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Hans C. Mamen clippings, 1975-1984
Articles by a Norwegian minister concerning the contributions Norway made to immigrant church life in the United States. A letter giving additional bibliography is included. -
Hans Christian Grey Hjortaas papers, 1933-1934
Letters and a clipping regarding "Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening," a Norwegian genealogical association, several articles, and a book review that ran in "Minneapolis Tidende." Hjortaas was on the editorial staff of that paper and was a student of genealogy.
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Includes clippings, article on Adrian Bentzon (1932) with typescript transcript, and letter from A.N. Rygg. -
Hans Christian Hougstad papers, circa 1870
Emigration papers, financial records, diaries, poems, and correspondence of a Norwegian-born farmer who emigrated in 1869 from S. Land, to Gale township, Trempeleau Co., Wisconsin.
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Hans C. Hougstad Papers: Correspondence and Reports. Includes letter by his brother, Anders, written in Galesville, Wisconsin (dated: Feb. 18, 1869). -
Hans Christofferson Tollefsrude diary, 1851-1856
A handwritten Dagbog, two Xerox copies and a translation of the diary about a journey to California from Rock County, Wisconsin, via New York and Panama. The diary gives information about digging for gold in California and general conditions there as well as the final disillusionment in the search for quick riches by the Norwegian-born writer. Tollefsrude had emigrated from Torpen, Nordre Land, 1844, and was one of the early settlers in the Rock Prairie, Wisconsin, settlement. A letter from C.H. Tollefsrude, Rolfe, Iowa, found in the D.G. Ristad Papers in the NAHA Archives reads: "Father's California Diary or Dagbog was kept from December, 1851, to October, 1856, covering the time of his absence from home. Upon his death May 17, 1903, the Dagbog came into my possession, but December 31, 1925, it was lost in a fire which at that time destroyed my home there. It was written in Norske.." -
Hans Fred Swansen thesis, 1938
"The Norse in Iowa," an abstract of a dissertation at the State University of Iowa, 1936. Swansen has contributed four articles to NAHA Studies and Records, volumes 4, 9, 10, and 11. -
Hans G. Jorgenson family history, 1971
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Formerly part of P539. -
Hans H. Haugen papers, 1910
A three-page letter from a 99-year-old retired farmer in North Dakota, covering details of his life, his interest in Telelag, and his friendship with N. N. Ronning. He was a recipient of the St. Olaf's medal in 1963. Also included are articles about him, including an account of an experience while prospecting for homestead land in British Columbia, 1910.
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Hans H. Solem autobiography, 1992
"The life of a Viking in America." Solem was born in Bergen, emigrated in 1930 with a ticket went by an uncle in Cloquet, Minn. He went to South Dakota where another uncle lived, to work on farms. In 1932 he returned to Cloquet to work, and married in 1936. He got training as a welder and worked in defense industries in Minneapolis.
In 1945 he purchased a Gamble store in Beresford, S.D. He visited family Norway for three months in 1948. In 1950 he sold the store and began to work in Construction, moving to Sioux Falls. In 1956 he moved Eau Claire, Wis. Again working in construction: building over 350 homes there before moving into Realty. Tells about several later trips to Norway, and visits from family there to the U.S. Written in 1993, while living in retirement in Bayfield, Wis. Gives information about his children and grandchildren. Photograph on the cover. -
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. -
Hans Hamran papers, circa 1933
A logbook of a Norwegian sailor who together with his brother Harald crossed the Atlantic in 1933 in a 25-foot boat in four months. They then continued by water from New York to the Chicago World's Fair (A Century of Progress). Filed with the logbook are letters, pictures, and a 3-page typescript, "Hamran Brothers' Family History." The boat is at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa.
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Hans Hamran Papers: Logbook, Letters, Pictures. "Nordic Front" Chicago publication (Jan. 20 & March 20, 1939) containing diary of Hans Hamran, "Viking Unmasks."