The interview was conducted with Otto Halseth on November 30, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on the details of the fire in Ålesund, Norway, on January 23, 1904; furniture making; professions of his family members; life as a child in Norway; Norwegian Christmas traditions; living in a strong Christian home; voyage to America and Tacoma; citizenship process; building of Fort Lewis; life on a fruit farm; church involvement; return to Norway; ministry work in Canada and Norway; life in U.S. after returning; feelings about being Norwegian; and changes in Norway. The interview also provides photographs of Otto Halseth's family, Otto's school (class of 1916), Otto and his wife Esther (1949), and Otto at Monitor Cabinets on Center Street in Tacoma, Washington. The interview was conducted in English.
Folder Contents
Box 5, File 16 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 5, File 16A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 5, File 16B Photographs
Four photographs