"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Ms. Karen A. Humphrey
2012 "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing:
The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story"
~ Contents & Illustrations
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Ms. Karen A. Humphrey
2012 "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing:
The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story"
~ Contents & Illustrations
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CONTENTS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Table of Contents.......................................................5
Introduction...............................................................7 Beginning at Broddarp.............................................9 Over to Illinois..........................................................13 Lindsborg, Kansas...................................................22 The Best the Brightest.............................................27 A Partnership............................................................32 The Messiah Festival.............................................. 37 Where Hospitality is Golden...................................42 In the presence of kings and Queens....................46 Home to Kansas.......................................................53 The Jubilee Year--1901............................................58 Their Lives to the Fullest.........................................65 A Year of Sorrow and Singing--1904.......................68 On Her Own...............................................................74 A Home of Her Own..................................................78 Alma's World View....................................................85 Ever Greater: "Her" Festival....................................89 Celebrating Her Life.................................................93 The Measure of Her Gift.........................................101 Acknowledgements................................................113 Endnotes.................................................................115 Index........................................................................123 |
Over to Illinois .........................................................13
Alma Christina Lind, perhaps at her confirmation or graduation............................................................19 Lindsborg, Kansas ..................................................22 Dr. and Mrs. Carl Swenson on their wedding day.29 Main Street, Lindsborg. Kansas 1878.................... 33 Carl, Bertha, Alma and Annie Swennson...............44 The Jubilee Year--1901 ............................................58 Guest at the Jubilee of Bethany College. November 1901...........................................................................62 Standing: Annie Theo. Swensson, Dr. G. A. Brandelle, Mrs. Abrahamson, Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, Colonel C. A. Smith, Dr. Ludwig Homes, Bertha Swensson, Jenny Lind. Seated: Dr. A. W. Dahlsten, Mrs. Brandelle, Mrs. Abrahamson, Mrs. von Scheele, Dr. von Scheele, Alma Lind Swensson, Mrs Ranseen, Mrs. C. A.Smith.........................................................62 A Year of Sorrow and Singing--1904 ......................68 Johan Lind, father of Alma Lind Swensson...........73 Bethany Lutheran Church.......................................75 A Home of Her Own .................................................78 Alma Swensson house. Alma lived here from 1907 to 1939.............................................................78 Alma's World View ..................................................85 The Women's Missionary's Society, 1919. Alma is seated 4th from the left, in a white dress, with her arm around Emma Evald, the dynamic president of the society.................................................................87 Ever Greater: "Her" Festival ...................................89 The most familiar portrait of Alma Lind Swensson..................................................................90 The 1939 meeting of the Women's Missionary Society. Alma is seated fourth from the right in the front row. Emmy Evald is seated third from the left............................................................................. 96 The Measure of Her Gift ........................................101 Julotta, December 25, 1999, at Bethany Lutheran Church, Lindsborg, Kansas.................................108 |
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* These shared selections of Ms. A. Karen Humphrey's book, "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing: The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story"
have been shown to her for approval as of 11-14-22.
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* These shared selections of Ms. A. Karen Humphrey's book, "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing: The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story"
have been shown to her for approval as of 11-14-22.
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"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 © 2022 www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
"Let Us Celebrate Them"
* * *
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 © 2022 www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
