Guide to the ARCHIVES of The Norwegian-American Historical ...

(Ingrid Hermanson) also ran the Vinland Travel Bureau. He was involved in the
many Norwegian organizations in Chicago. He wrote articles, short stories, essays,
and plays, and published four books: Deilig er Jorden (1948), Calling on Eternity
(1956), Misjonærens sønn (1972), and Misjonærbarna på Korsteig (1973).
The papers include a broad correspondence, articles, manuscripts, reviews,
clippings, and information about the Norwegian-American community in Chicago.
608. JEVNE AND ALMINI, CHICAGO, 1855-1871. HISTORY. 3 items. P 1245.
Copies of a statement by C. M. Jevne about a decorating firm in Chicago and of
excerpts from Chicago History concerning the contribution made by this firm in the
publication of Chicago Illustrated. This volume has been called “the best source for
the physical appearance of the city the Great Fire destroyed.” The senior member of
the firm was Otto Jevne, who came to Chicago from Faaberg, Norway, in 1853. He
died in 1905.
609. JEWELL LUTHERAN COLLEGE. PAPERS, 1897-1935. 2 boxes. P 651.
Account books, catalogs, journals, programs, and reports of a secondary institution
founded in 1893 at Jewell, Iowa.
610. JOERGENSON, GUSTAV B. (b. 1883). PAPERS, 1937-1955. 79 items in 2 folders. P
188.
Photographs, programs, and articles on the history of Stanwood, Washington, and
surrounding area, and early migrations into the Northwest.
Joergenson was a farmer and a son of the pioneer Lutheran clergyman, Christian
Joergenson, who left the ministry in 1893 to become a farmer and a leader in the
local cooperative movement.
611. JOHANNESEN (STØLSVIG), JOHS. (JOHNSON, J. J.) (1826-1902). PAPERS, 1846-
1899, 1917. 133 items in 7 folders. P 189.
Personal papers, correspondence, pamphlets, notes, and sermons of a Norwegianborn
Lutheran clergyman and farmer in Winneshiek County, Iowa: correspondence
(including a Civil War letter dated November 24, 1864), legal documents, articles,
pamphlets, notes and sermons, and an article.
The letters deal largely with theological disputes during the 1860s and ‘70s and
offer comments on Carthage College and Hartwick Seminary. Some of the
correspondents are Rasmus B. Anderson, Ole Andrewson, O. J. Hatlestad, Rasmus
O. Hill, Jacob Jacobson, and Osmund Sheldahl. The pamphlets are The Mission of the
General Synod by Simeon W. Harkey (1859) and Historiske Meddelelser om Den norske
Augustana Synode (1887) by O. J. Hatlestad. A 139-page manuscript by Johannesen’s
daughter, Mrs. Amelia Bakken, titled “From Bygone Days, History and
Reminiscences from Washington Prairie, Springfield Township, Winneshiek
County, Iowa,” contains names of early settlers, sketches of families, the founding
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