Olof Nelson Glim papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 159

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Olof Nelson Glim papers, 1933-1944 and undated, contains a scrapbook of pressed flowers and plants entitled Flora of the U.S. and Europe and a collection of envelopes with commemorative stamps from significant events and anniversaries. Approximately 100 samples of flowers are dried and pressed between the pages of the scrapbook. At the bottom of each page is a literary quote relating to flowers or plants. The quotes are written primarily in English and Swedish. The envelopes are attached to loos scrapbook pages, with three envelopes addressed to Gilm or his wife attached to each page. Each envelope and stamp commemorates a major event or anniversary, such as the tercentenary of Swedish settlement in Delaware and the Iowa Territory centennial, and many are postmarked from places related to the events in question.

Dates

Creation: 1933-1944 and undated

Creator

Glim, Olof Nelson, 1865-1949 (Person)

Language of Materials

English and Swedish

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder.

Historical Note

Olof Nelson Glim was born 15 December, 1865 in Glimakra, Skane, Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1882. He received his B. A. (1893) and B. D. (1900) from Augustana College and Theological Seminary. His younger brother Bengt Nilson Glim also attended Augustana College and Theological Seminary, receiving his B. A. degree in 1900 and graduating from the seminary in 1903. Olof Glim was ordained in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a Lutheran Minister, in 1899. He served in several areas in the United States as a minister including Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, New York, and Massachusetts.

While in California, Glim invested in a vineyard near the newly formed Vinland Colony near Kerman, California. In 1912, the California Associated Raisin Company, a cooperative business owned by raisin producers, was formed. Glim joined this group. The California Associate Raisin Company became Sun-Maid in 1915. Because of his ministry duties, he was often away from the vineyard, but arranged for neighbors to care for it while he was gone. His last two ministry locations were in California, convenient to the farm. He retired to the farm with his family in 1924.

Olof and his wife Ingeborg had one son, Robert. Olof and Robert worked the vineyard until Olof's death in 1949.

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet (/ 1 box)

Additional Description

Abstract

Olof Nelson Glim was born 15 December 1865 in Glimakra, Skane, Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1882. He received his B. A. (1893) and B. D. (1900) from Augustana College and Theological Seminary. He was ordained in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a Lutheran Minister in 1899. He served in several areas in the United States as a minister, including Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, New York, and Massachusetts. The Olof Nelson Glim papers, 1933-1944 and undated, contains a scrapbook of pressed flowers and plants entitled Flora of the U.S. and Europe and a collection of envelopes with commemorative stamps from significant events and anniversaries.