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Simon Johnson papers, 1907-1925
Short stories, novels, and poems in print and in typescript by a Norwegian-born novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. Johnson, called "The Poet of the Prairie," wrote Et geni (1907), Lonea (1909), I et nyt rike (1914), Fire fortæIlinger (1917), Fallitten paa Braastad (1922), and Frihetens hjem (1925). He was editor of the Grand Forks Normanden, and co-editor of Decorah-Posten. "An Immigrant Boy on the Frontier" by Johnson, translated by Nora Solum, appeared in Studies, volume 23, 1967. -
Ole S. Johnson papers, circa 1906-1925
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer and author of Spring Grove, Minnesota: letters and clippings; 4 scrapbooks; and 2 volumes of biographical notes dealing with such subjects as socialism and prohibition. Johnson was the author of three books: Socialismen (1906), Nybyggerhistorie fra Spring Grove og omegn Minnesota (1920), and Udvandringshistorie fra Ringerikesbygderne (1925). -
Helge Høverstad papers, 1863-1945
History/Biography:
Helge Høverstad was born on March 15, 1870 in Vang, Valdris, Norway. His parents were Torger Anderson Høverstad (1834-1883) and Gjertrude Helgesdatter Leine (1843-1939). Together they had four other children besides Helge, including: Torgeir who emigrated to Minnesota, and Boye, Torstein, and Berit who all stayed in Norway. Helge immigrated in June 1892, first landing in Quebec, Canada. He first settled in Holden, Goodhue County, Minnesota where his uncles, Anders and Torstein, had settled.
Helge first went to the Hamar Seminary in Norway from 1887-1889, and then went on to study at the United Church Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1893-1896 (Now Augsburg University). From 1896-1897, he attended Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. He served various congregations including: Elliot, Illinois (1897-1904); Perry, Wisconsin (1904-1909); and Sioux City, Iowa (1909-). He served on the board of the Foreign Missions and wrote for St. Petri tidende.
Helge’s father Torger was born to Anders Anderson Hoverstad Berit Hambre. He had four siblings: brothers Anders and Torstein (both settled in Holden, Goodhue Co., MN), and sisters Berit and Kari. Berit married Kristoffer Lockren (Wangs, Goodhue Co.), and Kari married Ole H. Leine (Vang, Norway). Helge’s mother Gjertrude was born to Helge Helgeson Leine and Gjertrud Boyesdatter. She had eight siblings: Helge, Ole, Boye, Ove, Erik, Nils, Karn (married Lars Lenie) and Berthe (Married Trond Hambre).
Helge’s brother Torstein, who stayed in Norway, conceived the idea of establishing a Norwegian teacher's college, and he worked actively from 1916 to 1922 to realize this idea through both the government and the Storting. He served as the publisher and editor of Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift (the Norwegian Journal of Education). Torstein’s son, Gunnar, was a Norwegian bomber pilot who was trained to fly in Canada at Camp Little Norway during World War I.
(Information gathered from Andrew Veblen’s book “The Valdris Book,” and from bibliography of Norwegian Lutheran pastors in the United States. Both available in the NAHA Archives.)
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born clergyman in the United Norwegian Lutheran Church in America (1897-1917), and in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1917-1945).
The papers consist largely of letters received by Høverstad, including a number from Gertrude Høverstad, his mother, and other Norway relatives, from Torgeir A. Høverstad, his cousin in America; from Kristine Haugen, zealous protagonist of Norwegian-American culture; from Hans C. Ness, Norwegian consular agent in Sioux City, Iowa.
The correspondence deals with personal problems of friends; with affairs of church foreign missions in China, Madagascar, and Africa; with church politics; with relation of church and state and with the use of Norwegian language during World War I; with hypnotism and spiritualism; with personal problems as land owner; with problems connected with settlement of Torgeir Høverstad’s estate; with Torstein Høverstad’s book “Skularne i Amerika og det Praktiske Liv;” with the Veblen family (mostly in the T.A. Høverstad folder); with Valdres Bygdelag, of which he was a founder.
Correspondents include Lars W. Boe, Olaf M. Norlie, Einar Haugen, Missionary Harold Martinson, Governor W.L. Harding (Iowa), Kirkesanger (Precentor) John O. Quale (Bishop Jens Pederson Schelderup, 1557-1582). There are occasional carbon copies of letters by Høverstad.
