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• Ragnvald Leland papers and scrapbooks, 1891-1929

  Clippings largely from the Norwegian-American press regarding such subjects as Det Norske Selskab, New Norwegian Literature. Contributors include O.A. Buslett, Juul Dieserud, P.P. Iverslie, M. Falk Gjertsen, Mabel Johnson Leland, Ragnvald Leland, Per Sivle, Peer O. Strømme, and Henrik Voldal. Leland, Norwegian-Born, practiced medicine in Kenyon, Minnesota, for forty years. His chief cultural interests were language and music. See American Scandinavian Review, Aug. 1922, translation by Mabel Johnson Leland of Per Sivle's "Helpless" (pp. 477-480)
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  Jewell Lutheran College papers, 1897-1935
  

  Biography/History: 
  Jewell Lutheran College was founded in 1893 in Jewell, Iowa, by a group of local Lutherans who envisioned a broadly Christian institution not tied to any specific synod. The college opened its doors in 1894 with roughly thirty students and soon expanded its curriculum to include academic, commercial, musical, and vocational courses that served the educational needs of the surrounding rural community. 

  Financial pressures led to its transfer to the Iowa District of the Hague Synod in 1897, and the campus continued to grow until a devastating fire in 1903 destroyed the main building and claimed the lives of two students. Rebuilt the following year, the school carried on into the early twentieth century, offering a wide range of programs and, at its height, enrolling more than seventy students. Declining enrollment and rising financial challenges, however, eventually forced the college to close after its final commencement in 1924. In 1925, its buildings were transferred to the local public school district, ensuring that the former college campus would continue to serve the community. 

  Scope and Content: 
  Papers of a secondary institution founded in 1893 at Jewell, Iowa. Consisting of account books, catalogs, journals, programs, and reports.
  
  Location:
  7/B/6-7/C/1, 68/A/2
  

• Oscar Gunderson papers, 1934-1939

  The manuscripts and typescripts of 39 poems in Norwegian two collections of short stories, "Fra Gutteaarene" and "Brevities" a dramatic sketch "Alcestis " and two stories with religious themes, "Expiation" and "Vigilius, Leaves from the Journal of a Roman," a note book, and three diaries. Gunderson, a Chicago accountant, wrote two books entitled "Stemnings-billeder" (1891), a collection of poems, and "Ralph Waldo Emerson, En Fremstilling" (1910)
• Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home Society papers, 1900-1989

  Constitution, history, journals, reports, photographs, and 4 volumes of "Children's Home News" (1949-1956) of a Chicago institution founded in 1896. In 1965 name was changed to Edison Park Home.
• Janet Lendle collection, circa 1880-2004

  Genealogical material and documents about Janet Lendle’s family. Includes research, photographs, oral histories, and more.
• Ione and Dick Tracy papers, circa 1929-2005

  Collected by Ione and Dick Tracy. Includes publications: 95th Anniversary pamphlet of the Valdres Samband Anna Olson: A Child of the Prairie by Martha Winblad Slidredomen People of Valdres Samband, 1899-1984 by Carl and Amy Narvestad Ron Kyrkje, 250 years, 1748-1998 Valdres, Queen of the Valleys "Norge, mitt Norge" to "American the beautiful," 1987 (Syversrud-Swenson) Scrapbook pages, circa 1929-1949
• Jerome Phillips collection, 1871

  Document and book (Børnebiblioteket) brought from Norway by Andreas and Maren Oledatter Christopherson when they immigrated to American in 1871 with their five children. It appears to have been composed by their pastor in Norway and was signed by him. This was an introduction for them to use to gain membership in a church and church community in America. It documents lineage, both dates and baptisms. It also documents the marriage and parentage of the parents, Andreas and Maren. Translation of the document is included.
• Harald Sorhaug collection, 1940-1945

  Harald Sorhaug was bron in Norway on February 1913. During World War II, he worked for the Norwegian Resistance (Hjemmevernet). Sorhaug often told stories of the war, and around his 90th birthday, his daughter asked him to put his memories into writing. Included in the collection: "Memories of the war years" by Harald Sorhaug Copy of letter Gjudrun Sorhaug wrote to the warden at Berg Concentration Camp asking for permission to visit her husband, 1944 September 20 Delgeren, 1940 April 2-1940 April 18, 1945 December 6 Opland, 1945 May 2-1945 June 21 Vestopland, 1945 May 2 Opland Avbeiderblad, 1940 December 12 Oslo-Pressen, 1945 May 12 Oplendingen, 1943 September 9 Samhold, 1945 June 21
• Janet Madson collection, circa 1950-2010

  A collection of family history materials related to Janet Marie Chistopherson Madson’s family. Includes a mixture of clippings, genealogical records, photographs, correspondence, and more.
  
  Notes from Janet on her family compilations:
  Kittleson family: This is the story of the background of the Kittelson family and the successful search for the present day family. The biggest thrill was a phone call from California in 1975 from Clyde Kittleson, cousin of Ole Madson. Ole Madson’s mother, Sigrid (or Sarah or Siri Olsdatter) Kittleson and Clyde’s father, Charley Kittleson were sister and brother. Sigrid Kittleson married Lars Sebjornsen (Seberson) in America in 1857 and died in 1861 at the age of 27 on the day she gave birth to Ole Madson. She and Lars also had two other children. See the Ole Madson-Seberson material. Lars Seberson remarried after her death.
  
  Ole Madson - Seberson family: This is the story of the search for the family history of Ole Madson, grandfather of O. Jerome Madson. The only beginning piece of information we had was from the Traill County, North Dakota court house record stating Ole Madson was bron in Freeborn County, Minnesota, father was “Mats Matson,” and date and cause of death. From the Freeborn County seat of Albert Lea, we went to the town of Hartland where Mads Madson (Jr.) had farmed a century earlier. The search progressed and eventually evolved into the Seberson family. See Mads Amdson (Sr.) material for further Madson history. See Kittleson family material for background of Ole Madson’s mother. See Fugleberg-Thykeson material for history of his wife, Anna Fugleberg-Thykeson. For descendants, see books on Milton H. Madson, Sr., children and grandchildren.
  
  Milton H. Madson, Sr. and children: This is about the father of my husband, O. Jerome Madson. Also see Milton H. Madson, Sr. WWI material for further information. Also included are the childhoods of Buddy and his two sisters and brother.
  
  Children and grandchildren of Milton H. Madson, Sr.: This is about the two sisters and 1 brother of O. Jerome Madson and their families.
• Ted Hovey reminiscences, 1939-

  Memories of Walter Theodore Hovey, born on October 15, 1939 In Long Prairie, Minnesota.