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Washington: You Are There tape 2, track 45

This interview was conducted with Anna Ekrem on February 8, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, schooling, work, emigration, marriage and family, church and community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains two photographs of Anna as a young woman and two photographs of Anna at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Ekrem’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 14B Photographs
Four photographs

The interview was conducted with Emil Ekloff on May 13, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, settling in, jobs, marriage, World War I, cabinetwork, family, and Swedish heritage. The interview also includes photographs of Emil Ekloff in Bellevue, WA (1910), Emil at Fortuna Park on Mercer Island (1911), Emil in San Francisco (July 4, 1918), Emil in August 1918, Emil working at a cabinet shop in Seattle, Washington, Emil with the Millman Union, and Emil at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Ekloff’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 7B Photographs
Nine photographs

This interview was conducted with John Eide on October 15, 1982. It contains information about family background, becoming a Christian, emigration, return to Norway and re-emigration, marriage and family, and church involvement. The interview also contains a paper by John regarding baptism, a photograph of John and his siblings in Norway, and two photographs of John at the time of the interview. Mr. Eide speaks Norwegian fairly often during the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 9, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 9, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen
Letter from Mr. Eide’s daughter requesting a photograph back
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 9, File 4B Photographs and Personal Papers
Three photographs
“Baptism thus saith the Lord”

Washington: You Are There tape 2, track 52

This interview was conducted with Agnes Dyrhaug on May 21, 1982 in Portland, Oregon. It contains information concerning family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also includes an article in Norwegian from the Western Viking concerning Agnes's eighty-fifth birthday and her nomination to Gerda Farestrand's committee on the Oregon Arts Commission. The article also gives an overview of Agnes's life, including emigration, schooling in Astoria, Washington, marriage, involvement in Scandinavian organizations, meeting Crown Prince Olav, and employment with Nordic Ware and Chicago Cutlery. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Forms
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Dryhaug’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 12B Personal Papers
Clipping from Western Viking about Mrs. Dyrhaug’s 80th birthday and her life in America.

This interview was conducted with Ella Duus on June 8, 1978. She was living at Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood, WA at the time, and the interview contains information on family background, emigration, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Washington: You Are There tape 1, track 1

This interview was conducted with Turi Drage in Seattle, Washington on January 28, 1983. It contains information on family background, life in Norway, World War II in Norway, emigration, cultural differences, and Norwegian heritage. Also available are a photograph of Turi on her confirmation day and snapshots of Turi at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 10, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 10, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter of inquiry from Janet Rasmussen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 10, File 13B Photographs
Four photographs

Doris Schnackenberg Bohman, spouse of PLU History professor Walter Schnackenberg, interviewed by Kerstin Ringdahl.