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    • The Bethany Artist & the Bethany Scientist: Lydia & Emil ------------------------- \\// >
      • Lydia's and Emil's Smoky Valley Swedish Immigration Background ​ ~ With a far larger account of why Swedes were leaving Sweden by Mr. Holmquist >
        • Their 1869 Swedish Lutheran Galesburg Colony and Olsson Colony Smoky Valley Arrivals, ~ With a Galesburg account by Mr. Holmquist >
          • Their Värmland Swedes ~ The "First Swedish Agricultural Company" Lindsborg Founders, 1868, ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist >
            • Swedish Pastor Olof Olsson Emigrating to Lindsborg 1869, June 27th Arrival ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist >
              • Pastor Olsson ~ Founder of Lindsborg's Bethany Lutheran Church, 1869-1876 ~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
      • Their 1869 "Bethany Lutheran Church" ~ Accounts by Dr. Lindquist and Mr. Carlson >
        • ​Their 1860-1962 "Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Synod" ~ Gaining and losing its Swedish identity >
          • The 1860 Formation of the Augustana Synod ~ An Account by Mr. Holmquist >
            • Their 1892 "Augustana Women's Missionary Society" ~ An account by Ms. Humphrey >
              • The 2000 - 2016 "Augustana Heritage Association"
      • Their 1879 "Swedish Mission Church" formation by former Bethany Lutheran Church members ​ due to the "atonement" issue ​ ~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist, 1 of 2 >
        • Their 1879 "Swedish Mission Church" formation by former Bethany Lutheran Church members ​ due to the "atonement" issue ~ An account by Mr. Bill Carlson, 2 of 2
      • Their 1907 "Bethany Home" ~ With LINKS to the Swedish King's visit and "The Bethany Home Story" >
        • 2020, "Bethany Home Association" changes its name to "Bethany Village" ~ From the "Lindsborg News-Record:" September 3, 2020
        • 2022, "Bethany Home to Bethany + Village" ~ A History of Caring ~ A Presentation to the SVHA by Mr. Kris Erikson and Mrs. Andrea Johnson
      • Their 1909 and 1919 Swedish Smoky Valley Community Chronicles ~ Compiled and written by Bethany Lutheran Church Rev. Dr. Bergin, members and others
      • Their 1910 English speaking "Messiah Lutheran Church" formation by former Bethany Lutheran Church members ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist, 1 of 2 >
        • An account on the 1910 Messiah Lutheran Church formation from Rev. Dr. Bergin's 1909 ​"Pioneer Swedish-American Culture of Central Kansas," 2 of 2
      • Their 1916-1920 Sohlberg House ​ - Emil's and Lydia's - After their honeymoon
      • Their 1919 Lindsborg Historical Society's "Coronado Heights" ~ Emil's 1907 thesis and Lydia's photographs >
        • The ​1919 formation of the "Lindsborg Historical Society" ~ The Smoky Hills' "Smoky Hill" christened "Coronado Heights" May 8, 1920 >
          • G. N. Malm's role in the development of the Lindsborg Historical Society and Coronado Heights ​~ An account by Dr. Lindquist >
            • Lindsborg Historical Society and Coronado Heights History ~ Three (3) accounts by Mrs. Jaderborg, former SVHA secretary >
              • Author Bill Carlson, Smoky Valley Historical Association member reports on Coronado Heights history
      • ​Their 1920-1940 Old Main Apartments of Bethany College - Emil's and Lydia's - Living on campus with the students for 20 years
      • Their 1936 1873 Swedish Homestead - Emil's and Lydia's - Our Peaceful Acres >
        • Their 1873 Swede House ~ A close twin to Lindsborg Founder Rev. Olof Olsson's stone house >
          • Peaceful Acres Smoky Valley descendant friends and helpers ~ Honoring them and remembering them
      • Their 1940-1943 Deere Home - Emil's and Lydia's - With new occupants after Lydia >
        • Emil's and Nina's 1961Thunderbird on the Bethany Campus ~ Promoting 21st Century Bethany College in Silicon Valley with alumni and students
      • Their 1941 "Svensk Hyllningsfest" and Dr. Holwerda's Role ~ Accounts by Dr. Lungstrom, Mrs. Jaderborg, Dr. Holwerda & Mr. Lundstrom >
        • Their 1964, "Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers" founded by Mrs. Jaderborg ~ An account by Mr. Chris Abercrombie
      • 1943, After Lydia, Emil's part planning Lindsborg's "first" hospital and Dr. Holwerda's role ~ An account by Dr. Lungstrom
    • Their 1881 "​Bethany Academy" founded with its 1882 First Academy Building -- Swensson's Bethany's Beginnings
    • Their 1882-1966 "Bethany College Museum" ~ The Natural History and Pioneer History Collections >
      • LINKS to Deere's Swensson's Bethany College Museum Collections ​~ 1882 to 1966 >
        • Fossils Collection ~ From Old Main to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, 1966, ~ “The Find”
        • Taxidermy Collection ~ From Old Main to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, 1966
        • 900 item Emil O. Deere Pioneer Collection ​ ~ From Old Main to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, 1966
        • Cliff Dwellers' Pottery Collection ~ From Old Main to the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, 1966
        • Coronado Expedition Chain Mail and Bethany College Museum History ~ An account from Dr. Lungstrom's book - by Matt (Kermit) Moline
    • Their 1882 on . . . Bethany College Handel’s “Messiah" Performances >
      • "Messiah" Performers, Venues & Audiences, Press & Broadcasts >
        • Special 20th Century "Messiah" Performances >
          • "The Notables, Messiah Week, . . . ~ An account by Mrs. Jaderborg >
            • Handel's "Messiah" & Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" ~ Described for viewers unfamiliar with these oratorios
    • Their 1899 on . . . Bethany College “ 'Swedish Artists’ Midwest Art Exhibition” ​~ An account by the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
    • Their 1902 "I WAS THERE" Coin ~ Bethany College 21st Year Celebration
    • Their 1903 on . . . Bethany College "Rockar Stockar!" and the 1902 on . . . "Terrible Swedes" ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist
    • Their “1904 on . . .” Bethany College St. Louis World's Fair “Swedish Pavilion”
    • Their 1937 Bethany College's Introduction to 1638 New Sweden >
      • Deere's Introduction to New Sweden
    • Their Bethany College Anniversary Celebrations ~ "1895 to 1981" ~ 15, 20, 25, 100 years >
      • Their Celebrating 15 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1896. ~ The First "Bethany Annual," 1895-96
      • Their Celebrating 20 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1901. ~ The "Forget-Me-Not," 1902 >
        • The King of Sweden's Emissary, 1901 ~ To "knight" Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson >
          • The Yale University's Bethany Club
      • Their Celebrating 25 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1906 ~ "Souvenir of Lindsborg and Bethany College"
      • Their Celebrating 100 Years of Bethany College, 1881-1981 ~ "The Centennial of Bethany College"
  • Swedish Immigration Story, 1854
