Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society Records

Collection — sc_box: MS 3, Folder: 12

Identifier: MS-665

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Records, 2000-2003, of the Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society of Calumet, Michigan, a non-profit organization founded to maintain, restore, and facilitate future use of the historic church building. Includes the articles of incorporation, constitution, and minutes from meetings. Also includes an agenda from the first annual meeting of the society.

Dates

2000-2003

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

In 2000 The Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society of Calumet, Michigan was founded to maintain, restore, and facilitate future use of the historic church building. __The First Norwegian Lutheran Church of Calumet was established as a congregation in 1871 to serve an immigrant population from Norway. Attracted by work in the area's copper mines, Norwegians from Alten, in northern Norway, first settled in Calumet in 1865. In 1897, the congregation secured a lot at Elm and Seventh Streets from the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. The Calumet church was built in 1898 by Edward Ulseth and his nephew Nels Ulseth who were born in the Kristiansund, Norway area. It is said to be a replica of a church in their hometown of Kristiansund.