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Hanson family history, 1972-1982
"Hansons of Hamvik" newsletters. -
Hanson family history, undated
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Hanson-Graven family history, undated
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Hanson-Schanche family history, 1969
The Hanson-Schanche family tree. -
Hanson-Urdalen-Ellefson family history, 1957
"Viroqua Couple [Ellef & Johanna] Ellefson Married Sixty-Five Years; Both Are Natives of Norway" Mentions: voted for Abraham Lincoln; crossing Atlantic Ocean and measles on board: "40 children and four adults died and were buried at sea"; serving as a housekeeper and not understanding the language. Photograph of Ellef (age 70) and Johanna (age 62) with son, Julius (32) standing in front of their home, ca. 1909. -
Harald Ingvald Christensen family history, 1872
Photocopy of christening of Harald. -
Harald Olson biography, undated
Reminiscences (10 pages, manuscript) concerning the life of an emigrant from South Aurdal, who came to Litchfield, Minnesota, in 1876, and later settled on a homestead in Swift County, near Benson, Minnesota. -
Harald Sorhaug collection, 1940-1945
Harald Sorhaug was bron in Norway on February 1913. During World War II, he worked for the Norwegian Resistance (Hjemmevernet). Sorhaug often told stories of the war, and around his 90th birthday, his daughter asked him to put his memories into writing. Included in the collection: "Memories of the war years" by Harald Sorhaug Copy of letter Gjudrun Sorhaug wrote to the warden at Berg Concentration Camp asking for permission to visit her husband, 1944 September 20 Delgeren, 1940 April 2-1940 April 18, 1945 December 6 Opland, 1945 May 2-1945 June 21 Vestopland, 1945 May 2 Opland Avbeiderblad, 1940 December 12 Oslo-Pressen, 1945 May 12 Oplendingen, 1943 September 9 Samhold, 1945 June 21 -
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America records, 1890-2009
Materials related to the Hardanger fiddle, a traditional Norwegian folk instrument with eight strings, and to the association founded in 1983 in order to stimulate interest in the instrument and in Scandinavian folk music and dance. -
Hardangerlag papers, 1911-2018
About Hardangerlag:
Organized at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 15, 1911. At the 1925 Norse-American Centennial, the lag had an attendance of about 500.Past presidents include:
Wollert Hildahl (1911)
Samson S. Tveit (1911-35)
Samson J. Jordal (1935-47)
John L. Moe (1947-48)
John Sad (1948-49)
Ingvald Lillevik (1949-50)
Martin Kallestad (1950-51, 1952-53)
Tom Sexe (1951-52)
John Klyvee (1953-54)
Olaf Welken (1954-55)
Einar Vallevik (1955-60)
Thor Ohme (1960-63)
Stella Peterson (1963-)Past secretaries include:
Sivert A. Jordahl (1911-24)
Nels Fresvik (1924-)
S.C. Hjeltness
William Botnen (1847-51)
Anna Alvig (1951-53, 1957-)
Erling Brekke (1953-57)History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655).