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  Torger A. Hoverstad papers, 1933

  A 3-page typescript biography of Mrs. Knute B. Norswing (his sister) and a program for Constitution Day (1933). Hoverstad was superintendent of agricultural stations in Minnesota.
  
  Includes poster, "Constitutional Convention and Patriotic Celebration. Warsaw Town Hall, Sept. 18. Purpose of considering adopting a Township Constitution" and family obituaries.
• Torstein Hoverstad papers, 1919-1949

  Articles by Hoverstad regarding Johan Falkberget; a Norway Day Address in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, July 17, 1949; and an assortment of clippings (1919-1949) about Hoverstad.
  
  Content:
  Torstein Høverstad Papers: Articles.
• Ted Hovey reminiscences, 1939-

  Memories of Walter Theodore Hovey, born on October 15, 1939 In Long Prairie, Minnesota.
• Peder Hovland papers, 1890-1947

  Pamphlets and photographs regarding the life and family of a Norwegian-born cobbler of La Fayette County, Wisconsin. "As I Remember" (1947) is a biography written and presented by his granddaughter, Edna Hovland Sardeson. Also included is a memorial pamphlet for Leigh Nicea Hovland "born Albert Lea, Minn. Aug. 16, 1890, died Chicago, Ill., Dec. 30, 1903"funeral service held at Bethel Lutheran Church, Jan. 3, 1904" by Carl Edward Tiller; portrait, poem and sermon.
  
  Content:
  Peder Hovland Papers: Pamphlets and Picture.
• Peter A. Hovland collection, circa 1945-1950

  Various materials of editor Peter August Hovland. Hovland was born in Kristianssand in 1877. He died in Anoka County, Minnesota, in 1958.
• Gjermund Hoyme papers, 1850-1902

  Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: a memorial article by John O. Hougen (25 leaves manuscript) and transl. By L.A. Mathre, 1966 (20 leaves), Hoyme's President's Report to the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1888 (61 leaves manuscript), clippings regarding his death, and notebooks. Hoyme was president of the Conference (1886-1890) and of the United Lutheran Church (1890-1902). Includes: 1 autograph book, 1878-1888, with entries by his wife, Carl J.Helsem, Ole 0. Hanstad, Sven R. Gunnersen, John Blegen, Peder Olson, Kristofer Janson, A.L. Underthun, A. Jensen, J.H. Grøtheim, L. Lund, O.H. Stenson. 1 notebook: Gisle Johnson's lectures on dogmatics 1 notebook: Gisle Johnson's lectures on "den nyere theologies historie" 1850 1 notebook: Gisle Johnson's "det paulinske lærebegreb" 1851 1 notebook: Grimelund'sliturgik og homiletik 1 notebook: "Nodebog for Ole Olson Næsset, Tromsø Seminarium 1863" (music)
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  Anne S. Kløvnes Høidal papers, 2001-2006

  Biography/History: 
  Anne Kløvnes Høidal was born in Uløy, Skjervøy, Toms, Norway. She attended the University of Oslo from 1959-1967, earning degrees in history, comparative literature and Norwegian literature (1964) and Scandinavian language and literature (1967). Her thesis was titled “Cora Sandel’s Alberte Trilogy: Influence of Society on Alberte.” She moved to San Diego, California following her marriage to Oddvar K. Høidak, whom she met at the University of Oslo. In 1971, she earned a masters degree in English from San Diego State University with a thesis titled “Comparison of Old English and Old Norse Love Elegies.” 

  Throughout her career, she has taught history, English, and Norwegian at Lillehamer Høgre Almenskole, Brumunddal Gumnasium, and Ringebu Ungdomsskole. She’s also served as a translator for many years, translating books and documents in Norwegian, German, and French to English and Norwegian. She translated Algred Haugen’s “Flinta-Lars: Old Jaeren in Tradition and Folklore (Oslo University Press, 1986). She is the author of “Bunads in Southern California: Part of a Norwegian Cultural Tradition.” She is also involved in numerous Norwegian-American groups in California, including the Sons of Norway, House of Norway, and The Norse Federation.

  Scope and Content: 
  The Anna K. Høidal papers consist of biographical materials, translations, presentations, essays, and materials related to the Norway-Sweden centennial and the Henrik Ibsen centennial.

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  Helge Høverstad papers, 1863-1945

  History/Biography:

  Helge Høverstad was born on March 15, 1870 in Vang, Valdris, Norway. His parents were  Torger Anderson Høverstad (1834-1883) and Gjertrude Helgesdatter Leine (1843-1939). Together they had four other children besides Helge, including: Torgeir who emigrated to Minnesota, and Boye, Torstein, and Berit who all stayed in Norway. Helge immigrated in June 1892, first landing in Quebec, Canada. He first settled in Holden, Goodhue County, Minnesota where his uncles, Anders and Torstein, had settled. 

