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The interview was conducted with Nannie Whitman on April 28, 1982 in Port Angeles, Washington. This interview contains information on family background, Swedish holidays, school, work, emigration, Swedish organizations, visits to Sweden, church and community life, and Swedish heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

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

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 19 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 19A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Whitman’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

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 Alfred Strom on April 6, 1982, in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains a photograph of Alfred at the First Annual Franklin Packing Company picnic on Ellerington Island, Alaska (June 30, 1918), a photograph of Alfred and his wife Anne, and a photograph of Alfred at the time of the interview.

Also see Anne Strom. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 17 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 17A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 17B Photographs
Three photographs

This interview was conducted with Anne Strom on April 6, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains copies of Anne's emigration papers, Anne's Certificate of Achievement from Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation for passing Test No. 1 for Welder, and photographs. The photographs consist of Anne and her father (taken in Norway), Anne at the North Star restaurant, and Anne and her husband Alfred at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Alfred Strom.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 16 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 16A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Strom’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 16B Photographs and Personal Papers
Four photographs
Copy of her Welder Certificate
Copy of her passport

The interview was conducted with Anton Isaksen on April 5 and 6, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, life and fishing in Norway, emigration and reasons for emigrating, voyage to America, Ellis Island, train trip to Tacoma, arrival in and first impression of Tacoma, language difficulties, fishing in the U.S., working in a sawmill and logging camp, changes in fishing, marriage and family, and trips to and changes in Norway. The interview also contains an article on Captain Anton Isaksen, a letter written to Anton and Olive Isaksen by their daughter Mrs. J. Robert Howard on their 40th anniversary (May 1968), and photographs of Anton and Olive as a young couple and their house in Tacoma, Washington.

Also see Olive Isaksen.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 15 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 15A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Isaksen’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 15B Photographs and Personal Papers
Two photographs
One clipping
Letter written to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Isaksen on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary by their daughter, Mrs. J. Robert Howard.

This interview was conducted with Ellen Andersen on April 1, 1982 in Poulsbo, Washington. It contains information on family background, schooling, emigration, employment, marriage, and Danish heritage.

Also see A.V. (Aage) Andersen.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with A.V. (Aage Valdemar) Andersen on April 1, 1982 in Poulsbo, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage, and Danish heritage. The interview was conducted in English. Also see Ellen Andersen.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Andersen regarding their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Lars Nygaard by his daughter, Inger Nygaard Carr on April 1, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains photographs of Lars as a young man, Lars, his wife Dagny, and their daughters, and Lars and Dagny at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Dagny Nygaard.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 12B Photographs
Six photographs

The interview was conducted with Oscar Turnquist on March 30, 1982 Seattle, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, emigration, employment, church and community life, and Swedish heritage. The interview also provides an article on local oral history projects, including a profile on Oscar Turnquist and mention of Pacific Lutheran University's Scandinavian Immigrant Experience, and a letterhead from Oscar's company, O.E. Turnquist Construction Co. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 11B Clippings
One clipping on oral histories

This interview was conducted with Clara Greene on March 25, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information about her family background, emigration, settling in, schooling, work, marriage and family, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an article on her father, Ole Mathias Nilsen, from a Norwegian publication, an article on Clara from Nordlandsposten, and three photographs of Clara at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 7, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Greene’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 10B Photographs
Three photographs