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Hans Sjurson Hilleboe papers, 1875-1967
Articles, catalogues, certificates, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, manuscripts, temperance literature, clippings, and family histories of a Wisconsin-born educator. Hilleboe was principal of Willmar Seminary; superintendent of Benson, Minnesota, public schools; principal of the preparatory department at Luther College; and professor of education at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. -
Bjarne Hillervik letter, 1979
Copy of a letter to Rolf Erickson from a retired carpenter, giving details of his life in Norway and in Chicago, and telling of how he began building model fishing boats. A model of his "fembing," a boat used in the Lofoten Islands region, is on display at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa -
Anton Hillesland papers, 1923
The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the Red River Valley is a University of North Dakota Master of Arts thesis, 1923, 152 pages. The file includes seven pages of notes from interviews with Swen N. Heskin (1854-1924), a Norwegian-born farmer and lay preacher in the Goose River settlement in North Dakota, regarding early pioneers and the Hudson's Bay Company. Contained in the articles are names of settlers and early ministers, including August Weenaas; a note on Marcus Thrane's visit; shipping and stage lines.
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Anton Hillesland Manuscript: Goose River, N.Dak. Pioneers, Hudson's Bay fur Co. -
Sonja (Hegge) Hillestad papers, 1995
Ole Hegge was "a world-famous ski jumper…In 1926, skiing for Norway, he won the King's Cup in the combined event for jumping and cross country…In 1928, in the Olympics, he won a silver medal for Norway, again for a combined event. He was a member of that country's Olympic cross-country team three times." He emigrated in the 1930s and "worked as a carpenter for the Westchester Co. YMCA and for Camp Sloane in Lakeville, retiring in 1966. He skied in local races and helped coach jumping and cross country for the Salisbury Winter sports Association." His wife was Solveig (Thorkildsen), 1904-1986.
Mrs. Hillestad's biography of her father is 24 typescript pages; that of her mother 15 typescript pages. The photocopies are mostly undated.; According to a May 7, 2002 letter, in 1926 "King Haakon broke the Norwegian cultural/racial exclusion of nordlanders by dramatically including Ole publicly in his person sphere A very similar experience to our Jackie Robinson being accepted in our US popular culture…In 1930, Ole and Sonja Henie were sponsored to present skating and skiing to Americans via Madison Square Garden. This resulted in the first ski train being chartered to the first northeastern ski jump in Norfolk, Conn. In Norfolk, the boy from nordland physically built the facility." Includes family stories, biographies of her parents, and photocopies of newspaper articles and other materials about her father's athletic career. -
Hilton family letters, 1847-1908
Copies of transcription letters (1847-1908) from members of the Hilton family who emigrated to the United States to their relatives at Ullensaker, Norway. The letters are chiefly from Christopher Jacobson, who emigrated in 1854, to his brother Hans Jacobson Hilton, and from Hans's son Jacob, who came in 1874 and after a few years settled in Socorro, New Mexico. There are also some letters from Jacob's brothers Oluf and Christopher from New Mexico. There are references to August Hilton, the father of Conrad Hilton. The letters were obtained through Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift Institutt in Oslo. -
Ivar Hinderaker papers, 1880-1933
Ivar Hinderaker was a traveling minister in Minnesota and South Dakota in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in Norway in 1851 and emigrated from there in 1872 with two cousins and two neighbors. He ended up in the Midwest. A few years later he went back home to Norway but ended up returning to America along with one of his brothers and one of his sisters. He married Marie Ahre in 1881 and they had five children. Ivar passed away in 1942, ten years after Marie, and they were both buried in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Astoria, South Dakota.
The material consists of seven books kept by Ivar. The contents range from church records to personal histories to account ledgers. The books are a gift of the Family of Irving and Eula Hinderaker. In addition, there are various photographs of Norwegian-Americans from the upper midwest, including St. Olaf College and a Luther League convention. -
Stina L. Hirsch thesis, 1985
The Swedish Maid: 1910-1915, a De Paul University Master of Arts thesis, 75 pages. -
John Hjellum articles, 1926-1929
Typescripts of articles, edited by Hjellum, chief of the mailing department of Skandinaven, which ran as a serial in that newspaper under the title, "Hvem er hvem blandt norsk-amerikanerne."
