The Papers of Nikolai Astrup Larsen, 1884-1967 | Luther College Archives

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Nikolai Astrup Larsen, 1884-1967Add to your cart.

ID: LCA/RG15/Larsen, N

Primary Creator: Larsen, N. Astrup (1878-1961)

Extent: 9.8 Linear Feet. More info below.

Date Acquired: 03/22/1969

Subjects: Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Alumni and alumnae, Missionaries--China, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America

Languages: English, Norwegian, Chinese

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Documentation consists of correspondence, 1897-1967 (family and church); diaries,1907-9, 1916; sermons, 1920’s-1950’s; photographs; budget books, 1949-1965; receipts; insurance policy; journals; booklets; bulletins; family information; newspaper clippings; certificates; autobiographies (him and others); papers of N.L.C.A. (minutes and constitution) and other church related papers and articles; programs; papers on the Iowa District; Luther College papers (information, clubs, events, etc.); pocket books; date books, 1898-1916; speeches; political papers (Communism in China); study notes; notebooks; lecture notes; scrapbooks; minutes; resolutions; a few poems; articles by N.A. Larsen and others; papers and materials on China mission work; World Church convention information and conferences materials (World Council of Churches, American Lutheran Church Conference); date books and almanacs, 1918-1954.

Biographical Note

Larsen was born to Luther College president Laur. Larsen and his wife Ingeborg Astrup Larsen on July 13, 1878.  He graduated from Luther College in 1896.  After graduation, he enrolled at Luther Theological Seminary and graduated from that institution in 1900.  He immediately accepted a call as a pastor in Minnesota.  In 1902, he moved to North Dakota to serve several congregations there.  A year later, he moved again within North Dakota and stayed with a congregation there for eight years.  He married his first wife, Tora Ylvisaker in 1904 who died six years later.  He married Marie Weltzin, whom he met after accepting a call to Our Savior’s Church in Tacoma, Washington in 1911.  Together they performed missionary work in China, and in 1925 he became the president of the Union Lutheran Theological Seminary in China.  Upon his return from China, he received a call to First Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa.  In 1933, Luther conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.  He was elected president of the Iowa District of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in 1934, serving that position until his retirement fifteen years later.  He died in 1961 at the age of 83.

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Larsen ble født 13. juli 1878. Han var sønn av Luther College president Laur. Larsen og Ingeborg (Astrup). Han tok eksamen ved Luther College i 1896. Deretter begynte han ved Luther Theological Seminary og gikk ut derfra i 1900. Kort etter takket han ja til et kall som prest i Minnesota. I 1902 flyttet han til Nord Dakota for å tjenestegjøre for flere menigheter der. Han giftet seg med Tora Ylvisaker i 1904. Hun døde seks år senere og han giftet seg da med Marie Weltzin, som han møtte etter å ha takket ja til et kall fra Our Savior’s Church i Tacoma, Washington, i 1911. Sammen jobbet de som misjonærer i Kina, og i 1925 ble han president for Union Lutheran Theological Seminary der. Da han kom tilbake til USA fikk han et kall fra First Lutheran Church i Sioux City, Iowa. I 1933 mottok han en æresdoktorgrad, Doctor of Divinity, fra Luther. Han ble valgt til president for Norwegian Lutheran Church, Iowa District i 1934, en jobb han hadde til han gikk av med pensjon femten år senere. Han døde i 1961, åttitre år gammel.

Subject/Index Terms

Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) - Alumni and alumnae
Missionaries--China
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 15 boxes

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Acquisition Source: N. Astrup Larsen Estate

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Nikolai Astrup Larsen Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

5/10/2023: HRJ updated to include acquisition information from original processing documents, add languages, and add subject headings.

11/20/19: EC updated the preferred citation.


