The Papers of Herman Amberg Preus

The Papers of Herman Amberg Preus, 1757-1966 | Luther College Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Herman Amberg Preus, 1757-1966

ID: LCA/RG15/Preus, H

Primary Creator: Preus, Herman Amberg (1825-1894)

Extent: 9.3 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Documentation consists of correspondence, 1843-1894; sermons, 1840-1899; receipts, 1846-1892; diaries, 1850, 1870-1894; accounts/statements, 1840-1899; congregational documents, 1825-1894; published items, 1856-1966; miscellaneous, 1834-1927; communion register, 1871-1877; court probate of estate, 1757, 1758, 1807, 1858; bible.

Biographical Note

Involved in the founding of Luther College; an original Incorporator; president of the Board of Trustees, 1865-1871; president of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod, 1862-1894.

Herman Amberg Preus was born June 16, 1825 at Kristiansand, Norway. Graduated from Christiania Univ., 1848-49. Immigrated to U.S., 1862-94. Married to Caroline Dorthea Margrethe Keyser, 1851. She died in 1880. He died July 2, 1894.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 21 boxes

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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Herman Amberg Preus Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

6/15/24: Abby Bates updated copyright policy link.

11/25/19: EC updated the preferred citation.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence, 1843-1894],
[Series 2: Sermons],
[Series 3: Receipts],
[Series 4: Diaries],
[Series 5: Accounts/Statements],
[Series 6: Congregational Documents],
[Series 7: Published Items],
[Series 8: Miscellaneous],
[Series 9: Objects],
[All]

Series 1: Correspondence, 1843-1894

Box 1: Correspondence, 1843-1856, undated

Folder 1: Correspondence, undated: Includes 3:116 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1843-1845: Uncataloged
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1846: Uncataloged
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1847-1849: Uncataloged
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1850: Uncataloged
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1851: Includes 3:2 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1852: Includes 3:4 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1853: Includes 3:5 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1854: Includes 3:6 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1855: Includes 3:7
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1856: Includes 3:8 and Uncataloged Items

Box 2: Correspondence, 1857-1868

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1857: Includes 3:9 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1858: Includes 3:10 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1859: Includes 3:11, 3:12 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1860: Includes 3:13, 3:14, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1861: Includes 3:15, 3:16, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1862: Includes 3:17 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1863: Includes 3:18
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1864: Includes 3:19, 3:20, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1865: Includes 3:21 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1866-1868: Includes 3:20. 3:21, 3:23, and Uncataloged Items

Box 3: Correspondence, 1869-1871

Folder 1: Correspondence, January-April 1869: Includes 3:22, 3:23, and 3:23a
Folder 2: Correspondence, May-August 1869: Includes 3:23a, 3:24, 3:24a, and 3:25
Folder 3: Correspondence, September-December 1869: Includes 3:25
Folder 4: Correspondence, January-June 1870: Includes 3:26, 3:27, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 5: Correspondence, July-December 1870: Includes 3:28 and 3:29
Folder 6: Correspondence, January-June 1871: Includes 3:30, 3:31, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 7: Correspondence, July-December 1871: Includes 3:32 and 3:33

Box 4: Correspondence, 1872-1874

Folder 1: Correspondence, January-May 1872: Includes 3:34, 3:35, and uncataloged items
Folder 2: Correspondence, June-December 1872: Includes 3:36, 3:37, and uncataloged items
Folder 3: Correspondence, January-May 1873: Includes 3:38 and 3:39
Folder 4: Correspondence, May-December 1873: Includes 3:40, 3:41, and 3:42
Folder 5: Correspondence, January-April 1874: Includes 3:43
Folder 6: Correspondence, May 1874: Includes 3:44

