Aagot Raaen
Papers, 1915-1953
.8 linear feet (Mss 8)

Aagot Raaen was born in Iowa in 1873, the daughter of Norwegian immigrants, Thomas and Ragnhild (R?dningen) Raaen.  They moved to near Hatton, N.D. and Aagot attended the local schools, and in 1903 she was graduated from the Mayville (N.D.) State Normal School.  In 1913, she graduated from the University of Minnesota. She taught rural schools in the area and also at the Oak Grove Seminary in Fargo.  From 1917 to 1922, Aagot was Steele County Superintendent of Schools.  In 1922 she began teaching at a number of post-secondary institutions in Hawaii.  Miss Raaen traveled extensively, was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and secretary of the Hallinglaget.  She was the author of several books, including Grass of the Earth, Measure of My Days, and Hamarsbön-Raaen Genealogy.  She died on January 7, 1957, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

The Aagot Raaen collection consists mainly of correspondence, various drafts of Measure of My Days, and extensive genealogical material. The Manuscript File includes a typed draft, galley proof and page proof of her book, Measure of My Days. The Genealogical File of the HamarsbOn family includes correspondence, notes, handwritten drafts by generation, plus a typed draft for the first seven generations. 
 

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