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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1900-1967],
[Series 2: Writings, 1925-1961],
[Series 3: Sermons, 1920-1959],
[Series 4: China Missions, 1909-1953],
[Series 5: Church Papers, 1927-1968],
[Series 6: Personal Papers, 1884-1965],
[Series 7: Realia, Undated],
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1900-1967Add to your cart.
Box 1: Correspondence and Finding Aid, 1897-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Info and History of CollectionAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Finding Aid (150:51-100)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Finding AidsAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Cards to and from Marie Larsen, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence with Hanna, Karen, & Henning Larsen, plus 'Sassan', 1897-99, 1900, '13, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Correspondence with Laur Larsen, 1900-02Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence with Laur & Ingeborg Larsen, 1903-1905Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Correspondence with Joseph Tetlie, 1918-1926, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Familial Correspondence, 1906-1909Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondence with Laur and Ingeborg Larsen, 1910-1911Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Correspondence with Laur & Ingeborg Larsen, 1913-1914, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Correspondence with Laur & Ingeborg Larsen, and Marie Weltzin, 1912Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Correspondence with Laur & Ingeborg Larsen, 1913Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence with Jakob, Karen, & Hanna Larsen, 1922-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Correspondence with Family, May Larsen, 1913, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Correspondence with Laur, Ingeborg, Signe, & Marie Larsen, 1912-1914, 23Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Familial Correspondence, 1915-19, 22, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Correspondence with both Ingeborg Larsens, 1916-1921, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Familial Correspondence, 1923-1927Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Correspondence with Mother and Sisters, 1922-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Correspondence with Marie Larsen and Memorial Service of Lauritz Larsen, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Correspondence with Brother, Lauritz Larsen, 1916-1922Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Correspondence with Sister, Karen Larsen, 1923-1927Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Correspondence with Daughters, Ingeborg and Katherine Larsen, 1922-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence with both Ingeborg Larsens, 1926, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Correspondence of Marie Weltzin Larsen, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Correspondence of Marie Weltzin Larsen, 1924-1925, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Correspondence with Daughter and Son-in-Law, Ingeborg and Harold Ulvestad, 1940, 46-47, 49, 51, 56, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: Correspondence with Daughter, Katherine, and Grandchildren, 1946, 49, 53, 56, 58-59, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 30: Correspondence with Marie Weltzin Larsen and Daughters, 1927Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Correspondence with Daughter and Son-in-Law, Ingeborg and Harold Ulvestad, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Correspondence with Daughter and Son-in-Law, Katherine and Arnold Christensen, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Correspondence with Louis H. Braafladt, 1924-26, 31, 33Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Correspondence with Ladies Aid Society from Tacoma, WA, 1912-14, 17Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Sympathy Correspondence regarding Death of Lauritz Frederick Larsen, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Teaching and Mission Personal Correspondence, 1920-1921Add to your cart.
Folder 37: General Correspondence, 1923Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Correspondence on Theological Views of NA Larsen, 1924-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 39: General Church Correspondence, 1948-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Correspondence with Ferdinand J. Smith, 1934-39, 42-43Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Correspondence with Marie Weltzin and Postcards, 1905-06, 08-09, 1912Add to your cart.
Folder 42: General Correspondence, 1930-34Add to your cart.
Folder 43: General Correspondence, 1935-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Correspondence with N.N. Ronning, 1931-34, 39Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Correspondence Regarding Toyohiko Kagawa, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Correspondence with Pastors, 1940, 42-44Add to your cart.
Folder 47: General Correspondence, 1942, 45-47Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Correspondence with Clarence Tweet, 1947-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Correspondence regarding Catholic Church, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Correspondence regarding retirement and church affairs, 1949-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 51: General Correspondence, 1940-1950Add to your cart.
Folder 52: 50th Ministry Anniversary and Other Correspondence, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Correspondence regarding Articles and Book Donations, 1950-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Correspondence with TG Overson, 1951-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 55: Correspondence regarding health of NA Larsen, 1952-1958Add to your cart.
Folder 56: 75th Birthday Wishes, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 57: 75th Birthday Wishes, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Correspondence regarding Automobile Insurance, 1943, 53, 55-57Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Correspondence with Jessie and Arthur Lochead, 1953-54, 56-59Add to your cart.
Folder 60: 55th Anniversary of Ordination, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 61: 55th Anniversary of Ordination, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Larsens Travel Correspondence, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 63: General Correspondence, 1953, 54, 58-59Add to your cart.
Folder 64: Correspondence for Social Security, 1918, 56-58Add to your cart.
Folder 65: Correspondence with Daughters, Ingeborg and Katherine Larsen, 1934Add to your cart.
Folder 66: Laur Larsen - Letters from Nikolai Astrup Larsen, 1905-1912Add to your cart.
Box 2: Correspondence and Writings, 1926-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Correspondence on Norway or in Norwegian, 1957-1961Add to your cart.
