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This interview was conducted with Ida Apalseth on July 26, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, settling in, marriage and family life, church, and community activities. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Ida's interview on the Daughters of Norway.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Apalseth’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Bertel Gilje on July 21, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information about family background, education, occupation, emigration, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. Also available is a letter from Bertel to Dr. Janet Rasmussen in regards to PLU's 'Scandinavian Immigrant Experience.' The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Mr. Gilje to Janet Rasmussen pertaining to his family background.
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Gilje’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Agnes Dyrhaug on May 21, 1982 in Portland, Oregon. It contains information concerning family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also includes an article in Norwegian from the Western Viking concerning Agnes's eighty-fifth birthday and her nomination to Gerda Farestrand's committee on the Oregon Arts Commission. The article also gives an overview of Agnes's life, including emigration, schooling in Astoria, Washington, marriage, involvement in Scandinavian organizations, meeting Crown Prince Olav, and employment with Nordic Ware and Chicago Cutlery. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Forms
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Dryhaug’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 8, File 12B Personal Papers
Clipping from Western Viking about Mrs. Dyrhaug’s 80th birthday and her life in America.

This interview was conducted with Gerda Farestrand on May 20, 1982 in Portland, Oregon. It contains information on family background, work, WWI, immigration to Canada and the United States, marriage and family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Farestrand’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Herman Westby on May 20, 1982 in Portland, Oregon. It contains information on family background, emigration, enlisting in the service, railroad work, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Westby’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Ben Grytnes on May 10, 1982 in Poulsbo, Washington. It contains information about family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

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

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

This interview was conducted with Frederick Fredericksen on May 10, 1982 in Poulsbo, WA. It contains information about family background, sharecropping in Norway, emigration, school, work, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 8, File 3 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 8, File 3A Correspondence and Forms
Checklists and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Fredericksen’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