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The interview was conducted with Emil Lundbeck on February 5, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, employment, emigration, family, Swedish organizations, and Swedish heritage. The interview also provides a newspaper clipping and photographs of Emil's first boat (1929), Emil salmon fishing (1929-1930), Emil's last boat (1947), and Emil and his wife Linnea at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see the interviews with Emil Lundbeck's sister, Nannie Whitman, and Emil's wife, Anna Linnea Lundbeck.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Lundbeck regarding their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 12B Photographs and Clippings
Five photographs
One clipping in Norwegian.

The interview was conducted with Dagny Krag on January 28, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood home, the Sámi people, Sámi language, Christmas traditions, church, life before moving to the U.S., WWII in Norway, emigration, voyage to America, first impressions of the U.S., settling in, Daughters of Norway, trips back to Norway, Norwegian heritage, changes in Norway, northern Norway, and copper mining in Sulitjelma. The interview was conducted in English.

Please note that both the oral history and its transcript refer to the Sámi and their language using offensive terminology. The Pacific Lutheran University Archives does not condone the use of this language. Our aim is only to make these materials available for research and educational purposes for the purposes of equal and equitable access.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

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

This interview was conducted with Ole Nissen on January 21, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information about family background, the tailoring business, emigration, settling in, marriage, and family. The interview also includes two photographs of Ole at his tailor shop, a photograph of Ole and his family in 1971, two snapshots of Ole at the time of the interview, and an article about Ole receiving his 50-year emblem from the Danish Brotherhood. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Nissen’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 10B Photographs and Clippings
Four photographs
One clipping

The interview was conducted with Arvid Nilsen on January 20, 1982 in Gig Harbor, Washington. It contains information on personal history, work as a sailor, marriage, emigration, return to Norway, church and community involvement. The interview also contains a photograph of Arvid as a young man and photographs of Arvid and his wife Esther at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Esther Nilsen.

Folder Contents

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

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

Box 6, File 9B Photographs
Three Photographs

Arvid Nilsen, 1982. He is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

This interview was conducted with Esther Nilsen on January 20, 1982 in Gig Harbor, Washington. It contains information on family background, schooling, emigration, work, and marriage, return to Norway, church involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains a Norwegian children's songbook, various newspaper clippings, a drawing of Oslo, copies of the N.A.L NYTT (May/June 1939), the Call Bulletin of San Francisco (April 10, 1940), and photographs of Esther as a child, Esther at the Daughters of Norway (1980), and Esther and her husband Arvid at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Arvid Nilsen.

Folder Contents

Box 6, File 8 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 6, File 8A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Nilsen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 6, File 8B Photographs and Clippings
Six photographs
Nine clippings in Norwegian
Drawing
Child’s Songbook in Norwegian

Arvid and Esther Nilsen are among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Arvid and Esther Nilsen are among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.