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• Peter A. Hovland collection, circa 1945-1950

  Various materials of editor Peter August Hovland. Hovland was born in Kristianssand in 1877. He died in Anoka County, Minnesota, in 1958.
• Wangen family history, 1971

  Family history titled "History of the Wangen Families, 1636-1970."
• Fraas, Sorenson Lah family history, 1983

  Family history titled "Castles and Cathedrals: Thre Fraas, Sorenson Lah Family History from 1062."
• Habberstad and Knudsen family history, 2023

  Family history titled "From Oxcarts to Aeroplanes: The Story of the Habberstad and Knudsen Families of Lanesboro, Minnesota, 1818-1939." 
  
  Table of contents:
  

  1. Dedication
  2. Letter to the reader
  3. Chapter One: Ole and Margrethe Habberstad's Story
  4. Chapter Two: Ole and Serena Knudsen's Story
  5. Chapter Three: Olaf and Celia Habberstad's Story
• John and Helen Overbee photo album, circa 1900

  Photograph album created by John and Helen Overbee. The photographs are unidentified. The Overbee family lived in Garretson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
• Halvor Trogaton family history, 2008

  Family history titled "Descendants of Halvor Trogaton (born before 1600): Norway and America."
• Gjovig/Wold/Houg family history, 2023

  Gjovig/Wold/Houg family history -- 215 pages of family history for the descendants of siblings Even E. Gjovig, Lars E. Gjovig, Beathe (Gjovig) Houg, and their uncle, Even Hansen Wold. They are from the Gjøvig and Wold farms near Nes, Hedmark, Norway. Even, Lars, and Beathe and their spouses emigrated to Spring Grove, Minnesota, in 1867-70. They homestead at Canby, Minnesota (Yellow Medicine County) in 1872.
• Todd Walsh collection, 2023

  Publication by the Goodhue County Historical Society titled "Castle on the Hill: The Lutheran Ladies' Seminary of Red Wing, Minnesota."
  
  

  From its enviable perch overlooking the Mississippi River, Lutheran Ladies' Seminary brought to mind medieval castles that once guarded Europe's major waterways. As the seminary opened on this scenic campus in 1894, less than 10 percent of America's youth continued schooling beyond eighth grade. Academies such as LLS served as high schools. Girls could enroll at 14. Students and teachers alike dealt with a delicate issue: How to educate American females of the Victorian Age while reckoning with the 1890s debut of the dynamic "New Woman." Conflicting messages sent by parents, teachers, clergy and culture besieged the girls. They trained for their traditional "true place" as wives and mothers, while also learning occupational skills that could make them more independent. World War I anti-German sentiment, the 1917-1919 influenza pandemic and financial issues challenged the seminary during its short existence. But two fires within six months of each other snuffed life from the school. For decades to come, the seminary's ghostly hilltop remains overlooked Red Wing, serving as reminders of a once vibrant school and its bright, spirited young women.
• Olaf Skye collection, 2022

  Biographical book on Olaf Skye by Norma Skye Stromberg titled "Olaf Skye: Faithful Norwegian-American-Canadian Pioneer, Blacksmith, Prospector, Farmer, Citizen, and Family Man." The books is an account of Olaf Skye, who came alone from Norway to the United States at the age of 17 in 1890. 
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  Anne S. Kløvnes Høidal papers, 2001-2006

  Biography/History: 
  Anne Kløvnes Høidal was born in Uløy, Skjervøy, Toms, Norway. She attended the University of Oslo from 1959-1967, earning degrees in history, comparative literature and Norwegian literature (1964) and Scandinavian language and literature (1967). Her thesis was titled “Cora Sandel’s Alberte Trilogy: Influence of Society on Alberte.” She moved to San Diego, California following her marriage to Oddvar K. Høidak, whom she met at the University of Oslo. In 1971, she earned a masters degree in English from San Diego State University with a thesis titled “Comparison of Old English and Old Norse Love Elegies.” 

  Throughout her career, she has taught history, English, and Norwegian at Lillehamer Høgre Almenskole, Brumunddal Gumnasium, and Ringebu Ungdomsskole. She’s also served as a translator for many years, translating books and documents in Norwegian, German, and French to English and Norwegian. She translated Algred Haugen’s “Flinta-Lars: Old Jaeren in Tradition and Folklore (Oslo University Press, 1986). She is the author of “Bunads in Southern California: Part of a Norwegian Cultural Tradition.” She is also involved in numerous Norwegian-American groups in California, including the Sons of Norway, House of Norway, and The Norse Federation.

  Scope and Content: 
  The Anna K. Høidal papers consist of biographical materials, translations, presentations, essays, and materials related to the Norway-Sweden centennial and the Henrik Ibsen centennial.