Folder 2: 80th Birthday Wishes, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 3: 80th Birthday Wishes, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Undated Birthday Wishes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: General Correspondence on Religion, 1953-56, 58-59Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Correspondence on Articles, 1951-52, 58Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence on Pensions, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Correspondence on Communist China, 1950, 59Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Correspondence on Liturgy, 1950, 59Add to your cart.
Folder 10: General Correspondence, 1960-63, 66Add to your cart.
Folder 11: "Bolshevism in the Church", 1919Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Correspondence relating to Luther College, 1925-26, 28Add to your cart.
Folder 13: General Correspondence, 1935-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence Regarding State of the Church, 1933-35, 37Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Correspondence on Karl Barth, 1933Add to your cart.
Folder 16: "The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans", 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Correspondence Regarding Norwegian-English Translation, 1949-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Correspondence on Norwegian-English Translation, 1960-1961, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Series 2: Writings, 1925-1961Add to your cart.
Box 2: Correspondence and Writings, 1926-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Translation of "The Letter of the Apostle Paul to the Romans", 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Translation of "TLAPR", 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Translation of "TLAPR", 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Translation of "TLAPR", 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Translation of "Church History Vol. I", 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Translation of "Church History Vol. I", 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Translation of "Church History Vol. I", 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Translation of "Church History Vol. I", 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Translation of "Church History Vol. I", 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Translation of "Church History Vol. II", 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Translation of "Church History Vol. II", 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Translation of "Church History Vol. II", 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Translation of "Church History Vol. II", 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Unfinished Translation of "Church History Vol. III", 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Articles and NAL's Replies to Articles, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Articles by NA Larsen, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Articles by NA Larsen, Undated, 1936, 56Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Articles by NA Larsen, 1926, 32, 21, 29, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 43: Articles in Norwegian by NA Larsen, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: Articles about Norway by NA Larsen, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 45: 'Det Forste Sekel', UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 46: Articles in Norwegian by NA Larsen, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 47: Book Reviews, 1939, 40, 42, 47, 49, 50-56, 60Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Notes on David Livingstone, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 49: Lecture Notes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 50: Radio Talks, 1936-1937Add to your cart.
Box 3: Writings: Lectures and Bible Studies, 1927-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Union Seminary Lecture: "Life and Teachings of Jesus", 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Union Seminary Lecture: "Christian Idea of God", 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Union Seminary Lecture: "Pastoral Problems", 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Bible Study: Paul and Epistle to Romans, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Bible Study: Acts, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Bible Study: "Heroes of Faith" and Paul, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Bible Study: The Church Visitor, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Bible Study: New Testement, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Bible Study: Psalms 79-150, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Bible Study: Book of Psalms, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Bible Study: Book of Amos, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Bible Study: Various, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Bible Study: "History of Isreal" and "Church and the Bible", UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Bible Study: God's Purpose as Revealed in the Bible, 1958-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Talks at Colleges, 1927, 32, 34, 37, 43, 46, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Series 3: Sermons, 1920-1959Add to your cart.
Box 4: Sermons, 1899-1958Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Church Anniversary Sermons, 1940-44, 46-49, 52, 58Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Sermons given through Radio, 1937, 40, 43, 47, 58Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Sermons at or about Luther College, Various years 1921 to 1952, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Memorial Service Sermon by J.A. Aasgaard, 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Sermons when a Missionary in China, Various years 1913 to 1928Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Sermons for Youth Programs, Various years 1921 to 1948, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Sermons for First through Sixteenth Sundays after Trinity, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Church Anniversary Sermons, 1930, 32, 34-39, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Sermons Concerning Marriage, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Funeral Sermons, 1929, 31-32, 34-35, 45, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Installation Addresses & Sermons, Various years 1902 to 1947, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Ordination Addresses & Sermons, Various years 1928 to 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Sermons for Communion and Confessional Addresses, Various years 1927 to 1956, and 1933 to 1955, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Sermons on Confirmation, Various years 1928 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Labor Day Sermons and Sermons on Church and Society, 1931-33, 40, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Sermons on Stewardship, 1937, 43, 46, 48, 51, 53, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Sermons removed from original folders, to be sorted back, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: "Keeping Faith with the Reformation, UndatedAdd to your cart.
