Peterson family papers

Collection

Identifier: M0043

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Peterson Family Papers include correspondence from Church of God missionaries, personal diaries of Clara, scans of the first three diaries, transcriptions of the diaries, a newsletter mentioning members of the Peterson family, and two books owned by Clara and Helga.

These papers are important for research on the growth of the Church of God ministry in the Dakotas, for research on Church of God missionary journeys, and for understanding the duties of women on a Midwest homestead.

Dates

1924–2015

Creator

Peterson, Clara (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Carl Johan Baselius Peterson immigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1890. His wife, Augusta Marie Anderson Peterson immigrated to America from Sweden in 1900. They married in 1904 and had 13 children. Clara Peterson was the first born followed by Grace, Helga, Harold, Martin, Leonard, Edith, Mildred, Hilder, Esther, Alvin (Sonny), Dorothea, and Samuel. The Petersons first lived in Salem, South Dakota until Clara was 15 months old when they moved to a homestead in North Dakota. Carl Peterson was a farmer in the grain and livestock industry and had an eighth grade education. Augusta Peterson had a sixth grade education and did the housework for the homestead. Clara made it to seventh grade before circumstances led her to help her mother and other families with the children and housework. She died in 1942 in South Dakota. The family, originally Swedish Baptists, became invested in the Church of God ministry in the Dakotas in 1929, when Paul H. Walker and Frank Burleigh held a revival in Lemmon, South Dakota. The first Church of God church in South Dakota met in the Peterson’s home. The Petersons and especially Dorothea had a great relationship with many missionaries and their families.

SOURCES: Dorothea and Esther Peterson Ancestry.com data compiled by Jared Stewart David Roebuck

Extent

0000 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Dorothea Peterson donated personal correspondence, Clara’s diaries, notes, books, and newsletters. The first donation consisted of most of the family materials and the second donation consisted of Clara’s diaries.

Separated Materials

Church of God Evangel Vol. 71 No. 16, October 26, 1981 Vol. 72 No. 7, June 14, 1982

Dake, Rev. Finis Jennings. Revelation Expounded or Eternal Mysteries Simplified. 1931.

India’s Challenge Dec. 1957 Dec. 1959 Dec. 1960 Dec. 1963 Dec. 1965 Dec. 1970 Undated

The Macedonian Call Vol. 4 No. 1 April, May, June, 1950

The Lighted Pathway Vol. 27 No. 8 August, 1956

S.O.W. Vol. 18 No. 7 October-November, 1979 Vol. 23 No. 2 Spring, 1984

In Series 3, the folder for L.E. Heil contained a missionary prayer card and has been separated to the DRC information files.