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Lien, Carl

The interview was conducted with Carl Lien on March 16, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood home, school, work in Norway, Christmas traditions, meeting spouse and marriage, emigration, work in the Midwest, move to the West Coast, work in Washington State, fishing in Alaska, language difficulties, citizenship, church, Scandinavian organizations, trips to Norway, changes in Norway, and maintenance of Norwegian traditions. The interview also provides two photographs of Carl Lien at the time of the interview.


Folder Contents

Box 7, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Lien’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 4B Photographs
Two photographs

Peterson, Hans

The interview was conducted with Hans Peterson on March 16, 1982 in Gig Harbor, Washington. It contains information on family background, work, emigration, marriage and family, community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides photographs of Hans' home in Norway, fishing in the Lofoten Islands, Hans at age seventeen, Hans at a fox farm in Petersburg, Alaska, Hans doing construction work in Petersburg, Hans watching traps in Alaska, Hans' farm in Rosedale, Washington, Hans picking berries in Rosedale, and Hans at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 7, File 5 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 5A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Peterson’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 5B Photographs
Fourteen photographs

Holmes, Elias

The interview was conducted with Elias Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, emigration, life and work in Norway, Norwegian Christmas traditions, voyage to the U.S., reasons for and feelings about emigrating, work in the railroad, learning English, railroad unions, visits to Norway, life in North Dakota and the West Coast, children, dairy farming, citizenship, church, schools, changes in Norway, use of Norwegian language, comparison of work and wages between the past and now. The interview also provides a photograph of Elias and his family in Stanwood, Washington (1940) and photographs of Elias and his wife Gudrun at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Gudrun Holmes.


Folder Contents

Box 7, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes regarding their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 6B Photographs
Three photographs

Holmes, Anna Gudrun

The interview was conducted with Gudrun Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history; church life in Norway; father's carpentry work; brothers and sisters; family home, Christmas, and school in Norway; Norwegian foods; living with a cousin; meeting husband; reasons for emigrating; wedding; parents' feelings about emigration; voyage to America; West Coast; house in Stanwood, WA; railroad work; Great Depression; impressions of U.S.; language problems; children; visit to Norway; church life in U.S.; Norwegian foods. The interview also contains photographs of Gudrun Holmes and her husband Elias at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end.

Also see Elias Holmes.

Gudrun's family tree can be found in the Karmøy Torvastad bygdebook on page 53.


Folder Contents

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

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

Box 7, File 7B Photographs
Two photographs

Loe, Otto Calvin

The interview was conducted with Otto Loe on March 24, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood, confirmation and school, Christmas traditions, emigration, voyage to America, work in the U.S., learning English, sailing, marriage, working for a printing press, citizenship, children, community involvement, visits to Norway, changes in Norway, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 7, File 8 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 8A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Loe’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Sandback, George

This interview was conducted with George Sandback on March 25, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, work, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an announcement of George's 85th birthday from the Western Viking (1983) and photographs of George fishing, George as a foreman on a pile driver, George with his brother Teodor and parents, and George at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 7, File 9 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 7, File 9A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Sandback’s participation.
Mr. Sandback’s obituary
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 7, File 9B Photographs
Ten photographs

Greene, Clara

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

Nygaard, Lars

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

Isaksen, Anton

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.

Strom, Anne

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

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