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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

The interview was conducted with Martha Handeland on October 27, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on parents' life in Tacoma before moving back to Norway in 1920, family background, voyage to Norway, life and schooling in Norway, American-Norwegian Christmas traditions, household responsibilities, return trip to Canada and Seattle, life in Tacoma, marriage, children's lives, maintenance of Norwegian traditions. It also contains a photograph of Martha Handeland and a photograph of Martha and her husband Torvald. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Also see Carl Tweiten, Anna Hopen, and Torvald Handeland.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. and Mrs. Handeland’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 4B Photographs
Two photographs

Olga Haug, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Elias and Gudrun Holmes and their family, along with brother his Cornelius, pose for a family portrait in 1940 outside their house in Stanwood, Washington. Elias and Gudrun are two of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Anton and Anna Hopen at Prince William Sound, Alaska, just after their marriage in 1936. They are among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collectionn at Pacific Lutheran University.

The interview was conducted with Anton Hopen on November 2, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on family history, fishing and farming in Norway, childhood, school, work in Norway, reason for emigrating, voyage to America, train trip to Tacoma, work in U.S., Great Depression, fishing in U.S., citizenship, Norwegian organizations in Alaska, visits to Norway, and changes in Norwegian farming. The interview also contains photographs of Anton Hopen in Tokeen, Alaska, the marble quarry in Tokeen, Anton cutting marble, Anton and other quarry employees, Brunwald (the boat Anton fished on in Alaska), Anton's home in Svardal, Norway, and Anton and his wife Anna at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English. Also see Anna Hopen.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Obituary for Anton Hopen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 11B Photographs
Nine photographs

Anton Hopen fished off this boat, the Brunwald, in Alaska. Hopen is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.