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Society, and The Lake Shore Club. On several occasions he was conductor for the
Norwegian Singers’ Association and the American Union of Swedish Singers. He
was decorated by the kings of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
445. HANSEN, LARS. CORRESPONDENCE, 1876-1924. 6 items. P 129.
Letters from Lars Hansen and nephews, Christiania, Norway, to his brother in
Chicago.
446. HANSEN, LESTER W. (1886-1977). AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1968. 2 items, 475 and 17
typescript pages. P 706.
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and
St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in
Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II,
investments in farm and city property, travels, and retirement to St. Petersburg,
Florida. The short manuscript by Hansen has the title “The Viking Race.” He is the
author of the Anderson Krogh Genealogy, 1956.
447. HANSEN, OLAF JORGEN (See Hanssen, Olaf Jorgen).
448. HANSEN, OSKAR J. W. (1892-1971). CLIPPINGS. 19 items. P 1283.
Newspaper items and photographs of the work of a sculptor who emigrated to the
United States from Vesterålen, Norway, in 1910. He was awarded the President’s
Medal of Merit in 1961 for a sculpture at Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating
Washington’s victory over Cornwallis.
His most monumental work is the Winged Figures of the Republic at Hoover Dam,
reported to be the largest cast bronzes in the world. He is the author of Beyond the
Cherubim, 1964; of Chien-Mi-Lo (a satirical prose fantasy with interpretative
sculpture), 1927; and of Sculptures at Hoover Dam, 1968.
The file includes several letters and a transcript of his New York Times obituary.
449. HANSEN, PEDER J. (1851-1933). PAPERS. 8 items. P 130.
Papers of a Norwegian-born carpenter and merchant of Sharon, North Dakota,
consisting of several poems and his autobiography, edited by Vigleik E. Boe in
1933, where he tells of early houses, land problems, carpentry, and the founding of
congregations.
450. HANSON, ADOLPH M. (1888-1959). PAPERS, 1919-1942. 2 boxes. P 544.
Papers of a Faribault, Minnesota, physician: poems, correspondence, and articles
dealing largely with his invention of, and the patent on, his extract of parathyroid
gland, the royalties from which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
Hanson was the son of Martin G. Hanson and grandson of Østen Hanson, past
presidents of the Hauge Synod. Hanson held the rank of major in the Sanitary
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