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Rasmus Hanson papers, 1864-2001
Article from "Bergens Tidende," October 1, 1960, containing a story about a collection of America letters written by a Decorah, Iowa, farmer and some excerpts from a few of these letters. There are references to the Civil War, American marriage laws, school, farming, and the church.
Contents:- bound volume, The Odyssey of Rasmus Hanson (Booklet self published for Hanson/Vik reunion by Marilyn Hanson) ; Civil War tintype of Rasmus Hanson in uniform; photo reprint of Rasmus Hanson family; News article in Norwegian regarding Rasmus Hanson; Clarkfld [Minnesota] Civil War Veteran’s Pioneer Letters Discovered in Norway: translated during the summer of 1961. Mentions letters sent to Mrs. Betsey Solberg daughter of the writer Rasmus Hanson. Original with notations at the end of the translator; Original Rasmus Hanson letters with translations into English done by John and Randi Naustheller; 1864-1961
- Ramona Solberg letter detailing her trip home that began the morning of September 11, 2001; Postcard from Halvor Solberg in Telemark Norway to K.K. Solberg in Clarkfield, MN (in English); Original hand lettered with art work by C. K. Solberg with a poem written for the fifteenth anniversary celebration of the wedding of Haldor (H. K.) and Betsey (Hanson) Solberg on Sunday, July 20, 1919 with signatures of attendees; Original letter dated 4 September 1945 written by Eveleth, Arley and Ramon’s cousin Carl Theo, son of C. K. Solberg and his second wife Sina Varland. He was at the ship board signing witnessing the end of WW II. This is his account. An amazing letter. 1864-2001
- Article from "Bergens Tidende," October 1, 1960, containing a story about a collection of America letters written by a Decorah, Iowa, farmer and some excerpts from a few of these letters. There are references to the Civil War, American marriage laws, school, farming, and the church. Added: printing of letters of Feb. 14, 1864, source not given, but dated April 1972. Translation of 1960 article. Family history of Rasmus Hanson, and of family of Mons Vik (1833-1911), whose children married. 1864-1972
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Peder H. Hanson letter, 1879 December 5
Letter written by Hanson at New Richmond, Wisconsin, about jobs.
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Peder H. Hanson Letter (December 5, 1879). -
Martin Gustav Hanson papers, circa 1900
Papers of a Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, reports, letters of call, ordination papers, and the first diploma issued by Red Wing Seminary Department of Theology (1884). The correspondence deals with such topics as Red Wing Seminary and the union movement among Norwegian Lutheran synods. Hanson was president of Red Wing Seminary and also of the Hauge Synod. In 1912 he was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St. Olaf. Also includes article by Adelsten Berge (Oct. 15, 1915) "Pastor Hanson jordefærd." -
Gustav S. Hanson Sunday school records, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1906
A Sunday school class attendance record by Gustav S. Hanson, a Norwegian-born pharmacist in Canton, South Dakota. Sunday school records, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1906. -
Hanson family correspondence, 1888-1896
Letters written from Norway and from Vienna, South Dakota (Clark Co.) and Winfred, South Dakota (Lake Co.), by members of the family to relatives.
Content:
Hanson Family Correspondence: Letters, Norway and So. Dak.
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Ingebör Hanson; Mrs. Maria Moorhead; Julia Hanson; Kari Jastad; B. Dybevig; Ole Thorstensen (Klövstadbakken); Chas. M. Langland (writing from Luther College to Mons H. Langland, his father, June 19, 1896). See in Rowberg File, articles on C.M. Langland, well known Highland township farmer ; and Martha Maria (Hanson) Moorhead (Mrs. Robert S.) born near Spring Grove 1866, related to Miner and Langeland families. -
Christian Hansen correspondence, 1876-1924
Letters to Christian Hansen in Chicago from his brother Lars Hansen and nephews, and from H. Kolbjörnsen, Nils Bye, and Lundby, Kirkenær Christiania, Norway. Photocopies and translations.
