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

educator, and editor of the NAHA publications (1925-1960). The letters are to Mrs.
Helen Katz, his editorial assistant. For additional Blegen material, see NAHA
Publication Papers, P 1000.
126. BLESSUM, NORMAN (1900-1986). PHOTOGRAPHS, 1950-1982. 6 items. P 1327.
Pictorial record of occasions involving the Norwegian-American community in
Chicago: May 17, appearances of Bernt Balchen, Governor Adlai Stevenson, the
Oslo Håndverkers Chorus, and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Blessum, a Chicago
businessman and for a time Clerk of Cook County Court, was present at these
events. He was a son of Ben Blessum, the Norwegian-American painter.
127. BODE LUTHERAN ACADEMY. PAPERS, 1891-1921. 5 items. P 477.
A catalogue and reports of a secondary school in Bode, Iowa, established in 1887 by
the local congregation, and in 1895 continued by interested individuals until 1902.
128. BOE, A. SOPHIE (1879-1937). PAPERS, 1814-1936. 62 items, including 1 volume.
P 663.
Correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and clippings. The papers include letters by
Lars Davidson Reque, Miss Boe’s grandfather; a history of the Liberty Prairie
church, Deerfield, Wisconsin, of which many of her relatives were members;
materials concerning Augsburg Seminary; information about Svein Nilssen, editor
of Billed-Magazin; family history and a manuscript volume of a biography of her
father, the Reverend N. E. Boe.
129. BOE, LARS WILHELM (1875-1942). PAPERS, 1900-1953. 2 boxes. P 460.
Articles, pamphlets, clippings, scrapbooks, and pictures dealing largely with
biography. L. W. Boe was the fourth president of St. Olaf College. The two
scrapbooks were compiled by his sister, A. Sophie Boe. The main collection of L.W.
Boe Papers is in the St. Olaf College Archives.
130. BOE (ANDERSON), NILS ENDRESON (1846-1925). PAPERS, 1864-1927. 2 boxes.
P 461.
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman who attended Albion Academy,
Augustana College (Paxton, Illinois), and Augsburg Seminary (Marshall,
Wisconsin) and who served pastorates in Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and
Wisconsin. Boe was the father of L. W. Boe.
The correspondence, consisting largely of letters to Boe written by clergy, laity, and
relatives, describes economic, social, and church conditions especially in Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, and Wisconsin; provides information regarding problems
connected with Marshall Academy and Augsburg Seminary; and discusses topics
currently under discussion in the church.
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