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The interview was conducted with Dagmar Riebe on November 19, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. Also available are a program from the Normanna Male Chorus's 85th Anniversary Concert (November 4, 1973), a photograph of Dagmar's homeplace, two photographs of Dagmar at the time of the interview, and Dagmar's obituary from the Tacoma News Tribune (May 1, 1983). The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Mrs. Riebe’ obituary
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 14B Photographs and Personal Papers
Three photographs
Program from the 85th Anniversary Concert of the Normanna Male Chorus

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 Otto Halseth on November 30, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on the details of the fire in Ålesund, Norway, on January 23, 1904; furniture making; professions of his family members; life as a child in Norway; Norwegian Christmas traditions; living in a strong Christian home; voyage to America and Tacoma; citizenship process; building of Fort Lewis; life on a fruit farm; church involvement; return to Norway; ministry work in Canada and Norway; life in U.S. after returning; feelings about being Norwegian; and changes in Norway. The interview also provides photographs of Otto Halseth's family, Otto's school (class of 1916), Otto and his wife Esther (1949), and Otto at Monitor Cabinets on Center Street in Tacoma, Washington. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 16 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 16A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 16B Photographs
Four photographs

Nels and Gertrude Simonseth provided a personal tape, which chronicles their departure from Norway until their settling in Stanwood, Washington. See also Nels Simonseth and Gertrude Simonseth.

Box 5, File 17 Personal and Family History
Tape Index

Box 5, File 17A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Norwall Steiro on December 16, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information about family background, emigration, occupations, marriage and family, church and community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides a program from the dedication of Lutheran Minor Hospital, a newspaper clipping on the altar Norwall built for Lutheran Minor Hospital, an article on the construction of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Tacoma, a letter regarding the accomplishments of Norwall, a paper entitled 'Norwall Arneberg Steiro, a Builder' (November 22, 1981), a program from Lutheran Social Services' Third Annual Appreciation Dinner (October 9, 1981), Norwall's certificate from sailing school, and a poem written to Norwall on his eighth birthday. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 1 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 1A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Steiro’s involvement.

Box 6, File 1B Clippings
Clippings about groundbreaking ceremonies
Several clippings are in Norwegian.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Erling Sortland on January 12, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, occupations, enlistment in the US Army, marriage and family, and Norwegian heritage. It also provides an article from the Western Viking, which includes a picture of Erling, and photographs of Erling and his wife Svanhild at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Svanhild Sortland.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 2 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. and Mrs. Sortland’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 2B Photographs and Clippings
Two photographs
One clipping in Norwegian

This interview was conducted with Svanhild Sortland on January 12, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, employment, marriage, emigration, family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides photographs of the Sortland home in Norway and Svanhild and her husband Erling at the time of the interview. Also see Erling Sortland. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 3 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 3A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 3B Photographs
Five photographs

This interview was conducted with Odin Davidson on January 14, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work, church, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides photographs of Odin and his brother Aksel, Odin halibut fishing, and Odin and his wife Inga at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Inga Davidson.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 5 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 5A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Davidson.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 5B Photographs
Six photographs

This interview was conducted with Carl Tweiten on January 25, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, return to Norway, emigration, occupation, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an article from a Norwegian publication, which includes a photograph of Carl, and photographs of a painting of the Tweiten home in Norway and Carl at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Martha Handeland and Anna Hopen.

Folder Contents

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

Box 6, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Sirdals bok, how names have been changed.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 6B Photographs and Clippings
Two photographs
One clipping in Norwegian

The interview was conducted with Hulda Isaksen on January 19, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on family history, childhood, church and school, Christmas traditions, troll stories, marriage, voyage to America, train trip to Tacoma, learning the English language, becoming a Christian, church involvement, children, raspberry farm, trips to Norway, changes in Norway, Norwegian traditions at home, taking in veterans, and handicrafts. The interview also contains photographs of Hulda Isaksen's mother, Jensine Andreasen, at the age of seventeen, Hulda and her family, Hulda's husband Rolf and his family, Rolf in the Norwegian Army, Hulda before immigrating to the United States, Rolf fishing halibut, Hulda and Rolf, and Hulda at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 7B Photographs
Nine photographs