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Halfdan Bendeke (Bendecke) photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, 1869-1915
Bendeke was born in 1869 in Trondhjem, Norway. He was a son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke and Else Mathilda (Due) Bendeke. His great grandfather was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Norway in 1814. After immigrating (1889) and settling in North Dakota, Bendeke established a real estate, loan, and abstracting business. In 1898 he was appointed Norwegian-Swedish vice-consul for North Dakota. In 1905 he became Norwegian vice-consul, after the separation of Norway and Sweden. In 1911 he was decorated by the King of Norway as Knight of the Order of St. Olaf.
Includes photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, and photocopies of obituary. Albums contains family images: William and Jose Olson; Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke; group photo of boys from middleskole (Trondhjem); "Tante Dik" & Johan Frederick Knudtzen; Tante Eleanor Kehr.
Clipping scrapbook contains several political posters (Bendeke ran as a Republican for several state positions). Autograph of Captain Roald Amundsen and several letters from Amundsen to Bendeke, 1912 August 14. -
Halgrim-Knudsen-Hellerud family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Hall family history, 1884-1981
Hall family history includes:
Photographs and Album, 1952-1976
Correspondence, 1884-1957
Personal Documents
Clippings
Greeting Cards
Photographs, 1903-1981
Portraits, photographs, and certificates
Books and Pamphlets
Religious Books and Pamphlets
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Halle Steensland papers, 1885-1923
Hard Times and How They May Be Avoided, a biographical sketch entitled "Erindringer", a collection of clippings (1903-1923), and "Af Vore Indvandrers liv," a "Symra" offprint, 1909. Steensland was a Norwegian-born merchant, banker, and philanthropist in Madison, Wisconsin. Includes a paper presented to Ygdrasil Literary Society (Feb. 11, 1978) by Bryon C. Ostby, "Halle Steensland, 1832-1910" 22 p. typescript. -
Hallinglag papers, 1906-2005
About Hallinglag:
Organized at Walcott, North Dakota, March 9, 1907. At the Norse-American Centennial, they estimate an attendance of 1,050.Past presidents include:
Olaf Th. Sherping (1907-15)
Syver O. Olstad (1915-18)
Knut Løkensgaard (1918-25)
Thom Myking (1925-27)
Asbjørn Tufte (1927-31)
Halvor Langslet (1931-48, 1958-61)
O.I. Hertsgaard (1948-58)
Leonard E. Larson (1961-64)
O. Myking Mehus (1964-69)
Amanda Tufte (1969-)Past secretaries include:
Halvor E. Ulsaker (1907-08)
J.P. Hertsgaard (1908-13)
Timan L. Quarve (1913-22)
Olaf Løkensgaard (1922-25)
Lars T. Bjella (1925-31)
Niels E. Sorteberg (1931-44)
Aagot Raaen (1944-50)
K.H. Helling (1950-56)
Mrs. K.H. Helling (1956-58)
Adolph O. Lee (1958-72)
Mrs. Everett Nash (1972-)Past editors of Halling-Minne and Hallingen include:
Ole Løvdokken (1908-12)
Ingvald H. Ulsaker (1912-15,
1934-37)
S.S. Rødning (1915-22)
Rev. Ole Nilsen (1922-33)
Ellen Ellenson (1933-34)
Peder H. Nelson (1947-)History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
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.
Content:
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. -
Halvard Roalquam (Roalkvam) papers, 1848-1935
Papers of a Norwegian-born clergyman and educator: letters, reports, lectures, diary, account books, a 74-page typescript autobiography, a scrapbook of material dealing with church controversies, addresses given at St. Olaf College on Founder's Day (1905, 1906), and letters regarding synodical activities. Most of the letters by Roalquam are to his wife. Roalquam was a teacher at Luther College (1878-1886), and principal at Grand Forks College (1891-1893). -
Halverson, Hendrickson, Henjum, Hermanson family history, 1942, 1951
Halverson (1942) with accounts of First Norwegian Settlers in Texas, Hermanson (1951) of Mud Creek, SD. Includes two pamphlets:Midnight sun to Norway: The Halversons and The Thor Hermanson Family. -
Halvo Quam (Kveim) papers, 1889-1899
Born in Gjerstad, Norway, January 20, 1868. He was a graduate of the Aas school of agriculture, Norway. At the age of 24 he came to Minneapolis, moved to Seattle in 1898, and the same year went to the Yukon Territory seeking gold. A founding member of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company. In 1901 he settled in Everett and opened the Quam & Clausen Coffee & Tea Company, which he operated until 1912. In that year he went into the insurance and real estate business and in 1924 he took the secretaryship of the Scandinavian Savings and Loan Company, later Everett Federal Savings and Loan Association (manager at the time of his death).
Includes:
- Diary from gold prospecting expedition
- Begins in Minneapolis and concludes in the Yukon Territory. January 1, 1898-August 31, 1899.
- "Minnebok", Rauland Folkehøyskole, Seljord, Telemark (1889-1891)
- Memorandum.
- Handwritten collection of Norwegian and some English poems and songs; Chemical laboratory notes, Aas Landbruksskole, 1891.
- Lecture notes, "Botanikk", Aas Landbruksskole, 1890
- Lecture notes, "Havebrugslære, Aas Landbruksskole, undated
- Diary from gold prospecting expedition
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Halvor Bjornson Hustvedt articles, circa 1881, 1924, 1926
Clippings of articles by a Lutheran clergyman, educator, and editor, about life in the Koshkonong (Wisconsin) area: roads, trips to Milwaukee, farm machinery, mills, crops, schools, women's work, wildlife, orchards, church, language, politics, relations with the Yankees, Civil War, J. C. Dundas, and pioneer life in southeastern South Dakota. Also, "Missouri flommen i 1881" (10 typescript pages).