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Western Viking

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Guide to the Ole R. Blindheim collection.

 Collection
Identifier: OPVSIEmss_264
Abstract

Contains three folders, the first containing clippings, the other two containing photographs.

Dates: 1877-1986

Guide to Norway Day Committee

 Collection
Identifier: OPVSIEmss240
Abstract Norway Day is an opera and culture exposition that happened on June 17, 1962, as a part of Seattle World’s Fair, Century 21 Exposition. The day was sponsored by The Norway Day Committee. The collection contains several documents from this exposition, some letters to and from the committee members, a financial report, and a document explaining the events that will happen on the day, called “A message about Norway Day”. The document signed by Martin Hagfors, a member of the publicity committee...
Dates: 1961-1962

Guide to the Carl M. Ringen Gunderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OPVSIEmss_110
Abstract

A collection of documents related to Carl M. Gunderson and his work in tracing American and Norwegian genealogical lines

Dates: 1971-1978

Guide to Hildur Larson Autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: OPVSIEmss_199
Abstract

Hildur Larson was born in Sweden in 1896. She travelled to the United States in 1927, married, and never returned to Scandinavia. The collection consists of a book written by Edgar Larson about his mother's early years, based on her oral history.

Dates: 1987

Guide to the Janet Rasmussen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OPVSIEmss_292
Abstract

Documents gathered by Janet Rasmussen, a professor of Scandinavian Studies at PLU. Many of the documents are related to the oral history project "New Land, New Lives".

Dates: 1847-2004

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Seattle (Wash.) 4
Tacoma (Wash.) 3
Oslo (Norway) 2
Astoria (Oreg.) 1
Autobiographies 1