Contains information about Evan Evanson’s early years and family life, education, emigration and pioneering experiences, personality, and community involvement. Ella Evanson also wrote the memoirs of her family and early childhood years.
An original funeral program, or memorial booklet, containing a biography and speeches. The booklet is in Norwegian.
An original copy of a speech commemorating the memory of Matthias Pedersen Øien, 1867 - 1893.
An original copy of a funeral program, or memorial booklet, containing a biography and speeches. The booklet is in Norwegian.
Ccontains the bound autobiography of Esther Olson Brissenden Collection entitled, Esther's Book: The Story of a Family. The manuscript is 329 pages long and contains photocopied photographs of the Olson family. In addition to the autobiography, the book includes letters written by Blixt to his nephew in Sweden, and the stories of each of the seven Olson children written by their offspring.
Aa photocopy of a sixty-six page handwritten autobiography begun on 23 May 1979 and completed on 23 October 1980 by Esther Berglund, age 89, to her granddaughter Linda (Berg) Lamzow. There is also a News Tribune clipping from 6 June 1982 picturing Esther.
Mementos and scrapbooks from Esther Lund Nilsen.
Consists of an article on Esther Allstrum from the “Time Machine” section of the “Tacoma News Tribune,” published on 27 September 1981. It includes information on Ms. Allstrum’s occupations and activities.
The collection consists of a Swedish elementary school transcript and immigrant inspection card. The history and immigration documents of Ester (Esther) Dahlstein from Rönaholm, Sweden. She was born on August 16, 1881, attended elementary school from February 8, 1892 to May 11, 1896, and immigrated to America in 1904.