The Papers of Henry O. Talle, 1880-1963 | Luther College Archives

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Henry O. Talle, 1880-1963Add to your cart.

ID: LCA/RG15/Talle, H

Primary Creator: Talle, Henry O. (1892-1969)

Extent: 1.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Documentation consists of correspondence, 1933-1960; one folder of photographs; poem; miscellaneous personal items; map book of Oslo, 1938; empty sheets of paper; speeches given by Talle; miscellaneous articles related to his years at Luther College and as a congressman.

Biographical Note

Talle was born January 12, 1892 in Bancroft, Minnesota and graduated from Luther College in 1917.  He joined the Luther faculty in 1921 and organized the department of economics in 1921 and taught. until 1938 serving as treasurer from 1932-38. He then went to Washington D.C. as congressman from the second Iowa district, a position he held until January of 1959. He was active in Symra society; and was active in getting accreditation for the Decorah College for Women in 1935. He was one of the men influencial in changing Luther to a Coed school.

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Talle, født i Bancroft, Minnesota, 12. januar 1892, gikk ut fra Luther College i 1917. Han begynte å undervise på Luther i 1921 og organiserte økonomiavdelingen. Han ble på Luther til 1938. Samme år ble han valgt inn i kongressen, der han tjenestegjorde i tjue år.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 3 boxes

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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Henry Talle Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

11/22/19 AH: updated the extent.

12/02/19: EC updated the preferred citation.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Photographs and Books, 1900-1958],
[Box 2: Correspondence, News Clippings, Speeches, and Personal Papers, 1933-1960],
[Box 3: Photographs and Articles, 1920-1959],
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Box 1: Photographs and Books, 1900-1958Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Inventory Processing Sheets, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Photograph of Iowa Delegation and Captain Harold Fisher, 11 July 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Purple Picture, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Photograph of Henry O. Talle with Connie Park-Winthrop and Doris Henning-Garnevillo, 18 June 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Photograph of Talle with Woman Voter in the Continental Congress N.S.D.A.R., 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Photograph of Talle with Two Men, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Photograph of Talle Dictating to his Secretary, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Photograph of Talle with 6 other Unidentified Men in Washington D.C., undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Photograph of Henry Talle, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Photograph of Henry Talle with 7 Unidentified Men and Women at his Office Desk, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Photograph of Talle with a Man and a Boy outside in Washington D.C., undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Photograph of Henry Talle Delivering a Speech, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Photograph of Henry Talle Shaking Hands with Pres. Eisenhower, 1950'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Photograph of Henry Talle and Seven Other Men, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Photograph of Henry Talle, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Photograph of Talle Shaking Hands with Pres. Eisenhower, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Photograph of Talle Shaking Hands with Pres. Eisenhower, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Photograph of Henry Talle Holding Two Ears of Corn, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Photograph of Henry Talle Cutting a Cake, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Photograph of Henry Talle and Four Other People, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Photograph of Mr. Talle at a Dinner with 13 People, 5 March 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Photograph of Mr. Talle with the Iowa Congressional Delegation, 16 July 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Photograph of Mr. Talle with Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra T. Benson and 7 Other Men, 9 January 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Photograph of Mr. Talle at a Convention, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Photograph of Mr. Talle Looking at an Apartment House Blueprint, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Photograph of Mr. Talle Dictating to his Secretary, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Two Other People, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Photograph of Talle on Capital Steps, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Two Other Men, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 30: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Boy Scout, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Photograph of Mr. Talle at the Spring Conference Republican Women, 9 May 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Photograph of Mr. Talle on Ship Board, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 33: Photograph of Mr. Talle Shaking Hands on Ship Board, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Photograph of Mr. Talle Shaking Hands with an Enlisted Man, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: Photograph of Mr. Talle and a Group of People, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 36: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Talle Departing to an I.P.U. Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 7 November 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Photograph of Mr. Talle and a Young Man Looking at a Book, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Photograph of Mr. Talle with a Large Group on Capital Steps, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 39: Photograph of H.O. Talle and Several Other People on Inside Steps, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Other People on Capital Steps, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Photograph of Mr. Talle and a Man Holding a One Dollar Certificate, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 42: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Some Adults and Children Standing on the Capital Steps, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 43: Photograph of Mr. Talle and Six Other People, 1 April 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Book. "Prayers offered by the Chaplain Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D.D. at the opening of the daily sessions of the House of Representatives of the U.S. during the eighty-third and eighty-fourth congresses 1953-1956.", 1953-1956Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Book. "Studies in Lutheran Higher Education. Christian General Education, a curriculum study.", 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Book. "Den Norske Synode", 1915Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Book. "Journal of the American Lutheran Conference" vol. II, March 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 48: A Booklet. "Private Enterprise in America, a conflicting philosophies of government today", 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Book. "Norsk Literatur-Historie", 1909Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Book "Grundig Forklaring", 1907Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Book. "Kongebagaer, Kristiania", 1900Add to your cart.
Folder 52: Book. A Primer or Beginning-To-Read Book for a Small Child in Norwegian, 1926Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Book. "Bolgeslag" by Johan Selnes., 1915Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Book. "Jefferson's Manual and Rules of the House of Representatives", 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 55: Book. "The Lutheran Humnary", 1925Add to your cart.
Folder 56: Book. "English Grammar" by Knut Gjerset, 1908Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Book. "Organisationsmodet for Den Norsk Lutherske Kirke I Amerika" and Re-election Buttons, 1917Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Book. "Volsungernes Saga" by P. Ulleland. Note in Book, 1902, 1916Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Book. "Norske Retskrivnings", 1903Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Book. "Laesebok for Folkeskolen" by Nordahl Rolfsen and a Paper Titled "Pied Piper of Hamelin" in Norwegian, 1911Add to your cart.
Folder 61: Book. "Kirkehistorie" by Volrath Vogt and a Piece of Paper in Norwegian, 1901Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Book. "Uusmahl Deutscher Dedichte" by Dr. Hermann Kluge and a Sheet of Paper written in Norwegian, 1913, 19 January 1916Add to your cart.
Folder 63: Book. "Laesebok for Folkeskolen" by Nordahl Rolfsen, 1906Add to your cart.
Box 2: Correspondence, News Clippings, Speeches, and Personal Papers, 1933-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Correspondence, 1933-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 2: News Clippings, Photographs, Campaign Buttons, and Personal Papers, 1938-1939, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Re-election Pamphlet and Newspaper Clippings, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Speeches, 1934-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Speeches, 1940-1959Add to your cart.
Box 3: Photographs and Articles, 1920-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Photographs, 1954-1958Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Articles Related to Mr. Talle's Years at Luther College, 1933-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Articles Related to Mr. Talle's Years at Luther College, 1920-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Articles Related to Mr. Talle's Years as Congressman, 1939-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Articles Related to Mr. Talle's Years as Congressman, 1939-1959Add to your cart.

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Photographs and Books, 1900-1958],
[Box 2: Correspondence, News Clippings, Speeches, and Personal Papers, 1933-1960],
[Box 3: Photographs and Articles, 1920-1959],
[All]