Biography - Rev. O.E. Dolven family

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Salem Lutheran Church records have been organized into three series: Correspondence, Ladies Aid Society and Subject files. The initial folder with the finding aid also contains a student paper written in 1993 by Linda Tupa regarding the church. The Correspondence, Minutes & Histories Series contains only several letters including the resignation of Rev. Merland T. Johnson in 1936. The meeting minutes are several notes for 1923-1925, and in 1936 concerning calling a new pastor. The proposed constitution is an undated typed draft. The various anniversary files contain programs, newspaper clippings and some correspondence. The Ladies Aid Society Series papers include a proposed and final constitution, both undated, and a short history of the ladies aid written in 1932 in conjunction with the church's 60th anniversary. The Subject Files Series include biographical material including on the Rev. O.E. Dolven, John Headland and S.P. Nokken families, and various handwritten Sunday School reports in Norwegian for 1898 to 1902 and 1905. Other files include shipping tags for the church bells, newspaper clippings on the dedication of the completion of U.S. Highway 81 and various special issues of the Valley Lutheran.