    • "The Story of the Old Spoon" by Ingrid Anderson Sohlberg & Daughter Lydia Sohlberg Deere, 1937
    • Who They Left Behind
    • From Sweden with Love Collections >
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Kosta Portraits, 1867 >
        • The Swedish Sohlberg Kosta Glass >
          • The Swedish Sohlberg Letters
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Royal Gold Thread Embroidery Sampler (c1890s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Post Cards (c1890s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Magazines, (c1940s)
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Books, 1819/1886 to 1899
      • The Swedish Sohlberg Albums ~ Late 19th early 20th centuries
      • The Swedish Deere Coins -- 1801-1929
  • Artist Lydia Sohlberg Deere
    • Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925 >
      • The Hats
      • The Smoky River
      • The Smoky Hills >
        • Coronado Heights -- One Winter's Day
      • In and Around Lindsborg
      • Sohlberg House with Parents >
        • Our Sohlberg Home and Neighbor Alma Luise Olson
      • Sohlberg House with Emil 1916 to 1920 >
        • Lydia's Travels with Deere 1916 - 1930s
    • Lydia as Bethany College Lane Hart Hall Dean of Women, 1906 - 1913
    • Lydia's "Bethany Campus Association," 1912 ~ Creating "The Gateway to Bethany College" of 1917
    • Lydia Sohlberg Deere's 1927 "Lindsborg Swedish Club's" Handwork and Members >
      • The Lindsborg Swedish Club's "Allers Monster-Tidnings" magazine, 1940 >
        • Lydia's Signatured Black Book of Her Handwritten Sewing Instructions >
          • Nina Sohlberg's Child's Sewing "Little Dots" PICTURE BOOK
    • Lydia's Art Professor Sven Birger Sandzén, 1871-1954 >
      • Lydia's Assignments for Professor Sandzén >
        • Students of Sandzén 2019 Exhibition >
          • Bethany Home ~ Celebrating Artist Birger Sandzén through his students' paintings
    • Lydia's Art Professor Birger Sandzén's "Art Exhibitions" and "Reviews" .. 1893-1940 >
      • Lydia's Art Professor Sandzén's Exhibition at the Babcock Gallery in New York, 1922 >
        • Lydia's Sandzén's Body of Work Reviewed by N.Y.C, 1984 "American Impressionism," author William H. Gerdts
    • Lydia's and Sandzén's Swedish Artist Friend Charles Edward Hallberg, 1855-1940 >
      • Lydia's and Sandzén's Swedish Artist Friend Oscar Brousse Jacobson, 1882-1966
    • Lydia’s Sohlberg Family Connection to Sandzén, 1880-1894-1993
    • LYDIA'S Art, 1919-1938 >
      • Lydia's Art: The Kansas Collection >
        • The Sketches - Kansas
      • Lydia's Art: The Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota Collection >
        • The Sketches ~ Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota
      • Lydia's Art: The California Collection >
        • The Sketches - California, Texas, Arizona
      • Lydia's California Photographs for Painting >
        • Lydia's California Pressed Wild Flowers, c1930 >
          • Lydia's "Palm Springs Pictorial Magazine, 1938-1939
    • 2005, LYDIA'S Photography Exhibit at Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery >
      • 2007-2010 LYDIA'S Photography Exhibits at the "Sundstrom Windows Sidewalk Gallery" become 'LYDIA'S WORLD"
      • 2011 "LYDIA'S WORLD" exhibition at Studio 113, Lindsborg
      • 2005-2012 ~ Friends of Lydia's World
    • 2021 "Prairie Fire: Lydia Sohlberg Deere Discovers the Desert" by Ann Japenga
  • Scientist Emil O. Deere
    • Deere's & Lydia's Bethany -- Lydia's Bethany Photography, 1906-1925 >
      • Bethany College "Campus from Above"
      • Bethany College "The Gateway," 1917 and "Bethany Campus Association," 1912
      • Bethany College "College Street," today's "North First Street"
      • Bethany College "Campus Life"
      • Bethany College's "Earliest Building Lydia Photographed" >
        • Bethany College "​Ladies Dormitory" / "Lane Hart Hall" 1883 - 1899 - 1983
        • Bethany College "Old Main" 1887-1968 >
          • Lydia's and Emil's Old Main Apartments, 1920 to 1940
          • Deere's Bethany College Classes in Old Main
          • Old Main Plates ~ From Dr. Lungstrom's unknown book
        • Bethany College "Messiah Auditorium" / "Ling Auditorium" / "Ling Gymnasium" 1895 - 1946
        • Bethany College "Swedish Pavilion," 1904
        • Bethany College "​Carnegie Library" / "Bethany Library," 1908 - 1980
        • Bethany College "​Bethany Academy" 1882 -- Swensson's Bethany's Beginnings ~ Not photographed by Lydia
    • Deere's 1959 Interview on Rev. Dr. Carl A. Swensson (On YouTube) >
      • Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, 1857-1904 ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist >
        • Swensson's "Bethany Lutheran Church" and the "Augustana Lutheran Synod"
        • Swensson's Bethany's Beginnings: "The Bethany Academy of 1882"
        • Olsson's Influence ~ The Swenssons,' the Musicians' and Singers,' "Messiah," 1882 on … >
          • Mr. Thure Olof Jaderborg, Sr. ~ One Lindsborg "Messiah" Commitment from 1901-1954
        • Swensson's Swedish Artists of the 1890s
        • Swensson's "Bethany College Museum," 1882 - 1966
      • In Memorium**Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, 1904 ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist
    • Deere's Rev. Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad, 1873-1943 ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist >
      • Rev. Dr. Pihlblad on Bethany College History, 1904 - 1941
      • In Memoriam**Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad, 1943
    • Deere's Swensson's "Bethany College Museum" 1882-1966 >
      • Article -- 1962 November "Kansas City Star" article noting Dr. Emil O. Deere: "He Watches Museum Expand" for 54 Years"
      • The 1966 Bethany College Museum Collections Move to the Old Mill Museum ~ The planner, the movers, the "contractual stipulation" >
        • Article -- 1966 Autumn "Bethany Magazine" article -- noting Bethany College Museum Collections move ~ Showing Biology Professor Dr. Leon G. Lungstrom with "Old Dobbin Moves" story
        • Article -- 1976 September article by Lindsborg resident Mrs. Betty Hanson -- noting growth of County Museum after receiving College Museum collections
      • ​1990 Bethany College "Museum" Chapter 2 by Dr. Lungstrom ~ Transcribed >
        • Scanned pages from Chapter 2 ​ on​ Bethany College "Museum"
    • Deere's College Students' Smoky Valley "Expeditions" ~ Some of which added to the College's Museum's Natural History Collection
    • Deere's Smithsonian Institution's Souvenir, 1904
    • Deere's College Military Involvement for World War 1 and 2 ~ An account by Dr. Lungstrom >
      • 2016, "Lindsborg During World War I: Service, Sacrifice and Dissent" ​~ By Dr. Thomas F. Jorsch, Bethany College history professor, and Honors Students >
        • Dr. Thomas F. Jorsch: Reluctant Nationalism: Lindsborg during the Great War ~ Including Professor Dean Emil O. Deere and his colleagues on Americanism and more
    • Deere's 1940 Presidential Address to the Kansas Academy of Science
