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Information on and articles and speeches by Andersen dealing with financial and economic problems, including a phonograph recording of his commencement address at St. Olaf College in 1941. He was the founder and senior partner of the internationally…

Biography/History: Bernt Julius Muus was a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and church leader. He helped found St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Born in Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway on March 15, 1932. He was the grandson of the priest…

Correspondence, articles, diaries (10 boxes), poems, pamphlets, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and notebooks of a Lutheran clergyman, poet, author, and lecturer. The diaries cover most of the period between 1892 and 1945, including Solberg's student…

Autobiographical account of a Norwegian American who spent most of his life in educational administration. A graduate of St. Olaf College, class of 1907, he was given an honorary degreee by the College in 1940. Outline: boyhood on the farm (Roscoe…

Contains pictures, programs, and clippings from Thompson's student days at St. Olaf College [Academy, 1893] and Luther College as well as from the Mount Horeb Academy. Mount Horeb Academy, St. Olaf College, Luther College. Majority of items are…

Two undated articles by a Norwegian-born professor of physics at St. Olaf College: "At snakke norsk paa engelsk," typescript, 2 pages, and "Norskdommen og skolene," an undated clipping from "Decorah-Posten." "Det ble jul lell" is a one-page story…

Correspondence and reports concerning membership, dues, dinner meetings, recordings of folksongs, and publication of a Midwest folklore journal. The foundation, organized in about 1944, flourished for a decade.Content:Knudt O.D. Folkedahl Papers:…

History/Biography: Reverend Fredrich August Schmidt was born on January 3, 1837 in Thüringen, Germany. He graduated in 1853 from Concordia college. Four years later he finished seminary work at Concordia and became minister to a German congregation…

Originals, reprints, and copies of articles and publications by a Professor of English at St. Olaf College, published in various journals, concerning Norwegian-American literature. Subjects are: Norwegian-American Literature, Nora Helmer, Chicago,…

Gertrud M. Hilleboe was the Dean of Women at St. Olaf College from 1915-1958. She donated her papers to NAHA in 1968. The 13 boxes were described on 10 cards which are included here. In 2000 most of the collection was transferred to the St. Olaf…