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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. -
Harry Burton Hanson papers, 1884-1963
Genealogical information, a photograph, and clippings describing the work of a Norwegian American who was the chief engineer for the Ford Motor Company and the designer of the Willow Run bomber plant near Detroit, Michigan. -
Jens Christian Meinich Hanson biography, 1907-1974
Copies of an untitled autobiography (284 pages, photocopy of typescript) and of the write-up in the Dictionary of American Library Biography (3 pages, 1978, by John Phillip Immroth), of the career of a distinguished Norwegian-born librarian, a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, 1882. He was chief of the Catalog Department of the Library of Congress, 1897 - 1910, where he "was directly involved in or responsible for...the Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress subject headings, new catalog of the Library of Congress, the form and system of distribution of printed catalog cards, and formulation of catalog rules."
From 1910 to 1928 he served first as assistant director and later as acting director of the University of Chicago Libraries. From 1928 to 1934 he taught in the Graduate Library School of the University. In 1928 he also served as one of a group of American cataloging experts in the reorganization of the Vatican Library. The autobiography was edited by Oivind M. Hovde and published in 1974 by Luther College Press (321 p.), but without the index included here. See St. Olaf library: 'What Became of Jens" (Z720.H26A3 NAHA).
Includes offprint of his review of John A. Hofstead's 'American Educators of Norwegian Origin' in "Library Quarterly" July 1932; 31 clippings from C.G.O. Hansen clipping collection, 1907 - 1943 which include articles on relatives, and a series of articles "Erindringer fra ottiaarene" published 1934 - 35 in Scandia, and article "Reisen til Minneapolis' Valdrisstevne' from Skandinaven, August 18th, 1939; photograph of Hanson -
Jim Hanson collection, 2019
"About Florence," by Jim Hanson, 2019.
Jim Hanson’s "About Florence" is an extraordinary story, about redemption and abandonment, about lives cut short and lives lived to their fullest, and about the things that are told and the things that were not.. Set against the backdrop of Chicago, from the late nineteenth century till now, it tells of a widow’s migration from Norway with her three daughters and the family they were able to create. Charming vintage photographs help this narrative poem sketch the lives of these working women who did not count for much in their world, and the lives of their children and grandchildren. It’s a journey of discovery that sheds light on how we live today, and how women and immigrants continue to struggle, against all odds, to make a place in America. From the back cover: “To want to tell a story, when the lines of a story aren’t even visible. To use what you know about your family to provide something, anything, to flesh it out. To make some lucky discoveries that move the story forward. And then to see your forebears plainly. To grasp who they were, and how they reacted to what happened in their lives. To stand with them, face to face.” -
John F. Hanson papers, 1888-1966
Notes on Life History, an autobiographical sketch (29 p., typescript) of an immigrant from Stavanger whose life was largely spent in the Quaker ministry. A partial autobiography (through 1910) kept by Estella Hanson Watland (1872-1950), whose entries expand upon her father's story at several points and also give a graphic description of her childhood, youth, and married life in Iowa, South Dakota, and Oregon. Hanson's book "Light and Shade from the Land of the Midnight Sun" (1903) is in the NAHA books collection. Emigrated with parents to Iowa (1856), to South Dakota (1879), to Portland, Oregon (1904)
Includes:- "Notes on Life History," (ca. 1903) an autobiographical sketch (29 p., typescript) of an immigrant from Stavanger whose life was largely spent in the Quaker ministry. Includes topics such as: Civil War and Quaker response; notes concerning Iowa yearly meetings (1865-1889) and movement to manage Indian [Native American] affairs under the Pres. Grant's Indian policy; "Recollections of the temperance agitation"; "Prohibition in South Dakota"; "Experience with the American Indians" mentions Wounded Knee Creek incident.
