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The interview was conducted with Andrew Johnson (Anders Johansson) on November 10, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, Scandinavian churches and organizations, travel, marriages, and a return trip to Sweden. The interview also includes photographs of Andrew Johnson at his mother's home in Sweden, Andrew at grammar school in Sweden, Andrew and other machinists at Coast Iron and Machine Works in Tacoma, WA (1918), Andrew and Alice on their wedding day (1929), and Andrew at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 9, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 9, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Johnson’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 9, File 14B Photographs
Five photographs

The interview was conducted with Anna Larson on April 19, 1979 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, and married life. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 24 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 1, File 24A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Astrid Lovestrand on June 17, 1982 in Yakima, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, immigration, employment, Swedish community, marriage and family, trips to Sweden, and Swedish heritage. Also available is a black and white photograph of Astrid Lovestrand at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

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

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

Box 11, File 11B Photographs
One photograph

The interview was conducted with Erik Molund on February 28, 1983 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, employment, return trips to Sweden, marriage, travel, adjustment, heritage, and church life. Also available are photographs of Erik Molund's family home in Sweden, Erik and two of his brothers, Erik and his wife Elsa as a young couple, and Erik and Elsa at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Swedish throughout the interview.

Also see Elsa Molund.

Folder Contents

Box 10, File 16 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 10, File 16A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 10, File 16B Photographs
Seven photographs

This interview was conducted with Helen Mork on January 21, 1989 in Seattle, Washington. The interview contains information on personal background, emigration, adjustments, family, and heritage. Also available are two black and white photographs from Helen's life. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Ola Mork.

Folder Contents

Box 12, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 12, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Handwritten Family Background and Tape Archive Sheet

Box 12, File 14B Photographs
Two photographs

The interview was conducted with Signe Steel on May 17, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, family, employment, and community life. The interview also includes a paper by Signe Steel entitled 'Emigrants' and photographs of Cedarhome School in Washington, Signe and her siblings Fred and Elsa as children, Signe on Confirmation Day (1916), and Signe and Jack Steel as a young couple. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

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

Box 8, File 8A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Ms. Steel’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 8B Photographs and Personal Papers
Four photographs
Family history

This interview was conducted with Selma Erickson on July 2, 1979 in Seattle, Washington. It provides information on Selma's family background, her experiences as a teacher and a nurse, her return trip to Norway, and her interest in genealogy. The interview also contains five papers by Selma ('Scandinavian Contributions to the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence,' 'My Family Record, with Emphasis on the Halling-side,' 'The Ingvald E. Erickson Family,' 'Selma Erickson Writes of Christmas in Zululand,' and 'My Childhood on the Farm in North Dakota'), a poem by Selma entitled 'A Visit to My Birthplace,' Selma's family tree, and two letters from Selma to the interviewer, Janet Rasmussen.

Folder Contents

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

Box 2, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Selma Erickson to Janet Rasmussen about her participation in the project.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 2B Memoirs
“Selma Erickson Writes of Christmas on Zululand”
“Scandinavian Contributions to the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence”
“My Family Record, with Emphasis on the Halling-Side”
“The Ingvald E. Erickson Family”
“A Visit to My Birthplace”
Family tree from the Seattle Genealogical Society
“My Childhood on the Farm in North Dakota”

The interview was conducted with Jonas Norberg on September 23, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, work, family, community life, and Swedish heritage. It also contains photographs of Walfred, the Norberg family in Sweden, Nybyn, Sweden (1899), the Norberg house/farm, the Norberg Brothers General Store in Grindnäset, Sweden, the house built by Nils Norberg in Nybyn (1904), Walfred at the Cascade Lumber Co. in Alder, Washington (1922), the Norberg family upon their return to Sweden, Walfred and Roy Waller piling lumber in Washington, and John Johnson and his family. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 4, File 8 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 4, File 8A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 4, File 8B Photographs
Ten photographs
Two negatives

The interview was conducted with Alva Pearson on October 8, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, work, community life, family, and Swedish heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Alva Pearson's interview with friends Gunnar and Ingeborg Anderson.

Folder Contents

Box 4, File 15 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 4, File 15A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 4, File 15B Photographs
Two photographs

The interview was conducted with Ralph Strom on April 23, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, employment, family, church and community life, a connection with author Kathryn Winslow, and Swedish heritage. It also provides photographs of Ralph Strom's home in Sweden, Ralph as a young man (Christmas 1912), Ralph with the Lake McMurray logging crew (1913), Ralph and his wife Edith (1922), and Ralph at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 1 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 1A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 1B Photographs
Six photographs