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Document of the month - December 2009

The Document of the month - December 2009 is a letter from Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder to the head office of Norwegian Mission Society, written in South Africa, 1844.

( December 30, 2009 )

The J. C. Haslund diary 1874-1876

Johan Christian Haslund (1844-1886) served as ordained missionary for NMS in Madagascar from 1874 until his death there after twelve years of ministry. His diary, which has been in the Mission Archives since the 1960s, is now available in two formats: a full PDF-version of the original and a PDF-version of a typewritten transcript made in the 1970s. Use the above link to find the documents.

( March 09, 2009 )

Christmas card from king Olav V

A handwritten Christmas card from king Olav V is part of the archive from the Norwegian School, operated by the Norwegian Missionary Society in Madagascar. This collection arrived at the Mission Archives earlier this year.
Et håndskrevet julekort fra kong Olav V er en del av arkivet fra Den norske skolen, drevet av Det norske misjonsselskap på Madagaskar. Arkivsamlingen kom til Misjonsarkivet tidligere i år.

( November 05, 2008 )

"Marques de boeufs" - cattle ear marks in Madagascar

In the archive collection (A-1154) from Otto Emil Birkeli (1877-1952) we have found some tree leaves illustrating cattle ear marks from western Madagascar. Birkeli served there 1903-1919 as ordained missionary, sent by the Norwegian Missionary Society. Alongside his ministry he also did extensive research of culture and ethnology.

( June 20, 2008 )

Peter Andreas Gotfred Petersen: "Seks år på Madagaskar - erindringer og oplevelser" anno 1904

The handwritten memoirs by Peter Andreas Gotfred Petersen from his six years in Madagascar is a valuable document in the collection at the Mission Archives. A full presentation is available here at our website.
Misjonsprest Peter Andreas Gotfred Petersen (1864-1950) fra Mandal gjorde tjeneste på Madagaskar i årene 1893-1900. Etter avsluttet tjeneste i NMS utvandret han i 1902 til USA, hvor han gjorde tjeneste som prest i norsk-amerikanske lutherske menigheter fram til 1921. Mens han var i byen Flaxton i Nord-Dakota, skrev han ned memoarer fra misjonærårene. Hans håndskrevne bok på omtrent 140 sider har et forord som er datert "februar 1904".

( February 06, 2008 )

Film production in NMS 1936-1966 / Filmproduksjon i NMS 1936-1966

As a part of the missionary preparation course at the School of Mission and Theology in the spring of 1994 photographer Ivar Barane wrote an essay about the development of 16 mm film production in Norwegian Missionary Society. Recently he has made his essay available to NMS Archives and publication on our website. The text is in Norwegian.

Som en del av det misjonærforberedende kurset "Kristendom og misjon" våren 1994 skrev fotograf Ivar Barane en skriftlig oppgave om utviklingen av 16mm filmproduksjon i Det norske misjonsselskap. Nylig har han gitt NMS Arkiv tilgang til dokumentet og gitt oss anledning til å publisere det her på vårt nettsted. 

( November 13, 2007 )

Archives from the Norwegian Missionary Society administration in Cameroon

Newly received parts of the archives from the Norwegian Missionary Society administration in Cameroon (from 1924 onwards) is currently being organized, classified and catalogued here at NMS Archives by our administrative officer Bjørg Bergøy Johansen. A letter from one of the missionaries is displayed as an example from the collection.

( May 30, 2007 )