Papers of founder and first president of Pacific Lutheran University. Papers include information on the Aanondson/Harstad family and the Norwegian Synod.
Harstad, Bjug AanondsonThree pastors at a church service. Reverends Langseth and Ballestad were members of the Board of Trustees and Reverend Harstad was president and founder of Pacific Lutheran University.
Papers of Nils J. Hong, president at Pacific Lutheran Academy, 1898 – 1918, contains correspondence, corporate reports, newspaper clippings, and class books.
Hong, Nils JosephThe members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Emma Sperati, and Miss Sophie Peterson; (second row) Reverend E. Ballestad, Reverend Carlo Sperati, T.C. Satra, Reverend T. Larson, Reverend N. Christiansen, W. Shahan, and Reverend B. Harstad.
The members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Mrs. Carlo Sperati, and Miss Sophie Peterson; (second row) Reverend E. Ballestad, Reverend Carlo Sperati, T.C. Satra, Reverend T. Larson, Reverend N. Christiansen, W. Shahan, and Reverend B. Harstad.
A Harstad family photograph taken in 1895.
Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Band on Mount Rainer where they played "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" to celebrate that the school was finally underway.
Left to right: Professor Carlo A. Sperati, Hannah Jahr, Ludvig Larson, J. Leonard Brottem, Ettie Kraabel (Mrs. Viggo Jorgenson), Dr. J. L. rynning, Mark Wangness, Oscar Brottem, Sophie Peterson, Therese Kraabel, George Johnson.
A Gronsberg family portrait taken in 1896. The children in back are, left to right, Bertha, Herman and Oscar. The son between the parents is not identified.
Music professor Carlo Sperati on the left stands with members of the Pacific Lutheran University Band in Parkland. Hannah Jahr, Ludvig Larson, J. Leonard Brottem, Ettie Kraabel (Mrs. Viggo Jorgenson), Dr. J. L. rynning, Mark Wangness, Oscar Brottem, Sophie Peterson, Therese Kraabel, George Johnson. See Photo 4166.