War Letters and Memorabilia, 1861-1972 | Luther College Archives

By Sasha Griffin

Collection Overview

Title: War Letters and Memorabilia, 1861-1972Add to your cart.

ID: LCA/RG00/Series 8

Primary Creator: Luther College (Decorah, Iowa)

Extent: 2.0 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement:

This series is organized into four sub-series:

1) Civil War (1861-1981)

2) World War I (1916-1956)

3) World War II (1944-1946)

4) Vietnam War (1970-1973)

Subjects: Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - History, Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Students, Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Students - Organizations, United States - History, United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918 - Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 - Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945 - Memorials, World War, 1939-1945 - Personal Narratives, World War, 1939-1945 - Photographs - Europe, World War, 1939-1945 - Photographs - Pacific

Forms of Material: Correspondence, Photographs, World War, 1939-1945 - Photographs

Languages: English, Norwegian

Abstract

This series holds Luther College and Decorah-area materials relating to the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This series holds materials relating to the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, as collected by Luther College Archives.  Included are letters, photographs, memorial service programs, realia, and published materials.  Not only do these boxes document the history of the United States, but also its affect at Luther College and within the Decorah-area community.

Biographical Note

Located in the small northeast Iowa town of Decorah, Luther College is an undergraduate liberal arts institution of about 2,500 students. The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Founded in 1861 by Norwegian immigrants, Luther offers more than 60 majors and preprofessional and certificate programs leading to the bachelor of arts degree. Its mission statement emphasizes faith, leadership, and community service. Luther College provides equal opportunity for all qualified persons in its educational programs and activities.

Subject/Index Terms

Luther College (Decorah, Iowa)
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - History
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Students
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Students - Organizations
United States - History
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 - Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 - Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 - Memorials
World War, 1939-1945 - Personal Narratives
World War, 1939-1945 - Photographs - Europe
World War, 1939-1945 - Photographs - Pacific

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 7 boxes

Access Restrictions: All materials are available for research.

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/copyright/.

Original/Copies Note: Many of the materials in this collection are photocopies or reproductions of published materials, such as newspaper clippings and letters.  Originals may be held by the originating publisher or creator.  Please note that Luther College may hold property rights to these materials, but may not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation:

Cite unpublished materials: War Letters and Memorabilia, RG00 History Relating to Luther College, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Cite published materials as required by your chosen citation style (Chicago, MLA, APA, etc.).

Finding Aid Revision History: 4/11/2019: Hayley Jackson updated link to copyright policy.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Sub-Series:

[Sub-Series 1: Civil War, 1861-1981],
[Sub-Series 2: World War I, 1916-1956],
[Sub-Series 3: World War II, 1944-1946],
[Sub-Series 4: Vietnam War, 1970-1973],
[All]

