Summary Information

Title: Halle Steensland Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1849-1978

Creator:

• Steensland, Halle, 1832-1910

Call Number: Mss 711; PH Mss 711

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 24 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Fragmentary papers, mainly 1849-1907, of Halle Steensland, a prominent Norwegian immigrant and Madison, Wisconsin businessman who was a founder of the Hekla Fire Insurance Company and the Savings, Loan and Trust Company Bank and who served as vice-consul for Sweden and Norway for many years. The papers, which are written in Norwegian and English, consist of correspondence, official documents and certificates, speeches, biographical clippings, and a brief journal. Also included is a biography of Steensland by Byron C. Ostby and a transcription of all documents by Oskar Garstein. The correspondence, which was primarily written to Steensland during the 1850s and 1860s consists of letters from his family in Norway and from friends who were also Norwegian immigrants. Photographs include the Steensland family and homes in Maple Bluff, Wis., and the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion and Tenney Park, Madison, Wis.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00711

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