Søren S. Urberg papers, 1880-1931

Title

Identifier

P1482

Date

1880-1931

Creator

Urberg, Søren

Description

Born in Aust Agder, Norway, Urberg emigrated in 1889 and graduated from Luther Seminary in 1893. He spent the remainder of his life as a minister in Blair, Wisconsin, serving parishes in Trampeleau and Jackson counties. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts of sermons and speeches, and family trees with statements about members of the Urberg family. En synodeprest blir Texthistorie: Søren S. Urberg, by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, 69 pages. "Kilder: Skriftlig matteriale etter S. S. Urberg, publisert og upublisert; Brev, minnebøker, intervju...."

Correspondence, 1883-1929
- Includes (all photocopies): 9 letters from his mother and brother in Norway (1911-1918); letters to Urberg from Waldemar Ager, Johannes R. Birkelund, Halvor Bjørnson, Hjalmar R. Holand, Peder O. Langseth, Laur. Larsen, Anders Larsgaard, Amund G. Lunde, Johannes H. Lunde, Johannes O. Saeter, Andreas K. Sagen, Peer Strømme, H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1903-1920, n.d.); letters from Urberg to his brother-in-law--Martin A. Christensen--his daughters, Pastor Myhre (Olaf C.?), H. G. Stub, Johannes T. Ylvisaker (1883-1929, n.d.).
Speeches, 1901-1923
- Includes (all photocopies): manuscripts of sermons and speeches, including these subjects: K. E. Runnestrand (b. 1844), architect/builder of churches in the Blair area; memorial for President McKinley (1901); Ibsen's childhood, given at Gale College (1907); Ibsen; Vinje; President Harding (1923); Hans Nilsen Hauge; North Beaver Creek congreagation (Ettrick, Wis.).
Miscellaneous, 1880-1901
- Includes (all photocopies except 1991 article): transcript from Kristiania Borgor- og Realskole (1880); letter by H. A. Stub to Trempeleau Valley and Blair congregations (1907); letter to Urberg from H. A. Stub (1902); document signed by Berthea Winger giving guardianship of her sons (1907); Charity Thinketh No Evil, But Rejoiceth in the Truth, article from Church Messenger, coauthored by Urgerg (1914); invoice from Chicago fish merchant L. A. Leistikow (1925); application for sacramental wine (1928); dues statement, Wis. State Hist. Soc. (1929); church trustee resolution that U. quote(call his own assistant) (1928); funeral expenses; letters and Gale College Bulletin relating to Urberg's death (1930); newspaper article discussing Urberg (1991).
Family history, 1928-1997
- Includes: 2 copies of En synodeprest blir teksthistorie: Søren S. Urberg i Wisconsin, 1893-1930, av Øyvind T. Gulliksen (1991); 2 newspaper articles in Norwegian (1928 original, 1930 photocopy); booklet with a number of family trees with narrations about individuals who are a part of the Soren Sorenson Urberg family, 45 pp., given to Gulliksen by Sigurd Urberg, July 1990; photocopy of clipping about 1997 marriage of Monica and Jørn Urberg Tveten, from Varden, in Urberg church on Urberg avenue; detached article Julen minner om… by Fernanda Urberg Malmin, from Jul i Vesterheimen (1957).