Scope and Contents: Documentation consists of correspondence (business and personal, some translated to English), photographs of library and Halvorsen family members, “Letters from Esthemille 1873-1874” translated by O.M. Hovde, translation of Laur Larsen’s “The Norwegian Luther College in Decorah,” business papers, U.S. government ration book and savings chart, certificates/diplomas, library papers (Capitol University Library, 1970s), Luther College Club Tour papers, papers from Hovde’s death (funeral sermon, tribute articles), photocopies of articles and church records.