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Christian Hansen Correspondence. -
Peder J. Hansen papers, circa 1930
Papers of a Norwegian-born carpenter and merchant of Sharon, North Dakota (emigrated 1872), consisting of several poems and his autobiography (4 p. typescript), edited by Vigleik E. Boe in 1933, where he tells of early houses, land problems, carpentry, and the founding of congregations.
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Peder J. Hansen Papers: Autobiography & Poems, edited in 1933. -
Hallvard H. Hande papers, circa 1950
Translation of "Segner fraa Bygdom," (Christiania, 1871) by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and editor, consisting of some forty legends from Valdres, Norway, 67 typescript pages. The translation (with title, "Legends from Valdres") was done in the 1950s by Hande's granddaughter, M. E. Midelfort, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. "Ei Hugvending," pages 3-62, unbound with no title page; an untitled play, 41 typescript pages with missing parts; "Snefnugg: digt og prosa, af H. Hande, 1870," an unpaged manuscript; and one volume of manuscript music, 44 pages. Hande was the editor of "Norden," Chicago (1874-1882 and 1884-1887), and the author of a play, "Ei Hugvending" (A Change of Heart), based on Valdres superstition and tradition. Hande Immigrated in 1872, served as pastor at Estherville, Iowa, 1873-74.
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Hallvard Hande. Volume. Additional items: report of Vesterheim Genealogical Center research on families of Hand and his wife, 1995; "Ei Hugvending." 2. utgaava. 3-62 p. Unbound, no title page. Untitled play: in manuscript and also in typescript.(41 p.). The manuscript is very fragile and parts are missing. It was sent to Margaret Midelfart of Larvik in 1953 by Valdres Historielag. A manuscript note on envelope says it contains "original handwritten manuscript of 'Ei Hugvending "' but it seems to be a quite different play. Lindemann, Ludv. M. "Halvhundrede Norske Fjeldmelodier harmoniserede for mandstemmer." Udgivne of de Norske Selskab, Kristiania,1862. 44 p. "d. Hande" in manuscript on title page. -
Hans Hamran papers, circa 1933
A logbook of a Norwegian sailor who together with his brother Harald crossed the Atlantic in 1933 in a 25-foot boat in four months. They then continued by water from New York to the Chicago World's Fair (A Century of Progress). Filed with the logbook are letters, pictures, and a 3-page typescript, "Hamran Brothers' Family History." The boat is at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa.
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Hans Hamran Papers: Logbook, Letters, Pictures. "Nordic Front" Chicago publication (Jan. 20 & March 20, 1939) containing diary of Hans Hamran, "Viking Unmasks." -
Knut Halverson diary, 1872-1879
A kept by an immigrant from Telemark who came to Wisconsin in 1865. The file includes an edited translation with an introduction by Malcolm Rosholt, who published it in the "Iola Herald," Iola, Wisconsin (date unknown).
Two volumes of a journal or diary kept by a 1865 emigrant from Telemark who settled in the "Indian Land [Native American]" in central Wisconsin, Portage County. The first volume covers May 1872-April 1878. The second volume covers 1890-1896, with occasional entries (not always chronological) through 1934 A letter (May 9, 1955) from a niece, Hannah Halvorson Teslow, gives information about the family. Malcolm Rosholt, who knew Halverson and gave the diaries, translated the first volume. Two versions of the translation, with introductions and notes, are included (55,56 p.).
Most of the translation was published in the "Iola Herald" in spring 1970. Rosholt published an article, "A pioneer diary from Wisconsin," in "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 21 (1962), pp. 198-211. He says the diary "may be the most significant early document relating to Portage County, Wisconsin, in the Norwegian language" for the period, giving a "fairly comprehensive picture of pioneer farm life on the Wisconsin frontier." The second volume, which was discovered later, has not been translated except for a few pages. The surname is spelling variously; this is the one used in Rosholt's article.