Contains information pertaining to the personal life of Mikkel Thompson. Documents include his obituary, various letters written to him, a resume, application for disability, sermon notes & bulletins etc, are all found here. These materials focus on his life and ministry as a pastor.
Contains music composed by Thompson not to be used in a Church service. These compositions used poetry written by Thompson or other people. When possible the author of the words are listed with the title of the arrangement.
ELCA 2.3.14
Contains materials related to the career of Mikkel Thompson, including personal documents pertaining to his life as a pastor and his musical composition. Although a pastor, he also had an extreme love and passion for music, and music composition. Many of his compositions were written for the church, but he also wrote a number of pieces for his own pleasure that are not dated, nor, at this time, have any recognizable references. Also included here are musical selections he composed to various writers’ poetry, mainly Gertrud Schnackenberg whose father Walter Schnackenberg was a PLU history professor until his death in 1973.