Sub-Series 1: Civil War, 1861-1981Add to your cart.
Box 1: Letters and MemorabiliaAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Civil War MemorabiliaAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Blue Ribbon with Gold Pin, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Card for W. B. Britton, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Halsten, Paal (Letter)Add to your cart.
Item 1: Letter to Henry Larson from Paal Halsten, 13 August 1861Add to your cart.
Item 2: English Translation, 1 December 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen (Letters), 1862 - 1864Add to your cart.
Handwritten letters from Jorgen Jorgensen Sanda (also signed as George Georgeson) to his mother and to Maren Sanda.  Letters to his mother are sent to Mary Ann Georgeson, Capron, Boone Co. Illinois.  Letters document his involvement with many Tennessee campaigns, including Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, TN, and mention "Long Prairie Boys" Andres Kleiva, John Torvold, Halvor Stoll, and Skaffer Joe.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 1: Letter to mother, 23 May 1862Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 2: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
23 May 1862 letter translated into English.
Item 3: Letter to mother, 8 August 1862Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 4: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
8 August 1862 letter translated into English.
Translator: Brekke, Arne
Item 5: Letter to Maren Sanda, undatedAdd to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 6: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
Letter to Maren Sanda translated into English.
Item 7: Letter to mother, 29 June 1863Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 8: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
29 June 1863 letter translated into English.
Item 9: Letter to mother, 16 July 1863Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 10: Letter to mother, 31 July 1863Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Physical Description: Letter is incomplete.  Only one page exists.
Item 11: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
31 July 1863 letter translated into English
Item 12: Letter to mother, 15 November 1863Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 13: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
15 November 1863 letter translated into English
Item 14: Letter to mother, 27 November 1863Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 15: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
27 November 1863 letter translated into English
Item 16: Letter to mother, 27 June 1864Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 17: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
27 June 1864 letter translated into English.
Item 18: Letter to mother, 15 July 1864Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 19: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
15 July 1864 letter translated into English.
Item 20: Letter to mother, 6 August 1864Add to your cart.
Creator: Sanda, Jorgen Jorgensen
Item 21: English TranslationAdd to your cart.
6 August 1864 letter translated into English
Folder 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Widvey, Thomas J (Letter), 8 September 1861Add to your cart.
English translation of a letter from Leiutenant Thomas J Widvey.
Originals or Copies Note: This is a photocopy of the translation.  The existence, location, and copyright status of the original is unknown.
Translator: Norstog, Inga B.
Folder 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Cadwell, Luman L. (Letters), 1864Add to your cart.
This collection of letters were written by Luman L Caldwell from February 5, 1864 - June 20, 1864.  Unknown who typed the letters or when they were compiled.
Folder 6: Kopseng, Torsten Torstenson (Letters), 1863Add to your cart.
Two letters originally written by Torsten Torstenson Koping.  Unknown who typed or compiled the letters and if they had been translated.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Folder 7: Civil War Diary of George J HovdenAdd to your cart.
Biographical/Historical Note: Guttorm (George) Johnson Hovden, originally from Sigdal, Norway, emigrated just before the Civil War.  He enlisted in Col. Heg's Norwegian speaking regiment at Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1861 at age 25.
Item 1: DiaryAdd to your cart.
Handwritten diary in Norwegian, documenting many battles and skirmishes.
Creator: Hovden, George J
Item 2: Transcription and Translation of Diary - Bound, 1971Add to your cart.
A side-by-side, printed, bound transcription in Norwegian and translation in English of George J Hovden's diary.
Editor: Hovde, Oivind M
Translator: Jordahl, Norma Johnson
Item 3: Transcription and Translation of Diary - Loose Leaf Paper, 1971Add to your cart.
Loose leaf manuscript of side-by-side transcription in Norwegian and translation in English of George J Hovden's diary.
Item 4: "Unique Civil War History Translation Given to Luther", 25 November 1971Add to your cart.
Newspaper article written about the Civil War Diary and its translation into English.  Article appears in the Decorah Journal, Volume 107, Number 47, Section 2, Page 1.
Originals or Copies Note: This is a photocopy of a published newspaper article.  The existence, location, and copyright status of original is unknown.
Folder 8Add to your cart.
Item 1: Froiseth, B A M (Letter), 22 March 1964Add to your cart.
Handwritten letter from B A M Froiseth to George Charles Steen in the US General Hospital.  Discusses author's meeting of Grant, presidential politics, and adressee's brothers re-enlisting in the army.
Creator: Froiseth, B A M
Folder 9: Translated Letters of Gulik Oleson and family, 1865-1866Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translated letters between Gulik Oleson and his family and friends, in particular his wife Karen Johannes daughter (also referred to as Carolina Oleson, Kari Johannesdaughter, and Karen Johannesdaughter Dybing) and brothers Tomas Oleson and Gunnas (Jonnas) Oleson, from Coon Prairie.  Also mentioned several times is Nils Elias Nielsen.  Children named are: Gabriel Christ, Ole, and Elizabeth.  Letters discuss money, the farm, and military campaigns.  All letters translated by Oivind M Hovde, date unknown.
Translator: Hovde, Oivind M
Item 1: English Translation, 1 May 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen Johannes daughter to husband Gulik Olson.
Item 2: English Translation, 3 May 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 3: English Translation, 14 May 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen Johannes to husband Gulik.
Item 4: English Translation, 25 May 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 5: English Translation, 6 June 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife.
Item 6: English Translation, 22 June 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 7: English Translation, 3 July 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 8: English Translation, 9 July 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 9: English Translation, 15 July 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 10: English Translation, 17 July 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 11: English Translation, 25 July 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 12: English Translation, 7 August 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 13: English Translation, 7-AugAdd to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from brother Tomas Olsen to Gulik.