First stack of four donated Spring 2018
Folder 19: Sermons while serving in Minot, ND & Tacoma, WA, 1905-1913, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Second stack of sermons donated Spring 2018
Folder 20: Sermons while serving in Minot, ND & Tacoma, WA, 1906-1913Add to your cart.
Second stack of sermons donated Spring 2018
Folder 21: Sermons while serving in Minot, ND & Tacoma, WA, 1905-1912Add to your cart.
Third stack of sermons donated Spring 2018
Folder 22: Early Sermons, 1899-1912Add to your cart.
Fourth stack of sermons donated Spring 2018
Folder 23: Early Sermons, 1900-1913Add to your cart.
Fourth stack of sermons donated Spring 2018
Box 5: Sermons, 1920-1958, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Pentecost Sermons, 1937, 39, 45, 53, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Mother's Day and Ascension Day Sermons, Various years 1928 to 1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Sermons for Fifth and Sixth Sunday after Easter, Various years 1929 to 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Sermons for Third and Fourth Sundays after Easter, Various years 1931 to 1958, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Sermons for the Second Sunday after Easter, Various years from 1931 to 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Sermons for the First Sunday after Easter, Various years 1921 to 1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Sermons for Good Friday, Various years 1931 to 1956, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Sermons for Maundy Thursday, 1931-1933Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Sermons for Palm Sunday, Various years 1927 to 1952, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Sermons for Fifth Sunday in Lent and Annunciation of Mary, Various years 1931 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Sermons for Fourth Sunday in Lent, Various years 1933 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Sermons for Third Sunday in Lent, Various years 1931 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Sermons for Second Sunday in Lent, Various years 1931 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Sermons for First Sunday in Lent, Various years 1930 to 1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Lenten Sermons, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Sermons for Lenten Season, Various years 1932 to 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Quinquagesima Sunday Sermons, Various years 1928 to 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Sexagesima Sunday Sermons, Various years 1929 to 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Septuagesima Sunday Sermons, Various years 1930 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Sermons for the Third, Fourth, & Fifth Sundays after Epiphany, Various years 1929 to 1941, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Sermons for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, Various years from 1929 to 1955, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Sermons for the First Sunday after Epiphany, and for Epiphany, Various years 1929 to 1952, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Sermons for Sunday after New Years Day, 1930-31, 55, 59, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Sermons for First Sunday after Christmas, Various years 1928 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Christmas Day Sermons, 1928-29, 35, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Sermons for Fourth Sunday in Advent, Various years 1927 to 38, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Sermons for Second & Third Sunday in Advent, Various years 1927 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Sermons for First Sunday in Advent, Various years 1928 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: New Years Eve & New Years Day Sermons, 1928, 30-31, 33, 52Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Thanksgiving Day Sermons, 1934, 44Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Sermons for 25th, 26th, & 27th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Reformation Day & All Saints Day Sermons, Various years 1927 to 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Sermons for 23rd & 24th Sunday after Trinity, 1930, 32, 33, 36, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Sermons for 20th, 21st, & 22nd Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1957, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: Sermons for 19th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Sermons for 17th & 18th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 37: Sermons for 15th & 16th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Sermons for 13th & 14th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1929 to 1957, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 39: Sermons for 11th & 12th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1934 to 1951, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Sermons for 9th & 10th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1927 to 1959, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Sermons for 8th Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1929 to 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Sermons for Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1929 to 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Sermons for Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1929 to 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Sermons for Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1931 to 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Sermons for Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1932 to 1958, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 46: Sermons for Third Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1920 to 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Sermons for First & Second Sunday after Trinity, Various years 1931 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 48: Sermons for Trinity Sunday, Various years 1929 to 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Undated Sermons and Notes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 50: Undated Sermons, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 51: News Clipping and Sermon, 1912, 33Add to your cart.
Folder 52: Sermons, Various years 1920 to 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Sermons, Various years 1940 to 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Undated Sermons, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 55: Sermons on Lutheranism and the World, 1940, 48, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 56: Sermons for Pastoral Conferences, 1931, 33-35, 43-45, 47, 59, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 57: Dedication Sermons, 1946, 49, 53, 55Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Sermons on Missions, Various years 1920 to 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Undated Sermons on Missions, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 60: Sunday Evening Sermons in Sioux City, IA, 1931-1933Add to your cart.
