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Helga Hansen diaries, 1911-1916
Five diaries, 1911-1916, of Helga Hansen who documented her daily life as a maid and waitress in New York City. Also included in collection is a copy of: Nybro, R. K. (2015). All that I hold dear: A young immigrant in New York City, 1911-1916. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Indpendent Publishing Platform. Translation included. -
Helgaas family history, undated
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Helge A. Boe papers, 1897-1922
Born Vang, Valdres, Boe emigrated 1864. He worked as a clerk in various stores in Northfield, Minn. Before returning to Norway in 1877 for 1½ years. Upon his return to Northfield he established a hardware store in the building originally occupied by the First National Bank. He retired in 1922.
Includes photocopies of clippings, 1922; 1 letterbook, pp. 2-1954, 1897-1898.; 1 photograph (1920) of Boe and his wife, and another couple. -
Helge Høverstad papers, 1863-1945
History/Biography:
Helge Høverstad was born on March 15, 1870 in Vang, Valdris, Norway. His parents were Torger Anderson Høverstad (1834-1883) and Gjertrude Helgesdatter Leine (1843-1939). Together they had four other children besides Helge, including: Torgeir who emigrated to Minnesota, and Boye, Torstein, and Berit who all stayed in Norway. Helge immigrated in June 1892, first landing in Quebec, Canada. He first settled in Holden, Goodhue County, Minnesota where his uncles, Anders and Torstein, had settled.
Helge first went to the Hamar Seminary in Norway from 1887-1889, and then went on to study at the United Church Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1893-1896 (Now Augsburg University). From 1896-1897, he attended Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. He served various congregations including: Elliot, Illinois (1897-1904); Perry, Wisconsin (1904-1909); and Sioux City, Iowa (1909-). He served on the board of the Foreign Missions and wrote for St. Petri tidende.
Helge’s father Torger was born to Anders Anderson Hoverstad Berit Hambre. He had four siblings: brothers Anders and Torstein (both settled in Holden, Goodhue Co., MN), and sisters Berit and Kari. Berit married Kristoffer Lockren (Wangs, Goodhue Co.), and Kari married Ole H. Leine (Vang, Norway). Helge’s mother Gjertrude was born to Helge Helgeson Leine and Gjertrud Boyesdatter. She had eight siblings: Helge, Ole, Boye, Ove, Erik, Nils, Karn (married Lars Lenie) and Berthe (Married Trond Hambre).
Helge’s brother Torstein, who stayed in Norway, conceived the idea of establishing a Norwegian teacher's college, and he worked actively from 1916 to 1922 to realize this idea through both the government and the Storting. He served as the publisher and editor of Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift (the Norwegian Journal of Education). Torstein’s son, Gunnar, was a Norwegian bomber pilot who was trained to fly in Canada at Camp Little Norway during World War I.
(Information gathered from Andrew Veblen’s book “The Valdris Book,” and from bibliography of Norwegian Lutheran pastors in the United States. Both available in the NAHA Archives.)
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born clergyman in the United Norwegian Lutheran Church in America (1897-1917), and in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1917-1945).
The papers consist largely of letters received by Høverstad, including a number from Gertrude Høverstad, his mother, and other Norway relatives, from Torgeir A. Høverstad, his cousin in America; from Kristine Haugen, zealous protagonist of Norwegian-American culture; from Hans C. Ness, Norwegian consular agent in Sioux City, Iowa.
The correspondence deals with personal problems of friends; with affairs of church foreign missions in China, Madagascar, and Africa; with church politics; with relation of church and state and with the use of Norwegian language during World War I; with hypnotism and spiritualism; with personal problems as land owner; with problems connected with settlement of Torgeir Høverstad’s estate; with Torstein Høverstad’s book “Skularne i Amerika og det Praktiske Liv;” with the Veblen family (mostly in the T.A. Høverstad folder); with Valdres Bygdelag, of which he was a founder.
Correspondents include Lars W. Boe, Olaf M. Norlie, Einar Haugen, Missionary Harold Martinson, Governor W.L. Harding (Iowa), Kirkesanger (Precentor) John O. Quale (Bishop Jens Pederson Schelderup, 1557-1582). There are occasional carbon copies of letters by Høverstad.
The papers also contain newspaper clippings concerning his ideas and activities; his poems, lectures, newspaper articles, including such titles as “Rationalismen, Historie og Historie Undervisning,” and “Address at Unveiling of Gjermund Høyme portrait in Valdres, Norway, 1923;” his autobiography, 1893; his mother’s autobiography, 1921; and many photographs.
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Helge Nelson family history, 1987
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Helgesen Ellingbøe family history, circa 1860-circa 1978
"American Descendants of Christopher Helgesen Ellingbøe (1801 - 1879)" includes:
Information on seven generations, 104 p.
"Valdres Ancestry of Knudt Ellingboe (1875 - 1942)" containing information on nineteen generations, 196 p.
Binder containing materials on Christopher Helgesen Ellingbøe
Copy of photo of Berit and Christopher Ellingbøe (circa 1871) and original tintype of Berit and Christopher
Copy of agreement between Christopher Helgesen and his brother Helge in 1841
Copy of intention of emigration from Vang church book, 1852
Copy of Christopher Ellingbøe's letter from Bergen, written just before sailing for America in 1852
Original Amerikabrev written by Christopher Ellingbøe in 1854
Copy of Budstikken article about Ellingbøe's Amerikabrev
Family group record for Christopher and Berit Ellingbøe
Copy of Budstikken article on the history of the Ellingbø farms and hotels in Vang i Valdres
Photograph of Christopher Helge Ellingboe with mjølkespann made by his GGG grandfather Christopher Helgesen Ellingbøe in 1826, photograph taken about 1978
Binder containing materials on Helge Christophersen Ellingbøe, contains a copy of photo of Helge Ellingbøe in Civil War uniform
Copy of photo of Helge and Ingeborg on wedding day
Copy of Helge and Ingeborg with five children
Copy of photo of Helge as an older man
Copy of Budstikken article about Helge's service in the Civil War
Original of Discharge Certificate, 1861
Copy of certificate of Disability Discharge, 1862
Copy of Volunteer Enlistment certificate, 1864
Original of Discharge Certificate, 1865
Original of Helge's record book with Civil War Diary and financial records for Jambo Creek Church
Family group record for Helge and Ingeborg Ellingboe
Original photo of Jambo Creek Church and many other original photographs
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Helgeseon family papers, circa 1870
Includes the journal of great grandfather's journal, Thor Helgeson, and several pages of genealogy. Thor Helgeson immigrated to the United States in 1862 at the age of 20. Initially, Thor went to the Muskego settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin, and taught school. By 1864 he moved to New Hope in Portage County and remained for 25 years. He married Syverine Jensdatter Voldengen in 1867. In 1869 Thor purchased a farm in Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
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Helland-Kringle family history 1967, 1971
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Helle family history, 1992
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Hellebo family history, 1997
No description available.