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Biographical notes, and a 29-page typewritten manuscript entitled “Musings.” The
notes include a bibliography of the 40 children’s books written by Mrs. Holberg;
and 82 photographs of the family, including some of her grandfather, Knud
Langeland, his wife and farm home.
538. HOLDEN, GOODHUE COUNTY, MINNESOTA. LOCAL HISTORY, 1876. 1 item,
5 typescript pages. P 762.
A brief history of Holden Township read at a centennial celebration held July 4,
1876.
539. HOLEN, OLAF (1889- ). PAPERS, 1928-1985. 1 item. P 1313.
“Den haugianske vækkelse og dens plads i den norske litteratur,” a Department of
Scandinavian, University of Washington, Master of Arts thesis, 205 pages, 1928.
540. HOLLAND, BJØRN (1841-1930). PAPERS, 1899-1933. 1 folder. P 165.
Clippings, correspondence, articles, obituaries, and photographs of a politician,
farmer, merchant, and teacher and his family in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The
papers concern family, politics, and Norwegian heritage. Holen’s History of the Town
of Moscow from 1848 to 1919 is in the NAHA books collection, F589.M8H7. Some of
the manuscripts of the biographies published in this work are included.
541. HOLMES CITY LESEFORENING. RECORDS, 1877-1905. 1 volume. P 695.
Constitution and financial records of a reading society at Holmes City, Minnesota,
the purpose of which was to establish a library that would promote Christian and
civic enlightenment.
542. HOLSETH, MIKEL C. (1845-1926). PAPERS, 1864-1925. 19 items. P 167.
Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman: correspondence, notebooks, and
a manuscript of his translation, Evangelisk Troesgrund, from German to Norwegian.
543. HOLSTAD, SIGURD HENRY (1871-1954). LETTERS, 1941. 1 volume. P 839.
Letters of tribute addressed to Holstad on his retirement as Executive Secretary of
the Lutheran Welfare Society, bound into “A Book of Personal Messages to Mr. S.
H. Holstad, December 5, 1941.” Holstad, a Norwegian-born businessman in
Minneapolis, was active in church, community and Norwegian-American affairs.
544. HOLT, BENJAMIN M. (1882- ). AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1974. 1 item. P 959.
An account by Holt covering 90 years of his life and published in the Concordia
Historical Institute Quarterly, Spring, 1994. Born in Barnsville, Minnesota, Holt lived
much of his life in Fargo, North Dakota. He was an active Lutheran layman, and
from 1962 to 1970 was the archivist for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, North
Dakota District.
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