Item 14: English Translation, 9 August 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 15: English Translation, 22 August 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 16: English Translation, 23 August 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 17: English Translation, 25 September 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 18: English Translation, 10 October 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from brother Gunnas Olson Dybing (also referred to as Jonnas) to Gulik.
Item 19: English Translation, 16 October 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 20: English Translation, 23 October 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of letters to Gulik from wife, H. Johanneson, and T. Knudson Kleven.
Note: A translator's note appears at the bottom of this page: "The original was so hard to read, Mr. Hovde copied the letter in Norwegian as best he could decipher it before translating the letter. The above is his reading of the original letter."
Item 21: English Translation, 28 November 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of letters from wife, father O. Olson, and friend T. Knudson.
Item 22: English Translation, 11 December 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to wife and children.
Item 23: English Translation, 31 December 1865Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Gulik to friend T. Knudson.
Item 24: English Translation, 2 January 1866Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 25: English Translation, n.d.Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of a letter from Karen to husband.
Item 26: English Translation, 18 February 1866Add to your cart.
Typewritten English translation of letters from Niels E. Nielson and Johannes Rasmussen.
Folder 10: Oleson, Gulik (Letters - Norwegian), 1865-1866Add to your cart.
Original handwritten letters between Gulik Oleson and his family and friends, in particular his wife Karen Johannes daughter (also referred to as Carolina Oleson, Kari Johannesdaughter, and Karen Johannesdaughter Dybing) and brothers Tomas Oleson and Gunnas (Jonnas) Oleson, from Coon Prairie.  Also mentioned several times is Nils Elias Nielsen.  Children named are: Gabriel Christ, Ole, and Elizabeth.  Letters discuss money, the farm, and military campaigns.
Related Material: See Folder 9 for typewritten translations in English.
Item 1: Letter to Gulik Olson, 1 May 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 2: Letter to wife and children, 3 May 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 3: Letter to Gulik, 14 May 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 4: Letter to wife and children, 25 May 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 5: Letter to wife, 6 June 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 6: Letter to wife and children, 22 June 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 7: Letter to wife and children, 3 July 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 8: Letter to husband, 9 July 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 9: Letter from Gulik to wife and children., 15 July 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 10: Letter to husband, 17 July 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 11: Letter to husband, 25 July 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 12: Letter to wife and children, 7 August 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 13: Letter to Gulik, 7 AugustAdd to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Tomas
Item 14: Letter to Gulik, 9 August 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 15: Letter to wife and children, 22 August 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 16: Letter to husband, 23 August 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 17: Letter to husband, 25 September 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 18: Letter to Gulik, 10 October 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Dybing, Gunnas Olson
Item 19: Letter to wife and children., 16 October 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 20: Letters to Gulik, 23 October 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Creator: Johanneson, H
Creator: Kleven, T Knudson
Item 21: Letters to Gulik, 28 November 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Creator: Kleven, T Knudson
Creator: Olson, O
Item 22: Letter to wife and children, 11 December 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 23: Letter to T. Knudson, 31 December 1865Add to your cart.
Creator: Oleson, Gulik
Item 24: Letter to husband., 2 January 1866Add to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 25: Letter from Karen to husband., undatedAdd to your cart.
Creator: Johannes, Karen
Item 26: Letters to Gulik, 18 February 1866Add to your cart.
Creator: Nielson, Niels
Creator: Rasmussen, Johannes
Folder 11: Wettleson, William O (Letters), 1864-1865, undatedAdd to your cart.
Letters from William "Wettle" Wettleson to his parents.
Biographical/Historical Note: Wettleson also had a wife and child, but letters to them are not included.  Wettleson was part of the 12th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and often mentions General Sherman.
Creator: Wettleson, William O
Note: Also goes by name "Wettle," which was his real name, but had taken William as his American name.
Translator: Norstog, Inga B.
Item 1: Letter to parents, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: English Translation for letter to parents, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Letter to parents, 12 October 1864Add to your cart.
Item 4: English Translation for letter dated 12 October 1864Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to father and sisters, 27 November 1864Add to your cart.
Item 6: English Translation for letter dated 27 November 1864Add to your cart.
Item 7: Attachment to letter, January 1865Add to your cart.
Item 8: English translation for attachment to letter dated January 1865Add to your cart.
Item 9: Letter to parents and sisters, 3 January 1865Add to your cart.
Item 10: English translation for letter dated 3 January 1865Add to your cart.
Item 11: Letter to parents and sisters, 1 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 12: English translation for letter dated 1 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 13: Letter to parents and sisters, 19 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 14: English translation for letter dated 19 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 15: Letter to parents and sisters, 28 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 16: English translation for letter dated 28 February 1865Add to your cart.
Item 17: Letter to parents and sisters, 13 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 18: English translation for letter dated 13 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 19: Letter to father, 15 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 20: English translation for letter dated 15 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 21: Letter to father, 26 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 22: English translation for letter dated 26 March 1865Add to your cart.
Item 23: Letter to parents and sisters, 4 April 1865Add to your cart.
Item 24: English translation for letter dated 4 April 1865Add to your cart.
Item 25: Letter to parents, 20 April 1865Add to your cart.
Item 26: English translation for letter dated 20 April 1865Add to your cart.
