs, articles, catalogs, and student-related record books.

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  Congregations records

  Printed and typescript histories, constitutions, programs, yearbooks, and records of some 400 Norwegian-American churches, filed alphabetically by state and city (or county).
• Ole Nilsen Flagum papers, 1865-1900

  Articles, clippings, poems, records, and scrapbooks of a Norwegian-born farmer and writer. The scrapbooks of clippings from Visergutten and Decorah-Posten contain biographies of pioneers in Winnebago County, Iowa, including those of Jens M. Dahl and Niels Chr. Flugum, written by Flugum. A scrapbook of clippings from Amerika (1900) contains letters concerning the Boer War and recent Norwegian literature. The Lutheran church record book contains rosters of members and cites their yearly contributions to the Winnebago, Fertile, West Prairie, North Prairie, Ellington Prairie, and Lake Mills congregations (1865-1887).
  
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  • "Den Kristne Menighets Missionsopgave" (typescript, 1931); Sermon outlines and Membership and Financial records of Winnebago Lutheran Church (1899); "Ei Utvandrarsoge Fra Sogndal" by Rasmus Sunde (1994)
  • Manuscripts of newspaper articles written by O. N. Flugum (undated
  • Clippings and Poems (1926-1939, undated)
  • Letters and Articles (1928-1933, undated)
  • Typescript copies of articles written by and about O. N. Flugum; "History and Scattered Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago" (1927); "Prejudice as a Hindrance to Knowledge" (undated)
  • Phrenograph of John Quam (1896); O. N. Flugum Library Catalogue (1908-1909); Biographies of Hans Holtan and C. N. Flugum (n.d.); Clippings from "Amerika" regarding Boer War and Recent Norwegian Literature (1900); 4 volumes of clippings of "Historier og spredte minder fra pioneertiden i Winnebago" (c. 1930); Norse-American Centennial Medal (1925).
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  Andrew Fossum papers, 1887-1941

  Biography/History: 
  Andrew Fossum was born in Allamakee County, Iowa. He attended Luther College from 1876-1882 and again in 1884. He continued his education at Johns Hopkins University where he received his Doctor of Philosophy. Fossum’s scholarly journeys to Greece led him to work alongside notable African-American Archaeologist Wesley Gilbert at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in the early 1890s. Fossum taught at Concordia College and St. Olaf College in Minnesota and was the author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918) and of articles on the theater in ancient Greece. 

  Scope and Content: 
  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and records of a teacher, author, Greek scholar, and archeologist. Correspondents include George O. Berg, Gisle Bothne, Albert E. Egge, O. G. Felland, J. F. Fries, Hjalmar R. Holand, Olaf Huseby, Th. N. Mohn, Anna Mohn (Mrs. Th. N.), Knute Nelson, George A. Torrison, Andrew A. Veblen, and H. T. Ytterboe.

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  Fox River Settlement Centennial papers, 1933-1979

  Biography/History:
  The Fox River Settlement is situated in La Salle County, Illinois. There are varying opinions on when the first settlers arrived, with some sources suggesting 1835, Knud Langeland stating it was 1836, and Professor Rasmus B. Anderson asserting it was 1834. In the spring of 1834, Jacob Anderson Slogvig, Knud Anderson Slogvig, Gudmund Haugaas, Thorsten Olson Bjaaland, Nels Thompson, Andrew (Endre) Dahl, and Kleng Peerson departed for La Salle County, becoming the earliest Norwegian settlers in Illinois.

  Scope and Content: 
  Articles, correspondence, clippings, pictures, and programs, dealing with the centennial celebration of the first permanent Norwegian settlement in the United States in the Fox River Valley, La Salle County, Illinois. Among the papers are the addresses by Marshall Solberg and Arthur Andersen and an article, "The Fox River Norwegian Settlement," by Carlton C. Qualey. B. O. Berge, Orlando Ingvoldstad, Joseph M. Johnson, John J. Sonsteby, and J. Jorgen Thompson are the chief correspondents.

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  Adolph M. Hanson papers, 1919-1942

  Biography/History: 
  Adolph M. Hanson was a physician and researcher from Faribault, Minnesota. He won a Minnesota State Medical Awards gold medal for his exhibit on the biological effects of thymus and pineal extracts. He went on to patent his methods and related concepts on the extract of the parathyroid gland, the royalties from which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution. Hanson was the son of Martin G. Hanson and grandson of Osten Hanson, past president of the Hauge Synod. Hanson held the rank of major in the Sanitary Commission during World War I.

  Scope and Content: 
  Papers of a Faribault, Minnesota, physician: poems, correspondence, and articles dealing largely with his invention of, and the patent on, his extract of the parathyroid gland.

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  Einar Haugen papers, 1913-1926

  Biography/History:
  Einar Ingvald Haugen (April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist, author, and professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University.

  Born in Sioux City Iowa in 1906 to Norwegian immigrants from Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. When he was a young child, the family moved back to Oppdal for a few years but then returned to the United States. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City but transferred to St. Olaf College to study with Ole E. Rølvaag. He earned his B.A. in 1928 and immediately went on to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Scandinavian Language Study in 1931.

  In 1931 Haugen joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he stayed until 1962. He was made Victor S. Thomas Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics at Harvard University in 1964 and stayed here until his retirement in 1975. Haugen served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian American Historical Association.

  Scope and Content: 
  Correspondence, clippings, and articles in typescript and print. The collection includes O. E. Rølvaag's letters to Haugen.

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  Kristine Haugen papers, 1900-1955

  Haugen was born in the valley of Oppdal, emigrating in 1899 to North Dakota. Married John Ellingsen Haugen, carpenter, in 1904 and settled in Sioux City, Iowa. Scrapbooks of clippings from the Norwegian-American press on a variety of subjects, including NAHA, and letters from Ole E. Rolvaag. Mrs. Haugen was correspondent for the Norwegian-American press and was editor of Oppdalslaget yearbook from 1928 to 1935. Awarded the Medal of St. Olav in 1955.