Salvation Army papers, 1920-1986
Title
Salvation Army papers, 1920-1986
Identifier
P1649
Date
1920-1986
Description
Material about the Scandinavian Department of the Salvation Army, especially in Chicago. Collected by Helen Fletre and Josefa Andersen for Odd Lovoll to use in preparing A Century of Urban Life (NAHA, 1988).
See pages 201-202, 229, 237, 289.; Lovall writes: "A Scandinavian Department was organized in Brooklyn in 1887, at about the same time as the Salvation Army established itself in the Nordic homelands. Emigrating Salvationists became leaders in America. The Swedes dominated the mission among Scandinavian Americans. In such centers as Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Chicago there were separate Norwegian and Danish corps alongside Swedish and mixed Scandinavian ones. The Scandinavian mother corps in Chicago was the Swedish no. 13 organized in 1891 on the near North Side. A purely Norwegian corps had its beginning in 1896 on Grand Avenue, and in 1905 an outpost in Humboldt Park was opened by Ensign Maria Edahl, who in 1906 married Colonel Tom Gabrielsen, a major leader in the Scandinavian work in America."
Miscellaneous, including correspondence with the Archives and Research Center of the Salvation Army; 1 folder Individuals: Janet Cool; Bert Gordon; Tom Gabrielsen; Lucy Gabrielsen; Fred Schaefer; Esther (Schaefer) Sundin; Jacob Thompsen; 1 folder Corps history (members and property): no. 15 (Humboldt Park). 1891-1967; no. 31 (Norwegian) 1896-1904; 1 folder Writings of Edward O. Nelson: "The Scandinavian work in America" (The War Cry, Dec. 30, 1893).
"Recollections of the Salvation Army Scandinavian work in the U.S., 1887-1978." 1978, various pages (14 chapters). Photocopy of typescript. "Recollections of the Salvation Army's Scandinavian Corps" (Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, October 1978, pp. 257-276, photocopy); 1 folder K.A. Walden. Aaterblick over Fralsningsarmens skandinaviska arbete i Amerika, 1887-1933. Chicago, 1933. 133 p. Cover title: Genom 45 aar. Photocopies of pp. 1-7, 28-29, 40-45, 48-51. 57-65, 91-93, 95-96, 102-103, 106-107, 117-118, 125-128.
Complete book in library collection BX9716.42.A2 NAHA
See pages 201-202, 229, 237, 289.; Lovall writes: "A Scandinavian Department was organized in Brooklyn in 1887, at about the same time as the Salvation Army established itself in the Nordic homelands. Emigrating Salvationists became leaders in America. The Swedes dominated the mission among Scandinavian Americans. In such centers as Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Chicago there were separate Norwegian and Danish corps alongside Swedish and mixed Scandinavian ones. The Scandinavian mother corps in Chicago was the Swedish no. 13 organized in 1891 on the near North Side. A purely Norwegian corps had its beginning in 1896 on Grand Avenue, and in 1905 an outpost in Humboldt Park was opened by Ensign Maria Edahl, who in 1906 married Colonel Tom Gabrielsen, a major leader in the Scandinavian work in America."
Miscellaneous, including correspondence with the Archives and Research Center of the Salvation Army; 1 folder Individuals: Janet Cool; Bert Gordon; Tom Gabrielsen; Lucy Gabrielsen; Fred Schaefer; Esther (Schaefer) Sundin; Jacob Thompsen; 1 folder Corps history (members and property): no. 15 (Humboldt Park). 1891-1967; no. 31 (Norwegian) 1896-1904; 1 folder Writings of Edward O. Nelson: "The Scandinavian work in America" (The War Cry, Dec. 30, 1893).
"Recollections of the Salvation Army Scandinavian work in the U.S., 1887-1978." 1978, various pages (14 chapters). Photocopy of typescript. "Recollections of the Salvation Army's Scandinavian Corps" (Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, October 1978, pp. 257-276, photocopy); 1 folder K.A. Walden. Aaterblick over Fralsningsarmens skandinaviska arbete i Amerika, 1887-1933. Chicago, 1933. 133 p. Cover title: Genom 45 aar. Photocopies of pp. 1-7, 28-29, 40-45, 48-51. 57-65, 91-93, 95-96, 102-103, 106-107, 117-118, 125-128.
Complete book in library collection BX9716.42.A2 NAHA
Extent
5 folders
Type
Correspondence
Clippings
Citation
“Salvation Army papers, 1920-1986,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed May 8, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/1486.