The interview was conducted with Gudrun Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history; church life in Norway; father's carpentry work; brothers and sisters; family home, Christmas, and school in Norway; Norwegian foods; living with a cousin; meeting husband; reasons for emigrating; wedding; parents' feelings about emigration; voyage to America; West Coast; house in Stanwood, WA; railroad work; Great Depression; impressions of U.S.; language problems; children; visit to Norway; church life in U.S.; Norwegian foods. The interview also contains photographs of Gudrun Holmes and her husband Elias at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end.
Also see Elias Holmes.
Gudrun's family tree can be found in the Karmøy Torvastad bygdebook on page 53.
Folder Contents
Box 7, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 7, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 7, File 7B Photographs
Two photographs