In addition to many community involvements including the Black Hawk Hiking Club, the Sunday School movement, and the Augustana Historical Society, he took an interest in the history of the community. Especially curious about the first settlers of the area, he interviewed many of the members of the Old Settler's Association. Hauberg's collection contains over 350 pioneer interviews, a fraction of which are represented here.

Effort has been taken to preserve these interviews as closely as possible to Hauberg's original typed copies. However, due to modern typefaces, line breaks and margins do not occur exactly as in the originals. Hauberg's spellings, typographic errors, and punctuation have been retained, as well as his decorative characters. Notes in Hauberg's own hand have been indicated in square [ ] brackets. Information added to help explain the transition from original to computer-generated text, for example, identifying photograph captions, has been added in braces { }.