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Ole and Peder G. Gunnulson papers, circa 1870-1933
Papers consisting of correspondence, diaries, creamery reports, tobacco pool reports, tax receipts, and assessor's statements (1891) for Town of Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin. The correspondence deals with farm interests in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and Arvada, Wyoming, and also with the construction of First East Koshkonong Lutheran Church of which Ole Gunnuldson was architect and builder. The Gunnelson homestead, for occupied by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in 1840, is now (1962) owned by Martin Gunnulson, great grandson of Gunnul and donor of these papers.
Includes:
- Correspondence and diaries, 1870s-1924
- Includes financial records (1918 - 1919); diary (1910 - 1912); bills, receipts, and order forms; photo of the Gunnulson family gravestone; book of expenses (December 1912 - 1913); book of expenses (1908 - 1909); newspaper clippings referencing the Gunnulson brothers; promotional material for Martin Gunnulson in the 1959 Eastern Dane Assembly District elections; photo of the house built by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in Christiana.
- Two photos, brief biography (1939); newspaper clippings in both Norwegian and English; Morgenstierne's talk in Minneapolis (1935); speech made in Minneapolis at the Sons of Norway 50th anniversary celebration (August 1944); pamphlet "Norway, an Active Ally" by Morgenstierne, published in the National Geographic Magazine (1943); speech made at the Annual Dinner of the Overseas Press Club of America, New York (1949); "Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne: Noen artikler, taler og meddelelser til pressen, 9 april 1940 - mars 1944"
- Letters and articles, 1898-1899
- Includes 2 copies of "Kirkeraadets svar paa Pastor Harstads 'Aabent brev' (Suppl. To Evang. Luthersk kirketidende, April 12th, 1916, 30 p.); pamphlet "Pioneer Days and other events briefly sketched for the 75th anniversary of the Synod for the Norwegian Evang. Lutheran Church of America" by Rev. B. Harstad, (June 1928); "Letters and Articles on a Trip Into the Yukon Region" by Rev. Bjug Harstad, published in the Pacific Herald (1898), translated by Oliver Harstad (1955); newspaper clippings; maps.
For further information see Aarbog Nr. 2 for Numedalslaget (195) 91 - 102 and Nr. 5, 127 - 130; also R. B. Anderson 'The First Chapter in Norwegian Immigration" (1890), 335 - 347. For photograph of Ole Gunnulson see D. G. Ristad papers (P582, box 4);they are standing in the chancel of the new East Koshkonong Church. - Correspondence and diaries, 1870s-1924
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Stephen Clifford Gutgesell essay, 1968
An Immigrant Conflict: The Slavery Controversy in the Norwegian Synod, 1861-1869, a St. Olaf College department of history senior honors paper. -
Ole J. Haaland family history, 1928
"History and Memories from Pioneer Times in Winnebago County, Iowa," first appeared in Norwegian in Visergutten, January 12, 1928. This translation is by a grandson, H. O. Folkestad. Ole Haaland came from Skjold, Stavanger, Norway, in 1858 to Dane County, Wisconsin, and migrated to Iowa in 1965. -
Quislings Hønsegård, 1948
Book about the Berg interneringsleir (Berg internment camp/concentration camp) near Tønsberg in Norway that served as an internment and transit center for political prisoners and Jews during the Nazi occupation of Norway. Publisher: Oslo : I kommisjon A. Cammermeyer, 1948 -
Olai (Olaf) Ludvig Haavik letters, 1962
Copies of letters between a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman and a former parishioner, Jennie Hartmann, containing reminiscences of the Ballard Lutheran Church in Seattle, Washington, and biographical information about Haavik. -
George E. Hafstad papers, 1909-1980
Letters, clippings, speeches of a plant pathologist of the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, who was involved with efforts to preserve the American elm tree. In his retirement Mr. Hafstad came across a hand-written copy of "Sinklars Visen," of which he made a translation. Both the hand-written copy and the translation are in the collection.
Includes:- Stock certificate of The Duluth-Vermillion Mining Company (1910).
- Letters from Hafstad's mother when he was in Monrovia, Liberia (1934-1935); a collection of 40 illustrated picture post cards (1909-1915).
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Lawrence R. Hafstad papers, 1919-1977
History/Biography:
Lawrence Randolph Hafstad was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1904 to two Norwegian Immigrants. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1926. In 1933, he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in physics. Hafstad died on October 12, 1993.
In 1931, he earned the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for his research with Merle A. Tuve and Odd Dahl.He was a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938-1941. During the war he was part of a scientific team at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University which developed the proximity fuse for use in anti-aircraft weaponry. This development marked a significant improvement in ordnance for the Army and Navy.
He was awarded the Medal of Merit from the United States Navy and the King's Medal in Defense of Freedom from the British Government in 1946. Among other positions, he was Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949; Director of Reactor Development, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1955; Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955; vice president of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories, 1955-1969. He traveled to Europe and Asia in 1955 on behalf of the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the United States in 1954 and the Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains reports, clippings, pamphlets, articles, photographs, and correspondence.Hafstad’s articles discuss various topics regarding atoms and nuclear energy, lectures on missiles, and more. His correspondence includes personal with his mother, and professional correspondence regarding Joint Research and Development Board, U.S. Department of Defense, and Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Travel documents regarding Peaceful Atomic Development in Japan, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan and Germany, also includes various photographs of his travels.
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Monys Ann Hage thesis, 1984
"Norwegian Pioneer Women: Ethnicity on the Wisconsin Agricultural Frontier," a University of Wisconsin Master's thesis. -
Anders O. Hagen papers, 1826-1902
Correspondence, autobiography, and a credit record from Klaebo seminarium of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman of St. James (1873-1879) and Windom (1879-1902), Minnesota. The letters, written by Michael Borge, W. J. L. Frich, U. V. Koren, B. J. Muus, H. A. Preus, and P. A. Rasmussen relate to Hagen's pastoral call to America, his ministry at St. James, and his call to Windom.
Content:
Anders O. Hagen Papers: Correspondence & Manuscripts. -
Bertha (Brita) Hagen letters, circa 1920-1949
Letters from Brita Hagen of Deer Park, Wisconsin (born in Vik i Sogne) to her daughter Freda Severson Vick of St. Paul, Minnesota. Brita Americanized her name to Bertha and was married Fred Severson.