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

county offices. He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Minnesota militia in 1870.
He visited the Pacific Northwest in 1883 and Norway in 1897. He moved with his
family to Sand Point, Idaho, in 1904.
Papers consist of clippings of his contributions to newspapers about himself and
various members of his family, personal documents, and letters from his family in
Norway. Thomason interspersed his account with philosophical observations and
poetry.
1354. THOMPSON, CHRISTIAN S. (1876-1963). SCRAPBOOK, 1890-1897. P 393.
Contains pictures, programs, and clippings from Thompson’s student days at St.
Olaf College and Luther College as well as from the Mount Horeb Academy.
1355. THOMPSON, ELLING (1859-1922). LETTERS, 1904-1921. 14 items. P 455.
Letters written by a Wiota, Wisconsin, farmer to a friend in Norway describing farm
activity, topography, recreation, travel, and politics, and expressing appreciation of
both America and Norway.
1356. THOMPSON, HENRY (1891-1968). CLIPPINGS, ca. 1920-1934. 3 items. P 383.
Newspaper articles concerning the history of the Koshkonong Lutheran parish in
eastern Dane County, Wisconsin. Thompson was a minister in that parish.
1357. THOMPSON, J. JØRGEN (1881-1963). PAPERS, 1896-1963. 13 boxes and 1
volume. P 595.
Articles, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and records of a Wisconsin-born St.
Olaf College administrator and teacher. The papers concern campus life, public
relations, counseling, courses of study, student and teacher recruitment, funds
solicitation, band and choir tours, and Norwegian-American culture. Manuscripts
include: “Rølvaag som lærer,” “Min konfirmations dag” (1938), and minutes of the
Board of the Norwegian Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Thompson was president of Spokane College (1917-1920); dean of men at St. Olaf
college (1923-1942); secretary of NAHA (1931-1958); president of the National
Association of Deans and Advisers of Men (1940-1941).
1358. THOMPSON, JOHN A. (“SNOWSHOE”) (1827-1876). ARTICLES. 1 folder. P 903.
“A Man to Match the Mountains,” by Marjorie Wagner; “Snowshoe Thompson, a
Norwegian Hero on Skis,” by Evelyn O. Wierenga and Elsie H. Thorsen; a 3-page
typescript biography of Tosten Thompson Rue, a brother of John; a collection of
clippings (1907-1940); and a photograph.
Thompson’s fame rests on the fact that he carried the mail across the Sierra Nevada
Mountains from Placerville, California to Genoa, Utah.
1359. THOMPSON, JULIA. AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, 1881-1892. 1 item. P 382.
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