Ambassador Joseph Simonson photograph collection [graphic] 1953-1957.

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Ambassador Joseph Simonson photograph collection [graphic] 1953-1957.

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Simonson was the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1953-1957, during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. Views document Simonson's service in Ethiopia, including his staff, his wife Sylvia, ceremonial events, and Haile Selassie's 1954 visit to Minnesota.

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Simonson, Joseph C. (Joseph Clifford), 1904-1985.

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Joseph Simonson was born May 24, 1904 on a farm in Fillmore County near Lanesboro, Minnesota. He graduated from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) in 1925 and from Luther Theological Seminary (St. Paul) in 1931. He also studied law at George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) from 1926 to 1928, receiving an honorary LL.D. from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) in 1952. While studying law in Washington, D.C., Simonson served as secretary to Congressman August An...

Simonson, Sylvia

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Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975

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