Item 27: Letter to parents, 6 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 28: English translation for letter dated 6 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 29: Letter to parents, 9 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 30: English translation for letter dated 9 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 31: Fragment of letter, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 32: English Translation for fragment of letter, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 33: Letter to parents, 16 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 34: English translation for letter dated 16 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 35: Letter to parents and sisters, 23 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 36: English translation for letter dated 23 May 1865Add to your cart.
Item 37: Letter to parents, 2 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 38: English translation for letter dated 2 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 39: Letter to parents and sisters, 20 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 40: English translation for letter dated 20 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 41: Letter to parents, 25 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 42: English translation for letter dated 25 June 1865Add to your cart.
Item 43: Letter to parents, 4 July 1865Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Levang, Ola M (Letter)Add to your cart.
Item 1: Letter to Prestgaard, 9 February 1921Add to your cart.
Creator: Levang, Ola M
Folder 13: Oleson, Gulik (Correspondence regarding donation), 1980-1981Add to your cart.
Item 1: Correspondence, 1980-1981Add to your cart.
Letters regarding the donation of Gulik Oleson letters to Luther College Archives.  Correspondence between Luther College archivist, donor, and translator.
Folder 14: InventoriesAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Inventories for Civil War collection at Luther and WCHSAdd to your cart.
Various inventory lists
Box 2: Confederate CurrencyAdd to your cart.
Folder 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Letter Regarding Donation of Confederate Currency, 26 September 1912Add to your cart.
Letter from Sherman Allen, Assistant Secretary, in the Treasure Department in Washington, D.C., regarding the assortment of Conferate currency that they donated to Luther College.
Creator: Allen, Sherman
Folder 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring portrait of Secretary of the Treasury C.G. Memminger and at the right side, Minerva. Serial No. 17539.
Folder 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring Ceres seated on a bale of cotton.  Serial No. 176103.
Folder 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring Ceres seated on a bale of cotton.  Serial No. unknown.
Folder 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring sailor sitting near bales of cotton.  Serial No. 22536.
Folder 6Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring a Revolutionary War scene of General Francis Marion offering a dinner of sweet potatoes to Sir Banistree Tarleton, Minerva at right side. Serial No. 80323.
Folder 7Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring at left, Ceres holding an urn, with Commerce seated at left.  Serial no. 53900.
Folder 8Add to your cart.
Item 1: $20 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$20 note, featuring Industry seated between Cupid and beehive.  Serial No. 160204
Originals or Copies Note: Original
Folder 9Add to your cart.
Item 1: $20 Confederate Note, 2 September 1861Add to your cart.
$20 note, featuring Industry seated between Cupid and beehive.  Serial No. 160204
Folder 10Add to your cart.
Item 1: $1 Confederate Note, 2 June 1862Add to your cart.
$1 note featuring Miss Liberty on the left, a sailing steamship, and a picture of Lucy Pickens, wife of South Carolina's governor on the right side.  Serial No. unknown.
Folder 11Add to your cart.
Item 1: $2 Confederate Note, 2 June 1862Add to your cart.
$2 note featuring an allegorical representation of the South striking down the Union. Upper left picture is that of Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate cabinet member.  Serial No. unknown.
Folder 12Add to your cart.
Item 1: $2 Confederate Scrip from Barnard's Drug Store, 27 January 1862Add to your cart.
$2 Confederate scrip, or substitute currency, issued with Holcomb signature.  Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Folder 13Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 2 December 1862Add to your cart.
$10 note featuring the State Capitol at Columbia, South Carolina and a picture of R. M. T. Hunter, member of the Confederate cabinet.  Serial No. 2602.
Folder 14Add to your cart.
Item 1: $20 Confederate Note, 2 December 1862Add to your cart.
$20 note featuring the State Capitol at Nashville, Tennessee and a picture of Alexander Stephens, Confederate Vice-President.  Serial No. 59312.
Folder 15Add to your cart.
Item 1: $100 Confederate Note, 7 March 1862Add to your cart.
$100 note featuring slaves weeding cotton with a red overprint "HUNDRED," Portrait of J C Calhoun on left and Columbia at right.  Serial No. 25516. Printed by Keatringe and Ball, Columbia, South Carolina.
Folder 16Add to your cart.
Item 1: $100 Confederate Note, 18 September 1862Add to your cart.
$100 note featuring a steam train in the center and a woman with a basket on her head at left.  Serial No. unknown. Printed by  J T Patterson & Co. in Columbua, South Carolina.
Folder 17Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 6 April 1863Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring the state capitol of Virginia in Richmond.  Right side of note has been burned.  Serial No. 6935.
Folder 18Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 6 April 1863Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring the South Carolina State Capitol building along with portrait R. M. T. Hunter, Confederate cabinet member.  Serial No. 34807.
Folder 19Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 6 April 1863Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring the South Carolina State Capitol building along with portrait R. M. T. Hunter, Confederate cabinet member.  Serial No. unknown.
Folder 20Add to your cart.
Item 1: $20 Confederate Note, 6 April 1863Add to your cart.
$20 note, featuring the State Capitol at Nashville, Tennessee and a picture of Alexander Stephens, Confederate Vice-President.  Serial No. 1459 ?
Folder 21Add to your cart.
Item 1: 50 Cent Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
50 cent note, featuring a bust of the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis.  Serial No. 43315.
Folder 22Add to your cart.
Item 1: $1 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$1 note, featuring the Confederate congressman from Alabama, Clement C. Clay.  Serial No. 55719.
Folder 23Add to your cart.
Item 1: $2 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$2 note, featuring Judah P. Benjamin, a member of the Confederate cabinet.  Serial No. 82037.
Folder 24Add to your cart.
Item 1: $5 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring state capitol center in Richmond, Virginia, with Secretary of the Confederate Treasury C.G. Memminger at right side.  Serial No. 37736.
Item 2: $5 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$5 note, featuring state capitol center in Richmond, Virginia, with Secretary of the Confederate Treasury C.G. Memminger at right side.  Serial No. 16275.