    • Deere's 1955 Letter to President Eisenhower re Tuttle Creek ~ To protect the Blue Grass Valley of Kansas where he lived as a child
    • Deere's Service, 1901-1966 ~ The bullet points >
      • Deere's Education & Degrees
    • Deere's Old Main Office ​ ~ SVHA secretary Mrs. Jaderborg in charge of cleaning it out
    • The Deere's Library ~ What remains of 2,000 volumes -- pending
  • "The Other Swedes"
    • ~ Celebrating Them ​~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~ >
      • Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson ~ Prolific writer in America and Sweden from approximately 1879 to 1904
      • Bethany Church, Bethany College, Augustana Lutheran Synod Writers ​~ Remembering Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson and Rev. Dr. Ernst Frederick Pihlblad
      • Rev. Dr. Alfred Bergin ~ Wrote, compiled and printed Swedish foundational history on the 1869 Smoky Valley Augustana Lutherans of Bethany Church and settlement of Lindsborg, for 1909 and 1919 >
        • 1909, Renamed in 1965 to "Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas," and translated ~ By Mrs. Ruth Bergin Billdt, Editor Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg >
          • 1965, "Table of Contents" for “Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas”
        • 1919, Renamed in 1969 to "The Smoky Valley in the After Years," and translated ~ Part 1 by Mrs. Ruth Bergin Billdt and Part 2 by Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg >
          • 1969, "Table of Contents" for “The Smoky Valley in the After Years"
      • ​Prince Wilhelm of Sweden ~ A 1928 "royal" one-time Smoky Valley Writer - "A Swedish Oasis" ~ Recalling his 1927 Bethany College Presser Hall Groundbreaking Celebration Visit
      • Dr. Emory K. Lindquist ~ "Fourth" President of Bethany College ~ Chronicling Swedish Augustana Lutheran Lindsborg and Bethany College from their earliest years >
        • ​1953, "Smoky Valley People, A History of Lindsborg, Kansas" ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist and Contents & Illustrations
        • 1975 "Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college" ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist >
          • "Bethany in Kansas" PART I ~ Contents & Illustrations
          • "Bethany in Kansas" PART II ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • 1984 "Hagbard Brase, Beloved Music Master" ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist >
          • "Hagbard Brase" ~ Contents and Illustrations
        • 1989 "G. N. Malm - A Swedish Immigrant's Varied Career" ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist with chapters by Hasselmo, Holm, Skårdal, & translation by Van Boer >
          • "G. N. Malm" ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • 1993 "Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography" ~ Introduction from the "Lindsborg News-Record" News Release >
          • "Birger Sandzén," ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist ~ Contents, Photographs, Figures & Color Paintings >
            • "Birger Sandzén" ~ "Foreword" by Dr. William H. Gerdts
            • "Birger Sandzén" ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist ~ Preface and Acknowledgments
            • “Birger Sandzén” The Words of Dr. Lindquist ~ Concluding Observations
            • ​“Birger Sandzén” ~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist ~ Appendix: Works in Selected Public Collections
      • ​Rev. Bror Carlsson's 1955, 350-page manuscript "Jag Sökte Icke," "I Did Not Seek My Own" ~ Tracing Lindsborg's Spiritual Founder Rev. Olof Olsson's life in Sweden and America with the 1860 Swedish Augustana Lutheran Synod >
        • Mr. Alf Brorson's 2001 "He Gave God Glory" - "The Story of Olof Olsson" >
          • "He Gave God Glory" ~ The Story of Olof Olsson ~ Contents & Illustrations >
            • "He Gave God Glory" ~ Transcriptions of "Foreword," "Translator's Foreword" "Acknowledgements," "Postscript" for scholars and scholars-to-be
      • Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg ​ ~ Chronicling the Lindsborg of her day, its early histories and citizens [Remarks on Superintendent Dr. Einar Jaderborg and "Messiah" Bass Soloist Thure Jaderborg] >
        • 1965 "Lindsborg On Record" ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • 1967 "Living in Lindsborg and Other Possibilities" ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • 1973 "Talk About Lindsborg" ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • 1976 "Why Lindsborg" ~ An introduction: H. M. Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden >
          • 1976 "Why Lindsborg?" ~ Contents & Illustrations
        • ​1990 "Two Reprints" ~ Contents & Illustrations
      • Mr. A. John Pearson ~ Chronicling the "first" 8 Bethany College presidents, "Messiah" history and much more >
        • 1981 ​On "Bethany College" History for 100 Years ~ The Words of Mr. Pearson
        • ​​1982 On " 'Messiah" Centennial History for 100 Years ​ ~ The Compiler, and the Words of, Mr. A. John Pearson ​
      • Rev. Eugene K. Nelson and The Bethany Home Writers ~ Chronicling the beginnings of the Bethany Home​ of 1907 to 1986 >
        • 1986, "The Bethany Home Story," Table of Contents, including listed photos >
          • 1986 "The Bethany Home Story" Foreword and Epilogue, by Rev. Nelson
          • Chapters 1 & 2: "The Origins" & "The Buildings That Have Been Bethany Home""
          • Chapter 3: "The Board and the Sponsoring Church"
          • Chapter 11: Memories of Bethany Home by Residents and Friends
          • "The Gentle Art of Caring" - Poem by Verna Todd, 92
          • "O Bethany Home" - Poem
      • Dr. Leon George Lungstrom ​~ Chronicling Bethany College natural science and mathematics, the professors and societies, the Museum, Old Main and Nelson Science Hall, 1881-1990 >
        • ​1990 "History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas" ~ "Table of Contents" >
          • Dr. Lungstrom Chapters ~ Transcriptions of a few of these >
            • "Introduction"
            • "Bethany College History Concerning the Natural Sciences and Mathematics"
            • "Bethany College Museum" ​ >
              • "Museum" Chapter 2 ~ Scanned from Dr. Lungstrom's book, pages 23-32
            • "Societies on the College Campus Associated with Mathematics and Natural Sciences"
            • ​"Tabulation of Teachers and Assistants in Natural Sciences and Mathematics"
            • "Bethany College Catalogue Covers"
            • "The Old Main Building and Nelson Science Hall"
          • Dr. Lungstrom's References ~ Listings from 1893 to 1990 of four publications >
            • "Lindsborg News-Record" ~ Science and mathematics' headlines ~ 1901 to 1990
            • "Daisy" and/or "Bethanian" ~ List of Science & Math Faculty Photographs ~ 1908 - 1990
            • "Bethany Messenger" ~ Science and mathematics' headlines ~ 1893 to 1987
            • "Bethany College Magazine" ~ Science and mathematics' headlines ~ 1954 to 1990
        • Dr. Lungstrom ~ "Master Teacher" "Master Learner" >
