"The Other Swedes"
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Groupings
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Groupings
1962 McPherson County Old Mill Museum
leaders receiving and caring for the
1882 to 1966 Bethany College Museum Collections
leaders receiving and caring for the
1882 to 1966 Bethany College Museum Collections
Those in charge of the Bethany College Natural History and Pioneer Swedish History Collections
Tib Anderson 1966
Mr. Anderson was the curator who accepted the Bethany College Museum collections and he promoted them very well until he resigned around 1980.
Leon Lungstrom, Christian Swenson and Howard Patrick 1980-1984*
Four years later, in 1980, Director Tib Anderson would retire from his post as the McPherson County Old Mill Museum director, and Bethany College professors Leon Lungstrom and Christian Swenson and Lindsborg resident Howard Patrick would then become co-directors.
Jeanne Mogenson 1984*
In 1984, Jeanne Mogenson, a Lindsborg resident since 1967, who had been working at the County Museum for a time would become a very capable director until 1986.
Dorman Lehman 1986*
In 1986, Dorman Lehman, former director of the Grand Rapids Minnesota Central School Museum, took over. He would be assisted by Lindsborg resident Lenora Lynam who had been with the museum for several years in an administrative position, while Lungstrom and Swenson would then become board members.
Lorna Batterson Nelson 1990s*
In the 1990s, McPherson resident Lorna Batterson Nelson would become the director with Lenora Lynam playing the added roles of archivist and curator.
* Mrs. Lenora Lynam who has been with the County Museum since 1980 was destined to become the executive director of it on April 14, 2022, under a new owner of April 1, 2021 when it became a nonprofit museum and was renamed the Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum.
Tib Anderson 1966
Mr. Anderson was the curator who accepted the Bethany College Museum collections and he promoted them very well until he resigned around 1980.
Leon Lungstrom, Christian Swenson and Howard Patrick 1980-1984*
Four years later, in 1980, Director Tib Anderson would retire from his post as the McPherson County Old Mill Museum director, and Bethany College professors Leon Lungstrom and Christian Swenson and Lindsborg resident Howard Patrick would then become co-directors.
Jeanne Mogenson 1984*
In 1984, Jeanne Mogenson, a Lindsborg resident since 1967, who had been working at the County Museum for a time would become a very capable director until 1986.
Dorman Lehman 1986*
In 1986, Dorman Lehman, former director of the Grand Rapids Minnesota Central School Museum, took over. He would be assisted by Lindsborg resident Lenora Lynam who had been with the museum for several years in an administrative position, while Lungstrom and Swenson would then become board members.
Lorna Batterson Nelson 1990s*
In the 1990s, McPherson resident Lorna Batterson Nelson would become the director with Lenora Lynam playing the added roles of archivist and curator.
* Mrs. Lenora Lynam who has been with the County Museum since 1980 was destined to become the executive director of it on April 14, 2022, under a new owner of April 1, 2021 when it became a nonprofit museum and was renamed the Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum.
"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
