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

National Endowment for the Arts “in recognition of extraordinary accomplishment
and achievement in a traditional arts field and a Minneapolis Star Tribune obituary,
March 17, 1991.
803. MELLBY, OLE A. (1843-1917). PAPERS, 1872-1944. 6 items. P 237.
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, receipts, and a
biography of Mrs. Mellby by C. A. Mellby, a son; the letters are by H. A. Preus, U.
V. Koren, T. Bjørn, and Mrs. C. A. Mellby.
804. MELLEM, GULDBRAND (1849-1922). BIOGRAPHY, 1923. 3 items. P 238.
Clippings and a 25-page typescript translation of an article that appeared in
Decorah-Posten, January 2, 1923, concerning Mellem, a Norwegian-born farmer in
Worth County, Iowa. The sketch touches on subjects such as chinch bugs; logging
in Missouri; slavery; caravan to Iowa from Rock Prairie, Wisconsin; Indian visits;
purchase and sale of land; public service; and the slavery question in the church.
Part of Mellem’s land became the site for Northwood, Iowa. For a time he was
considered the largest landowner in Iowa. The translation was done by Mrs. Brede
Wamstad, a granddaughter.
805. MELTON, J. GORDON. PAMPHLET, 1977. 1 item, 37 pages. P 1113.
Photocopy of Rooted and Grounded in Love, the History of the Emmanuel United
Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois. Compiled on the Occasion of the 85th Anniversary of
the Dedication of the Church.
806. MENGSHOEL, EMIL LAURITZ AND HELLE MARGRETHE. PAPERS, 1908-1944.
30 items. P 1499.
Helle Mengshoel (1863 [?]-1929), a daughter of Pastor Jonas Wessel Crøger,
emigrated to Minneapolis about 1893. With her second husband, Emil Mengshoel
(1866-1945), who emigrated in 1891, she published from 1903 to 1925 Gaa Paa,
proclaimed to be the only Norwegian-American newspaper representing the
Socialist party. The title changed to Folkets Røst in 1918.
The collection consists of photocopies of letters to Norwegian Socialist leaders
Christian Holterman Knudsen, Olaf Kringen, and Carl Jeppesen. One letter is from
Helle Mengshoel’s son A. O. Devold, an attorney who was a contributing editor to
the newspaper and served in the Minnesota legislature. Also, a collection of
clippings that treat both the Mengshoels, including obituaries.
See “Emil Lauritz Mengshoel: A Norwegian-American Socialist,” by Odd Steinem
Granhus in Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, Oslo, 1986.
807. MEN’S FELLOWSHIP CLUB OF CARPIO. MINUTES, 1924-1925. 1 volume. P 741.
Constitution and minutes of a men’s club connected with St. John’s Congregation,
Carpio, North Dakota.
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