- Estella Hanson Watland. A partial autobiography (photocopied, through 1910) kept by Estella Hanson Watland (1872-1950), whose entries expand upon her father's story at several points and also give a graphic description of her childhood, youth, and married life in Iowa, South Dakota, and Oregon; includes obits for Henry Watland (1966) & Estella Watland (1950). Topics covered: "Prairie Fires in South Dakota" (1885); "A cow-pony named Bill"; "The Great Blizzard [Children's Blizzard] of 1888"; "Father helped the Indians [Native Americans] of Pine Ridge Reservation [South Dakota]"; temperance movement in South Dakota; Penn College, Iowa (1893); "Christmas Memories in South Dakota,"
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John K. Hanson manuscript, 1983
"The Winnebago Story, 1958-1983," a 155-page account of the growth of a recreational vehicle manufacturing company located in Forest City, Iowa. Hanson was a member of the Forest City Development Commission which brought the travel trailer company to the community and made it into a flourishing enterprise.
A Hanson family history is filed under P0539, and a published family history by Robert L. Lillestrand and Barbara Hanson Bulman is in the NAHA books collection (see: Winebago, Industries)
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Martin Gustav Hanson papers, circa 1900
Papers of a Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, reports, letters of call, ordination papers, and the first diploma issued by Red Wing Seminary Department of Theology (1884). The correspondence deals with such topics as Red Wing Seminary and the union movement among Norwegian Lutheran synods. Hanson was president of Red Wing Seminary and also of the Hauge Synod. In 1912 he was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St. Olaf. Also includes article by Adelsten Berge (Oct. 15, 1915) "Pastor Hanson jordefærd." -
Ole Hanson papers, 1854-1872
Certificates of bounty land grants and of land purchases in Dane County, Wisconsin, 1854 - 1855, made by Hans Hanson, and a citizenship statement issued to Ole Hanson in 1872. -
Peder H. Hanson letter, 1879 December 5
Letter written by Hanson at New Richmond, Wisconsin, about jobs.
Content:
Peder H. Hanson Letter (December 5, 1879). -
Rasmus Hanson papers, 1864-2001
Article from "Bergens Tidende," October 1, 1960, containing a story about a collection of America letters written by a Decorah, Iowa, farmer and some excerpts from a few of these letters. There are references to the Civil War, American marriage laws, school, farming, and the church.
Contents:- bound volume, The Odyssey of Rasmus Hanson (Booklet self published for Hanson/Vik reunion by Marilyn Hanson) ; Civil War tintype of Rasmus Hanson in uniform; photo reprint of Rasmus Hanson family; News article in Norwegian regarding Rasmus Hanson; Clarkfld [Minnesota] Civil War Veteran’s Pioneer Letters Discovered in Norway: translated during the summer of 1961. Mentions letters sent to Mrs. Betsey Solberg daughter of the writer Rasmus Hanson. Original with notations at the end of the translator; Original Rasmus Hanson letters with translations into English done by John and Randi Naustheller; 1864-1961
- Ramona Solberg letter detailing her trip home that began the morning of September 11, 2001; Postcard from Halvor Solberg in Telemark Norway to K.K. Solberg in Clarkfield, MN (in English); Original hand lettered with art work by C. K. Solberg with a poem written for the fifteenth anniversary celebration of the wedding of Haldor (H. K.) and Betsey (Hanson) Solberg on Sunday, July 20, 1919 with signatures of attendees; Original letter dated 4 September 1945 written by Eveleth, Arley and Ramon’s cousin Carl Theo, son of C. K. Solberg and his second wife Sina Varland. He was at the ship board signing witnessing the end of WW II. This is his account. An amazing letter. 1864-2001
- Article from "Bergens Tidende," October 1, 1960, containing a story about a collection of America letters written by a Decorah, Iowa, farmer and some excerpts from a few of these letters. There are references to the Civil War, American marriage laws, school, farming, and the church. Added: printing of letters of Feb. 14, 1864, source not given, but dated April 1972. Translation of 1960 article. Family history of Rasmus Hanson, and of family of Mons Vik (1833-1911), whose children married. 1864-1972