Folder 61: Sermons in Norwegian, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 62: Sermons on Education and Sunday School Talks, 1941, 46, 49, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 63: Sermons for Independence Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving at end of war, 1928, 31, 51, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 64: Sermons in Norwegian, Various years 1927 to 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 65: Sermons for Personal Occasions, 1934, 40, 50, 55Add to your cart.
Series 4: China Missions, 1909-1953Add to your cart.
Box 6: China Missions, 1909-1955Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Photo of American School in China, 1926Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Confirmation Class, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Mission Correspondence with M. Saterlie, 1917-1918Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Mission Correspondence with J.R. Birkelund & H.G. Stub, 1915, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: General Mission Correspondence, 1919Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Mission Correspondence, 1916Add to your cart.
Folder 7: General Mission Correspondence, 1917Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Mission Correspondence with L.J. Davies, 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 9: General Mission Correspondence and Correspondence with John M. Bly, 1919, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Mission Correspondence with O.R. Wold, 1927-1928Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Books Concerning Conferences of Lutheran Missions in China, 1918, 23, 24Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Speeches on China, 1927, 32, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Speeches on China, Various years 1921 to 1953, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Speech on Foreign Missions given at World Lutheran Convention, 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Lutheran Institutions in China, 1913, 24-27Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Materials on Lutheran Church in China, 1916, 22-23, 26, 35Add to your cart.
Folder 17: "Lutheran Church Herald" Articles on China, Various years 1918 to 1933Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Periodicals and Materials on China, 1926, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Papers and Articles on Christian Missions in China, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Materials on Missions in China, 1921-22, 24, 26Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Articles Concerning Buddhism, 1925, 33, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: History of China & Japan, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Missionary Call to China & Materials, 1918, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Papers in Norwegian, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence Regarding China and China Missions, Various years 1928 to 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Mission Correspondence & Materials, 1923, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Mission Correspondence & Materials, 1916, 22Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Mission Correspondence & Materials, 1922-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Mission Correspondence in English & Chinese, 1929-32, 39, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 30: Mission Correspondence & Materials, 1913-14, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Mission Correspondence & Materials, 1922-23, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Correspondence & Materials on the Church in China, 1921-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Correspondence with M. Saterlie, 1920-1921Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Correspondence with Knut B. Westman and Church Minutes, 1926-30, various years 1930 to 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Mission Correspondence, 1922-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Mission Correspondence, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Mission Correspondence, 1925Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Correspondence with J.R. Birkelund and Helge Hoverstad, 1925-1927Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Mission Correspondence, 1927-1929, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Varied Correspondence, 1926-28, 31Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Mission Correspondence, 1924-1926Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Mission Correspondence, 1923Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Articles on Mission and Missionaries in China, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: Materials on Mission Work in China, 1924-1925, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 45: Chungking Report, 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Books on Mandarin & Chinese, 1909-10, 13, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Series 5: Church Papers, 1927-1968Add to your cart.
Box 7: Church Papers, 1909-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Correspondence on Call from First Lutheran Church of Sioux City, IA, 1928Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Circular Letters on the Church, 1933-42, 44-45, 58Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence on Pastoral Salary, 1937, 44, 46Add to your cart.
Folder 4: World Council of Churches Publications, 1948-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 5: World Council of Chuches Publications, 1950-1951Add to your cart.
Folder 6: World Council of Churches Publications, 1952-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 7: World Council of Churches Publications, 1954-1955Add to your cart.
Folder 8: World Council of Churches, 1956-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 9: World Council of Churches Publications, 1958-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 10: World Council of Churches Publications, 1960-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 11: World Council of Churches Membership Cards and Pamphlets, 1951, 53, 54Add to your cart.
