Buck, Florence (Daughters of Norway)

Buck, Florence (Daughters of Norway)

• 1979-04-28 (Creation)

2 file folders
1 sound cassette
1 compact disc

This interview was conducted with Florence Buck on April 27, 1979 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information about the Daughter of Norway lodges, focusing on the Tacoma Embla lodge.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 26 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet and Tape Index

Box 1, File 26A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Interviewed by Janet Rasmussen
Transcribed by Mary Sue Gee, Julie Peterson and Becky Husby
Encoded by Kerstin Ringdahl & Amity Smetzler
Recording Quality: Good

Biographical Information

Florence Buck is of Norwegian descent and actively participates in the Daughters of Norway Embla lodge in Tacoma. The Daughters' main focus is to develop closer ties with Norwegian culture and unite women of Norwegian birth or descent or married to a person of Norwegian birth or descent. Believing that women need the opportunity to be independent, the Daughters of Norway have remained separate from the Sons of Norway. Florence believes it is necessary for the lodges to have interesting programs in order to get and keep new members. Examples of these programs are cooking, beadwork, Hardanger and dance programs/workshops. Florence would like to see a women's choral group started as well.