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Ole Shuros Biography
SIE 4-216 · undated
Part of Manuscript Collection

A one-page biography of Ole Shuros who immigrated from Norway and spent most of his life in Alaska. The biography was written in the Eagles Fairbanks Newsletter

Olof and Lars Johnson
SIE 4-48 · 1886-1892
Part of Manuscript Collection

Consists of eight documents. The emigration parish papers (Flyttningsbevis) for Lars Johnson and his wife Karin Eklof, records of naturalization for Olof Johnson dated 1886 and for Lars Johnson dated 1889, tax statements for Olof Johnson for the year 1892 in King County, Washington.

Oscar Brown Papers
SIE 4-137 · undated
Part of Manuscript Collection

A 31 page article written by Oscar Brown. Oscar Brown wrote a book about the story of Little Diomede Island and the different missionaries that went to speak to the Eskimos there and in Siberia.

SIE 4-145 · 1968
Part of Manuscript Collection

This artifact is in a bound book with copies of type-written biographies followed by photocopies of personal documents in both English and Norwegian, and obituaries, photographs, news articles, and other documents pertaining to the family history.There is also an inventory of family antiques in the Otheim home as of 1972, and descriptions of the origins of certain family heirlooms. While most of the history pertains to the Otbragde family since the mid 17th Century, in the back there is a longer genelogical chart that dates back to 1250 and traces the lineage of Tallak Ulvsson Brokka.