          • Dr. Lungstrom ~ His Värmland Swedish ancestry and tough years on the McPherson County family farm
        • Dr. Lungstrom's "Three Pioneer Scientists of Swedish Descent"
      • The Smoky Valley Historical Association Writers ~ Chronicling 1993 "Where Did They Live?" "Early Residences of Lindsborg, Kansas"
      • Mr. Thomas N. Holmquist ~ Chronicling Lindsborg's neighbors, the Galesburg Augustana Lutheran Swedes of Salemsborg and Freemount, with a personal connection, since 1868 >
        • 1994 "Pioneer Cross: Swedish Settlements Along the Smoky Hill Bluffs" ~ Contents & Illustrations >
          • "Pioneer Cross:" ~ The ​ Dedication, Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction
          • "Pioneer Cross:" ~ The 1869 Swedish Christmas Ljuskröna Story ~ From "The Peaceful Mountain" chapter​
          • ​ "Pioneer Cross:" ~ The Epilogue
      • Mr. Alf Brorson ~ Promoting Lindsborg in Sweden - The "Sweden Letter"
      • Mr. Chris A. Abercrombie ~ President of the Smoky Valley Historical Association (2010-2017), creator of its "First" website in 2013; ​ a historian, writer, researcher, taping & filming interviewer, video producer, and collector of local important >
        • ​The 2006 Abercrombie interview with Ken Sjogren on Bethany's challenging times,1960s to early 70s
      • Mr. Bill Carlson ~ Chronicling Lindsborg's earliest and later histories with a personal connection, since 1867 >
        • 2011 ​"Lindsborg Then and Lindsborg Now" ~ Contents & Illustrations >
          • ​ "Lindsborg Then and Lindsborg Now" ​ ~ Foreword, Preface, Introduction
          • ​ Part 1 "Lindsborg Then" Chapters 1 - 5
          • Part 2 "​Lindsborg Now " ​Chapter 24: ​"Lindsborg Now In 2010"
          • The "Conclusion" Chapters: Part 1 & Part 2
        • 2016 Mr. Bill Carlson's "Special Visitor to Lindsborg, April 17, 1976, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden"
      • Ms. Karen A. Humphrey ~ Chronicling highlights of Swedish Augustana Lutheran Lindsborg and Bethany College culture in the earliest years >
        • 2012 "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing: The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story" ~The Words of Ms. Humphrey
        • "Grace, Faith and the Power of Singing" ~ Contents & Illustrations
      • Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy ~ Chronicling the Lindsborg, Bethany College and Smoky Valley Photography of Swede Bror Gustaf Gröndal, 1887-1945 >
        • 2013 "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time" ~ Contents and Photograph Titles ~ The Sohlberg Deere Portraits >
          • "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal:" ~ Dedication, Foreword by Mrs. Lorna Nelson, Preface by Mr. Don Weddle, Acknowledgments
          • "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal:" ~ The Words of Mrs. Eddy ~ "Life Experiences" "The Smoky Valley"
          • "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal:" ~ The Words of Mrs. Eddy ~ "Studio Cameras," "Studio Remembered" "Gröndal's Career" "Photography as an Art Form" "Professional Organizations"
          • "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time" ​~ Selections from Swede Bror Gustaf Gröndal's Photography from 1887 to 1945​
      • Mr. Tim Stewart ~ 2016 author of the Smoky Valley Historical Association’s "Vår Historia Newsletter" when Board VP, and as President creator of the 2024 SVHA website
      • Dr. Thomas F. Jorsch & Bethany College Honors Students ~ 2016 "Lindsborg During World War I: Service, Sacrifice and Dissent" >
        • Dr. Thomas F. Jorsch: "Reluctant Nationalism: Lindsborg during the Great War " ~ Including Professor Dean Emil O. Deere and his colleagues on Americanism and more
      • ​ Mr. Kenneth Sjogren ​~ Saving and serving Bethany College; preserving college and Swedish history and culture; writing college history ~ The "Hemslöjd" >
        • ​2019 "6 Decades with 12 Bethany College Presidents"​ ~ The words of Mr. Sjogren
        • "6 Decades with 12 Bethany College Presidents"​ ~ Illustrations and Chapters
      • ​Digitalize the Smoky Valley Writers' Swedish and Swedish American histories ~ For their generations to come and for research accessibility
    • ~ Celebrating Them ~ The ​Smoky Valley History Research Writers Website Designers
    • ~ Celebrating Them ~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends ~ >
      • ​Rev. Dr. Olof Olsson ~ Remembering Swedish Lutheran Christian Founder of Lindsborg and of Bethany Lutheran Church ​~ LINKS to accounts by Rev. Bror Carlsson, Mr. Alf Brorson, and Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
      • ​​Rev. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson ~ Remembering “Founder” and "Second President" of Bethany College ~ LINKS to accounts by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist, and much more
      • ​Mrs. Alma Christina Lind Swensson ~ Remembering her as Mrs. Rev. Dr. Swensson, the “First Lady” of Lindsborg, ~ "Highlights" from Ms. Humphrey’s book
      • ​Rev. Dr. Edward J. Nelander​ ~ Remembering "First" President of Bethany College ~ Accounts by Dr. Lindquist and Dr. Lungstrom
      • Dr. Johan August Udden ~ Remembering "First" Bethany College professor, founder of the Museum and Spanish Chain Mail, led UT to over $300,000,000 ~ An account by Dr. Lungstrom
      • Mr. Bror Gustaf Gröndal ~ Remembering him and his photography in the earliest years of Lindsborg and Bethany College, beginning in 1887 >
        • Photographers' Bror Gustaf Gröndal & Sarah Margaret Noyd Gröndal ~ Accounts by Mrs. Elizabeth Jaderborg with LINK to Mrs. Eddy's 2013 Book
        • ​"B G GRÖNDAL PHOTOGRAPHER" ~ 2007, 2009 video account by Mr. Chris Abercrombie​ with LINK to Mrs. Eddy's 2013 Book
      • ​Mr. Samuel Thorstenberg ~ Remembering him as the "first" internationally acclaimed Bethany College "Messiah Chorus" conductor
      • Dr. Hagbard Brase ~ Remembering him as the "second " internationally acclaimed Bethany College "Messiah Chorus" conductor
      • Rev. Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad ~ "Third" President of Bethany College ~ An account by Dr. Lindquist
      • Miss Alma Luise Olson ~ Remembering her as "First Honored American Woman by Sweden" ~ The 1965 account by ​Mrs. Jaderborg >
        • Miss Alma Luise Olson ~ Remembering her and the extraordinary life she led at home and abroad ~ The 2012 account by Ms. Humphrey
      • Artist Birger Sandzén ~ Remembering him for "sharing his art with the world," starting "first" at Lindsborg's Bethany College >
        • Sandzén's introduction to lithography ~ From McPherson, Kansas, Carl J. Smalley, considered greatest art dealer in the world at that time
      • The Greenoughs ~ Margaret & Pelham ~ Their greatest contribution to the little Swedish city of Lindsborg and to honoring the Swedish Artist ~ The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery >
        • Artist Dr. Margaret​ Elisabeth "Greta" Sandzén Greenough ​~ Her life of collecting her father's art, promoting it and establishing a gallery in his name ​