Folder 12: World Council of Churches Sermons and Articles, 1948, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Articles on World Council of Churches, 1947-48, 54, 56Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Sermons on the World Council of Churches, 1942, 56, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: "Should we Join the World Council of Churches", 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Correspondence on the World Council of Churches, 1946-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Lutheran World Convention, 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Correspondence on the World Council of Churches, 1954-56, 58, 61-62, 68Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Third Lutheran World Convention, 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Third Lutheran World Convention Papers and Speeches, 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Correspondence, Lutheran World Convention, 1935-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Correspondence & Papers on Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 1930-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Correspondence & Papers on Calmar Lutheran Church, 1909, 35, 43-47, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Correspondence & Papers on Washington Prairie Church, 1941, 43, 49Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence & Papers on Madison & Lincoln Parish, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Correspondence & Papers on Decorah Lutheran Church, 1943, 48-49Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Correspondence & Papers on Bluffton Community Church, 1946-1947Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Correspondence & Papers on First Lutheran Church, 1943-44, 51Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Papers on Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1956, 59, 63Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Papers on Various Churches, 1948-1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Correspondence & Papers on Churches, 1946, 49, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Correspondence with Margaret Wall on Psalm Pamphlets, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 33: History of Fulton Norwegian Lutheran Church, 1927Add to your cart.
Folder 34: History of Vinje & St. Paul's Lutheran Churches in Callender, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 35: First Lutheran Church in Sioux City Newsletters, 1930-1933Add to your cart.
Folder 36: First Lutheran Church in Sioux City Newsletters, 1927-1928Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Papers on First Lutheran Church in Sioux City, 1931-32, 34, 47, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Correspondence on First Lutheran Church in McGregor, and Waterville Luth. Church, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Correspondence & Papers on Lansing Lutheran Church, 1946, 48Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Correspondence & Papers on Churches, 1936-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Correspondence & Papers of Clemont, IA, 1934-36, 39Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Correspondence with Clermont Lutheran Church Parishoners, 1946-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Papers on First Lutheran Church in Minot, ND, 1934, 48, 59, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: Correspondence & Papers on Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Worth, TX, 1944, 48, 55Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Building & Dedication of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Houstan, TXAdd to your cart.
Folder 46: Building Plans & Dedication of Oak Cliff Lutheran in Dallas, TX, 1948, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 47: Churches in Washington and Oregon, 1948, 51, 52, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 48: Papers on First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc, WI, 1952, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 49: Churches in Wisconsin, 1936, 41, 48, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 50: Constitution of Trinity Lutheran Church in Sparta, WI, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Papers on Various Churches, 1948, 49, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 52: Specific Pastoral Ordinations, 1934-1939, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 53: Specific Pastoral Installations and Ordinations, 1940-1950Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Norwegian Lutheran Church and Lutheran Association of America, 1937, 41Add to your cart.
Box 8: Papers of Lutheran Churches in America, 1931-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Booklets on the Church, 1933, 43Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Brotherhood of the Norwegian Church of America, 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Newspaper Articles and Letters Regarding Newspaper Articles, 1932-33, 35, 40, 49, 54, 59, 60Add to your cart.
Folder 4: American Lutheran Conference, 1932, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: American Lutheran Conference, 1934-1935, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: American Lutheran Conference, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 7: American Lutheran Conference, 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 8: ALC, Commission on Social Relations, 1938-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 9: American Lutheran Conference, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 10: American Lutheran Conference, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 11: ALC, Commission on Social Relations, 1941-1942Add to your cart.
Folder 12: American Lutheran Conference, 1942Add to your cart.
Folder 13: ALC, Commission on Social Relations, 1943-1944Add to your cart.
Folder 14: American Lutheran Conference, 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 15: ALC, Commission on Social Relations, 1945-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 16: American Lutheran Conference, 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 17: American Lutheran Conference, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 18: American Lutheran Conference, 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 19: ALC, Commission on Social Relations, 1949-1950Add to your cart.
Folder 20: American Lutheran Conference, 1952Add to your cart.
Box 9: Papers of Lutheran Churches in America, 1933-1955Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Norwegian Lutheran Church Iowa District, 21st Annual Meeting, 1936-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Norwegian Lutheran Church Iowa District, 19th & 20th Annual Meetings, 1935-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Norwegian Lutheran Church Iowa District, 17th Annual Meeting, 1933Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Norwegian Lutheran Church Iowa District, 1933-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Pastoral Salary Questionaires, 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Lutheran Church Iowa District Convention, 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Sunday School Program Manuels, 1952-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Teacher-Pupil Sunday School Workbook, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: "Complete Christianity" and Bible School Program, 1929Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondence and Information on Teacher Training, 1936, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Church & Sunday School, 1927, 33, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Issues in Lutheran Church, 1949-1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: O.H. Pannkoke and issues in Lutheran Church, 1937, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence and Conference Materials on Evangelism, 1954, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Papers on Lutheran Unity, 1936, 49Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Materials