Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1138 Title A name given to the resource John F. Hanson papers, 1888-1966 Description An account of the resource Notes on Life History, an autobiographical sketch (29 p., typescript) of an immigrant from Stavanger whose life was largely spent in the Quaker ministry. A partial autobiography (through 1910) kept by Estella Hanson Watland (1872-1950), whose entries expand upon her father's story at several points and also give a graphic description of her childhood, youth, and married life in Iowa, South Dakota, and Oregon. Hanson's book "Light and Shade from the Land of the Midnight Sun" (1903) is in the NAHA books collection. Emigrated with parents to Iowa (1856), to South Dakota (1879), to Portland, Oregon (1904)<br /><br />Includes:<br /><ul><li>"Notes on Life History," (ca. 1903) an autobiographical sketch (29 p., typescript) of an immigrant from Stavanger whose life was largely spent in the Quaker ministry. Includes topics such as: Civil War and Quaker response; notes concerning Iowa yearly meetings (1865-1889) and movement to manage Indian [Native American] affairs under the Pres. Grant's Indian policy; "Recollections of the temperance agitation"; "Prohibition in South Dakota"; "Experience with the American Indians" mentions Wounded Knee Creek incident.</li> <li>Estella Hanson Watland. A partial autobiography (photocopied, through 1910) kept by Estella Hanson Watland (1872-1950), whose entries expand upon her father's story at several points and also give a graphic description of her childhood, youth, and married life in Iowa, South Dakota, and Oregon; includes obits for Henry Watland (1966) &amp; Estella Watland (1950). Topics covered: "Prairie Fires in South Dakota" (1885); "A cow-pony named Bill"; "The Great Blizzard [Children's Blizzard] of 1888"; "Father helped the Indians [Native Americans] of Pine Ridge Reservation [South Dakota]"; temperance movement in South Dakota; Penn College, Iowa (1893); "Christmas Memories in South Dakota,"</li> </ul> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-1966 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hanson, John F. (John Frederick), 1841-1917 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2 folders Subject The topic of the resource Watland, Estelle Hanson Hanson, John F. (John Frederick), 1841-1917 Quakers Type The nature or genre of the resource Manuscripts