Guide to the Janet Rasmussen Collection

Collection

Identifier: OPVSIEmss_292

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains 8 boxes of material relating to work done by Dr. Janet Rasmussen, an earlier professor at PLU, or documents gathered to her relating to Scandinavian immigration to the US. Documents are mainly in English or Norwegian.

Dates

1847-2004

Creator

Rasmussen, Janet E. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Janet Rasmussen was born in Paxton, Illinois on April 21, 1949. After attending University of Illinois for her undergraduate degree, she went on to Harvard University for her Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures in 1975. She stayed at Harvard from 1975-1977 when she became the Assistant to the Dean of Harvard College. Then she moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1977 where she was a founder of the Scandinavian Area Studies Program and became the first woman to hold the position of Dean of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University. 1991-1996 Janet was the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Nebraska Wesleyan University. She then became the President of Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia before returning to PLU to be the Director of the Wang Center for International Programs. Janet has written several books, articles, and other publications. She also established the immigrant oral history archive during her time at PLU.

Extent

One Sheets

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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".