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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 Pearl Lund on April 27, 1978 in Stanwood, Washington. It contains information on her family background, work in Norway, emigration, marriage and family life, and the German occupation in Norway during World War II.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Dagny Nygaard on April 27, 1978 in Stanwood, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, marriage and family life, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also includes a photograph of Dagny's home in Tydal, Norway, includes a photograph of Dagny leaving Norway, includes a photograph of Dagny in 1982, includes a photograph of Dagny and her husband Lars in 1982, and Dagny's life memoirs.

Also see Lars Nygaard.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 8 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 8A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 1, File 8B Photographs and Memoirs
Four photographs and a manuscript entitled “Looking Back on my Seventy-Years of Living on Two Continents

This interview was conducted with Anna Laursen on May 24, 1978 in Tacoma, Washington. It includes information on Anna's family background, emigration, settling in, marriage and family, Danish heritage, Danish organizations, and church. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Karina Langland on June 8, 1978 in Stanwood, Washington. It contains information on family history, farming in Washington, children, life in Norway, family's immigration to U.S., voyage to America, life in South Dakota, meeting spouse, life in Washington, political involvement, Norwegian traditions, and church. This first portion of this tape is recorded in Norwegian.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 13 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 13A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Amanda Nelson on June 8, 1978 in Stanwood, Washington. It contains information about personal background, work, emigration, marriage, Swedish traditions, and church.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Ella Duus on June 8, 1978. She was living at Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood, WA at the time, and the interview contains information on family background, emigration, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

The interview was conducted with Marie Berglund on June 27, 1978 in Tacoma, Washington. The interview contains information on her family background, emigration, work, marriage and family, Norwegian clubs, organizations, and activities, Norwegian heritage, language, foods, and Christmas. The interview was conducted in English with Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Also see Inger Gregersen.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 14 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Tape Index, and Family Background

Box 1, File 14A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Interviews with Freda Ranney were conducted on April 17, 1979 and November 9, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. The interviews contain information on family background, emigration, work, marriage, community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. Also available are photographs of Freda as a baby, Freda at age fourteen, Freda in her later years, and Freda at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 1, File 21 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 1, File 21A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Freda for her involvement
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 1, File 21B Photographs
Five photographs

Interviews were conducted with Agnes Stuen on July 2, 1979 in Seattle, Washington and on May 6, 1980 in Tacoma, Washington. The interviews contain information on her family background, employment history, and the early days at Pacific Lutheran University, marriage and family, and Stuen Hall. The interview was conducted in English. John Stuen also contributed to the May 6, 1980 interview.

Folder Contents

Box 2, File 1 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 2, File 1A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Stuen and John Stuen for their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background