Folder 25Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring horses pulling cannons in center and Confederate cabinet member R.M.T. Hunter at lower right.  Serial No. 80842.
Folder 26Add to your cart.
Item 1: $10 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring horses pulling cannons in center and Confederate cabinet member R.M.T. Hunter at lower right.  Serial No. 65382.
Item 2: $10 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$10 note, featuring horses pulling cannons in center and Confederate cabinet member R.M.T. Hunter at lower right.  Serial No. 33992.
Folder 27Add to your cart.
Item 1: $20 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$20 note, featuring the state capitol at Nashville, Tennessee, with portrait of A. H. Stephens at right.  Serial No. 49284.
Originals or Copies Note: Original
Other Information: English
Folder 28Add to your cart.
Item 1: $50 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$50 note, featuring Confederate President Jefferson Davis in center  Serial No. 13485.
Folder 29Add to your cart.
Item 1: $100 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$100 note, featuring Lucy Pickens, the wife of the governor of South Carolina during the war, two soldiers on left side, and Confederate cabinet member George W. Randolph on the bottom right.  Serial No. 43697
Folder 30Add to your cart.
Item 1: $500 Confederate Note, 17 February 1864Add to your cart.
$500 note, featuring Stonewall Jackson on right side, Confederate Calvary and flag on left side.  Serial No. 34566.
Folder 31Add to your cart.
Item 1: $1 Confederate Note - Alabama, 1 January 1863Add to your cart.
$1 note, issued by the State of Alabama.  Serial No. 94752.
Folder 32Add to your cart.
Item 1: $1 Confederate Note - Missouri, n.d.Add to your cart.
$1 note, uncirculated with no date or serial number, issued by the State of Missouri.
Folder 33Add to your cart.
Item 1: 5 cent Confederate Note - North Carolina, 1 January 1866Add to your cart.
5 cent note, issued bythe State of North Carolina.  Serial No. 2078 ?
Folder 34Add to your cart.
Item 1: 50 Cent Confederate Note - North Carolina, 1 January 1870Add to your cart.
50 cent note, issued by the State of North Carolina.  Serial No. not listed.
Folder 35Add to your cart.
Item 1: $1 Confederate Note - North Carolina, 1 January 1863Add to your cart.
$1 note, issued by the State of North Carolina.  Serial No. 151.
Folder 36Add to your cart.
Item 1: 25 cent Confederate Note - South Carolina, 1 February 1863Add to your cart.
25 cent note, issued by the State of Soutth Carolina.  Serial No. not listed.
Sub-Series 2: World War I, 1916-1956Add to your cart.
Materials relating to World War I, including letters, personal accounts, notifications, etc.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Ellickson, George (Letters), 1917Add to your cart.
Original letters from George Ellickson to his family in Decorah, Iowa, in 1917 coming from Camp Cody (Deming, New Mexico), Camp Dodge (Des Moines, Iowa), and Camp Merrit (New Jersey).
Creators:
Ellickson, George
Item 1: Letter to family, 2 February 1917Add to your cart.
Item 2: Letter to family, 9 February 1917Add to your cart.
Item 3: Letter to family, 22 July 1917Add to your cart.
Item 4: Letter to family, 31 July 1917Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to family, 1 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 6: Letter to family, 2 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 7: Letter to family, 4 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 8: Postcard to family, 11 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 9: Letter to family, 17 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 10: Letter to Harold E Ellickson, 28 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 11: Letter to family, 30 August 1917Add to your cart.
Item 12: Postcard to family, 5 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 13: Letter to family, 6 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 14: Letter to Eli Ellickson, 17 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 15: Postcard to family, 28 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 16: Postcard to family, 29 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 17: Postcard to family, 30 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 18: Postcard to mother, 1 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 19: Letter to family, 2 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 20: Postcard to Peter Ellickson, 4 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 21: Postcard to Harold Ellickson, 6 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 22: Letter to family, 6 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 23: Letter to family, 11 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 24: Postcard to family, 12 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 25: Postcard to A E Ellickson, 14 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 26: Postcard to Harold Ellickson, 14 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 27: Postcard to Eli Ellickson, 14 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 28: Letter to family, 17 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 29: Postcard to Eli Ellickson, 22 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 30: Letter to father, 25 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 31: Letter to family, 26 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 32: Letter to Peter Ellickson, 28 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 33: Letter to family, 30 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 34: Postcard to family, 2 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 35: Letter to Peter Ellickson, 2 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 36: Letter to A E Ellickson, 3 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 37: Letter to family, 4 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 38: Letter to Eli Ellickson, 6 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 39: Postcard to family, 11 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 40: Letter to family, 11 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 41: Letter to family, 13 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 42: Letter to family, 16 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 43: Letter to friend Ragner, 17 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 44: Letter to family, 18 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 45: Letter to Harola Ellickson, 18 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 46: Letter to family, 20 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 47: Letter to Peter Ellickson, 24 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 48: Letter to family, 25 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 49: Letter to family, 26 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 50: Letter to family, 29 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 51: Letter to family, 1 December 1917Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Ellickson, George (Letters), 1917-1918Add to your cart.
Original letters from George Ellickson to his family in Decorah, Iowa, spanning 1917-1918 coming from Camp Cody (Deming, New Mexico), Camp Dodge (Des Moines, Iowa), and Camp Merrit (New Jersey).
Creators:
Ellickson, George
