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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

The interview was conducted with Anders Ramstad on March 14, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University's University House in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, education, marriage, employment at PLU, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides three photographs of Anders at the time of the interview, a small book about Anders written by his wife, Emma, another writing by Emma "Memories That Cast a Glow Over Retirement," and a memorial tribute from PLU's news magazine, Scene, July 1981. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Dr. Ramstad and Mrs. Ramstad regarding their participation in the project.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 2, File 12B Photographs and Clippings
Three photographs
Biography on Anders Ramstad written by his wife, Emma Ramstad.
Clipping from the Scene in memoriam for Anders Ramstad.

This interview was conducted with Harold Beck on March 9, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work experiences, marriage, church, and community organizations. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Beck’s participation in the project.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Tove Ott, January 1981, in Burlingame, California, by Scott Lawley, a Pacific Lutheran University student and Tove's grandson. It provides information about family background, emigration, marriage, employment, community involvement, and Danish heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

In 1980, Greta Petersen celebrates her 80th birthday with her great-granddaughter Erika Sigrid Larsen, age 5. Greta was a Danish immigrant who was interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Photocopied musings of Bergner titled "På väg till Amerika," or "On the Way to America." These documents are both in Swedish and typewritten in English.

Interviews were conducted with Agnes Stuen on July 2, 1979 in Seattle, Washington and on May 6, 1980 in Tacoma, Washington. The interviews contain information on her family background, employment history, and the early days at Pacific Lutheran University, marriage and family, and Stuen Hall. The interview was conducted in English. John Stuen also contributed to the May 6, 1980 interview.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 1 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 1A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Stuen and John Stuen for their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background