on Merger of ELC, 1948, 54-55, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Luther Academy, 1950, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: The Church and Conscientious Objectors, 1942, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Materials on Rural Churches, 1943, 45, 49, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: The Lutheran Church and Labor, 1945, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Articles on Church and Related Activities, 1941, 48, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 10: Personal and Church Papers, 1920-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 1: American Lutheran Conference, 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Papers and Correspondence on ELC Norwegian Conferences, 1947-50, 52-60Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence and Papers on the Church, 1938-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Correspondence and Reports on Iowa Church, 1934Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Central Lutheran Church, 1922023, 40Add to your cart.
Series 6: Personal Papers, 1884-1965Add to your cart.
Box 10: Personal and Church Papers, 1920-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Materials on Communism and China, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Notes & Speech Notecards, 1945, 48-60, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Speeches & Events at Luther College, 1929, 31, 36, 46, 52Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Chapel Talks at Luther College, Various years 1933 to 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Luther College & Alumni, 1934, 1945, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Luther College Donations & Events, 1920, 1936, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 11: Personal Papers, 1884-1965Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Pocketbook, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Diary, 1907-09, 16Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Budget Book, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Budget Book, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Budget Book, 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Budget Book, 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Budget Book, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Budget Book, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Budget Book, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Budget Book, 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Budget Book, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Budget Book, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Budget Book, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Budget Book, 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Budget Book, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Budget Book, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Budget Book, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Budget Book, 1964Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Budget Book, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Two Unidentified Photos, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Unidentified Photo on Cardboard, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Receipts and Account Books, 1932-1940, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Papers Concerning Laur Larsen, 1884, 1933Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Papers Concerning Larsen Family Members, 1957, 60, 61, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: NA Larsen Autobiography and Certificates, 1896, 1900, 52, 65Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Symra Society 50th Anniversary, 1952-53, 57Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Postcards of Norway and North Dakota, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Dr. John Seldon Whale, 1954, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: Piney Woods School, 1946, 49, 53-55, 59Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Autobiography of Oscar L. Olson, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Biography of Herbjorn Gausta, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Photos of NA Larsen, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 33: Datebooks, 1898-1899Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Datebooks, 1900-1901Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Datebooks, 1902-1903Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Datebooks, 1904-1905Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Datebooks, 1906-1907Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Datebooks, 1908-1909Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Datebooks, 1910-1911Add to your cart.
Box 12: Datebooks, 1912-1955Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Datebooks, 1912-1913Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Datebooks, 1914-1915Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Datebooks, 1916-1917Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Datebooks, 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Datebooks, 1920-1921Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Datebooks, 1922-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Datebooks, 1924-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Datebooks, 1926-1927Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Datebooks, 1928-1929Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Datebooks, 1930-1931Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Datebooks, 1932-1933Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Datebooks, 1935-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Datebooks, 1938-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Datebooks, 1940-1941Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Datebooks, 1942-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Datebooks, 1944-1945Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Datebooks, 1946-1947Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Datebooks, 1948-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Datebooks, 1950-1951Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Datebooks, 1952-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Datebooks, 1954, 56Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Datebooks, 1925, 55, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 13: Notebooks, 1898-1901Add to your cart.
Folder 1: NA Larsen's "Encyklopadi" Notebook, 1898Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Notebook for Hebrew Class, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Notebook for Seminary, 1900Add to your cart.
Folder 4: NA Larsen's Hebrew & Greek Notebook, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Record Book of Bible Passages, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: NA Larsen's "Indhold" Notebook, 1901Add to your cart.
Box 15: Scrapbook, 1934-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1934-1957Add to your cart.
Series 7: Realia, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 14: Communion Kit, n.d.Add to your cart.

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