Item 1: Letter to family, 3 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 2: Letter to family, 5 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 3: Letter to family, 7 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 4: Letter to family, 8 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to family, 19 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 6: Letter to family, 13 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 7: Letter to family, 18 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 8: Letter to family, 20 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 9: Letter to family, 21 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 10: Letter to family, 22 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 11: Letter to family, 25 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 12: Letter to family, 26 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 13: Letter to family, 29 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 14: Letter to Lettie and Emick, 30 December 1917Add to your cart.
Item 15: Letter to family, 1 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 16: Letter to family, 5 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 17: Letter to family, 9 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 18: Letter to family, 13 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 19: Letter to family, 18 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 20: Letter to family, 27 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 21: Letter to Lettie, 27 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 22: Letter to Gunder, 10 February 1918Add to your cart.
Item 23: Letter to family, 25 February 1918Add to your cart.
Item 24: Letter to family, 27 February 1918Add to your cart.
Item 25: Letter to Emick and Lettie, 28 February 1918Add to your cart.
Item 26: Letter to family, 6 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 27: Letter to family, 19 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 28: Letter to family, 28 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 29: Letter to family, 30 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 30: Letter to family, 4 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 31: Letter to family, 7 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 32: Letter to family, 14 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 33: Letter to family, April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 34: Letter to family, 26 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 35: Letter to family, 17 May 1918Add to your cart.
Item 36: Letter to family, 30 May 1918Add to your cart.
Item 37: Postcard to family, 2 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 38: Letter to family, 3 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 39: Letter to A E Ellickson, 6 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 40: Letter to family, 9 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 41: Letter to family, 11 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 42: Postcard to family, 16 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 43: Postcard to family, 16 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 44: Letter to family, 20 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 45: Letter to family, 21 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 46: Letter to Mrs. Ashley Ellickson, 26 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 47: Letter to family, 28 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 48: Postcard to family, 29 June 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Ellickson, George (Letters), 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Documentation consists of letters to friends and family, 1918-1919; telegrams; postcards to his mother; Christmas card to George; printed song of Camp Cody; song "Our Hitch in Hell;" leave permission slip.
Folder 4: Evans, Rudolph O (Letters and Newspaper Articles), 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Letters in Norwegian and English from Rudolph O Evans in France to his cousin Olger C Ruen in Waukon, Iowa.  Included are newspaper clippings, standard postcards sent that state that the soldier has arrived safely, postcards from the Alps and Vichy, and other letters written on American Expeditionary Force letterhead.
Biographical/Historical Note: American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the name given to the U.S. Armed Forces who were sent to Europe for World War I.
Creator: Evans, Rudolph O
Item 1: Newspaper Clipping: "En aegte Biting", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Newspaper Clipping: "Lugtede Krudt", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Newspaper Clipping, "A message to Those Who Mourne", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Postcard to Olger C Ruen, 2 July 1918Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to Olger C Ruen, 8 September 1918Add to your cart.
Item 6: Letter to Olger C Ruen, 1 December 1918Add to your cart.
Item 7: Letter to Olger C Ruen, 24 March 1919Add to your cart.
Item 8: Postcard to Olger C Ruen, 21 February 1919Add to your cart.
Item 9: Postcard to Olger C Ruen, 10 April 1919Add to your cart.
Item 10: Letter to Olger C Ruen, 10 April 1919Add to your cart.
Item 11: Postcard to Olger C Ruen, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 12: Postcard to Olger C Ruen, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Garnoss, Ole (Letters)Add to your cart.
Two letters in English from Ole Garnoss in France to his cousin Sander.
Creator: Garnoss, Ole
Item 1: Letter to Sander, 29 January 1919Add to your cart.
Item 2: Letter to Sander, 17 April 1919Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Moen, Ole Hilmen (Letters and Telegram), 1916-1918Add to your cart.
Letters from 1916-1918 from Ole Hilmen Moen and the US Government to family members.  Most of the letters to the entire family are in English, while letters addressed to his mother are nearly all in Norwegian.  Some correspondence contains a mix of the two languages throughout the letters.  Sent from various places, such as Camp Dodge (Des Moines, Iowa), Camp Pike (Arkansas), Camp Merritt (New Jersey), Fort Snelling (Minnesota), Fort Sheridan (Illinois), and France.  He signs his letters "Hilmen".
Biographical/Historical Note: Brother's name is Bert Hilmen Moen.  Father's name is Edward E Moen.
Creator: Moen, Ole Hilmen
Item 1: Letter to family, 30 August 1916Add to your cart.
Letter mentions Gerhard Johnson, from Decorah, killed in action.
Item 2: Letter to family, 20 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 3: Letter to mother, 28 September 1917Add to your cart.
Item 4: Letter to mother, 3 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to family, 23 October 1917Add to your cart.
Item 6: Letter to family, November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 7: Letter to family, 15 November 1917Add to your cart.
This letter mentions: Carl Buer, Tomy Mor, Martin Williams, Carl Danielson, Stephen Bolsen, Ben Hill, Oscar Lovestuen, Gerhard Johnson, and "all the rest of the Decorah boys."
Item 8: Letter to family, 27 November 1917Add to your cart.
Item 9: Letter to mother, 12 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 10: Letter to mother, 29 January 1918Add to your cart.
Item 11: Letter to Bert Hilmen, 10 February 1918Add to your cart.
Letter mentions: Ben Hill, Tedd Kirkesby, Albert Krogsun, Carl Danielson, and Melvin Loen.
Item 12: Letter to mother, 16 February 1918Add to your cart.
Item 13: Letter to Bert Hilmen, March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 14: Letter to unknown, 1 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 15: Letter to family, 10 March 1918Add to your cart.