        • Dr. Charles Pelham Greenough, 3rd. ~ ​ His life of embracing the Sandzén family, establishing and financing the Gallery and supporting the community
      • Dr. Arthur. W. Lindquist , internationally known entomologist ~ An account by Dr. Lungstrom
      • Mr. Gustaf Nathaniel Malm ~ Remembering Lindsborg's Swedish Renaissance Man ~ Accounts by Dr. Lindquist >
        • G. N. Malm and all he did for the Lindsborg community ~ An account by Mrs. Jaderborg >
          • G. N. Malm and his Lindsborg's national interior decorating company ​​~ An account by Mrs. Jaderborg​ >
            • G. N. Malm's 1916 Christmas Greetings to His Lindsborg Friends
      • Mr. & Mrs. Hilding Jaderborg ~ Remembering them and their “Swedish Crafts Shop” of 65 years and 50 trips to Sweden
      • The Swedish Lindsborg Builders ~ Remembering them for the lovely homes they built
      • William Holwerda, M.D. ~ Remembering him as "Doc Bill," a city father and loving citizen ~ Accounts by Dr. Lungstrom and Mrs. Jaderborg >
        • Dr. William Holwerda ~ Remembering their family doctor with Messiah Lutheran Church tributes ~ An account by Dr. Lungstrom
      • Artist Lester Raymer ~ Remembering him as the renowned virtuoso artist and "behind the scenes" community supporter
      • ​Mr. Max Muller, 1959 Founder of "Broadway RFD" and 1976 Author of "Prairie Carnegie" ~ By Tim Stewart, 2016 creator of the SVHA's "Var Historia Newsletter" publication
      • Dr. ​& Mrs. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering them and their 29 years of dedication to that Bethany College "Messiah" tradition of excellence >
        • 1976 Dr. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering him as the “Messiah” conductor for the Bethany College "Swedish King’s," Carl XVI Gustaf's, performance >
          • 1981 Dr. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering him as the "Messiah" conductor for the Bethany College "Centennial Celebration" performance >
            • 1986 Dr. Elmer Copley ~ Remembering him as the “Messiah” conductor for the Bethany College televised Holy Easter Week "American Easter"
      • ​Dr. Arvin W. Hahn ​~ Remembering him, Ken Sjogren and others ​for saving Bethany College from going under! -- "A Miracle in the Making" >
        • Dr. Arvin W. Hahn ~ Remembering him handing me my Bethany College "Bachelor of Arts" Degree on Sunday, May 26,1968
      • Dr. Greta Swenson and Mr. & Mrs. Mark Esping ~ Remembering them for founding Lindsborg's “only” "Swedish-American Folklife Institute of Central Kansas," 1986 >
        • The Espings - Mark & Mardel ~ Remembering their Lindsborg's Folklife Institute's "Swedish-American Heritage Center," 1996
      • ​Mr. Claude Koehn ~ Remembering him as restorer and preserver of Smoky Valley stone farmhouses and other stone structures
      • ​Ms. Rebecca Copley ~ Honoring her as Bethany College's “first” graduate to become an "International Concert and Opera Soprano" >
        • Ms. Copley's International Reviews
      • Mr. Bruce Karstadt ~ Honoring him as a Bethany College graduate for heading up a major national Swedish American institution
      • Dr. Mark Lucas ~ Honoring him as Messiah conductor for bringing the Holy Easter Lindsborg “Oberammergau of the Plains" to a “new” world audience in 2020
    • ~ Celebrating Them ~ The Groupings, including Swedes from Sweden ~ >
      • 1881 on: ​Some Bethany College Science Professor by Dr. Leon G. Lungstrom Biology Professor, from his 1990 book
      • ​1882-1966 Bethany College Museum Science Professor Curators ​~ Their earliest collectors and the taxidermists >
        • 1962 McPherson County Old Mill Museum leaders receiving and caring for the 1882 to 1966 Bethany College Museum Collections
      • 1894-1962 Bethany College Graduates in Augustana Lutheran Synod World Mission Work ~ An account by Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
      • 1901-2014 The ​Bethany College Swedish Knights and Ladies ~ Honored by the Kings of Sweden
      • ​​1919 "Lindsborg Historical Society' (LHS) ~ Earliest leaders and supporters >
        • 1963 "Smoky Valley Historical Association" (The reformed 1919 Lindsborg Historical Society) ~​ The "Minutes," the leaders and supporters >
          • 1963 SVHA Leaders & Supporters ~ Their restoration/preservation projects
          • ​SVHA VP Barbara Buskirks Takes On the Hogland Dugout Project, 1987 >
            • Mr. Bill Carlson on the Hoglund Family ~ Leaving $600,000 for Bethany Lutheran Church, the Lindsborg Hospital and Bethany Home
            • Mr. Bill Carlson on Other Smoky Valley Dugouts
      • ​1971 "American Scandinavian Association of the Great Plains" Leaders ~ Providing cultural history and heritage programs with significant links to Sweden and Swedish America
      • 1976 His Majesty the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf's Visit to Lindsborg April 17th >
        • The Lindsborg & Bethany College "Swedes" ~ Honored by the King of Sweden, June 6, 1976
      • 1977​ Swedish Emigrant Institute Staff from Växjö, Småland, Visits Lindsborg October 16-18 >
        • 1977 Swedish Emigrant Institute Documents
      • 1978 Swedish Documentary Film Crew Visits Lindsborg October 2-9
      • 1992, Esping and Holmquist Bethany College alumni in DC's Smithsonian's National Folklife Festival ~ Representing "Kansas Agriculture and Swedish Culture"
      • 1998 - 2015 ~ "​The Pearson Distinguished Professorship of Swedish Studies Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas"
  • Contacts +
    • For 1869 Lindsborg "CONTACT" Today to Yesteryears >
      • ​Lydia's Lindsborg Photography​, ​1900 - 1925
    • ​For 1881 Bethany College "CONTACT" Today to Yesteryears >
      • Lydia's Bethany College Photography, 1906 - 1925
      • "Bethany Campus Walk”
      • "A Time to Celebrate" 1882 - 1988 ~ "Messiah" performances recognized nationally and internationally
      • A Historical Count of Lindsborg Residents ~The Bethany College Presidents & Swedish Kings Honoring Bethany Swedes
    • For 1957 Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery CONTACT Today >
      • Sandzén: "Ecstasy of Color" ~ PBS Doucmentary ~ Aired 6/11/21
    • SOME REVIEWING REMARKS >
      • LISTS: RECONIZING "OTHER SWEDES" "OTHER SECTIONS"
    • ​ The 1941 Smoky Valley "Pioneer Cross Memorial" ​~ ​By Mr. Thomas N. Holmquist
    • The 2009 "Smoky Valley Swedish People's Virtual Memorial"
    • TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ Traveling thro SWEDES "The Outline Online"
    • ​February 13, 2025 ~ Lindsborg Proclamation for SWEDES by Mayor Clark Shultz
Scientist Emil O. Deere
"Pop Deere"
He was a Swedish Augustana Lutheran Christian
"First" Bethany College Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 1917-1948
  Class of 1902:  Bethany College B. A. Degree
         Class of 1907: Bethany College M.A. Degree
​Thesis: 
​"Geology of Study in the Area of the Smoky Valley Buttes"   
    Class of 1911:  University of Chicago M.S. Degree & nearly finishing Doctorate's Degree
   Class of 1948:  Upsala College of East Orange, New Jersey: The Doctor of Laws Degree

