Hustvedt, Ester]]> Synstelien, Olava Tollefsrud]]> Rock County (Wis.)]]> Tollefsrude, Hans Christofferson]]> Monson, John C.]]> Tollefsrude, Christian H.]]> Tollefsrud, Hovel]]> Johnson, Ole Eide]]> Tollefsrude, Hans]]> Hanson, James Christain Meinich]]> Hanson, Karl B.]]> Heyerdahl, Augusta Hansen]]> Copies of an untitled autobiography (284 pages, photocopy of typescript) and of the write-up in the Dictionary of American Library Biography (3 pages, 1978, by John Phillip Immroth), of the career of a distinguished Norwegian-born librarian, a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, 1882. He was chief of the Catalog Department of the Library of Congress, 1897 - 1910, where he "was directly involved in or responsible for...the Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress subject headings, new catalog of the Library of Congress, the form and system of distribution of printed catalog cards, and formulation of catalog rules."

From 1910 to 1928 he served first as assistant director and later as acting director of the University of Chicago Libraries. From 1928 to 1934 he taught in the Graduate Library School of the University. In 1928 he also served as one of a group of American cataloging experts in the reorganization of the Vatican Library. The autobiography was edited by Oivind M. Hovde and published in 1974 by Luther College Press (321 p.), but without the index included here. See St. Olaf library: 'What Became of Jens" (Z720.H26A3 NAHA).

Includes offprint of his review of John A. Hofstead's 'American Educators of Norwegian Origin' in "Library Quarterly" July 1932; 31 clippings from C.G.O. Hansen clipping collection, 1907 - 1943 which include articles on relatives, and a series of articles "Erindringer fra ottiaarene" published 1934 - 35 in Scandia, and article "Reisen til Minneapolis' Valdrisstevne' from Skandinaven, August 18th, 1939; photograph of Hanson]]> Hanson, Jens]]> Thesen, Olaf]]> ]]> Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956]]> Nordic Folk Dancers of America]]> Norsk folkedans stemne]]> Scandinavian Folk Dance Festival]]> Duvik, Einar]]> Semb, Klara]]> United Nordic Folk Dancers of America]]> Tverberg, C. O.]]> Norwegian Folk Dance Circle]]> Norrøna Leikarring]]> Materials about a Minneapolis folk dance group (25 charter members) founded by Ellen Hammer in 1925 to perform at the Norse-American Centennial. Hilda Kringstad wrote in Minnesota Posten (May 16th, 1975) "Einar Duvick was instructor and received the St. Olaf medal for his services....it has travelled through the Midwest and Canada giving performances in theatres, colleges and high schools and churches. During the early years the members put on plays in Norwegian twice a year, fall and spring, at the old Norway Hall. With the exception of a few years...Leikarring has been an annual performer for the Valdres Samband."

Includes:

• Folk Dancing in Norway by Johan Krogsaeter (Tanum, 1968)
• Poster advertising the National Folk Dance Festival of 1938 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
• Norwegian Folk Dance. Folder containing materials about Norwegian folk dance in general; pamphlet Raumyrdansen by Andr. Mørch (Sigdal Spellemannslag, 1981, 16 p.); Norske folkedansar II. Rettleiding um dansen by Klara Semb (Oslo, Noregs Ungdomslag, 1925, 2. utg., 212 p.); Norsk Folkedans Stemne newsletter; Hansen clipping collection, 1925-1981
• Folder containing constitution, histories, correspondence, photographs, programs; lists of members and of occasions where the group performed, and of tours taken; pamphlet "Picturization of selected folk dances" compiled by C.O. Tverberg (Grafton, N.D., 16 p.) dedicated to the Leikarring; clipping of Tverberg article "Oprinnelsen av folkedansen" (Grand Forks Skandinav, November 15th, 1940). 1925-1958
• Programs. Folder containing various program events. 1925-1943
• Scrapbook and folder containing clippings (1926 - 1975, many undated), includes information about United Nordic Folk Dancers of America, and 1937 - 1941 festivals. 1926-1941

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