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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 Hans Peter Hansen on April 13, 1981 at his home in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, the Danish Royal Guard, emigration, occupation, and Danish heritage. The interview also includes two black and white photographs of Hans at the time of the interview and Hans' obituary (December 4, 1981). The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 15 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 15A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. Hansen regarding his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 15B Photographs and Clippings
Two photographs
One clipping

This interview was conducted with Inga Anderson on April 14, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work, marriage, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English with Norwegian towards the end of the recording.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 16 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 16A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mrs. Anderson regarding her participation in the project.
Mrs. Anderson’s obituary
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Judith Tollefson on May 7, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, community activities, and the importance of Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains a photograph of Judith at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Julius Tollefson.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 17 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 17A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Tollefson for her participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 17B Photograph
One photograph

This interview was conducted with Julius Tollefson on May 7, 1981 in his Tacoma home. It contains information on family background, emigration, Scandinavian organizations, employment, family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains two articles about Julius and his life experiences from the Tacoma News Tribune (December 2, 1979 and January 1, 1984).

Also see Judith Tollefson. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. Tollefson regarding his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 14B Clippings
Two Clippings

The interview was conducted with Hans Tveter on May 12, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, and Norwegian heritage. During the interview, Hans's younger brother Jacob joined him. The interview also contains a copy of the Tveter family passport from Norway. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 18 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 18A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form for Hans and Jacob Tveter
Correspondence between Hans Tveter and Janet Rasmussen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Ogie Enwall (Aage Enevoldsen) on May 13, 1981. It contains information on family background, emigration, dairy farming, marriage and family, community involvement, and Danish heritage. The interview also contains a photograph of Ogie. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 19 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 19A Correspondence
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen about Mr. Enwall’s participation in the project.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Amanda Nakkerud on May 27, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information about family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an article on Amanda and her husband Trygve from the Western Viking (September 10, 1982).

Also see Trygve Nakkerud. This interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

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

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

Box 3, File 3B Clippings
Clippings

The interview was conducted with Emma Mehus Varney on May 27, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, marriage and family, community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 3, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 3, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Varney for her participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Trygve Nakkerud on May 27, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work, union activities, community activities, and marriage. The interview also contains: a postcard from Trygve, a program from Leif Erikson Day (1968) from the Norway Center in Seattle, Washington, minutes from a special board meeting at the Norway Center (January 5, 1972), an article on Trygve receiving the Ballard Exchange Club's 'Outstanding Senior Citizens Award,' correspondence with the Seattle Post Intelligencer, correspondence with the US Senate, articles on the fisheries in the Northwest, an article on Trygve and his real estate business, and an article on him from the Western Viking. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Amanda Nakkerud and Trygve's interview about the Leif Erikson League.

Folder Contents

Box 3, File 2 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 3, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Postcard from Trygve Nakkerud to Janet Rasmussen
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mr. Nakkerud for his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 3, File 2B Clippings
Clippings