Item 16: Letter to mother, 2 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 17: Letter to mother, 7 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 18: Letter to mother, 16 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 19: Letter to mother, 27 April 1918Add to your cart.
Item 20: Letter to mother, 11 May 1918Add to your cart.
Item 21: Letter to family, 30 May 1918Add to your cart.
Item 22: Letter to family, 3 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 23: Letter to family, 3 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 24: Letter to family, 11 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 25: Letter to family, 16 June 1918Add to your cart.
Item 26: Letter to family, 23 July 1918Add to your cart.
Item 27: Letter to family, 29 July 1918Add to your cart.
Item 28: Letter to family, 15 October 1918Add to your cart.
Item 29: Letter to family, 24 November 1918Add to your cart.
Item 30: US Government Telegram to E. Moen, 2 December 1918Add to your cart.
Creator: United States of America, War Department
Item 31: Letter to father, 5 December 1918Add to your cart.
Item 32: Letter to family, 11 December 1918Add to your cart.
Item 33: Letter to family, 13 December 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Moen, Ole Hilmen (Letters), 1919, undatedAdd to your cart.
Letters mostly from 1919 from Ole Hilmen Moen and the US Government to family members.  Most of the letters to the entire family are in English, while letters addressed to his mother are nearly all in Norwegian.  Some correspondence contains a mix of the two languages throughout the letters.  Sent from various places, such as Camp Dodge (Des Moines, Iowa), Camp Pike (Arkansas), Camp Merritt (New Jersey), Fort Snelling (Minnesota), Fort Sheridan (Illinois), and France.  He signs his letters "Hilmen".
Biographical/Historical Note: Brother's name is Bert Hilmen Moen.  Father's name is Edward E Moen.
Creator: Moen, Ole Hilmen
Item 1: Letter to family, 8 January 1919Add to your cart.
Item 2: Letter to family, 27 February 1919Add to your cart.
Item 3: US Government Postcard to E. Moen, 1 March 1919Add to your cart.
Creator: United States of America, War Department
Item 4: Letter to mother, 5 March 1919Add to your cart.
Item 5: Letter to family, 13 March 1919Add to your cart.
Item 6: Letter to family, 22 March 1919Add to your cart.
Item 7: Letter to family, 6 April 1919Add to your cart.
Item 8: Letter to family, 19 April 1919Add to your cart.
Item 9: Letter to family, 25 April 1919Add to your cart.
Item 10: Letter to family, 10 May 1919Add to your cart.
Item 11: Letter to family, 20 May 1919Add to your cart.
Item 12: Letter to family, 28 May 1919Add to your cart.
Item 13: Letter to family, 5 June 1919Add to your cart.
Item 14: Letter to family, 17 June 1919Add to your cart.
Item 15: Postcard to family, 13 June 1919Add to your cart.
Item 16: Letter to family, 25 June 1919Add to your cart.
Item 17: Letter to family, 1 July 1919Add to your cart.
Item 18: Letter to family, 21 July 1919Add to your cart.
Item 19: Letter to family, 24 July 1919Add to your cart.
Item 20: Letter to family (Typewritten), 31 July 1919Add to your cart.
Item 21: Letter to family, 5 August 1919Add to your cart.
Item 22: US Government Postcard to E. Moen, 8 August 1919Add to your cart.
Creator: United States of America, War Department
Item 23: Letter to Bert Hilmen, 1 August 1919Add to your cart.
Item 24: Letter to family, 10 August 1919Add to your cart.
Item 25: Letter to Bert Hilmen, 17 August 1919Add to your cart.
Item 26: Letter to family, 29 August 1919Add to your cart.
Item 27: Letter to family, 5 September 1919Add to your cart.
Item 28: Letter to family, 8 September 1919Add to your cart.
Item 29: Letter to family, 9 September 1919Add to your cart.
Item 30: Letter to family (typewritten), 13 September 1919Add to your cart.
Item 31: Letter to family, 19 September 1919Add to your cart.
Item 32: Letter to family, October 1919Add to your cart.
Item 33: Letter to Bert Hilmen, November 1919Add to your cart.
Item 34: Letter fo family, 9 November 1919Add to your cart.
Item 35: Letter to family, 18 November 1919Add to your cart.
Item 36: Postcard to mother, 3 November 1919Add to your cart.
Item 37: Letter to family, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 38: Letter to mother, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 39: Letter to family, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 40: Letter to family, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 41: Letter to family, undatedAdd to your cart.
Letter describing his discharge and coming home.
Item 42: Letter to Bert Hilmen, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 43: Fragment of letter, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 44: Letter to Family, 29 March 1919Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Students' Army Training Corps (SATC)Add to your cart.
Related Material: See also RG18: 8 x 10 photographs of Students' Army Training Corps, 1918 and RG 15: Papers of Nelson, David T., scrapbooks and publications, 1914-1918.
Item 1: "Students' Army Training Corps at Luther College", 1918Add to your cart.
Item 2: "S.A.T.C. at Luther College" letter, 21 September 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Harold Sunde Account of World War I, March 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Other memorabilia, letters, and clippings, 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Item 1: Letter from Alfred Hendrickson to Dr. Knut Gjerset, 2 MarchAdd to your cart.
This letter describes item 2 in this folder.  Gjerset was collecting World War I letters and Alfred Hendrickson sent item 2 to be included.
Item 2: Letter from Corporal E. J. Whitehead to Alfred Hendrickson, 22 May 1919Add to your cart.
Item 3: Newspaper clipping naming people and ranks, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Notification to register for draft, 26 August 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Scrapbook Clippings from Minneapolis Newspapers, ​1917-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Photograph from August Korsund, 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Information On The Life Of Ole Hilmen Moen, 1916-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Translations of the Ole Moen Letters, 1914-1919Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 3: World War II, 1944-1946Add to your cart.
Materials relating to World War II, including Luther College Memorial programs, photographs of Luther College service men, and AP and Sovfoto photographs from Europe and the Pacific.
Related Material: See also RG15, Papers of Chellis Evenson.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Special Commencement for Service Men, 1943Add to your cart.
Item 1: Special Commencement Exercises for Service Men Program, 25 March 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Luther Memorial Plaque - Copy, 1918, 1945Add to your cart.
Item 1: Luther Memorial Plaque, undatedAdd to your cart.
Flyer with an image of the Luther College Memorial Plaque
Folder 3: Luther College Bulletin for Servicemen, 1945Add to your cart.
Item 1: Luther College Bulletin for Servicemen, 1945Add to your cart.
Creator: Luther College
Folder 4: VE Day Notice - Decorah, IA, Community Program of Thanksgiving at Luther, 1945Add to your cart.
Item 1: V-E Day Event Flyer, 1945Add to your cart.
Large flyer of V-E Day events, including a parade, community Thanksgiving, church services, and notification of stores closing, courtesy of the Decorah Chamber of Commerce.
Creator: Decorah Chamber of Commerce
