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Constitution, brochure, clippings, and history of a Decorah, Iowa, retirement home founded in 1914 by the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. The clippings are fro 1911-1976. The Aase Haugen Home closed in 1974.

Nils Paul Xavier, 1839-1918, the Kautokeino-Lapp Who Became Minister in Amerika, 3 typescript pages, by Adolph Steen and translated by Magdalene Xavier Visovatti, a granddaughter of Xavier. The file includes an obituary (clipping) of Xavier.

Papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College: a Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson letter and a scrapbook of clippings dealing largely with Bjørnson and the centenary of his birth; a scrapbook on O. E. Rølvaag and other writers (1931-1956); and a…

Childhood Memories (42 p. typescript) of reminiscences of childhood days spent in the Perry parsonage, western Dane County, Wisconsin, by a daughter of Abraham Jacobson, Lutheran parish pastor from 1868 to 1878. Written in informal style, Childhood…

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…

Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: a memorial article by John O. Hougen (25 leaves manuscript) and transl. By L.A. Mathre, 1966 (20 leaves); Hoyme's President's Report to the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church…

Speeches, articles, lectures, clippings, and a photograph of a Lutheran clergyman: "Foreningens gang," 1916, 48 pages; "Svar paa Pastor Ellestads og hans partis pamflet," 1889, 36 pages; "Hva staar iveien for det Kirkelige enighedsarbeide blandt os,"…

History/Biography: Helge Høverstad was born on March 15, 1870 in Vang, Valdris, Norway. His parents were  Torger Anderson Høverstad (1834-1883) and Gjertrude Helgesdatter Leine (1843-1939). Together they had four other children besides Helge,…

Letter by a Lutheran clergyman to Johan A. Aasgaard, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1936, 9 typescript pages; and 12 clippings on Stub and members of his family.

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.,…