Box 5: Correspondence, 1874-1875

Folder 1: Correspondence, June-July 1874: Includes 3:45
Folder 2: Correspondence, August 1874: Includes 3:46
Folder 3: Correspondence, September 1874: Includes 3:47 and Uncataloged items
Folder 4: Correspondence, October-December 1874: Includes 3:48 and 3:49 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 5: Correspondence, January-April 1875: Includes 3:50, 3:51, 3:52, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 6: Correspondence, May-August 1875: Includes 3:53, 3:54, 3:55, and 3:56, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 7: Correspondence, September-December 1875: Includes 3:56, 3:57, and 3:58, and Uncataloged Items

Box 6: Correspondence, 1876-1884

Contains correspondence originally listed on inventories for 3:74 and 3:75

Folder 1: Correspondence, January-March 1876: Includes 3:59, 3:60, 3:61, 3:62, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 2: Correspondence, April-December 1876: Includes 3:63, 3:64, 3:65, 3:69, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 3: Correspondence, January-June 1877: Includes documents originally listed on inventories for 3:61, 3:66, 3:67, 3:68, and 3:69
Folder 4: Correspondence, July-December 1877: Includes 3:70, 3:71, 3:72, 3:73, and Uncataloged Items
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1878-1882: Includes 3:74, 3:75 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1883: Includes 3:76 and Uncataloged Items
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1884: Includes documents originally listed on inventories for 3:78, 3:79, 3:80 and 3:81

Box 7: Correspondence, 1885-1889

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1885: Includes 3:82, 3:83, 3:84, and uncataloged items
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1886: Includes 3:85, 3:86, and 3:87
Folder 3: Correspondence, January-June 1887: Includes 3:88 and 3:89 and uncataloged items
Folder 4: Correspondence, July-December 1887: Includes 3:90, 3:91, 3:89, 3:92, 3:93, 3:96 and uncataloged items
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1888: Includes 3:93, 3:94, 3:92, 3:95, 3:96, and uncataloged items
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1889: Contains documents related to raising funds for building Main II.

Box 8: Correspondence, 1890-1894

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1890: Includes 3:99 and 3:100
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1891: Includes 3:101 and 3:102
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1892: Includes 3:103, 3:104, and 3:105
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1893: Includes 3:106, 3:107, 3:108, and 3:109
Folder 5: Correspondence, January-March 1894: Includes 3:110, 3:111, and 3:113
Folder 6: Correspondence, March-December 1894: Includes 3:113, 3:114, 3:115

Series 2: Sermons

Box 9: Sermons, undated

Folder 1: Sermons, undated
Folder 2: Sermons, undated
Folder 3: Sermons, undated
Folder 4: Sermons, undated
Folder 5: Sermons, undated
Folder 6: Sermons, undated

Box 10: Sermons, 1840-1879

Folder 1: Sermons, 1840-1849
Folder 2: Sermons, 1850-1859
Folder 3: Sermons, 1860-1869
Folder 4: Sermons, 1870-1874
Folder 5: Sermons, 1875-1877
Folder 6: Sermons, 1878
Folder 7: Sermons, 1879

Box 11: Sermons, 1880-1889

Folder 1: Sermons, 1880-1881
Folder 2: Sermons, 1882-1883
Folder 3: Sermons, 1884-1885
Folder 4: Sermons, 1886-1887
Folder 5: Sermons, 1888-1889

Box 12: Sermons, 1890-1899

Folder 1: Sermons, 1890
Folder 2: Sermons, 1891
Folder 3: Sermons, 1892
Folder 4: Sermons, 1893
Folder 5: Sermons, 1894
Folder 6: Sermons, 1895
Folder 7: Sermons, 1896
Folder 8: Sermons, 1897-1899

Series 3: Receipts

Box 13: Receipts, 1846-1892, undated

Folder 1: Receipts, 1846-1870, undated
Folder 2: Receipts, 1871-1875
Folder 3: Receipts, 1876-1879
Folder 4: Receipts, 1880-1882
Folder 5: Receipts, 1883-1892

