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Papers of and materials about the Danish-born clergyman, the second pastor ordained to serve Norwegian-Americans. Includes his emigration diary, letters, ministerial record books, photographs, clippings, and articles. Clausen served congregations in…

Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa.

Papers of an artist born in Valdres who worked in Decorah, Portland, and Minneapolis. Two catalogs (about 1905 and 1926) include reproductions of portraits, landscapes, and altar pieces. Berger painted many portraits of church, academic, and…

Manuscript volume of 4 poems about immigration to America. Bergh was a teacher at Luther College, 1868-1872. Born in Voss to Ellef Storksen Berge, he emigrated in 1857 and taught in Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin and Big Canoe, Iowa. Representative in…

Brochures describing a project "to publish a history of the Central Iowa Norwegians for the 150th anniversary" of their arrival, in 2005. To include "biographical information about Norwegian families and individuals who lived in Story, Polk, and…

Bibliographies of Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, and of Edward Bonney and "The Bandit of The Prairies" compiled by students in History 200, University of Minnesota, Professor Philip D. Jordan. The second item pertains to the Mormons at Nauvoo,…

Constitution and history of Iowa Benevolent Societies.

Papers of the wife of a Lutheran clergyman and a sister of Thorstein and Andrew A. Veblen: a history of St. Ansgar congregation; sermons by her father-in-law, Johan Olsen; a tribute to Claus L. Clausen by her husband, Sigurd Olsen; a letter by Ole…

Bulletins, catalogs, reports, clippings, programs, brochures, and directories of a Decorah, Iowa, men's college, founded in 1861 and made co-educational in 1936.

Catalogues, brochures, bulletins, journals, reports, and photographs of a Lutheran academy founded in 1903 (a junior college in 1920), located in Forest City, Iowa.