Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association

The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association (NLLHA) is a Minnesota non-profit corporation and is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue code.

 

Oral history as told by two long time residents of the area.

Joel Njus interviewed by Marlin Henjum

· Track 1, Introduction, earliest memories

· Track 2. Serving Three Churches

· Track 3. Depression Years

· Track 4. The Parsonage Farm

· Track 5. College for the Njus Children

· Track 6. Role of Mother, Father and Parsonage

· Track 7. Life of the Church

· Track 8. Funerals and Weddings

· Track 9. Services in Homes

· Track 10. World War II

· Track 11. Interchurch Relations and Activities

 

      Russell Hande interviewed by John Hanson, 2001

 

· Track 1. History of Family, House, Close Relatives

· Track 2. Farming, Harvesting

· Track 3. Horses, Tractors, Farm animals, Electricity

· Track 4. Grandparents, Skating, Skiing

· Track 5. Neighboring, Butchering

· Track 6. Celebrations, Christmas, Juleboking (Christmas Fooling), 4th of July

· Track 7. Barn builder

· Track 8. Close neighbors, Close Churches

· Track 9. Day to day activities

· Track 10. Remembering Norway