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  Sivert N. Hagen papers, 1872-1966

  Biography/History: 
  Sivert Hagen was born in Mylan, Minnesota to Niles K. and Kari Einerson Hagen. He married Nertha Marie Borge Hagen. He was principal of Bruflat Academy, Portland, North Dakota, 1892-1893.

  He graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 1896 and received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. In 1900, he became an instructor in English at the State University of Iowa, where he remained until 1905 when he joined Vanderbilt University. Dr. Hagen taught at Gettysburg College from 1916 to 1924 and then joined Franklin and Marshall College as an English professor. He retired in 1944. Hagen studied the Kensington rune stone found near Kensington, Minnesota. 

  Scope and Content: 
  The collection includes various articles, clippings, and correspondence.
  
  Location: 
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  Pleasant View Luther College records, 1896-1935

  Biography/History:
  Pleasant View Academy was opened in the fall of 1896 as a preparatory course for Pleasant View Luther College, a two-year institution that was founded the previous year and was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. The college was located in Ottawa, Illinois, and was founded in 1896.

  Scope and Content: 
  The Pleasant View Luther Academy records include brochures, catalogs, journals, and photographs.

• Svend Gulliksen (Hurdal) Hagen papers, 1828, 1868

  1828 Cowpox vaccination certificate, 1868 emigration contract (photocopies) and some correspondence concerning same.
  
  Content:
  Svend Gullixsen Hagen Papers: Certificates & Correspondence.
  
  Location: 
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• Knut Halverson diary, 1872-1879

  A kept by an immigrant from Telemark who came to Wisconsin in 1865. The file includes an edited translation with an introduction by Malcolm Rosholt, who published it in the "Iola Herald," Iola, Wisconsin (date unknown).
  
  Two volumes of a journal or diary kept by a 1865 emigrant from Telemark who settled in the "Indian Land [Native American]" in central Wisconsin, Portage County. The first volume covers May 1872-April 1878. The second volume covers 1890-1896, with occasional entries (not always chronological) through 1934 A letter (May 9, 1955) from a niece, Hannah Halvorson Teslow, gives information about the family. Malcolm Rosholt, who knew Halverson and gave the diaries, translated the first volume. Two versions of the translation, with introductions and notes, are included (55,56 p.).
  
  Most of the translation was published in the "Iola Herald" in spring 1970. Rosholt published an article, "A pioneer diary from Wisconsin," in "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 21 (1962), pp. 198-211. He says the diary "may be the most significant early document relating to Portage County, Wisconsin, in the Norwegian language" for the period, giving a "fairly comprehensive picture of pioneer farm life on the Wisconsin frontier." The second volume, which was discovered later, has not been translated except for a few pages. The surname is spelling variously; this is the one used in Rosholt's article.
  
  Location: 
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• 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. 
  
  Content:
  Hans Hamran Papers: Logbook, Letters, Pictures. "Nordic Front" Chicago publication (Jan. 20 & March 20, 1939) containing diary of Hans Hamran, "Viking Unmasks."
  
  Location: 
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• Hallvard H. Hande papers, circa 1950

  Translation of "Segner fraa Bygdom," (Christiania, 1871) by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and editor, consisting of some forty legends from Valdres, Norway, 67 typescript pages. The translation (with title, "Legends from Valdres") was done in the 1950s by Hande's granddaughter, M. E. Midelfort, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. "Ei Hugvending," pages 3-62, unbound with no title page; an untitled play, 41 typescript pages with missing parts; "Snefnugg: digt og prosa, af H. Hande, 1870," an unpaged manuscript; and one volume of manuscript music, 44 pages. Hande was the editor of "Norden," Chicago (1874-1882 and 1884-1887), and the author of a play, "Ei Hugvending" (A Change of Heart), based on Valdres superstition and tradition. Hande Immigrated in 1872, served as pastor at Estherville, Iowa, 1873-74.
  
  Content:
  Hallvard Hande. Volume. Additional items: report of Vesterheim Genealogical Center research on families of Hand and his wife, 1995; "Ei Hugvending." 2. utgaava. 3-62 p. Unbound, no title page. Untitled play: in manuscript and also in typescript.(41 p.). The manuscript is very fragile and parts are missing. It was sent to Margaret Midelfart of Larvik in 1953 by Valdres Historielag. A manuscript note on envelope says it contains "original handwritten manuscript of 'Ei Hugvending "' but it seems to be a quite different play. Lindemann, Ludv. M. "Halvhundrede Norske Fjeldmelodier harmoniserede for mandstemmer." Udgivne of de Norske Selskab, Kristiania,1862. 44 p. "d. Hande" in manuscript on title page.
  
  Location: 
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• Peder J. Hansen papers, circa 1930

  Papers of a Norwegian-born carpenter and merchant of Sharon, North Dakota (emigrated 1872), consisting of several poems and his autobiography (4 p. typescript), edited by Vigleik E. Boe in 1933, where he tells of early houses, land problems, carpentry, and the founding of congregations.
  
  Content:
  Peder J. Hansen Papers: Autobiography & Poems, edited in 1933.
  
  Location: 
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• Christian Hansen correspondence, 1876-1924

  Letters to Christian Hansen in Chicago from his brother Lars Hansen and nephews, and from H. Kolbjörnsen, Nils Bye, and Lundby, Kirkenær Christiania, Norway. Photocopies and translations.
  
  Content:
  Christian Hansen Correspondence.
  
  Location: 
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• Hanson family correspondence, 1888-1896

  Letters written from Norway and from Vienna, South Dakota (Clark Co.) and Winfred, South Dakota (Lake Co.), by members of the family to relatives.
  
  Content:
  Hanson Family Correspondence: Letters, Norway and So. Dak. 
  
  Names:
  Ingebör Hanson; Mrs. Maria Moorhead; Julia Hanson; Kari Jastad; B. Dybevig; Ole Thorstensen (Klövstadbakken); Chas. M. Langland (writing from Luther College to Mons H. Langland, his father, June 19, 1896). See in Rowberg File, articles on C.M. Langland, well known Highland township farmer ; and Martha Maria (Hanson) Moorhead (Mrs. Robert S.) born near Spring Grove 1866, related to Miner and Langeland families.
  
  
  Location: 
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• Gustav S. Hanson Sunday school records, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1906

  A Sunday school class attendance record by Gustav S. Hanson, a Norwegian-born pharmacist in Canton, South Dakota. Sunday school records, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1906.
  
  
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