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Jacob Hodnefield papers, 1929-1955

Title
Jacob Hodnefield papers, 1929-1955
Identifier
P1151
Date
1929-1955
Description
Translations: English versions of Henrik Ibsen's poetic dramas "Brand" (178 p., typescript) and "Peer Gynt," (189 p., typescript) by a Norwegian-American librarian and bibliographer; a translation of H. R. Holand's chapter 54 of "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," which Hodnefield titled "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa"; a manuscript titled "Iowa Life, 1875-1925: The Story of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants"; a copy of "Annals of Iowa," July 1955, which contains Hodnefield's "The Story County Colony of 1855"; and an offprint of "Minnesota as seen by Travelers: A Danish Visitor of the Seventies," a three-part article that appeared in "Minnesota History" (June-December, 1929). Hodnefield's translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905," is in the Oley Nelson Papers, P 258. Hodnefield served on the staffs of the Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, and of the Minnesota State Historical Society. He compiled the section "Some Recent Publications" for the NAHA "Studies and Records," volumes 5-18. Born in Story County, Iowa to John and Malena Hodnefield. See Family Histories and genealogies for family history.

Includes:
  • "Iowa Life 1875-1925. The Story of a Central Iowa Community of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants," by J. Hodnefield (225 p., typescript), 1955
  • "Brand: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen, circa 1955
  • Translation "Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen circa 1955
  • Translations of H.R. Holand's "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," (1908), Chapter, Articles, Correspondence. Includes: translation of Holand's chapter, re-titled, "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa" (12 p., typescript); Article (3 p., typescript) "What was the Norwegian heritage?" and correspondence (1955) between Hodnefield and T.C. Blegen; article on Bjørnson ("St. Paul Dispatch? 1932); translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905) is in the Oley Nelson papers; article in three parts which appeared in "Minnesota History (June-Dec. 1929, offprint) "Minnesota as seen by Travelers. A Danish visitor of the Seventies [1870s]"; and "The Story County Colony of 1855" published in "Annuals of Iowa (July 1955). 1929-1955
Extent
4 folders
Type
Clippings
Correspondence
Typescripts

Citation

Hodnefield, Jacob, 1877 or 1878-1960, “Jacob Hodnefield papers, 1929-1955,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10604.