Folder 5: Educational Programs for Veterans - Lutheran Colleges, 1945-1946Add to your cart.
Item 1: "Educational Programs for Veterans offered by the Luther Colleges of America", 1945Add to your cart.
Creator: The National Lutheran Council
Folder 6: Memorial Service - Luther College, 1945-1946Add to your cart.
Item 1: Memorial Service - 1945, 13 May 1945Add to your cart.
Item 2: Memorial Service - 1946, 31 March 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 7: List and Photos of Luther Students Killed in WWII, ca. 1946Add to your cart.
Item 1: Listing of Luther College Gold Stars, 1945Add to your cart.
Listing of Luther College and area men who were killed in action.
Item 2: Cards with World War II Luther College Gold Stars, 1946Add to your cart.
Cards with names of Luther College men who were killed in action.  Includes the years they were at Luther.
Item 3: Photo of Almlie, Jofred, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Photo of Bakken, Ira Odell, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Photo of Baarstad, Clifford Raymond Theophil, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 6: Photo of Bickle, Junior, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Photo of Boe, George Alton, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Photo of Bolmgren, Donald A., undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 9: Photo of Branae, Harold C., undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 10: Photo of Danks, Olneyu Adelbert, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 11: Photo of Drew, James Seebach, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 12: Photo of Eberhart, Richard Thomas, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 13: Photo of Evjen, Norris Bernett, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 14: Photo of Gorder, Claremont Ferdinand, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 15: Photo of Haugrud, Harold Alexander, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 16: Photo of Ingegretson, Kenneth Leroy, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 17: Photo of Mace, Maurice Claud, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 18: Photo of Numedahl, Richard John, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 19: Photo of Opsvig, John Thomas, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 20: Photo of Stalland, Knute Preus, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 21: Photo of Sundahl, George Arnold, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 22: Photo of Symonds, Robert William, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 23: Photo of Torgerson, Sydney Marvin, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 24: Photo of Vail, Homer Wayne, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 25: Photo of Vold, Herman O., undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 26: Photo of Waggoner, Paul Robert, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 27: Photo of Wilson, Oswald Richard, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 28: Photo of Wulfsberg, Rolf Olaf, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Scuttlebutt Papers, 1944-1945Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Record of Military Service, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondence, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 11: War Department Pamphlet, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Maps, n.d.Add to your cart.
Item 1: "Luther College Goes to War: Scuttlebutt and the World War II Letters" Volume 1, Edited by Marvin G. Slind, 2008Add to your cart.
Item 2: "Luther College Goes to War: Scuttlebutt and the World War II Letter" Volume 2, Edited by Marvin G. Slind, 2008Add to your cart.
Box 2: World War II Photographs - Europe, 1944-1945, undatedAdd to your cart.
Originals or Copies Note: These photographs are reproductions and the originals and rights do not belong to Luther College Archives.
Folder 1: AP Photographs - WWII, Europe, January - October 1944Add to your cart.
Holds 21 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in Europe.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 2: AP Photographs - WWII, Europe, November - December 1944Add to your cart.
Holds 23 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in Europe.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 3: AP Photographs - WWII, Europe, January - March 1945Add to your cart.
Holds 49 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in Europe.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 4: AP Photographs - WWII, Europe, March - April 1945Add to your cart.
Holds 45 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in Europe.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 5: AP Photographs - WWII, Europe, undatedAdd to your cart.
Holds 5 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in Europe.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 6: Sovfoto - WWII, Europe, undatedAdd to your cart.
Holds 37 Sovfoto, black and white photographs of the Soviet infantry from World War II in Europe.
Creator: SOVFOTO
Folder 7: Sovfoto - WWII, Europe, undatedAdd to your cart.
Holds 32  Sovfoto, black and white photographs of the Soviet infantry from World War II in Europe.
Creator: SOVFOTO
Box 3: World War II Photographs - Pacific, 1944-1945, undatedAdd to your cart.
Originals or Copies Note: These photographs are reproductions and the originals and rights do not belong to Luther College Archives.
Folder 1: AP Photographs - WWII, Pacific, February - December 1944Add to your cart.
Holds 30 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in the Pacific.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 2: AP Photographs - WWII, Pacific, January - February 1945Add to your cart.
Holds 38 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in the Pacific.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 3: AP Photographs - WWII, Pacific, February - April 1945Add to your cart.
Holds 24 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in the Pacific.
Creator: The Associated Press
Folder 4: AP Photographs - WWII, Pacific, undatedAdd to your cart.
Holds 4 AP, black and white photographs from World War II in the Pacific.
Creator: The Associated Press
Sub-Series 4: Vietnam War, 1970-1973Add to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: "They Prize Letter Written at Capture", 29 October 1970Add to your cart.
Newspaper article from the Des Moines Register discussing Luther graduate Michael Kjome and his capture as a civilian during the Vietnam War.
Creator: Lamberto, Nick
Physical Description: 2 pages
Preferred Citation: Des Moines Register
Folder 2: Luther Students and Wartime Activities, 1971-1973Add to your cart.
Newspaper articles, clippings, court records, and more about Luther students and war / anti-war activities.
Physical Description: 35 pieces
Item 1: "First Priority - end the war", undatedAdd to your cart.
Creator: Muedeking, George H.
Item 2: Statement of District Judge George A Sulivan Jr., 6 May 1971Add to your cart.
Item 3: A Celebration of pilgrimmage at Danbury Prison, 24 February 1972Add to your cart.
Item 4: Indictment No. 14950, 1971-1972Add to your cart.
Item 5: Phil Berrigan's "Opening Statement", 3 March 1972Add to your cart.
Item 6: Hoover and the Berrigans, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Statement of Purposes and Goals of the Defense Committee, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, undatedAdd to your cart.
Physical Description: 10 pieces

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