Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980

Title

Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980

Identifier

P1252

Date

1901-1980

Description

An account by a Norwegian Augustana Synod clergyman who emigrated from Sandvigen, Bergen, in 1875. After ordination in 1883, he served various Midwest parishes. Translation is by P. D. Reinertsen, a son.

The file includes a letter, July 30, 1901, from Reinertsen to Professor Kildahl, recommending Ole Rolvaag for admission to St. Olaf. See O.E. Rolvaag papers, P0584 box 52, for 1960 letter from his son to Gudrun Hovde about relations between Rolvaag and Reinertsen.

Also includes family histories, photographs (photocopies), obituaries from Ladies Aid scrapbooks of Bergen Lutheran Church, and Bethesda Lutheran Chuch records, Bristol, South Dakota.

Extent

2 folder

Language

Norwegian
English

Type

Manuscripts

Citation

Reinertsen, Peder , “Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed April 19, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/1226.

Item Relations

This Item Related Collection Item: Ole E. Rølvaag papers, 1896-2020