Stuen, Agnes Christine Theodora Hougen.

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Agnes Stuen was born on November 26, 1883 in Fargo, North Dakota. Her parents were Johan Hougen, who was originally from Norway, and Thrine Johnson, who was born in Clinton County, Iowa. Agnes's maternal grandmother was an orphan and raised in Norway, but Agnes does not know what country her great grandparents were originally from. In addition to Agnes, Johan and Thrine had four other children: Clara, Laura, Hjalmar, and Alfred. After Thrine died of tuberculosis when Agnes was seven years old, the family remained in Fargo, where Johan was a minister, for two more years. The family then moved to Canton, ND, where Johan remarried. Eventually, the family moved to Decorah, IA, where Agnes finished high school before continuing on to St. Olafs College. Following college, Agnes became a teacher at a children's home, and 1912, she moved to Tacoma, WA, where her father now lived. In Tacoma, she was hired as the Dean of Woman at Pacific Lutheran University, then Pacific Lutheran College. Agnes lived at the school, where she taught English and spelling to foreign students, in addition to looking after 50-70 girls. In 1914, she married Ole Stuen, who taught German, Physics, Norwegian, and worked in the library at PLU. Ole was born in Oppdal, Norway and had come to the United States to further his education. He graduated from PLU and also attended the University of Washington. Agnes and Ole had four children: John, Elizabeth (Willis), Marc, and Anita (Potthoff). All four of the children attended PLU, as have all four of Elizabeth's children, two of John's children, and all four of Marc's. A dormitory at the university was also dedicated to the Stuens after they gave six lots of land to PLU. Stuen Hall currently stands where their house was once located.

From the description of Agnes Christine Theodora Hougen Stuen Oral History Interview 1979-1980. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 182760075

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Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Dahl's Grocery Store (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Davies, Esther. person
associatedWith Decorah Posten (Decorah, Iowa) corporateBody
associatedWith Hong, Nils. person
associatedWith Hougen, Jens. person
associatedWith Hougen, Johan. person
associatedWith Johnson, John. person
associatedWith Johnson, Thrine. person
associatedWith Larsen, Ludvig. person
associatedWith Larsen, Torbjørn. person
associatedWith Lutheran Herald (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Myklebust, Thrine. person
associatedWith Olsdatter, Kirstina. person
associatedWith Pacific Lutheran College (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pacific Lutheran University. corporateBody
associatedWith Parkland Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Parkland Study Club (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Potthoff, Anita (Stuen) person
associatedWith Rieke, William O. person
associatedWith Stocksted, Anna. person
associatedWith St. Olaf College. corporateBody
associatedWith Stuen, Agnes. person
associatedWith Stuen, Marcus. person
associatedWith Stuen, Ole. person
associatedWith Stuen, Oliver. person
associatedWith Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith United Lutheran Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Willis, Mary (Stuen) person
associatedWith Wittenberg Orphan Home (Wittenberg, Wis.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Fargo (N.D.)
Decorah (Iowa)
Wittenberg (Wis.)
Manitowoc (Wis.)
United States
Hudson Bay
Canton (Mo.)
Tacoma (Wash.)
Oppdal herad (Norway)
Subject
Education
Families
Marriage service
Norwegian language
Orphanages
Women in education
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Active 1979

Active 1980

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