The Papers of William K. Naeseth

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Title: The Papers of William K. Naeseth

ID: LCA/RG15/Naeseth, W

Primary Creator: Naeseth, William K. (1888-1958)

Extent: 0.0

Languages: English, Norwegian

Abstract

The papers of Lutheran pastor Ulrik William Koren Naeseth.

Biographical Note

Ulrik William Koren Naeseth was born July 7, 1888 in Decorah, Iowa to Christian Andreas (C.A.) Naeseth and his wife Caroline Mathilde Koren Naeseth. His father was a member of the Luther College faculty and his mother was a daughter of Rev. U.V. and Elisabeth Koren. He attended Luther College 1902-1908 (A.B.), Luther Seminary, 1909-1912 (C.T.), and Columbia University, 1914-1915 (M.A.).

Naeseth taught at Luther College from 1908-1908, then served as pastor in Rochester, Minnesota (1912-1913, Zumbro Lutheran Church, 1915-1922) and Orfordville, Wisconsin (1912-1913). Beginning in May 1922, Rev. Naeseth took a new role serving as a full-time hospital chaplain for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota.

Rev. Naeseth was active in community service, volunteering with the Red Cross for 35 years, including two terms of service on the Red Cross board and chairing the Red Cross Disaster Committee. He also was involved in his local Community Chest organization.

Rev. Naeseth married Charlotte B. Ledell on August 9, 1916 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth (known as Betty) was born February 9, 1918 in Rochester, Minnesota. Charlotte passed away from a long illness on November 12, 1924.

Rev. Naeseth passed away on August 31, 1958.

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Series 1: Correspondence

Box 1: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1897-1914

The correspondence of some empty envelopes may be found in the Norwegian correspondence and translation files.

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1897
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1899
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1904
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1906
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1907
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1908
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1909
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1910
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1911
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1912
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1912
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1913
Folder 13: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1913
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1913
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1914
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1914
Folder 17: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1914
Folder 18: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1914
Folder 19: Correspondence (1 of 2), June 1914
Folder 20: Correspondence (2 of 2), June 1914
Folder 21: Correspondence (1 of 2), July 1914

Box 2: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1914-1915

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), Sept 1914
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), Sept 1914
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), Oct 1914
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), Oct 1914
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 2), Oct 1914
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 2), Oct 1914
Folder 7: Correspondence (1 of 2), Nov 1914
Folder 8: Correspondence (2 of 2), Nov 1914
Folder 9: Correspondence, Nov 1914
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 3), Dec 1914
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 3), Dec 1914
Folder 12: Correspondence (3 of 3), Dec 1914
Folder 13: Correspondence (2 of 2), Jan 1915
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), Jan 1915
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), Feb 1915
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 3), Feb 1915

Box 3: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1915

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1915
Folder 2: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1915
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1915
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1915
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1915
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1915
Folder 7: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1915
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1915
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1915
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1915
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1915
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1915
Folder 13: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1915
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1915
Folder 15: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1915
Folder 16: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1915
Folder 17: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1915
Folder 18: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1915
Folder 19: Correspondence (1 of 3), Dec 1915
Folder 20: Correspondence (2 of 3), Dec 1915

Box 4: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1915-1918

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1916
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1916
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1916
Folder 4: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1916
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1916
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1916
Folder 7: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1916
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1916
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1916
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1916
Folder 11: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1916
Folder 12: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1916
Folder 13: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1916
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1916
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1917
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1917
Folder 17: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1918
Folder 18: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1918

Box 5: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1919-1926

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1919
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1920
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1921
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1921
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1922
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1922
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1923
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1924
Folder 9: Correspondence (1 of 4), 1924
Folder 10: Correspondence (2 of 4), 1924
Folder 11: Correspondence (3 of 4), 1924
Folder 12: Correspondence (4 of 4), 1924
Folder 13: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1925
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1925
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1925
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1925
Folder 17: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1926
Folder 18: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1926

