Ole G. Felland papers, 1869-1935

Ole G. Felland papers, 1869-1935

P0708

1869-1935

Biography/History: 

Ole Gunderson (O.G.) Felland was born October 10, 1853 in Utica, Wisconsin.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Luther College in 1874, a Master of Art from Northwestern College in 1876 and graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri in 1879.  In 1881, he joined the faculty at St. Olaf Academy where he taught Greek, Latin, German and Hebrew and in 1891, became the college’s librarian. From 1879-1889 he was also a Lutheran clergyman.

Scope and Content: 
Articles, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, reports, sermons, speeches, and a 73-page typescript autobiography. The correspondence includes letters written from Luther College; Northwestern College; Concordia Seminary; eastern Dane County, Wisconsin; Rothsay, Minnesota; Idaho; and Washington. Among the photographs are several of eastern Dane County, Wisconsin, farm scenes and interiors as well as pictures of prominent Norwegian Americans and of St. Olaf College.

4.4 cubic feet (11 archives boxes)

Norwegian

English

Correspondence

Photographs

Sermons

The collection is open for research.

[Indicate the cited item here]. Ole G. Felland Papers. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.