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• 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.
• Jacob Hodnefield papers, 1929-1955

  Translations: English versions of Henrik Ibsen's poetic dramas "Brand" (178 p., typescript) and "Peer Gynt," (189 p., typescript) by a Norwegian-American librarian and bibliographer; a translation of H. R. Holand's chapter 54 of "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," which Hodnefield titled "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa"; a manuscript titled "Iowa Life, 1875-1925: The Story of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants"; a copy of "Annals of Iowa," July 1955, which contains Hodnefield's "The Story County Colony of 1855"; and an offprint of "Minnesota as seen by Travelers: A Danish Visitor of the Seventies," a three-part article that appeared in "Minnesota History" (June-December, 1929). Hodnefield's translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905," is in the Oley Nelson Papers, P 258. Hodnefield served on the staffs of the Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, and of the Minnesota State Historical Society. He compiled the section "Some Recent Publications" for the NAHA "Studies and Records," volumes 5-18. Born in Story County, Iowa to John and Malena Hodnefield. See Family Histories and genealogies for family history.
  
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  • "Iowa Life 1875-1925. The Story of a Central Iowa Community of Norwegian Immigrants and their Descendants," by J. Hodnefield (225 p., typescript), 1955
  • "Brand: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen, circa 1955
  • Translation "Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem," by Henrik Ibsen circa 1955
  • Translations of H.R. Holand's "De Norske Settlementer i Amerika," (1908), Chapter, Articles, Correspondence. Includes: translation of Holand's chapter, re-titled, "The Stavanger and Hordaland Colony in Central Iowa" (12 p., typescript); Article (3 p., typescript) "What was the Norwegian heritage?" and correspondence (1955) between Hodnefield and T.C. Blegen; article on Bjørnson ("St. Paul Dispatch? 1932); translation of Oley Nelson's "En kort historie af det første norske settlement i Story og Polk counties, Iowa, 1855-1905) is in the Oley Nelson papers; article in three parts which appeared in "Minnesota History (June-Dec. 1929, offprint) "Minnesota as seen by Travelers. A Danish visitor of the Seventies [1870s]"; and "The Story County Colony of 1855" published in "Annuals of Iowa (July 1955). 1929-1955
• Thomas Hoegh article, circa 1930

  "Norwegian theatre in Chicago: from peak to demise." 16 p. typescript. Sources, p. 16.; "The Norwegian theatre was most active during the 1920s and 1930s, and I concentrated my study on this period historical background, producing organizations, productions, and dominant individuals from the theatre community, such as the Koht family and Bergljot Raaen. I have divided the essay into four chapters according to the major producing organizations" (Chicago Norske Klub; The National League; Oslolaget, DeliSa, and others; Chicago Norske Teater).; See his article with this title in Norwegian-American essays 1993 (E184.S24N835 1993 NAHA); Also included here are general articles on Norwegian theater in Chicago, by Bertrm Jensenius, Per Gramsborg, Thorvald Koht. 1930 program of Gosta af Gejerstam plam, presented by Chicago Tronerlags dramatiske Selskap.
  
  Content:
  Article. Norwegian Theatre in Chicago: From Peak to Demise.
• Peter L. Hoen autobiography, 1932-1986

  "My Life," Dyre Dyresen's translation (64 typescript pages, 1984) of an account written by an emigrant from Nordrehaug in Ringerike. After coming to Chicago in 1871 he became a Seventh Day Adventist and spent the rest of his life as a layman working among the Scandinavians for this denomination. The file includes a biographical sketch of Peter Hoen's son, Reu E. Hoen.
• Kevin Francis Hoeschen thesis, 1989

  "The Norwegian Hardanger Violin in the Upper Midwest: Documentation and Interpretation of an Immigrant Music Tradition," a University of Minnesota Master of Arts thesis, 1989.
• Neil Allen Hofland genealogical charts, 1932

  A reproduced copy of Jon Laberg's Aardal i Sogn: bygd og ætter, 1932, 520 pages, with a translation of this work on facing pages by Hofland and his parents Carl John and Joyce Elida (Danielson) Hofland. The file also includes 31 pages of genealogical charts; a 10-page preface; and short papers that treat naming conventions, weights and measures in old Norway, Norwegian currency, some Norwegian words and their meanings, farms in Aardal and their subdivisions, and a detailed map of Aardal.
• Oral History

  Victoria Hofmo interview, 1995 November 21

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Victoria Hofmo discusses her family history and childhood growing up in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. She talks about her education and friendships with others in the neighborhood, as well as her adult friendships with other Norwegian-Americans and some of their own stories of immigration and life in Brooklyn. Victoria also explains her many activities, organizations, volunteerships, and places of employment, detailing the people she works with and the stories of how she came to be there. She explains some of her feelings on being Norwegian-American and how that has affected her sense of culture, and ends by giving her opinions on welfare in the United States and Norway.
  
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  Hofmo, Victoria (1959-)

  Victoria Hofmo was born on April 4th, 1959, to Patricia Richter and Sherwood Hofmo in New York City. She was born and raised in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. As a child, she enjoyed spending time with her Norwegian grandmother, although she only developed a passion for her Norwegian background later in life. Victoria earned a degree from Sarah Lawrence College and then opened the Scandinavian East Coast Museum in New York City. She has also worked as an after-school organizer for children, a waitress, a community board organizer, a Sunday School teacher, and an English teacher. Victoria has a daughter and sometimes writes for The Norwegian American.

• Mildred Hogstel papers, 1975-1979

  Papers from a Norwegian-American faculty member at the Harris College of Nursing of Texas Christian University. "An American at home in Norway," an account of a brief journey made by Hogstel to the homes of her ancestors in Southern Norway (1976); Genealogical compilation for the families of Johan and Anna Bronstad and of Berger and Anna Rogstad (1975); "A Travel Letter from Texas, 1852" written from Four Mile Prairie by Johan Olsen Brunstad, translated by Alvon Nelson (1979).
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  Oddvar Høidal papers, 1968-2012

  Biography/History: 
  Oddvar Høidal is a Norwegian-American historian. Born in 1938 in Ålesund, Høidal moved to San Diego with his parents in 1947. He studied at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1970 with a thesis about Vidkun Quisling's activities from 1933 to 1937. 

  Høidal is professor emeritus at San Diego State University. He has published several books, including “Quisling: A Study in Treason” and “Trotsky in Norway: Exile, 1935–1937.”

  Scope and Content: 
  The collection includes Høidal’s academic correspondence at San Diego State University, speech given on July 22, 2011 after a horrific shooting in Norway, and reminiscences on his travels to the United States in 1946.