Obert Halland Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 3025
Scope and Content
The Obert Halland Collection is mostly related to his time in the U.S. Navy. It contains his notes taken while training as a Gunner’s Mate at the U.S. Naval Training Station, in Farragut, Idaho. The training objectives were to learn the parts of the gun, maintenance, and handling. Much of the notes are handwritten with sketches of the guns, cartridges, and tools. In the U.S. Navy Papers folder there is his Rating Description, as well as an affidavit of Evelyn Halland in support of application of discharge dated Nov. 25, 1946. There is also a newsletter from the U.S.S. Cortland, printed on December 2, 1945, while at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. In a separate flat box are two items, his U.S. Navy Jacket, and a framed photo of the U.S.S. Cortland commemorating Obert’s service during Operation Crossroads, the Atomic Bomb Experiment at Bikini Atoll. Beyond the U.S. Navy related items, there is a file that contains two newspaper clippings, one of Ober Halland’s obituary, and the other a newspaper story about the Absaraka Mercantile, which features a photo of Ober’t father, Nick Halland. Also included in the collection is Obert’s 1941-1942 Buffalo High School yearbook, called the “Theota”.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1941-1946
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are not held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Obert Norman Halland was born on April 5, 1924 in Gary, Minnesota. He was the son of Nicholai and Olga (Haugen) Halland. He was raised in Buffalo, North Dakota, and graduated from high school in 1943. He joined the United States Navy in January 1944. His training was at the U.S. Naval Training Station, in Farragut, Idaho. He served on the U.S.S. Cortland in the South Pacific, and participated in the 1946 Operation Cross-Roads, the Atomic Bomb Experiment at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. He was discharged in April 1947, and returned to home to farm in the Buffalo area. He was married twice, first to Evelyn Gubrud on October 9, 1946, together they had one daughter, Lynn. The couple later divorced, and Obert remarried to Shirley Woodruff Storhaug on July 16, 1962. Shirley was a widow with three daughters, Penny, Mara and Pam. Shirley and Obert had two more daughters, Tammy and Dawn. In 1978, Obert retired, and they moved to Tower City, North Dakota. Shirley died in 1995, and Obert died on December 5, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center in Arthur, North Dakota.
Extent
2.25 Linear Feet (2.25 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of papers from Obert Halland, of Buffalo, N.D. related to his time in the U.S. Navy as a Gunner's Mate, serving on the U.S.S. Cortland during World War II and the atomic weapons tests on Bikini Atoll.
Provenance
Donated by Margaret Vollmuth, 2020 (Acc. 2020-049irs)
Separated Materials - Photograph
150 photographic prints and one negative processed as Photo 2208.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Obert Halland Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu