Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, undated and 1857-1933.

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Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, undated and 1857-1933.

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Letters by Nilsen (or Nielsen) family members and other Norwegian immigrants to America (1855-1931); and correspondence, sermons, notebooks, clippings, and miscellany (1864-1933) of Ole Nilsen, the Younger, who served as a Lutheran pastor in Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Most of the materials are in Norwegian; some have been translated.

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