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• Ole J. Haaland family history, 1928

  "History and Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago County, Iowa," first appeared in Norwegian in Visergutten, January 12, 1928. This translation is by a grandson, H. O. Folkestad. Ole Haaland came from Skjold, Stavanger, Norway, in 1858 to Dane County, Wisconsin, and migrated to Iowa in 1965.
• Olai (Olaf) Ludvig Haavik letters, 1962

  Copies of letters between a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and a former parishioner, Jennie Hartmann, containing reminiscences of the Ballard Lutheran Church in Seattle, Washington, and biographical information about Haavik.
• George E. Hafstad papers, 1909-1980

  Letters, clippings, speeches of a plant pathologist of the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, who was involved with efforts to preserve the American elm tree. In his retirement Mr. Hafstad came across a hand-written copy of "Sinklars Visen," of which he made a translation. Both the hand-written copy and the translation are in the collection.
  
  Includes:
  

  • Stock certificate of The Duluth-Vermillion Mining Company (1910).
  • Letters from Hafstad's mother when he was in Monrovia, Liberia (1934-1935); a collection of 40 illustrated picture post cards (1909-1915).
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  Lawrence R. Hafstad papers, 1919-1977

  History/Biography:

  Lawrence Randolph Hafstad was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1904 to two Norwegian Immigrants. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1926. In 1933, he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in physics. Hafstad died on October 12, 1993.

  In 1931, he earned the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for his research with Merle A. Tuve and Odd Dahl.He was a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938-1941. During the war he was part of a scientific team at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University which developed the proximity fuse for use in anti-aircraft weaponry. This development marked a significant improvement in ordnance for the Army and Navy. 

  He was awarded the Medal of Merit from the United States Navy and the King's Medal in Defense of Freedom from the British Government in 1946. Among other positions, he was Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949; Director of Reactor Development, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1955; Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955; vice president of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories, 1955-1969. He traveled to Europe and Asia in 1955 on behalf of the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the United States in 1954 and the Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956. 

  Scope and Content: 

  The collection contains reports, clippings, pamphlets, articles, photographs, and correspondence.Hafstad’s articles discuss various topics regarding atoms and nuclear energy, lectures on missiles, and more. His correspondence includes personal with his mother, and professional correspondence regarding Joint Research and Development Board, U.S. Department of Defense, and Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Travel documents regarding Peaceful Atomic Development in Japan, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan and Germany, also includes various photographs of his travels.

• Oral History

  Anna Haga interview, 1996 May 24

  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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Monys Ann Hage thesis, 1984

  "Norwegian Pioneer Women: Ethnicity on the Wisconsin Agricultural Frontier," a University of Wisconsin Master's thesis.
• Anders O. Hagen papers, 1826-1902

  Correspondence, autobiography, and a credit record from Klaebo seminarium of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman of St. James (1873-1879) and Windom (1879-1902), Minnesota. The letters, written by Michael Borge, W. J. L. Frich, U. V. Koren, B. J. Muus, H. A. Preus, and P. A. Rasmussen relate to Hagen's pastoral call to America, his ministry at St. James, and his call to Windom.
  
  Content:
  Anders O. Hagen Papers: Correspondence & Manuscripts.
  
  Location: 
  1/A/5
  
• Carl Hagen memoirs, 1980

  Reminiscences of a Norwegian American from Halloway, Minnesota, covering farm and village life in the area up to 1908. Hagen later became an officer of the National City Bank of New York and spent part of his career in Latin America. Part of a larger manuscript.
• Oral History

  Hans Hagen interview, circa 1995 November

  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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Reverend Ole J. Hagen family history, 1995-2015

  Compiled by Nicholas S. Hagen and includes:
  The Life of a Prairie Pastor: A Biography of Reverend Ole J. Hagen, 1860-1937, Part I (2003)
  A Chronicle of the Life of Rev. O.J. Hagen and his Family, The Minnesota Years, 1894-1911 (2004)
  A Chronicle of the Life of Rev. O.J. Hagen and his Family, The Montana Years, 1911-1940 (2005)
  The Ancestors and Descendants of Rev. Ole Jacobson Hagen,1860-1937 (2015)
  Minnesota Genealogist (photocopied):
  “Hadley Lutheran Church, Murray County, 1895-1906 records” (1995)
  “Chandler Lutheran Church Records, 1895-1905” (1996)
  “Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota.
  Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and Funerals. Records from 1895-1902 (1999).
  Note from Dr. Hagen:
  I reconstructed journals of his and his family's activities for The Minnesota Years (1894-1911)
  The Montana Years (1911-1940). Rev. Hagen kept a daily journal which, unfortunately, was destroyed in a church fire. To reconstruct it I have read every newspaper edition of the communities where he lived and extracted references to him and his family members. Many ministerial acts are reported.
  Formerly part of P539.