John H. Blegen reminiscences, [1886].

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John H. Blegen reminiscences, [1886].

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Typed copies of an account of a missionary journey from Sand Hill (Polk County, Minnesota) to the Mouse River region of Dakota Territory in July 1886 by Blegen, a minister of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America and a teacher at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis. The purpose of the trip was to organize new Lutheran churches in Dakota Territory. There is information on travel difficulties, settlements and towns (especially Lutheran), penetration by Missouri Synod Lutherans, services conducted by Blegen, and former Minnesotans he encountered.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Norwegian Lutheran Church of America

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Blegen, John H., 1851-1928.

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Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969

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Theodore C. Blegen, B.A. (1910) Augsburg College, M.A. (1915), Ph.D. (1925) University of Minnesota. Appointed the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1927 and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1940 until 1960. Theodore C. Blegen was born in Minneapolis on July 16, 1891. He received his bachelor's degree from Augsburg College in 1910 and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1915 and 1925. Before joining the staff of the University of Minnesota in 1...