- SIE 2-4-t114
- 1981-11-02
The interview was conducted with Anton Hopen on November 2, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on family history, fishing and farming in Norway, childhood, school, work in Norway, reason for emigrating, voyage to America, train trip to Tacoma, work in U.S., Great Depression, fishing in U.S., citizenship, Norwegian organizations in Alaska, visits to Norway, and changes in Norwegian farming. The interview also contains photographs of Anton Hopen in Tokeen, Alaska, the marble quarry in Tokeen, Anton cutting marble, Anton and other quarry employees, Brunwald (the boat Anton fished on in Alaska), Anton's home in Svardal, Norway, and Anton and his wife Anna at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English. Also see Anna Hopen.
Folder Contents
Box 5, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 5, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Obituary for Anton Hopen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 5, File 11B Photographs
Nine photographs