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Reminiscences from the Pioneer Days in Goodhue County, Minnesota, containing names of early settlers and anecdotes concerning methods of acquiring land, establishment of churches and schools, fear of American Indians, and general community…

Biography/History:  Forrest Brown was born in 1928 in Princeton, Minnesota. He graduated from Hamline University and earned a Masters degree in both History and Library Science from the University of Minnesota in 1954. Forrest worked as an assistant…

Minutes of a meeting of the Goodhue County Teachers' Association held November 30, to discuss co-operation among the Norwegian Synod congregations and the influence of the home, school, and the Bible in child training.Content:Goodhue Co.,…

Letters by a Goodhue County, Minnesota, farmer to his fiancée regarding her ticket to America and to his parents about farm produce and prices. Mads emigrated from Stjørdal (Nord-Trøndelag) in 1870. His fiancée (Olia Guttormsdatter Kirkeby) emigrated…

Deeds (1857-60, Wanamingo Twp, Goodhue Co., MN), college report cards from Luther College (1877-82), and a letter (July 18, 1880) to Mrs. Huset from her brother, Lars Aaker, Alexandria, Minnesota, in which he reports the arrival of Torjus Schibstad,…

Brochures, constitutions, and reports from a variety of institutions like hospitals, orphanages, retirement centers, etc.Includes: Crookston. Bethesda Hospital, St Paul. Aandeligt Sanatorium, Eagle Lake. Bethesda Home, Children's Homes Soc. of Minn.,…

Papers relating to the history of a township in Southeastern Minnesota. Information about Holden Church, which is in Wanamingo township, can be found in P0537 Congregations, Minnesota, Kenyon. Vang Church in Holden township is listed under Dennison,…

Papers of a professor of education at St. Olaf College: articles on educational subjects, a history of the Boraas family, correspondence, biographical data, clippings, diaries (55 volumes, 1899-1951), and a record of Boraas's public addresses. Some…

Papers of a physician in the Holden Community of Goodhue County, Minnesota, and a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health. Dr. Gronvold was born at Fron, Gudbrandsdal, Norway, and studied and taught at the University of Kristiania. He emigrated…

Reproductions of photographic slides of house, barn, and interiors showing details of construction and decoration, of a pioneer home in Holden Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. An interesting feature of the house was the murals on the walls and…