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• Mikel C. Holseth papers, 1864-1925

  Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, school notebooks, and a manuscript (44 p.) of his translation (portions of Joh. Ludwig Hartmann's (1640-84), "Evangelisk Troesgrund," from German to Norwegian.
  
  Content:
  Mikel Holseth Papers: Correspondence and Manuscript Note Books.
• Aksel H. Holter papers, circa 1925

  The Influence of Norway in Promoting Skiing in America and "Norwegian National Sports and Their Influence in the U.S. and Canada: Written for the Norse American Centennial Celebration 1925 by A. H. Holter." Holter was a Norwegian-born merchant from Ashland, Wisconsin, and an organizer and officer of the National Ski Association of America.
  
  Includes "The Influence of Norway in Promoting Skiing in America." Holter's article "Norwegian National Sports and Their Influence in the U.S. and Canada" covers skiing, skating, sailing, swimming, tennis, and football.
  
  The collection has been digitized and made available online here.
• Ludwig Horntvedt papers, 1888

  Translated copy of letters received by a Kalispell, Montana, farmer from his parents (of Stokke, Vestfold) at his departure to America. For Horntvedt family history, see "Aette historie og familie register av slegterne Mokkenes, Horntvedt, Myrre og Gjein" in the NAHA books collection.
  
  Content:
  Ludwig Horntvedt Letters (Feb. 28, 1888).
  
  The letters is digitized and available online here.
• John Olai Jensen Hougen correspondence, 1814-1905

  Letters written by Lutheran clergymen to Hougen about church affairs, including doctrinal differences. "17de Mai og 7de Juni, 1814-1905; Tale; Tilegnet St. Olaf College Musikkorps," pamphlet, 1906, 37 pages. Hougen was a Lutheran clergyman and a frequent contributor to newspapers and journals. Also includes letters to Haugen from President G. Sverdrup, Augsburg Seminary, August 13, 1884, letter from John O. Bye, S.A. Hatlestad, and Andrew Ivernmild, Deember 29, 1896, and letters from G. Hoyme
• Hans Christian Hougstad papers, circa 1870

  Emigration papers, financial records, diaries, poems, and correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer who emigrated in 1869 from S. Land, to Gale township, Trempeleau Co., Wisconsin.
  
  Content:
  Hans C. Hougstad Papers: Correspondence and Reports. Includes letter by his brother, Anders, written in Galesville, Wisconsin (dated: Feb. 18, 1869).
• Martha Hove Hougstad reminiscences, circa 1890

  A Pioneer Family, written primarily for the author's family, relating incidents from her life as a daughter of a Worth County, Iowa, farmer; as a college student; and as a teacher of piano and organ in Northwood and Decorah, Iowa, and in Minneapolis. Her husband, Christian Hougstad (1867-) a Lutheran clergyman, served parishes in Wisconsin. Her parents, Ole and Kari Hove, emigrated from Vikim (1854).
  
  Content:
  Martha Hove Hougstad handwritten manuscript: "A Pioneer Family."
• Nellie S. (Johnson) Houkom memoirs, 1936, 1952

  A collection of sketches of pioneer farm life in Muskego and Trempealeau Valley, Wisconsin, dealing with health, travel, Yankee neighbors, and church activity. Mention is made of Marcus Thrane, P. A. Rasmussen, J. B. Frich, and Gjermund Hoyme.
  
  Includes: Family chronicles and photocopies of two articles: "Glimpses of Pioneer Days," by Mrs. J.E. Engstad (a sister), (Oct. 1937); and "Graphic Descriptions of Pioneer Days," by Mrs. Houkom (1952).
• Olaf Svennungsen Houkom letters, circa 1870

  Transcriptions of American letters by Houkom to members of his family in Norway, describing his 1870 journey from Kviteseid, Telemark to Coon Prairie, Wisconsin, and discussing his experiences and church relationships at Highland Prairie, Minnesota; Sparta and La Crosse, Wisconsin; and Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis.
  
  Content:
  Olaf S. Houkom Correspondence: America Letters.
• Svennung Olsen Houkom correspondence, circa 1890

  Letters by relatives and friends in the United States to Houkom and others, written from Coon Prairie and Taylor, Wisconsin; Hampton, Iowa; and Stevens County and Winona, Minnesota. The writers describe their farm buildings and produce; quote prices of crops, livestock, and land; and encourage migration to America. "Documents: Pioneer Kjaerkebon Writes from Coon Prairie," edited and Translated by John A. Houkom. "Wisconsin Magazine Of History," June 1944.
  
  Content:
  Svenning Olsen Houkom: America Letters. Letters from Gunlek Gundersen Dalen; Ole Halvorson Klevstul; Svennung Ouverson Kjaerkebøn, Gregor Kittilsen, Egelev O. Midsund, Dorthe Bergseth.
• Peder Hovland papers, 1890-1947

  Pamphlets and photographs regarding the life and family of a Norwegian-born cobbler of La Fayette County, Wisconsin. "As I Remember" (1947) is a biography written and presented by his granddaughter, Edna Hovland Sardeson. Also included is a memorial pamphlet for Leigh Nicea Hovland "born Albert Lea, Minn. Aug. 16, 1890, died Chicago, Ill., Dec. 30, 1903"funeral service held at Bethel Lutheran Church, Jan. 3, 1904" by Carl Edward Tiller; portrait, poem and sermon.
  
  Content:
  Peder Hovland Papers: Pamphlets and Picture.