Includes: "Hvem er Hvem Blandt Norsk-Amerikanerne" Biographies (in Norwegian) of: J.A. Aasgaard, W.T. Ager, Dorothy V. Anderson, Rasmus B. Anderson, Ben A. Arneson, Sigvald Asbjornsen, Albert Barton, Nellie Olea N. Barsness, Clarence A. Berdahl, Arne K. Berger, Bernhard E. Bergesen, Andreas J. Bergsaker, Henry O. Bjorlie, Alfred W. Bjornstad, John J. Blaine, Ben Blessum, Gisle Bothne, Laura Ringdal Bratager, Erik O. Bye, F.M. Christiansen, Charles A. Christopherson, Dorthea Dahl, Gerhard M. Dahl, Nellie Dahl, Henrik A. Eckers, John A. Eiesland, Peter Field, Johan Nyman Figved, Knute I. Finney, George T. Flom, Hans A. Foss, Knut Gjerset, Anders H. Gjevre, Peter O. B. Grimley, Lars O. Grondahl, Axel G. Gulbransen, Knute P. Haddeland, Martin S. Hagen, John G. Halland, Borgny Hammer, Haldor J. Hanson, James Christian M. Hanson, Oscar H. Haugan, Gilbert N. Haugen, Nils P. Haugen, Ludvig Hektoen, Gunnar Felland, Knud Henderson, Engebreth H. Hobe, Christian A. Hoen, J. Haakon Hoff, Hjalmar Rued Holand, H.C. Holm, Aksel H. Holter, Norman Bernard Holter, Olaf Mandt Hustvedt, Mauritz C. Indahl. John Hjellum Articles II: "Hvem er Hvem Blandt Norsk-Amerikanerne" Biographies (in Norwegian) of: Karl T. Jacobsen, Ole P.B. Jacobsen, Torstein Jahr, Charles E. Johnson, Simon Johnson, Oscar Juve, James Langland, Jonas Lie, Nils Johnson Lohre, Gudbrand J. Lomen, Gustav Melby, Irving E. Melhus, Maren B. H. Michelet, Nils I.E. Mohn, Rudolph H. Moller, Adolf Mosling Mosheim, Aven Nelson, Karl O. Nelson, Ragnvald A. Nestos, Lars Netland, Peter Norbeck, Oluf M. Norlie, Jon Norstog, Martin W. Odland, John Charles Olsen, Oscar Ludvig Olson, Barthold A. Paulsen, Alfred Paulsen, Wilhelm Petersen, Olaf E. Ray, Martin Luther Reymert, Ditlef G. Ristad, Ole E. Rolvaag, Ingvold A. Rosok, John Rustgard, Edwin Ruud, Ola J. Saervold, Christian Schiott, Henrik Shipstead, Edvard H. Skille, J.J. Skordalsvold, Skyberg, Victor Oliver (photo), Ingvar Sonnicksen, Albert Soiland, Thorvald Solberg, Arthur G. Sorlie (photo), Laurits Larsen Stavnheim, Gustav Stearns, John Steen, Leonhard Stejneger, Hans G. Stub, George Sverdrup, Laurits S. Swenson, Magnus Swenson, Martin Ulvestad, Andrew A. Veblen, Aad J. Vinje, Halfdan A. Westergaard, John A. Widtsoe, Carl Wigtel, Carsten Thorvald Woll, and Laura J. Wright. -
Paul Hjelm-Hansen papers, 1868-1983
Papers mainly about a Norwegian lawyer and journalist who came to the United States in 1867 and became a primary publicist for the Red River Valley. He was associated with several Norwegian-American newspapers: "Frelandet og Emigranten" at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Minneapolis-based "Maanedstiden, Budstikken," and "Minnesota Skandinav."
In 1869 he was commissioned by the Minnesota Board of Immigration to travel in the Red River and write about the area. His reports were published in 13 issues of "Nordisk folkeblad" (Minneapolis) and they were credited with bringing Norwegians in great numbers to the Red River region. He died in Goodhue County, Minnesota, while spending the winter with his friend Doctor J. C. Grvold, and is buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Church cemetery at nearby Asplund.
In 1924 the Norwegian-Danish Press Association placed a memorial plaque, done by Paul Fjelde, in his honor in the Minnesota Historical Society building in St. Paul. Articles: "Om utvandringen til America og norske jordbrugeres onomike stilling," photostats of articles published in "Morgenbladet" (Oslo), May 25-June 27, 1866; "Til den kongelig norske regjerings department for det indre," June 20, 1868; "En Nordmand opdager Minnesota," which appeared first in "Nordisk Folkeblad," November 24, 1869, and was reprinted in Decorah Posten, September 25-October 2, 1942, including a supplement "Tre og sytti aar efter," by O. O. Enestvedt; print-outs from microfilm of articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," April 16, 1868, and August 9, September 1, 8, 22; eight articles published in "Minneapolis Tidende," April 25-June 13, 1926. Papers: A 20-page biographical-bibliographical appendix by Carleton C. Qualey, from his 1929 honors thesis at St. Olaf College, which includes a biographical introduction; summaries of 16 articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," 1868-1870; translations titled "From the Red River Country," August 11, 1869, and "Report...to the State Board of Immigration," February 2, 1870; and "Paul-Hjelm Hansen and the Campaign to Settle the Red River Valley," a paper by Tor Henning Ormseth, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Clippings: Random articles from American and Norwegian newspapers and periodicals about Hjelm-Hansen from 1907 to 1975. -
Eilert Hjelmeseth papers, 1927-1948
Correspondence, clippings (1931-1950), and records dealing chiefly with Landsforbundet for Norsk Luthersk Ungdom i America. Born in Nordfjordeid, Norway, Hjelmeseth was editor of Landsforbundet's publication Norsk Ungdom. He was also associated with other Norwegian-American publications.