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New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection
SIE 2 · Record group

The Oral History collection contains the recorded interviews of 282 men and women who emigrated from Scandinavia and settled in the Pacific Northwest. The project was started during an experimental course on Scandinavian Women in the Pacific Northwest. Students in the course were encouraged to interview women and learn about their experiences as immigrants to the United States. The project was continued and expanded with support from the president’s office and by grants from the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, from the Joel E. Ferris Foundation and the Norwegian Emigration Fund of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The project was directed by Dr. Janet E. Rasmussen. Upon completion, the collection was transferred to the Archives and Special Collections Department.

The oral history collection is open for personal and scholarly work. For commercial use, please contact archives@plu.edu.
T0173-6
T0173-6
Item · 1918-08
Part of New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection

Emil Ekloff poses in uniform in this photograph taken by the Jennings Studio in August of 1918. He is one of those interviewed for theNew Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Erickson, Selma
Erickson, Selma
SIE 2-5-t035_t036 · 1979-07-02
Part of New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection

This interview was conducted with Selma Erickson on July 2, 1979 in Seattle, Washington. It provides information on Selma's family background, her experiences as a teacher and a nurse, her return trip to Norway, and her interest in genealogy. The interview also contains five papers by Selma ('Scandinavian Contributions to the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence,' 'My Family Record, with Emphasis on the Halling-side,' 'The Ingvald E. Erickson Family,' 'Selma Erickson Writes of Christmas in Zululand,' and 'My Childhood on the Farm in North Dakota'), a poem by Selma entitled 'A Visit to My Birthplace,' Selma's family tree, and two letters from Selma to the interviewer, Janet Rasmussen.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 2 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Selma Erickson to Janet Rasmussen about her participation in the project.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 2B Memoirs
“Selma Erickson Writes of Christmas on Zululand”
“Scandinavian Contributions to the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence”
“My Family Record, with Emphasis on the Halling-Side”
“The Ingvald E. Erickson Family”
“A Visit to My Birthplace”
Family tree from the Seattle Genealogical Society
“My Childhood on the Farm in North Dakota”