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Hurdalslag papers, 1913-1977
About Hurdalslag:
Organized at Ostrander, Minnesota, October 20, 1913. The society intended to expand into a lag for all of Romerike. In 1925 at the Norse-American Centennial it was estimated that they had an attendance of 300. Their last stevne was in 1941.Past presidents include:
Rev. H. Engh (1913-24)
Ludvig Gullickson (1924-41)Past secretaries include:
Ludvig Gullickson (1913-19)
H.P. Larson (1919-23, 1924-)
L.J. Haug (1923-24)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). -
Hutchinson Theological Seminary papers, circa 1910
Catalogues and student journals of a Danish-Norwegian Adventist institution established in Hutchinson, Minnesota, in 1910. -
Huvestad-Talleiv-Olavsson family history, 1919
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Hylden family history, 1981
"Seeds" family history, of Mikkel and Bertha Hylden -
I Couldn't Milk Another Goat: Goodbye Norway - Hello Minnesota
The story of Carrie Kirkeeide Thorson (1878-1974) leaving Norway in 1903 to move to Minnesota. Written by Paul Stephen Arneson. "Why did a young Norwegian lady take this trip knowing she would likely never see her family again? Why Minnesota? What was Minneapolis like in the early 1900s? How did she and her husband and children fare during the Great Depression? What were the hardships they suffered during World War II? How did she keep her sanity outliving four of her five children?" -
I.J. Reierson and Reier Olson bond, 1886
Document reminiscent of the Norwegian "kår brev" drawn up in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, stipulating conditions under which the father conveyed his farm to his son.
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Ida Rygg travel journal, 1967
Ida Rygg travel journal to Norway. Herman and Ida Rygg lived near Sioux City, Iowa. Includes a few snapshots. -
Ida Torger Anderson interview, 1995 September 7
In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Terje Joranger interviews Ida Anderson. -
Ike family history, undated
Confirmation Certificates, "History of Maren Dammen Ike" and “Skandianvian Trip May and June 1964” -
Illinois Benevolent Societies papers, 1893-1986
Constitutions, programs, and reports of several institutions in Illinois.
Includes: The Cradle. Mooseheart Children's Home. Norsk Luthersk Missionshotel i Chicago. Evangelisk-Lutherske Indre-Missions-Forening i Illinois. Norwegian Lutheran Mission Home of Chicago. Evangelical Lutheran Home-Finding Society of Illinois. Lutheran Home Finding Society of Illinois. Skandinaviske Kvinders Hjaelpeforening for Fattige i Chicago. Pleasant View Lutheran Home. Includes a paper by Paula F. Pfeffer (Dept. of History, Mundelein College) "prepared for delivery at the 1985 meeting of the Illinois History Symposium"" "Class over adoption practices: the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society versus The Cradle. 40 typescript p.
Hazel Anderson material as background for Lovoll's Century of urban life (NAHA, 1988). Includes "Draft: History of Lutheran Social Service of Illinois" (6 p. typescript); "A history of Illinois Lutheran Welfare Association and statement of policy of the board of directors on unification, pp.1-2 (incomplete typescript). 4 p. typescript, timeline of institutions and organizations; 1986 interviews (typescript) with Christ and Emma Aasbrein, Leroy Carlson, Bergette Gramberg, Thomas Peterson (born 189 1, Art and Alice Nasheim, Evelyn Pfeuffer, Hulda Werness; materials on Unity Lutheran Church Girls' Home, photocopies of "Inner Mission Message" (1927-1943), Inner Mission Society of the Chicago area of the United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Social Mission Society of Illinois (selected minutes, 1949-1961), "Home Finding News" (1949,1955), "Social Mission Message' (1949), "The Gleaner" (1951,1954), Lutheran Home Finding Society of Illinois (1955-1956; "Nursery Echoes" (Lutheran Day Nursery, 1986), miscellaneous.