Box 6: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1926-1929

Folder 1: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1926
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 4), 1926
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 4), 1926
Folder 4: Correspondence (3 of 4), 1926
Folder 5: Correspondence (4 of 4), 1926
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1927
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1927
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1927
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1927
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1928
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1928
Folder 12: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1928
Folder 13: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1928
Folder 14: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1929
Folder 15: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1929
Folder 16: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1929
Folder 17: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1929

Box 7: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1929-1935

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1929
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1930
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1930
Folder 4: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1930
Folder 5: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1930
Folder 6: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1931
Folder 7: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1931
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1931
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1931
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1932
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1932
Folder 12: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1933
Folder 13: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1933
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1934
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1935
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1935

Box 8: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1936-1945

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1936
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1936
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1937
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1937
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1938
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1938
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1940
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1941
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1941
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1942
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1943
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1944
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1944
Folder 14: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1944
Folder 15: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1944
Folder 16: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1945
Folder 17: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1945

Box 9: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1945-1949

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1945
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1945
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1945
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1945
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1946
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1946
Folder 7: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1946
Folder 8: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1946
Folder 9: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1946
Folder 10: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1946
Folder 11: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1947
Folder 12: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1947
Folder 13: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1947
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1947
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1947
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1947
Folder 17: Correspondence, 1948
Folder 18: Correspondence, 1948
Folder 19: Correspondence, 1949

Box 10: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1949-1952

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1949
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1949
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1949
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1949
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1949
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1949
Folder 7: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1949
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1950
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1950
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1950
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1950
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1950
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1951
Folder 14: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1951
Folder 15: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1951
Folder 16: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1952
Folder 17: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1952
Folder 18: Correspondence, 1952
Folder 19: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1952

Box 11: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1952-1954

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1952
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1952
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1952
Folder 4: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1952
Folder 5: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1952
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1952
Folder 7: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1953
Folder 8: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1953
Folder 9: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1953
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1953
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1953
Folder 12: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1953
Folder 13: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1953
Folder 14: Correspondence (1 of 4), 1954
Folder 15: Correspondence (2 of 4), 1954
Folder 16: Correspondence (3 of 4), 1954
Folder 17: Correspondence (4 of 4), 1954
Folder 18: Correspondence, 1954
Folder 19: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1954

Box 12: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1954-1956

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1954
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1954
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1954
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1955
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1955
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1955
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1955
Folder 8: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1955
Folder 9: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1955
Folder 10: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1955
Folder 11: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1955
Folder 12: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1956
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1956
Folder 14: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1956
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1956
Folder 16: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1956

Box 13: Correspondence: Rev. William K. Naeseth, 1956-1957

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1956
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1956
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1957
Folder 4: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1957
Folder 5: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1957

Box 14: Correspondence: Betty Naeseth, 1923-1937

Folder 1: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1923
Folder 2: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1923
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1934
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1934
Folder 5: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1934
Folder 6: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1935
Folder 7: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1935
Folder 8: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1935
Folder 9: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1936
Folder 10: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1936
Folder 11: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1937

Box 15: Correspondence: Betty Naeseth

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1937
Folder 2: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1938
Folder 3: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1938
Folder 4: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1938
Folder 5: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1939
Folder 6: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1939
Folder 7: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1940
Folder 8: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1940
Folder 9: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1941
Folder 10: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1941
Folder 11: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1941
Folder 12: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1942
Folder 13: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1942
Folder 14: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1942
Folder 15: Correspondence (1 of 3), 1942

Box 16: Correspondence: Betty Naeseth

Folder 1: Correspondence (2 of 3), 1943
Folder 2: Correspondence (3 of 3), 1943
Folder 3: Correspondence (1 of 2), 1944
Folder 4: Correspondence (2 of 2), 1944
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1945
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1946
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1947
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1949
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1950
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1951
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1952
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1953
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1954
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1955
Folder 15: Correspondence, 1956
Folder 16: Correspondence, 1957
Folder 17: Correspondence, 1958
Folder 18: Correspondence (1 of 2)
Folder 19: Correspondence (2 of 2)
Folder 20: Correspondence
Folder 21: Correspondence
Folder 22: Correspondence
Folder 23: postcards
Folder 24: postcards

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