Series 4: Diaries

Box 14: Diaries, 1850, 1870-1894

Folder 1: Diaries, 1850
Folder 2: Diaries, 1870-1871
Folder 3: Diaries, 1872
Folder 4: Diaries, 1877
Folder 5: Diaries, 1879
Folder 6: Diaries, 1880-1881
Folder 7: Diaries, 1882-1883
Folder 8: Diaries, 1885-1886
Folder 9: Diaries, 1887
Folder 10: Diaries, 1889-1890
Folder 11: Diaries, 1893-1894

Series 5: Accounts/Statements

Box 15: Accounts/Statements, 1840-1899, undated

Folder 1: Accounts, undated
Folder 2: Accounts, 1840-1849
Folder 3: Accounts, 1850-1859
Folder 4: Accounts, 1860-1869
Folder 5: Accounts, 1870-1879
Folder 6: Accounts, 1880-1889
Folder 7: Account Book, 1880-1883
Folder 8: Statements, 1860-1869
Folder 9: Statements, 1870-1879
Folder 10: Statements, 1880-1889
Folder 11: Statements, 1890-1899

Series 6: Congregational Documents

Box 16: Congregational Documents, 1825-1894

Folder 1: Congregational Documents: Confirmation and Communion Lists, 1825-1894
Folder 2: Congregational Documents: Certificates, 1846-1859
Folder 3: Congregational Documents: Pastor Salary Documents, 1852-1890
Folder 4: Congregational Documents: Certificates, 1860-1869
Folder 5: Congregational Documents: Affairs, 1862-1891
Folder 6: Congregational Documents: Certificates, 1870-1879
Folder 7: Congregational Documents: Communion Register, 1871-1879
Folder 8: Congregational Documents: Papers, 1873-1890
Folder 9: Congregational Documents: Certificates, 1880-1889
Folder 10: Congregational Documents: Certificates, 1890-1899

Series 7: Published Items

Box 17: Books and Histories, 1856-1966

Folder 1: Published Items: Book, 1856-1863
Folder 2: Published Items: Family History, 1876
Folder 3: Published Items: H. A. Preus, 1910
Folder 4: Published Items: H. A. Preus, undated
Folder 5: Published Items: C. K. Preus Translated by Herman Preus, 1922
Folder 6: Published Items: Family History, 1966
Folder 7: Published Items: Family History, 1966

Series 8: Miscellaneous

Box 18: Miscellaneous

Folder 1: Miscellaneous: Letters, Notes, and Glass Slide, undated
Folder 2: Miscellaneous: Famiy History, Letters, and Notes, 1857-1891
Folder 3: Miscellaneous: Receipts, Drawings, Pressed Items, and Advertisements, undated
Folder 4: Miscellaneous: Orate Book, 1850
Folder 5: Miscellaneous: Receipt Book, 1834-1851
Folder 6: Miscellaneous: List of Letters, 1851, 1853, 1875-1894
Folder 7: Miscellaneous: Letters and Notes, undated, 1870-1890
Folder 8: Miscellaneous: Wallet and Receipt Books, 1871
Folder 9: Miscellaneous: Ballots, 1883
Folder 10: Miscellaneous: Ballots, 1894
Folder 11: Miscellaneous: Inventory Processing Sheets, 1926-1927

Series 9: Objects

Box 19: Objects

Item 1: Bible, undated

Box 20: Objects, 1848-1874

Folder 1: Land Transactions, 1848-1874

Box 21: Correspondence, Diaries & Probate, 1757-1965

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1890-1892
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1877, 1879, 1891-1893
Folder 3: Probate of Estate, 1832
Folder 4: Probate of Estate, 1757
Folder 5: Probate Court Document, 1775
Folder 6: Probate of Estate, 1807
Folder 7: Photographs of Caroline Dorothea Margrethe Preus's Sketches, undated
Folder 8: Correspondence with Kalla Preus, 1911-1921, 1965
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1861, 1868
Folder 10: Letters to C. K. Preus, 1875-1878