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Tollefson, Julius
SIE 2-4-t049_t050 · 1981-05-07
Part of New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection

This interview was conducted with Julius Tollefson on May 7, 1981 in his Tacoma home. It contains information on family background, emigration, Scandinavian organizations, employment, family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains two articles about Julius and his life experiences from the Tacoma News Tribune (December 2, 1979 and January 1, 1984).

Also see Judith Tollefson. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 2, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. Tollefson regarding his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 14B Clippings
Two Clippings

Tollefson, Judith
SIE 2-4-t053 · 1981-05-07
Part of New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection

This interview was conducted with Judith Tollefson on May 7, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, community activities, and the importance of Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains a photograph of Judith at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Julius Tollefson.


Folder Contents

Box 2, File 17 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 17A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Tollefson for her participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 17B Photograph
One photograph

File · 1836 - 1907
Part of Bjug Aanondson Harstad Papers

Tollef Aanondson Harstad was the third child of Aanond Tellefson Harstad and Torbjor Kittilsdaughter Harstad and was born June 16,1836 in Saetersdal, Norway. He married there in May of 1861 to Margit Salvesdaughter Nomeland, also born in Saetersdak, Norway, Aug.2, 1840. They came to Seneca,LaSalle County, Illinois in 1861 and settled later at Greenfield, (now Harmony) Minnesota, Fillmore county in 1867. Tollef died Dec. 9, 1907 and about two and one half months later, Feb. 20, 1908 Margit also passed away. They are both at rest in Greenfield (Harmony) Cemetery. They had eleven children.

Told by the pioneers
SPEC NISQ F891.T65x 1938 · Item · 1938
Part of Pacific Northwest Publication Collection

Full title: Told by the pioneers: tales of frontier life as told by those who remember the days of the territory and early statehood of Washington.
Author: Washington Pioneer Project
Description: v. : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes: On cover: Reminiscences of pioneer life in Washington. Printed under W.P.A. sponsored federal project no. 5841,
directed by Secretary of State Ernest N. Hutchinson. Includes indexes.

Tobiason, Anna
SIE 2-4-t116_t117 · 1981-11-19
Part of New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection

This interview was conducted with Anna Tobiason on November 19, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, church involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides a letter from President Eastvold and photographs of Anna in traditional Scandinavian dress, Anna and her siblings Olav and Soinneva, inside the Myklebust family home, Anna and her brother's wife, Meja Myklebust (ca. 1916), Anna and Mrs. Munson, Mrs. A.W. Ramstad, and Mrs. M.T. Hokenstad (all former presidents of Pacific District Women's Missionary Federation of former Evangelical Lutheran Church), and Anna at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 5, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 13B Photographs
Eight photographs

To Whom the Future Belongs
File · Undated
Part of Walter C. Schnackenberg Papers

An Undated pamphlet entitled “To Whom the Future Belong” by Dr. Schnackenberg on graduate studies published by Board of Christian Education of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Vol. 2, Issue 4).