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Contains the various written works and correspondence of Olaf Morgan Norlie between the years 1944 and 1961. The correspondence in this collection is a series of weekly family newsletters that Olaf sent out to his family between the years 1946 and 1961. Norlie also wrote family histories of the Norlie-Bonhus family, such as Ho Ga Te Me: A Centennial Sketch of Martha Karolina Juel Norlie and Six Generations of Gunnar A. Bonhus. Also contains extensive family trees of the Norlie Family that span several volumes.

Consists of a biographical sketch and personal papers of Olaf Rydjord. The biographical sketch was published in the “History of Snohomish County Washington” volume II in 1926. Two pages from the Pacific Lutheran College Bulletin published in August of 1927 show the record of the $5,000 gift Olaf donated to the Endowment Campaign. There is a letter written by Grace Birkestol to the PLU archives.

Personal papers for Olaf Rydjord include a card with the Norwegian and American flags drawn on it, a seasons greetings card, a one dollar membership card for a Norwegian-American club, two postcards, a 1931 map of Norway, “For My God and My Country” book, one page in Norwegian entitled “Subskriptionsindbydelse,” forty N.L.C.A. Centennial stamps, a brochure in Norwegian about Leif Erickson, a page announcing Faith in Action, a rally to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Stanwood Lutheran Parish with a list of duties of church membership, and a brochure with a list of all securities sold by Birger Osland & Co. and still in customer’s hands or redeemed, together with cost price to customer and current selling prices for 1911 to 1928.