Class of 1955:  Bethany College was made Professor Emeritus of Biology from 1904-1955
- He was a Bethany College Biology, Geology and Mechanical Drawing Professor -
- ​He was 
colleague and friend to 6 Swedish American Bethany College Presidents and the Founder -

- He wore many top-level administrative hats for Bethany College -
- Accomplished yet humble, he kept the home fires burning for Bethany -
For 58 years, he was the Bethany College Natural History and Pioneer Swedish History Museum Curator, 1908-1966

He was one of the top community leaders responsible for the building of the Lindsborg Community Hospital, 1949
He was a very important "link" to Bethany's past, to her earliest history - ​
Dr. Emil O. Deere
(1877-1966)
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 His most lasting contribution to Bethany College was that he "quite literally became a part of it."
". . . 
Everywhere students look they come in contact with something which Dr. Deere has either influenced or initiated."

                                                                                                                                                                             -- 1965 BETHANIAN
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Today's Bethany College students encounter pieces of the College's earliest history concerning Emil O. Deere when they chant the 1903 Swedish Bethany cheer,  "Rockar Stockar," which he translated to English after the assumed author Eric Heurlin drafted it.  (Source: Emory Lindquist, 1975, Bethany In Kansas, the history of a college, pages 189-190.)

Out of the entire Bethany College family of academia - as a student and professor, Deere had the longest association with his alma mater, one that lasted sixty-seven (67) years from 1899 to 1966!  A humble Swedish gentleman, first he was a Bethany College student, then a professor and student's friend, a department head, a museum curator, an academic dean, a vice president, and a registrar.  Added to these, he played a variety of other roles, large and small, including Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conferences president for nine (9) years, at Bethany.

For thirty (30) years of his life, he was addressed as Dean Deere, and, then, in 1948 he was addressed as Dr. Deere as a result of receiving the Doctor of Laws Degree from Upsala College of East Orange, New Jersey.


Deere was colleague and friend to six (6) Swedish American Bethany College presidents beginning with Augustana College and Theological Seminary graduate, second president and Bethany College founder, Dr. Rev. Carl Aaron Swensson (1889-1904), was the right-hand man to president Dr. Rev. Ernst Pihlblad for 37 years (1904-1941), continuing in that role to his former student and good friend president Dr. Emory Lindquist (1941-1953); nearing his retirement year his role transitioned more into an advisor concerning college history to president Dr. Robert Mortvedt (1953-1958), to president Dr. L. Dale Lund (1958-1965) and to president Dr. G. Kenneth Andeen (1965-1967).

