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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

Scrapbook dealing with the history and crew members of the "Viking" with its officers and crew that sailed from Norway across the Atlantic to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

The interview was conducted with Emma Mehus Varney on May 27, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, marriage and family, community involvement, and Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 3, File 4 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 3, File 4A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mrs. Varney for her participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

This interview was conducted with Sara Vanderbilt on November 7, 1981. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, community activities, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also provides photographs of Sara and Captain Jorgens, Sara at a logging camp, Sara and Thea Foss, Sara at age eighteen, and Sara at the time of the interview.

Also see Bergliot DeRosa. The interview was conducted in English.

Folder Contents

Box 5, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 5, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 5, File 12B Photographs
Seven photographs