  Helge first went to the Hamar Seminary in Norway from 1887-1889, and then went on to study at the United Church Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1893-1896 (Now Augsburg University). From 1896-1897, he attended Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. He served various congregations including: Elliot, Illinois (1897-1904); Perry, Wisconsin (1904-1909); and Sioux City, Iowa (1909-). He served on the board of the Foreign Missions and wrote for St. Petri tidende. 

  Helge’s father Torger was born to Anders Anderson Hoverstad Berit Hambre. He had four siblings: brothers Anders and Torstein (both settled in Holden, Goodhue Co., MN), and sisters Berit and Kari. Berit married Kristoffer Lockren (Wangs, Goodhue Co.), and Kari married Ole H. Leine (Vang, Norway). Helge’s mother Gjertrude was born to Helge Helgeson Leine and Gjertrud Boyesdatter. She had eight siblings: Helge, Ole, Boye, Ove, Erik, Nils, Karn (married Lars Lenie) and Berthe (Married Trond Hambre).

  Helge’s brother Torstein, who stayed in Norway, conceived the idea of establishing a Norwegian teacher's college, and he worked actively from 1916 to 1922 to realize this idea through both the government and the Storting. He served as the publisher and editor of Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift (the Norwegian Journal of Education). Torstein’s son, Gunnar, was a Norwegian bomber pilot who was trained to fly in Canada at Camp Little Norway during World War I. 

  (Information gathered from Andrew Veblen’s book “The Valdris Book,” and from bibliography of Norwegian Lutheran pastors in the United States. Both available in the NAHA Archives.)

  Scope and Content:

  Papers of a Norwegian-born clergyman in the United Norwegian Lutheran Church in America (1897-1917), and in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1917-1945). 

  The papers consist largely of letters received by Høverstad, including a number from Gertrude Høverstad, his mother, and other Norway relatives, from Torgeir A. Høverstad, his cousin in America; from Kristine Haugen, zealous protagonist of Norwegian-American culture; from Hans C. Ness, Norwegian consular agent in Sioux City, Iowa.

  The correspondence deals with personal problems of friends; with affairs of church foreign missions in China, Madagascar, and Africa; with church politics; with relation of church and state and with the use of Norwegian language during World War I; with hypnotism and spiritualism; with personal problems as land owner; with problems connected with settlement of Torgeir Høverstad’s estate; with Torstein Høverstad’s book “Skularne i Amerika og det Praktiske Liv;” with the Veblen family (mostly in the T.A. Høverstad folder); with Valdres Bygdelag, of which he was a founder. 

  Correspondents include Lars W. Boe, Olaf M. Norlie, Einar Haugen, Missionary Harold Martinson, Governor W.L. Harding (Iowa), Kirkesanger (Precentor) John O. Quale (Bishop Jens Pederson Schelderup, 1557-1582). There are occasional carbon copies of letters by Høverstad. 

  The papers also contain newspaper clippings concerning his ideas and activities; his poems, lectures, newspaper articles, including such titles as “Rationalismen, Historie og Historie Undervisning,” and “Address at Unveiling of Gjermund Høyme portrait in Valdres, Norway, 1923;” his autobiography, 1893; his mother’s autobiography, 1921; and many photographs. 

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  Laddie (Gladys) Hughes papers, circa 1914-circa 2010

  Biography/History: 
  Born to Norwegian immigrants Carl T. and Hilda Lund in the small farming community of Trail, Minnesota, Laddie often credited her self-reliance, strong work ethic, and sense of humor to growing up on a farm as the youngest of nine children. She enrolled early at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in 1943 and was soon recruited into the U.S. Cadet Nursing Corps, a path that took her west to positions at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco and at Stanford Hospital.

  Laddie met her future husband, Donald Hughes, while dancing with friends at the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. Their courtship was filled with joy, and they were married on September 2, 1950, continuing to dance together well into their later years. Deeply committed to public service and equal rights for women, Laddie became a trailblazer in local and national politics at a time when women’s leadership was rare. Her work in Peninsula, California, and national politics earned bipartisan respect and led to appointments by President Ronald Reagan, President George H. W. Bush, and Governor George Deukmejian. In 1978, she became the first woman to run for California’s 10th State Senate district seat, later mounting campaigns for the 11th district in 1984 and the U.S. 12th Congressional District in 1986.

  Her dedication to improving the health and living conditions of women extended internationally. Laddie served as the Palo Alto representative to the United Nations’ Decade for Women conference in Copenhagen in 1981 and as a Regional Representative of the International Alliance for Women, traveling and speaking in the Netherlands, China, and Kenya.

  Scope and Content:
  Personal papers and family histories of a Minnesota-born California political figure, nurse, and member of the U.S. President's Committee on National Medal of Science.

• Oral History

  Chuck Huluther interview, 1995 September 6

  "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,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude. Unprocessed This item is currently restricted."