Guide to the ARCHIVES of The Norwegian-American Historical ...

507. HERTSGAARD, OSCAR I. (1883-1979). PAPERS, 1952-1955. 4 items. P 154.
A biographical sketch of Hertsgaard and material on the Hallinglag.
508. HERTSGAARD, PALMER J. PAMPHLET, 1939. 1 item. P 958.
Poem, “When Father Led the Band,” with drawings by Spike Bell, and a translation
of Henrik Wergeland’s poem “Christmas Eve” which was published in Focus.
Hertsgaard is the grandson of a Kindred, North Dakota, pioneer.
509. HETLE, ERIK (1873-1962). ARTICLES. 4 items. P 155.
Two undated articles by a Norwegian-born professor of physics at St. Olaf College:
“At snakke norsk paa engelsk,” typescript, 2 pages, and “Norskdommen og
skolene,“ an undated clipping from Decorah-Posten. “Det ble jul lell” is a one-page
story that appeared in Jul i Vesterheimen, 1951. “De tomme stoler,” a 6-page
typewritten article, concerns O. E. Rølvaag.
510. HIGHLAND, IRVING H. PAPERS, 1960-1970. 55 items in 1 folder. P 915.
Correspondence and other papers relating mainly to the Society for the
Preservation of Norwegian Culture. The society, of which Highland was president,
was organized to endow a chair in Norwegian studies at the University of Chicago.
511. HILDAHL, HILD NÆS. PAPERS, 1944-1985. 4 items. P 1285.
Letters and a memoir “Listugfarmen,” by a woman who emigrated from Kragerø in
1937 to Roseau, Minnesota, after her marriage to a Norwegian-born farmer who had
settled there. She tells of her life in Norway and its contrast to her life in Roseau.
She had been trained in handicrafts and as a hobby began making dolls illustrating
Norwegian folk tales. This grew into a business and she traveled all over the
United States, showing, selling, and lecturing about her dolls. The St. Olaf College
library has a collection of her dolls that is occasionally on display.
A letter from Sigvald Støylen gives information about Ms. Hildahl. Also, see Helen
Billberg Granat, P 1320. One of her cassettes is “Once upon a Norwegian Time:
Hild Hildahl and Her Dolls.”
512. HILDETEIGEN, NILS GULBRANDSON. GENEALOGY, 1904. 1 item. P 860.
Copy of Slegtbog og stamtavler over Slettemoætten (191 pages). Among those included
in the genealogy are Aagot Raaen, Gro Svendsen, and Ole Nilson.
513. HILL, MABEL PETERSON. ARTICLE, n.d. 3 typescript pages. P 156.
An article concerning Methodist missionaries in Utah.
514. HILLEBOE, GERTRUDE M. (1888-1976). PAPERS, 1820-1968. 13 boxes. P 693.
Correspondence, clippings, articles, brochures, bulletins, school notebooks,
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