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New Land, New Lives Oral History Collection With digital objects
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Hemmestad, Olga

The interview was conducted with Olga Hemmestad on July 26, 1983 in Bellingham, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, childhood in Norway, school, voyage to Canada, arrival in Canada and the U.S., confirmation, arrival in Washington State, settling in Ferndale, learning English, marriage, trip to Norway, changes in Norway, family in America, citizenship, moving back to Ferndale, family and friends in Norway, childhood memories, Christmas traditions, and canning. The interview was conducted in English.


Folder Contents

Box 11, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 11, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mrs. Hemmestad’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

T0108-2

Cannery tender loaded with salmon, Cook Inlet, Alaska, late 1930's. Torvald Handeland is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Photograph of Gravatn, Norway, belonging to Torvald Handeland. He is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Torvald Handeland's home in Sirdal, Norway, summer of 1981. In front of the house are Gunvald, Edith, and Martin Handeland. Torvald is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Esther and Otto Halseth stand together in front of a house. The photograph is dated 1949. Otto is among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

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