ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

MRS. HANS MOLLERUD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #758

DATES: 1860s-1952

SIZE: .25 linear ft.

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Mrs. Hans Mollerud Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection in April 1982 (Acc.#82-991). The papers were photocopied from originals held by the Saskatchewan Archives Board.

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Mollie Mollerud was born on September 5, 1874 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Her parents, Lars and Ingeborg Hegseth Paulsness, emigrated from Norway in 1860 and farmed in Goodhue County until Lars died in 1889. Ingeborg and her five children then moved to Grafton, North Dakota, where they homesteaded. In November 1893, Mollie, the oldest daughter, married Hans Mollerud, who was born in Sigdal, Norway in January 1870. The Molleruds worked on Ingeborg's farm until 1903, when they homesteaded near Hanley, Saskatchewan. The Molleruds had ten children: Hilda, Inez, Leonard, Freemann, Alvin, Henry, Henrietta, Melville, and two boys who died in infancy.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Mrs. Hans Mollerud Papers consist of photocopies of a handwritten autobiographical sketch written in 1952. The sketch concerns the Mollerud and Paulsness family histories, detailing Mrs. Mollerud's recollections of farming, social and church activities, and neighbors in Goodhue County (Minn.), Grafton (ND), and Hanley (Sask). Of particular interest are her memories of the epidemic of scarlet fever which struck Grafton (ND) in the summer of 1904. The original is archived by the Saskatchewan Archives Board.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Autobiographical sketch by Mrs. Hans Mollerud

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