Early on in the College's growth, Deere became
"the source" to whom one could come to learn about its history.  To those Bethany Swedes then, he became "the link" of Bethany's past to her current days.

Due to Deere's service to the College, a needed men's dormitory was dedicated to him, to honor him, in 1957.  It was razed in December of 2015, and with it the memory of him and his selfless contributions to Bethany -- adding it to the similar fates experienced by past historical college buildings that Deere and Lydia knew intimately before there was a Deere Hall.  These treasured landmarks "of college history" and "of the alumni" that knew them well were 
Lane Hart Hall (1883-1983), Old Main (1887-1968),  Ling Auditorium (1895-1946), and Carnegie Library (1908-1981).


Traveling back in time now, let us hear from him and them at Bethany, the way he was and the way they were!
- Breaking Ground for Deere Hall -
Rev. Stanley Swanson, Rev. George Wahlin,  Dr. Deere, President  Dr. Robert Mortvedt, Student Body President Kenneth Sjogren

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The Deere Papers
The Dedication of Deere Hall
In His Own Words
April 5, 1957
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Photograph taken in early 1960s by Dale Hoag, It was razed in 2015.
The Way He Was
 "I consider it a special privilege and an honor to have a place on the program at the dedication of the new dormitory for men on the Bethany College campus, and I am touched with a sense of deep humility when I reflect on the thoughts that this beautiful and serviceable building has been named Deere Hall in my honor.

"When Old Main was completed in 1887 the catalog for that year gave a glowing description of the new building.  It included an elaborate account of the fine, well-equipped living quarters for men students. (Well, it no doubt was for its day.)

"The entering student in 1887 was conducted to his room on the fifth floor where a kerosene lamp and a candle dip served as his source of light, but then it cost him 20 cents per week room rent.  I wonder what this grad would say if he were here today and visited his great grandson in our new building.

"The dormitory we are dedicating today, the Nelson Science Hall, Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery are recent examples of definite progress.

"It is hoped that this timely development will serve as an example of what may be accomplished under the direction of good leadership.  We shall look forward to the dedication of the next new building on the Bethany College campus in the very near future."


Source:  Swedish American Bethany College professor Dr. Leon Lungstrom's 1990's book, History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, page 199
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Source: Given to me by Bethany College in 2011.
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Dr. Deere
Left a Legacy for us All

 Words of the 1966 Bethanian

- Responsible for Swensson Park Fish Pond  -
(Covered by the 
Alma Lind Swensson Memorial Garden of Oct. 8, 2021, in Swensson Park)
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Lundquist Studio, Lindsborg, Kansas Postcard
PictureSource: BETHANIAN 1966, page 31
Dr. Emil O. Deere

Dean Emeritus of Bethany College ...

Once a farm boy ...

Enrolled in Bethany Academy ...

An honor student who came back to 
teach...

Devoted his life to Lindsborg...
And Bethany College ...

Curator of Bethany
College Museum...

Dean of Science and Arts of Bethany College...

Founder of Lindsborg Historical Society...

Member of Lindsborg Community Hospital Board...

Responsible for Swensson Park fish pond...

Honored by Deere Hall...

The Way They Were
WORDS OF 1966
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WHAT THEY LEFT US

   Deere        Swensson

            Sandz
én

These three men set

high goals for

Bethany...goals that

could not be realized in

one lifetime.  Goals

that are left for us to

continued.


Lungstrom
PictureSource: BETHANIAN 1966
       WORDS OF 1966

Dr. Carl Swensson and Bethany Church had a great vision of a prospering Lutheran college in the Smoky Valley.  The heart of their dream was a beautiful chapel in Old Main.  Here students meditated; here the pipe organ led them in song; here well-known and world-known voices inspired them.


The famous Dr. Birger Sandzén brought a rich and vivid talent to Bethany.  The Swedish-built Art Pavilion housed his students as it does Bethany art students today. 

Dr. Emil Deere built the foundations of a growing science department.  His goals are being furthered through a former student, Dr. Leon Lungstrom who is passing this legacy on to us
.
         Lungstrom

           WORDS OF 2017

      Dr. Leon Lungstrom
would also play the part of College historian through his valued 1990 book, History of Natural Science & Mathematics At Bethany College Lindsborg Kansas. --fc


Deere and Sandzén
PRESENTING HISTORY AND ART
WORDS OF 1965
CLEARER READING TO APPEAR IN ANOTHER SECTION ON 
Sandzén soon 5/8/2021
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Source: BETHANIAN 1965, page 54
FOR CLEARER READING
Birger Sandzén  -- A Memorial to a Bethany Artist
Emil O. Deere --  A Man of Varied Knowledge

Few individuals have served Bethany with such sincerity that they quite literally become a part of it. Dr. Deere is such a part of Bethany College. He has always been a scholar and continues his studies even at the present time.

Every where students look they come in contact with something which Dr. Deere has either influenced or initiated. In addition to being dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. Deere is also professor emeritus of biology and geology and curator of the college museum. He holds an honorary doctor of law degree from Uppsala College and is a life member of both the Kansas Academy of Science and the Kansas Association of Registrars. Besides being a distinguished scholar, he is an intrinsic part of other aspects of student life. He was the author of the Bethany Cheer "Rokar Storkar" and organized the Bethany Blue Dozen.

A man of intense and varied interests, Dr. Deere has been a part of Bethany for over 50 years, and his contributions to Bethany are a lasting and vital part of her heritage.
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Biology Professor Dean Deere in the Taxidermy Room of Old Main with his students

Jaderborg
     Deere     Thorsen

 - his longtime Swedish colleague professors -
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Oscar Thorsen
, Emil O. Deere, Thure Jaderborg

- Celebrating 50+ years at Bethany in1954 -
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Source: Bethany in Kansas, page 136
His Students
​
​ An Appreciation to our Guardian Prof. Emil O. Deere
Able scholar, the sympathetic teacher, the loyal friend whose personality, foresight and sincere devotion have won the respect, honor and esteem of our class.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -- The Daisy, Class of 1925

- some were these -

Ruben Spong 1926 and Carl Swensson 1912

Ruben Spong, Class of 1926, wrote the following tribute of appreciation to their guardian, Emil O. Deere in 1925:*
 
“At the first meeting of the Freshmen Class in 1922 we searched for a guardian to lead our class the right way, a guardian who could understand the ways of a Freshman and who could be a guide through the four years of struggle we knew we had before us.  We are now assembled at the present moment not only that we may take part in other phases of this program but that we may attempt to express our appreciation and gratitude to one who took the responsibility upon his shoulders and has held his protecting wings over us these four years.  He has lived this life of a guardian in such a way that he has influenced every member of the class to think of higher and better things in life.
 
