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Nora Lodge No. 1, Riddere av det Hvide Kors (R.H.K.) Sons of Norway No. 415. papers, 1860-1965
Papers of a Norwegian cultural and benefit society in Chicago, consisting of records, pamphlets, and photographs. Norwegian Society Nora was organized July 18th, 1860, re-named Nora Lodge No. 1, Knights of the White Cross in 1863. Merged with the Sons of Norway in 1938. -
Sons and Daughters of Norway Building Association of Minneapolis, Inc. papers, 1920-1958
Correspondence, minutes, and financial reports of a group composed of several Sons of Norway and Daughters of Norway lodges organized to provide a place for lodge meetings. The Association was dissolved in 1958. -
Sons of Norway and Daughters of Norway papers, 1907-2014
History/Biography:
Sons of Norway/Sønner av Norge was founded by 18 members on January 16, 1895, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to promote and preserve the heritage and culture of Norway and to provide life insurance to its members. Membership was originally open to males of Norwegian descent between the ages of 20 and 50 who were capable of giving proof of being morally upright, in good health, and capable of supporting a family. A second lodge was established in South Minneapolis in 1899 and a third was founded in the northeastern section of the city in 1900. The Minneapolis model quickly spread. By the end of 1900, lodges had been established in cities and towns with substantial Norwegian-American populations across the United States.
The organization published a monthly magazine, Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway), which kept members updated on activities of the group.
In December 1938, the Sons of Norway absorbed the American auxiliary of The Knights of the White Cross Order (Riddere av Det Hvite Kors) which had been founded in Chicago in 1863. Women were admitted to local groups as early as 1916, in areas where the female auxiliary was unorganized. Daughters of Norway lodges in the Midwest were merged with the Sons of Norway in 1950 and a system of junior lodges was created in 1956. The Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Norway, which dates to 1908, continues as a separate association.
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Carl G. O. Hansen papers, 1862-1958
History/Biography:
Carl Gustav Otto Hansen was born on March 16, 1871 in Trondheim, Norway to Sivert Christian Hansen (1839-1872) and Marit Megrund (1842-1927). In 1881, Carl, alongside his mother and siblings, emigrated to the United States. They settled in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where Marit’s parents and siblings settled. In 1882, they moved to Minneapolis. Marit supported the family, as she did in Norway, by producing knitwear. In 1887, she married Halver Olson from Verdalen.
Hansen studied Latin, Green, history and composition at Augsburg Seminary from 1887 to 1889, however he was mostly self-educated. He worked for a time in a print shop and later opened his own place. He married Amalie Marie Edsten (1871-1945), daughter of furniture merchant Aaron Henry Edsten and Johanne Larsdatter Rognerud. Together they had four children: Conrad, Arild, Erling, and Mildred.
From 1897 to 1935, he wrote and edited for Minneapolis Daglig Tidende. From 1935 to 1937, he was in Chicago and employed at Skandinaven. He then edited the Sons of Norway magazine in Minneapolis and served as the educational director (1937-1954). Hansen was a lifelong musician and sang with and directed male chorus groups, including the Norwegian Glee Club of Minnesota (1912-1945). He was also president of the Norwegian-Danish Press Association, and a founder of Det Norske Selskap and of NAHA.Hansen was a music critic, a book reviewer, a biographer of Norwegian Americans, and the author of "My Minneapolis (1956)."
Scope and Content: :
Correspondence, articles, lectures, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, and diaries of a Norwegian-born Minneapolis journalist, musician, lecturer, and author. The papers deal with the activities of Norwegian-American singing societies in Minneapolis and other cities, the tribulations of translators, the cultural creativity of Norwegian Americans, the study of the Norwegian language in the Minneapolis public schools and at St. Olaf College, biographies of Norwegian Americans, and other related subjects. "Sagas of Today" (a "Minneapolis Journal'' column) and "For 50 aar siden," "Det Norske Amerika gjennem Hundred Aar," and "Glimt fra Livet i det Norske Amerika," columns that ran in "Minneapolis Tidende," are among the clippings. The collection contains correspondence from significant authors, journalists, and scholars of the day.
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Harold S. Langland biography, 1968
A biography of Samuel S. Langland (1855-1928), a Norwegian-born Seattle attorney. The file includes several clippings about Langland, one by Brenda Ueland (February 17, 1955).- Pamphlet also includes information about Langland's cousin, Dr. Peter John Brekhus.
- Langland historical letters, circa 1870-1880
- Edward Brekhus autobiography;
- Several photos:
- Solfest and Ingeborg Landland family; Harold S. Langland with Kensington Runestone stand; and Stanley Iron Works, Minneapolis, where stand was manufactured
- Family pedigree tree