The interview was conducted with Elias Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, emigration, life and work in Norway, Norwegian Christmas traditions, voyage to the U.S., reasons for and feelings about emigrating, work in the railroad, learning English, railroad unions, visits to Norway, life in North Dakota and the West Coast, children, dairy farming, citizenship, church, schools, changes in Norway, use of Norwegian language, comparison of work and wages between the past and now. The interview also provides a photograph of Elias and his family in Stanwood, Washington (1940) and photographs of Elias and his wife Gudrun at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.
Also see Gudrun Holmes.
Folder Contents
Box 7, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 7, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes regarding their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 7, File 6B Photographs
Three photographs