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Loken family history, undated
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Ulven-Rustad family history, 1823-2002
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Ericksen family history, undated
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Hans C. Heg papers, 1849-1998
Biography/History:
Hans Christian Heg was a known abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was born in Lier, Buskerud, Norway (December 21, 1829). He was the eldest of the four children of Even Hansen Heg (1790–1850) and his wife Sigrid "Siri" Olsdatter Kallerud Heg (1799–1842). The family moved to America in 1840, settling in the Muskego Settlement in Wisconsin.
He joined the "Forty-Niners" and spent two years prospecting for gold in California. Upon the death of his father, he returned to the Muskego area in 1851. He married Gunhild Einong (1833–1922). With the outbreak of the Civil War, Heg was appointed by Governor Alexander Randall as colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He died of the wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Scope and Content:
A typescript copy of a letter by Heg; a letter by Olaf I. Rove to Waldemar Ager, quoting August Reymert concerning Heg's contribution to the Civil War effort; a speech by Julius E. Olson; clippings concerning the Heg monument in Madison, Wisconsin; genealogies; Historic Heg Memorial Park, pamphlet, 1975; typescript copy of a Heg letter from Weaverville, California, October 7, 1849; Photo of a monument to the 15th Wisconsin at Chicamauga Creek; and photocopies of an article by Kevin Die-Zimmel about Heg's contact with Sherman M. Booth, an abolitionist opponent of the Fugitive Slave Law, and transcriptions of contemporary newspaper articles concerning the "Booth affair." "The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg" was published by NAHA in 1936.
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Nils P. Haugen papers, circa 1890-circa 1930
A letter to a constituent, a speech on tariff, and a 17th of May speech held in Washington, D.C., 1893, by a Norwegian-born Wisconsin attorney and statesman. Haugen was the second Norwegian American in the U.S. Congress. File includes an assortment of clippings. A bound copy of volumes 11, 12, and 13 of "Wisconsin Magazine of History" which contain Haugen's "Pioneer and Political Reminiscences" is in the NAHA books collection. See also "Hallingen," no. 75, June 1931.
Contents:- Nils P. Haugen Papers (folder 1). Father's devotional book (1854); a speech on the tariff (1888, 30 p.); speech delivered at the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago (1893, 8 p.)
- Nils P. Haugen Papers (folder 2). Letter (Dec. 21, 1890) to a constituent regarding the breakwater at Pepin, Minn.; clippings.
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Mads Johannesen Haugen letters, circa 1870
Letters by a Goodhue County, Minnesota, farmer to his fiancée regarding her ticket to America and to his parents about farm produce and prices. Mads emigrated from Stjørdal (Nord-Trøndelag) in 1870. His fiancée (Olia Guttormsdatter Kirkeby) emigrated from Meraaker and they were married at Gol Church, May 4, 1873. Later moved to Valley Grove community, 6 miles southwest of Northfield, MN. -
Martin Haugan papers, 1775-1878
Papers (Swedish) consisting largely of marriage and death announcements, and books. Hansen says the Haugans are dead. Martin Haugan is not in the (incomplete) list of members (p654*) although Victor and William Haugan (possibly sons?) are. The Swedish documents pertain to the family of his wife, Marie Svensson, and include an invitation to the Haugan's wedding in Aahus, Sweden, on Feb. 9, 1866. Both Martin and the father of the bride are called ship captains. Two letters dated 1867 to Marie are addressed to Aalesund. The books: "Axel, en romans" by Esaias Tegner (1822); funeral sermon by David Broberg (Lund, 1812 ; "Martha, eller marknaden i Richmond: komisk opera." (Stockholm, 1851); "Preciosa, romantiskt skaades el Stockholm," 1857 ; "Lyonesiskan," by E. Lytton Bulwer Stockholm, 1839); "Skildring of ...Frans Gustaf Oscars sista stunder" (Stockholm, 1854); "Det aadlaste hjerta i vinno-brøst, moralisk och historisk teknin," by Jacob Vilh.Faxe (Lund, 1785); "Predikan pan Søndagen efter H. Trefaldighets Dag..1812" (manuscript). -
John E. Haugen correspondence, 1910-1967
Correspondence and assorted papers of a pharmacist and administrator of the St. Paul Luther Hospital. Includes a small booklet for the Woman's Club (1910-1911) Dell Rapids, S.D.; class notes from the University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine, 1895; clipping on Karen Haugen. -
Knudt Olson Hastvedt reminiscences, 1941
Erindringer om det første norske udvandrings-selskabs reise til Texas og fra de første 6 aar af nybyggerlivet der, is an account of Hastvedt's trip to Texas in 1846, of Johan Reinert Reiersen's expedition in 1843-1844, and of early frontier life there. The original manuscript (typed, 13 p.) is located in the Texas State Historical Association, Austin. A translated version (translated and edited by Clarence C. Clausen, St. Olaf College) was published in "Studies and Records," volume 12 (1941).
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Knudt Olson Hastvedt Manuscript: "Recollections of Pioneer Life in Texas" n.d. copy of a bible (N.Y., American Bible Society, 1848) which Hasvedt purchased from Cleng Peerson on Feb. 10, 1851, according to his manuscript note in the "Familie Minder" pages between the two testaments. He mentions this purchase in his Recollections: "In 1848 Cleng Peerson came from Texas. He stayed with us two or three weeks ... returned to Illinois and came again to Texas in 1850. He brought along a whole bundle of Bibles and New Testaments. I bought a copy of each ... He had got these in Illinois from the Bible society; and much of the way, probably most of the 175 miles from Shreveport, Louisiana, he had to carry them on his back since he usually rode shanks' mare" (in the original, "Apostlernes Heste"). Hastvedt also noted in the "Familie Minder" pages information about three of his children: Jörgen Edvar, born April 16, 1863, Moscow, Wis.; Karel Christian Oscar, born and baptized Aug. 15, 1877; Johsephine Christine, born Dec. 18, 1881. According to "Norge i Texas" (1982) Hastvedt emigrated with his family from Aamli, Aust-Agder in 1846. In 1853 he led a group from Texas to Wisconsin, including his widowed mother (who died in Daleyville, Wis.), and two sisters. Hastvedt married in Wisconsin Christine Helleksen, and died in Dawson, Minn. 1904.(P.220; see also Naeseth's "Norwegian immigrants," v.2 p.295-296) -
Alice Hasler article, 1961
A historical sketch of pioneer events in Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin (3 p. typescript).
Content:
Also includes "An October Tornado" (Oct. 3, 1903) by Carrie Hasler Rasmussen (Mrs. Hans), Sept. 1961. 1 pg. Typescript.