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A typed research paper by George W. Scott entitled, "Scandinavians in Washington's Politics Research Paper," likely written for a Pacific Lutheran University course. Inlcuded is an extensive bibliography.

The paper is a narrative history describing the political achievements of notable Scandinavian politicians and political organizations since the 1880s. This history also gives an account of the scope of larger, national politics and trends. At the end is a brief summary of political movements in which Scandinavian-Americans were especially involved, data related to geographic distribution and political affiliation of Scandinavian political leaders, as well as a list of bibliographic sources listed as endnotes, and a map of Western Washington and Spokane congressional districts.

This document begins with one page on an English to Norwegian computer translation program developed by Don Hundven. The rest of the document is a family genealogy and history beginning with Marit and Ole Overlie. Each of their nine children and their spouses, children, and children’s children are discussed. Marit and Ole had thirty-five grandchildren. There is also information about Marit’s family, the Andrew Halvorsen Family and the Halvorsen quadruplets. There is a transcript of a news clipping about the fifty year anniversary of Ole and Marit Overlie. Finally, there is a history of Martin Kristian Hundvin (the father of the author of this manuscript) and descendants.

Contains the autobiography of Karl Olsen entitled, Little Karl From Norway: The Story of My Life. The manuscript is 140 pages long and contains photocopied photographs of the Karl Olsen family.

Concert programs and songs for Sangerfest 91 in Salem, Oregon.

Detailed description of contents:

Maps of Sweden

Table of contents and introduction

Ancestor and pedigree charts beginning with Karl August Johansson born in 1863 in Jarfalla, Stockholm, Sweden, and ending with the seventh generation dating back to Pehr Jansson born in the 1600s

Church birth record for Eric Ersson born in 1778 in Jarfalla, Stockholm, Sweden

Church “household examination” and information about Anna Lotta’s parents and her brother

Church record of Jan Eric Ersson and family

Family information for Carl and Anna Stina Jansson in Sweden as well as their photograph

Death notices for Anna Stina Jansson and Carl Johan Jansson as well as a translation of the telegram that was sent to Carl Berlin in 1918 about their deaths

Copies of what is believed to be information from an auction following the death of Carl Johan Jansson

Family group record for Anna Maria ( Johansson) Larson and husband Gustav Erik Adolph Larson

Photos of Gustav and Anna Maria Larson and family

Newspaper article about “Mrs. Larson” (Anna Maria) Carl Johansson

Berlin family group record

Information about Carl Berlin in Minnesota (map of St. Johns township, auction for Carl Berlin’s horses, cattle, hogs, and machinery, death announcement for Carl Berlin and John Berlin)

Herman Berlin family information and pictures John Berlin family information

Death announcements for Clarence N. Larson and Hulda Larson

Larson family photos

David Rasmussen family photos

Johan Johansson (John Johnson) family group record and photographs

Death announcement for Ruth Muriel Anna Christine Johnson Langlow (daughter of John Johnson)

Erik Johansson family group record and photographs

Eleven pages of descendants of Pehr Jansson (oldest known ancestor)

More family photographs

Certificate of marriage for Alexis Theodore Johnson and Helen Loraine Carlson on 21 December 1946

Two family tree copies