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This interview was conducted with Sam Fredricksen on January 10, 1983 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information on family background, marriage, emigration, occupation, and Danish heritage. The interview also includes two photographs of Sam at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 10, File 5 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 10, File 5A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Thank you letter from Mrs. Fredricksen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 10, File 5B Photographs
Two photographs

The interview was conducted with Hans Fredrickson on September 30, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, settling in, work, family, Swedish heritage, church and community life, and trips back to Sweden. Also available are photographs of Hans at the time of the interview, Hans and his family at his childhood home in Småland, Sweden, Hans and other young men immigrating to America (February 22, 1928), Hans as a concrete worker in Villa Park, Illinois (May 23, 1929), Hans working on threshing crew in the Midwest (July 3, 1929), and harvest work in Småland, Sweden (July 31, 1936). The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Sven Fredrickson.

Folder Contents

Box 4, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 4, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Fredrickson’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 4, File 12B Photographs
Nine photographs

The interview was conducted with Sven Fredrickson on November 30, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal history, employment, emigration, family, the Army, church and community life, and Swedish heritage. It also provides photographs of the house where Sven was born, Sven and his family, Sven and an Iranian mountaineer, Sven building a courthouse in Oklahoma City, and Sven at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Hans Fredrickson.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 15 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 15A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Fredrickson’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 15B Photographs
Six photographs

The interview was conducted with Brynhild Garberg on August 23, 1984 in Spokane, Washington. The interview contains information on her family, her family's trip to America, life in LaCrosse, Washington, her work on farms and married life. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 12, File 9 Personal and Family History
Tape Transcription and Family Background

Box 12, File 9A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form

The interview was conducted with Peder Garberg on August 23, 1984 in Spokane, Washington. The interview contains information on his childhood, relatives in America, reason for going to America, his trip, occupations, settling in LaCrosse, Washington, leasing a farm, marriage to Brynhild Kjøsnes, his family, and his Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 12, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 12, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Family Background
Family Tree

This interview was conducted with Bertel Gilje on July 21, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information about family background, education, occupation, emigration, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. Also available is a letter from Bertel to Dr. Janet Rasmussen in regards to PLU's 'Scandinavian Immigrant Experience.' The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Mr. Gilje to Janet Rasmussen pertaining to his family background.
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Gilje’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

"The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met, "a recollection of Gina Ruud Anderson, typed by Rändi Brown, and written by Gina's daughter, Ruth A. Trosper.

This interview was conducted with Thora Gjelstad in Oslo, Norway on June 24, 1984. It contains information about her family background, emigration, re-emigration, and further contact with America. The interview was conducted in Norwegian.

Folder Contents

Box 12, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 12, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 12, File 4B Photographs
One photograph

This interview was conducted with Else Goodwin on January 10, 1983 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, returning to Denmark, marriage, re-emigration, employment, and community involvement. The interview also includes photographs of Else's summerhouse in Copenhagen, Else's parents, Else riding a pony in 1915, Else leaving Copenhagen on July 14, 1930, and Else at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 10, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 10, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Checklists and Forms
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Goodwin’s participation.
Letter from Mrs. Goodwin concerning her family background.
Letter from Mrs. Goodwin’s daughter requesting a copy of the interview.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 10, File 4B Photographs
Seven photographs

This interview was conducted with Clara Greene on March 25, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information about her family background, emigration, settling in, schooling, work, marriage and family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an article on her father, Ole Mathias Nilsen, from a Norwegian publication, an article on Clara from Nordlandsposten, and three photographs of Clara at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Greene’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 10B Photographs
Three photographs