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The interview was conducted with Anna Larson on April 19, 1979 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, and married life. The interview was conducted in English.
Box 1, File 24 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 1, File 24A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
The interview was conducted with Elias Larsen on August 27, 1981 in Portland, Oregon. This interview contains information on family history, family farm in Norway, emigration of family, school days in Norway, work in Norway, reasons for emigrating, voyage to America, work in the U.S., language problems, community involvement, lumber industry, marriage, medical care, Christmas traditions, visits to Norway, Norwegian language and heritage, childhood in Norway, and reflections on immigration. Also available are a photograph of Elias Larsen and an article from the Western Viking (April 29, 1983). The interview was conducted in English.
Box 4, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 4, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Larsen’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 4, File 4B Photographs and Clippings
One photograph
One clipping
This interview was conducted with Clara Larsen on August 23, 1984 in Spokane, Washington. It contains information about her childhood, emigration, marriage, work as a seamstress, Danish heritage, and return trips to Denmark. The interview was conducted in English with some Danish towards the end of the interview.
Box 12, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 12, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Family Background
Lars and Kristi Kinsarvik Correspondence
Part of Manuscript Collection
Letters from Norwegian immigrants who settled in Washington state, written to Kirsti and Lars Kinsarvik back home in Norway. The letters span more than a decade in the lives of these families and describe events both in the United States and Norway. The 15 letters vary in length and were typed in 1974 from the original letters. The papers in the folder are copies. The letters are in Norwegian and are written between November 1908 and November 1932. All letters are written by Per and Martha Røthe except for one written by Ingeborg Sivertsen. All the letters are to Kirsti and Lars Kinsarvik who are living in Norway.
The first letter starts with a description of the new home that Per and Martha have just built. The letters also describes Per’s feelings about leaving Norway, and how glad he is to have moved from Wisconsin to Washington. Their new home is called Varalid, and is lying next to one of the small fjords in Puget Sound. They have moved there to get some peace and to get away from the city. The first letter describes the climate and the area around their home place. Lars was an artist and Per describes where he has hung the paintings he got from him. The next letter, from 1911, tells more about their new home and their new fruit trees and chickens. The rest of the letters comment about food in America and about the industrialization of Norway, in which he mused on the changes in urbanizing Norwegian society and the great migration of rural Norwegians to the cities. The letter from June 25, 1913 starts with Per’s reactions to reading “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Shakespeare in New Norwegian. The rest of the letter regards Per’s view on happenings in the hometown. The next letter, from November 1913 starts with two pages regarding the people working in industry taking over Norway from the farmers. The next page contains Per’s comments about how well America has made it, even though the population in America started with all the people that could not live in Europe. The last part of the letter regards what Per has been doing in the last months. Except for a very short letter from 1914, the next letter is from November 16, 1915. This letter describes problems Per and Martha encountered due to World War I. The letter also describes the work Per is doing on Varalid. The last page of the letter contains a comment from Per about the situation in Europe, and how bad the situation is for mankind.The next letter is from July 4, 1917 and is marked by the fact that Per’s illness is not getting any better. The rest of the letter is a comment about the war and America's entry into it. The letter from November 1,1917 is the first letter in the collection written by Martha. Per is too sick to write letters so Martha writes for him. The letter describes Lars’ paintings hanging in Varalid, and how glad they were when they heard that Lars was trying to paint them another. Both the letter from Oct. 1918 and from July 1919 are clearly marked by Per’s sickness, and he is just able to wrote a couple of paragraphs. He comments about the Germans after the war, and what people are doing in America after the war.The letter from January 1, 1920 is written by Martha, but is dictated by Per. Per’s father has just died and the letter thanks Lars for speaking in the father’s funeral. Per has been sick for the last two years, the letter describes Per's failing health, and how grateful he is for having Martha by his side.The next letter is from March 1922 and is written by Ingeborg Sivertsen. The letter gives a brief update to Lars and Kirsti about what has happened to Ingeborg’s family lately. The collection also contains an undated letter. This letter is written by Martha and describes her homesickness and that Per is still sick. One letter written in November 1922 by Per describes a news clipping about Pastor M. A. Pedersen, who was in India. The last letter is from 1932 and is written by Martha. Both Per and Lars are dead now, and the letter is written to Kirsti. The letter expresses thanks for letters from Norway and describes what Martha is doing after she became a widow.
The interview was conducted with Andreas (Andy) Langvad on February 17, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, family name, childhood life and home, school, church, Christmas traditions, work in Norway, home remedies, toys, preparation for emigrating, working in a copper mine, voyage to America, trips to Norway, feelings about leaving Norway, first impression of America, work in the Midwest, language difficulties, reasons for moving to the West Coast, work in Washington, meeting spouse, marriage and family, Scandinavian import store, Norwegian organizations, Norwegian traditions, church in Washington, changes in Norway, effects of WWII on northern Norway, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides a photograph of Andreas Langvad, his brother, and other immigrants from Langvad-Lien (1923), four photographs of his wife, Jean Langvad, at their Scandinavian store in Tacoma, Washington, and two photographs of Andreas at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.
Box 6, File 17 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 6, File 17A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Langvad’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 6, File 17B Photographs
Seven photographs
This interview was conducted with Karina Langland on June 8, 1978 in Stanwood, Washington. It contains information on family history, farming in Washington, children, life in Norway, family's immigration to U.S., voyage to America, life in South Dakota, meeting spouse, life in Washington, political involvement, Norwegian traditions, and church. This first portion of this tape is recorded in Norwegian.
Box 1, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background
Box 1, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Kvekerne i Stavanger og Ryfylke
Part of Manuscript Collection
A booklet issued for “Utvandrerfestivalen 1986” and contains information about the Quaker church in Norway. The booklet is in Norwegian. The Emmigration Festival in Norway 1986 booklet about the Quakers in Norway, especially from Stavanger and Ryfylke. Who traveled, who stayed behind, general information about the emmigration, in addition to special informations about the Quaker emigration.
This interview was conducted with John Kuivala on August 28, 1981 in Astoria, Oregon. It provides information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, and Finnish heritage. The interview also includes a photograph of John at the time of the interview.
Box 4, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 4, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 4, File 6B Photographs
One photograph
This interview was conducted with Magdalena Krokenes on March 7, 1983 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood, school, life in Osøyro, Christmas traditions, confirmation, work in Norway, meeting spouse, marriage and family life in Norway after marriage, emigration, settling in and life during the Depression, children, community involvement, return trips to Norway, and Norwegian heritage. Also available are photographs of Magdalena Krokenes as a young woman and Magdalena at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.
Also see Sigurda Aamot.
Box 10, File 19 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 10, File 19A Correspondence and Forms
Checklists and Release Forms
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Krokenes’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 10, File 19B Photographs
Four photographs
Kristofer Janson - "The Fifteenth Wisconsin"
Part of Manuscript Collection
This is a photocopied draft of a story written by Kristofer Janson and translated by Harry T. Cleven.