The papers also contain newspaper clippings concerning his ideas and activities; his poems, lectures, newspaper articles, including such titles as “Rationalismen, Historie og Historie Undervisning,” and “Address at Unveiling of Gjermund Høyme portrait in Valdres, Norway, 1923;” his autobiography, 1893; his mother’s autobiography, 1921; and many photographs.
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Kristine Haugen papers, 1900-1955
Haugen was born in the valley of Oppdal, emigrating in 1899 to North Dakota. Married John Ellingsen Haugen, carpenter, in 1904 and settled in Sioux City, Iowa. Scrapbooks of clippings from the Norwegian-American press on a variety of subjects, including NAHA, and letters from Ole E. Rolvaag. Mrs. Haugen was correspondent for the Norwegian-American press and was editor of Oppdalslaget yearbook from 1928 to 1935. Awarded the Medal of St. Olav in 1955. -
Einar Haugen papers, 1913-1926
Einar Ingvald Haugen ( April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist, author, and professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University.
In 1931 Haugen joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he stayed until 1962. He was made Victor S. Thomas Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics at Harvard University in 1964, and stayed here until his retirement in 1975. Haugen served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian American Historical Association.
The collection includes O. E. Rolvaag letters to Haugen, correspondence, clippings, and articles in typescript and print. -
Adolph M. Hanson papers, 1919-1942
Papers of a Faribault, Minnesota, physician: poems, correspondence, and articles dealing largely with his invention of, and the patent on, his extract of parathyroid gland, the royalties from which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution. Hanson was the son of Martin G. Hanson and grandson of Osten Hanson, past presidents of the Hauge Synod. Hanson held the rank of major in the Sanitary Commission during World War I. -
Fox River Settlement Centennial papers, 1933-1979
Articles, correspondence, clippings, pictures, programs, dealing with the centennial celebration of the first permanent Norwegian settlement in the United States in the Fox River Valley, La Salle County, Illinois. Among the papers are the addresses by Marshall Solberg and Arthur Andersen and an article, "The Fox River Norwegian Settlement," by Carlton C. Qualey. B. O. Berge, Orlando Ingvoldstad, Joseph M. Johnson, John J. Sonsteby, J. Jorgen Thompson are the chief correspondents.
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Andrew Fossum papers, 1887-1941
Correspondence, manuscripts, articles and records of a teacher, author, Greek scholar, and archeologist. Fossum, born in Allamakee County, Iowa, attended Luther College, Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.), and the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece. He was the author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918) and of articles on the theater in ancient Greece. His correspondents include George O. Berg, Gisle Bothne, Albert E. Egge, O. G. Felland, J. F. Fries, Hjalmar R. Holand, Olaf Huseby, Th. N. Mohn, Anna Mohn (Mrs. Th. N.), Knute Nelson, George A. Torrison, Andrew A. Veblen, and H. T. Ytterboe. -
Ole Nilsen Flagum papers, 1865-1900
Articles, clippings, poems, records, and scrapbooks of a Norwegian-born farmer and writer. The scrapbooks of clippings from Visergutten and Decorah-Posten contain biographies of pioneers in Winnebago County, Iowa, including those of Jens M. Dahl and Niels Chr. Flugum, written by Flugum. A scrapbook of clippings from Amerika (1900) contains letters concerning the Boer War and recent Norwegian literature. The Lutheran church record book contains rosters of members and cites their yearly contributions to the Winnebago, Fertile, West Prairie, North Prairie, Ellington Prairie, and Lake Mills congregations (1865-1887).
Includes:- "Den Kristne Menighets Missionsopgave" (typescript, 1931); Sermon outlines and Membership and Financial records of Winnebago Lutheran Church (1899); "Ei Utvandrarsoge Fra Sogndal" by Rasmus Sunde (1994)
- Manuscripts of newspaper articles written by O. N. Flugum (undated
- Clippings and Poems (1926-1939, undated)
- Letters and Articles (1928-1933, undated)
- Typescript copies of articles written by and about O. N. Flugum; "History and Scattered Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago" (1927); "Prejudice as a Hindrance to Knowledge" (undated)
- Phrenograph of John Quam (1896); O. N. Flugum Library Catalogue (1908-1909); Biographies of Hans Holtan and C. N. Flugum (n.d.); Clippings from "Amerika" regarding Boer War and Recent Norwegian Literature (1900); 4 volumes of clippings of "Historier og spredte minder fra pioneertiden i Winnebago" (c. 1930); Norse-American Centennial Medal (1925).
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Congregations records
Printed and typescript histories, constitutions, programs, yearbooks, and records of some 400 Norwegian-American churches, filed alphabetically by state and city (or county).