- SIE 4-260
- 1980
Part of Manuscript Collection
Photocopied musings of Bergner titled "På väg till Amerika," or "On the Way to America." These documents are both in Swedish and typewritten in English.
Part of Manuscript Collection
Photocopied musings of Bergner titled "På väg till Amerika," or "On the Way to America." These documents are both in Swedish and typewritten in English.
Part of Manuscript Collection
Consists of a manuscript describing the Olson family’s history beginning with Jonas (born 1831) and his wife Anna Britta Hed (born 1835). The manuscript talks about their lives as immigrants and pioneers in Minnesota. History about their daughter Josephine and her husband John Olson and their personalities and their children is also discussed.
Part of Manuscript Collection
"My journey to America and reminiscences of the Civil War" by Ole Nilson Hegna includes a 5 page typed document and 3 handwritten notes concerning the Civil War and the Fifteenth Wisconsin Regiment.
Partial manuscript: Early Swedish History of Tacoma, Washington and the Surrounding Area
Part of Manuscript Collection
An edited version of sections of an unpublished book manuscript written by Stephen Forslund of Tacoma, Washington in approximately 1975. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original document in the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection at Pacific Lutheran University. (endnote 1) as dates and names may not be accurate due to the difficulty of reading the original.
In addition, Forslund writes from the knowledge of the time which may not be always accurate in light of current information. Any editing mistakes are the responsibility of this editor. Question marks indicate items that were not resolvable by this editor. Where possible, the original wording as written by Forslund is used to capture the flavor of thinking at the time of writing. Some wording may be offensive to some readers.
Partial manuscript: Tacoma Swedish Churches
Part of Manuscript Collection
An edited version of sections of an unpublished book manuscript written by Stephen Forslund of Tacoma, Washington in approximately 1975. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original document in the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection at Pacific Lutheran University. (endnote 1) as dates and names may not be accurate due to the difficulty of reading the original.
In addition, Forslund writes from the knowledge of the time which may not be always accurate in light of current information. Any editing mistakes are the responsibility of this editor. Question marks indicate items that were not resolvable by this editor. Where possible, the original wording as written by Forslund is used to capture the flavor of thinking at the time of writing. Some wording may be offensive to some readers.
Part of Manuscript Collection
Photocopies of Newspaper Articles, 1950-1975
Part of Manuscript Collection
(original articles are not in scrapbooks)
Svenska Posten 1950, 1960, 1963; Scandinavian American 1950 (Vasa Lodge); Tacoma News Tribune 1957 (Anderson Island), 1979 (Erling Mork, Mark Parker, Tacoma Hotel); English- Forslunds wed 60 years,
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A photocopy of a twenty-seven page typed biography of two Point Roberts pioneers, Dagbjort and Helgi Thorsteinson. Compiled, translated, and written by Runa Thordarson. Also included are photocopied portraits of Helgi and Dagbjort and a photo of their home in Point Roberts from a newspaper clipping (the newspaper cites their surname as Thorstenson).
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Original scrapbook of Olav Boen with pasted in pictures, postcards, and invitations.
Scrapbook and Postcards, 1915-1947
Part of Manuscript Collection
Scrapbook contains: