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

808. MICKELSEN, MICHAEL (1863-1949). PAPERS, 1891-1947. 195 items in 4 folders.
P 239.
Correspondence, articles, and clippings of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman.
The clippings treat subjects such as temperance, language problems, and the
Norwegian Memorial Church. Many of the letters are from charitable institutions,
including Homme Home for the Aged, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, and Ebenezer, a
Home for the Aged, Minneapolis.
809. MIDELFORT, CHRISTIAN FREDRIK. PAPERS. 1 volume, 302 typescript pages.
P 770.
“Non-Migration and Migration in Twenty-five Hundred Families,” by a physician
at the Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin. A statement in the preface reads:
“One of the purposes of this study...is to throw light on the non-migratory families,
their physical and mental illnesses.” The study is based on clinical histories of
patients seen by the writer over a twenty-year period (1950-1970). The patients
come from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Dr. Midelfort is the author of The
Family in Psychotherapy, New York, 1957. Norwegian Families is an offprint from
Etnicity and Family Therapy, 1982.
810. MIDTBO, EGIL H. (1844-1911). CLIPPING AND NOTES. 2 items. P 1279.
A biographical account of the life of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister and of his
son Herman, both of whom took homesteads in Montrail County, North Dakota.
811. MIDTHUN, NORMAN. CLIPPING, 1984. 1 item. P 1286.
The story of a Norwegian American who became a pilot for the Norwegian Air
Force in World War II. When the war was over he was assigned to be Crown Prince
Olav’s personal pilot when he visited cities and communities throughout Norway
in order to inspect the needs incurred by the 5-year German occupation. Midthun
later earned a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College and had a life-long career as a
Northwest Airlines pilot.
812. MIDTLIEN, JOHN N. (1877-1966). PAPERS, 1911-1952. 112 items in 4 folders. P
244.
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and “A Christmas at the
Old Parsonage in Coon Valley” (5 page-typescript), written by Midtlien and
translated from the Norwegian by L. A. Mathre in 1965. A large number of the
letters are from Martin Norgaard, a mathematics teacher. The remaining letters
concern his duties as a parish minister.
813. MIDWESTERN OBSERVER. NEWSPAPER, 1934. 3 items. P 802.
Issues nos. 1, 3, and 4 of a monthly published and edited by Trondby Fenstad
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