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Olga Johnson is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Jorgen Jorgenson, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Gunnar Tranum is two years old in this 1907 family portrait with his parents Henrik and Paula Tranum. Gunnar is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

The interview was conducted with Therese Pedersen on April 7, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains photographs of Therese as a young woman, Therese and her husband Oluf, and Therese at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 18 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 18A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Pedersen’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 18B Photographs
Four photographs

This interview was conducted with Hjarne Foss on October 20, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information on family background, employment, emigration, marriage and family, and return trips to Denmark. The interview also includes photographs of the Foss family in 1902, Hjarne in 1911, the Foss family in 1912, Hjarne with his sisters in 1918 or 1919, a business card from H.B. Foss Electric Shop in Solvang, California, and Hjarne at the time of the interview.

Also see Laura Foss.

Folder Contents

Box 9, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 9, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 9, File 6B Photographs
Nine photographs

Hjarne Foss' family in Copenhagen, photographed in 1902. Hjarne was a Danish immigrant whose oral history is part of the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Hjarne Bernhard Foss was a Danish immigrant whose oral history is part of the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.