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Harland Grant Sanderson family history, 1987
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Harland Halvorson papers, circa 1890-circa 1960
Photographs, correspondence, and clippings of Harland Halverson familly. Most photographs are unidentified. Harland (1925-2014) was born to Rev. Harold P. and Clara J. (Nash) Halvorson. Harland was born in Tacoma, WA, and moved to Northwood, ND, and Wilmar, MN when he was young. For 60 years, he lived in Edina, MN. He sang in the Nordkap Male Chorus in Minneapolis. -
Harold Knutson articles, 1945-1946
History/Biography:
Born in Skien, Norway, 1880. Attended State Agriculture School at St. Anthony Park. After graduating, he learned printing through the Clear Lake times office. He published and edited the Royalton Banner and Foley Independent. He was also an associate editor of the St. Cloud Daily Journal Press and published the Pioneer Journal in Wadena. He was first elected to congress in 1916 and after two years in service was made the majority whip of the house.
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Newspaper clippings and releases titled "Observations from Washington" by a Norwegian-born, Wadena, Minnesota, Republican Congressman. Also includes transcript of letter from H. Knutson to J.A. Blomgren, Minneapolis, 1937. -
Harold Larson papers, 1897-1937
Mainly letters from Norway to the family of a Norwegian-American educator. Included are the citizenship papers of Michael Larson, 1885, and three letters by N. J. Thomasberg, then a student at Augsburg Seminary, to members of the Larson Family. Letters from 1928 to 1937 are to Harold from his mother. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Larson received his B.A. degree from Morningside College (1927), and his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. The Kings College Press published his dissertation, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: A Study in Nationalism, in 1944. He taught at different colleges, among them the University of Maryland and the Pentagon. He worked for the United States National Archives and served as historian for the United States Army and Air Force. The details of his professional career are covered in a letter from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, where a bulk of his papers are kept. -
Harold M. Tolo thesis, 1926
Ulrik Vilhelm Koren as a Norwegian-American pioneer minister of the Middle-West frontier. A thesis from the University of Minnesota, Master of Arts, 1926. 128 p., 5 p. bibliography. Typescript (photocopy). Tolo graduated from Luther College in 1921, got the M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1926, the Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1934. He was professor of history for many years at Wisconsin State Teachers College in Stevens Point. Based on extensive work in the Koren papers in the Luther College archives, with many quotations from papers there; also, interviews with Koren's children and parishioners.,
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Harold O. Hansen family history, 1905-1946
Includes: photocopies of the Christian Woldfarm house (Eagle Lake, Minnesota), family letter from Lillestrøm, Norway telling of the hardships endured under German occupation (photocopied, posted post-WW II, Feb. 27, 1946), photograph of workers taken in front of log mill, ca. 1905 (location unknown). -
Harold S. Langland biography, 1968
A biography of Samuel S. Langland (1855-1928), a Norwegian-born Seattle attorney. The file includes several clippings about Langland, one by Brenda Ueland (February 17, 1955).- Pamphlet also includes information about Langland's cousin, Dr. Peter John Brekhus.
- Langland historical letters, circa 1870-1880
- Edward Brekhus autobiography;
- Several photos:
- Solfest and Ingeborg Landland family; Harold S. Langland with Kensington Runestone stand; and Stanley Iron Works, Minneapolis, where stand was manufactured
- Family pedigree tree
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Harriet Nordhagen papers, 1998
Data concerning the activities of a native of Drammen, Norway, who came to Chicago in the mid-1920s and became involved in the affairs of a Norwegian colony in Chicago. She was a member and officer of many groups, including the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies, Ladies' Singing Society, Norwegian National League, Nora Lodge, and for various homes and hospitals. Some poems by her daughter, Barbara Nordhagen, are included. -
Harriet Pierson letters, 1846
Written in English from Hartland, Michigan to Sarah and Nancy Austin in Kendall, Orleans County, New York, regarding family affairs. -
Harris E. Kaasa papers, 1984
Copy of typed translation of Arne Garborg's "Laeraren" ("The Teacher"), a play in five acts, by Harris Kaasa, a professor of religion at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.