“We have been exceedingly proud of our guardian, Dean Deere, who held the power of athletics in his hands and one who is interested in every phase of college life.  When out on our picnics or on our parties, although superior in knowledge, years and in every respect, he has been one of us but never has he lost his dignity or individualism.
 
“Our college days are now at an end and each member of the class must leave his cherished ‘Alma Mater’ to be scattered to the four winds of earth to assume his individual responsibility.
 
“In years to come our thought will wander back to our college days with their found memories of social and school activities which were so nobly sponsored by our guardian, Emil O. Deere.”


*Source:  Swedish American Bethany College Science Professor Dr. Leon Lungstrom’s 1990 book, History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas, page 170 which referenced it from the 1925 Bethany College student yearbook called the Daisy.


Carl Swenson, Class of 1912, wrote the following tribute on Emil O. Deere after his passing on January 11, 1966:

Dr. Leon Lungstrom first prefaced Carl Swenson's tribute with: 
"Professor Deere was popular and highly respected by the students. Often they referred to him as Pop Deere.  In spite of his heavy work load he was active with students outside the classroom.  One reference stated that he accompanied the freshman class on their Class Day Celebration during November 1922. He served the class graduating in 1912 in this capacity and during their senior year he entertained them with a royal banquet. After professor Deere’s death in 1966, Carl Swenson, a member of this class, wrote the following tribute about him:
 
'My emotions are brimming when they bring to mind the image of my dear departed friend, Professor Emil O. Deere. He truly was one of the finest teachers who has ever served on the faculty at Bethany College. We should greatly miss his jovial presence.  It was my good fortune to enjoy him as our class advisor of the class of 1912. His untiring search for truth was an inspiration to his students. He was patient and untiring in his manifold interest and duties as a college teacher. He was a staunch friend to all those who had the good fortune to know him. For a period of over fifty (50) years he served his post faithfully and well. No problem was too great to engage his attention and no favor too small for his exemplary genius.
 
'Prof. Deere married Lydia Sohlberg, the charming matron at the girls’ dormitory. She was a favorite of all the girls who live there, as well as the aspiring young men who were privilege to visit Lane Hart Hall.
 
'His thorough preparation in his teaching subjects and his meticulous assignments assured his students of an adequate knowledge of the subject pursued. His depth of knowledge of Zoology and Physiology seemed to us almost boundless. His idealism and character were above reproach. Prof. Emil O. Deere has departed to a better land where his phenomenal achievements shall find their full fruition.  I shall always cherish among the most pleasant experiences of my life the many personal contacts I had with him in 1964.
 
'My visits at his home were a delight to me. He kept his knowledge of science and philosophy up-to-date. Prof. Deere’s memory of the history of Bethany was unique. His luminous mind was quick to dispatch the events of the past. Forays into the modern problems of science, philosophy, and religion were a part of our informal meditations. The Bethany College Campus Museum was his retirement project. The museum which was largely the result of his efforts has no peer among the mid-western Liberal Arts colleges. We have all lost a dear friend. May his imperishable soul garner its reward in the Heavenly mansions with God.' ”


Source:  Swedish American Bethany College Science Professor Dr. Leon Lungstrom’s 1990 book, History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas, page 166-168
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- Deere's Swedish Family -
- the "John Deere" connection -***
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The grave of Carrie Deere, Emil's mother, in Manhattan, Kansas
Emil was born in Moline, Illinois on August 8, 1877 to Swedish Lutheran parents.  His father, Anders Olsson, (1849-1925) was from Drängsered, Halland; and his mother, Carrie Greta (Kaisa) Svenson (1847-1914), was born in Medelplana, Våstergötland.  They immigrated to Moline, Illinois, and there, in the early 1870s, they joined the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church. 

It was also at this time that Anders worked for John Deere of the Deere Plow Company becoming foreman.  It was this John Deere who gave Anders the surname "Deere" to replace his Swedish Olsson name.  He also changed his Christian given Anders name to Charles and added the English equivalent of Andrew for Anders for his middle name.  Thus, in Moline, Anders Olsson became known as Charles Andrew Deere.

Emil had two brothers, Johan Adolph Gottfrid born in 1874 and Albert Emmanuel born in 1888, and one sister Emma Kristina born in 1882.  In 1878, the family moved to Kansas.  First, Charles pre-empted a homestead near Mariadahl, Kansas in 1879.  Then in the fall of 1888, they moved to Olsburg,  and finally in 1903 they moved to Manhattan. 

Bethany College professor Dr. Leon Lungstrom writes fondly of Emil's good Christian father, Charles Andrew Deere, describing particularly the ending of his life in Manhattan, Kansas as follows:**

 "Charles was a skilled mechanic and a successful builder and contractor during the time he lived in Kansas.  His workmanship was always of top quality in every community where he lived.  ...

 "The family was active in community and church work.  Charles A. Deere was a loving father and husband with a large circle of friends.  The family belonged to churches in Mariadahl, Olsburg and Manhattan.  Charles served many years as trustee, deacon and Sunday School teacher.  At the time of his death, he was chairman of deacons in the Lutheran Church congregation in Manhattan.

 "During the Christmas period of 1924, Charles realized that he had his first and last illness, which would leave him with only a few more days on earth.  He stated, 'Like after a good day's work I enjoyed the sweetness of sleep so now I feel that after a workday of 75 years duration I will now have a long and peaceful sleep, hence I resign myself to my Lord and Saviour who has been a pride and a comfort to me in time of adversity as well as in time of success.'  He passed away at the Parkview Hospital at 7:20 PM., Tuesday evening, January 20, 1925.  The funeral services were held at his home at 612 Fremont Street in Manhattan at 2:30 p.m. Friday, January 23, 1925, and his body was laid to rest in the Sunset Cemetery.' "
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​Emil O. Deere and Lydia Sohlberg Deere
are at rest at the
Lindsborg Elmwood Cemetery
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*Source:  (Above page title) Dr. Leon Lungstrom's 1990's book, History of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, page 168.
**Ibid, pages 147-150.
*** Source:  Leona Holmberg, Emil O. Deere's cousin, letter on the "John Deere" name.
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