Joseph Simonson diaries and related papers : 1927-1984.

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Joseph Simonson diaries and related papers : 1927-1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313855083

Diaries, biographical information, and photographs of a Lutheran clergyman who served as minister to congregations in Chicago, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; as secretary to Minnesota congressman August Andresen in Washington, D.C. (1925-1928); as chaplain to the Minnesota state senate (1941-1951); and, as U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia (1953-1957).

4.0 cu. ft. (4 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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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...