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Correspondence, legal papers, and biographical information of a Norwegian who immigrated in 1847 and came to Washington in 1850. Toftezen was probably the first Scandinavian in the Stanwood area. His mother, sister, and brother came later. A Toftezen…

Biography, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and pictures dealing with the career of a Norwegian-born artist. Educated in Norway, Belgium, and Paris, Sønnichsen emigrated in 1904. His best known works are his picture panels in the New Brunswick…

Historical sketches in manuscript of the Ebenezer Old Folks' Home and the Martha and Mary Orphan Home at Poulsbo and the Josephine Sunset Home at Stanwood.Includes: "Sunset Home Messenger" (Eugene, OR, 1936); History of Josephine Old People's Home;…

"Norsk bidrag til amerikansk liv," a translation by Gus O. Solum, Seattle, Washington, of an address appearing in the "Congressional Record" (May 15, 1953). Discusses the history, growth, and contribution of Norwegians to American culture. Tollefson…

Records of services to seamen and of gifts by American contributors to the Mission in San Francisco.Includes: Mailing addresses (1927 January-1946 December), Luggage recors (1926 May-1946 May), Minute book (1925 February 10-1946), Records of money…

Brochures, clippings, and periodicals about a fraternal order whose "aims and objects…are to unite fraternally and socially all male person of Scandinavian birth or decent…to induce its members to become citizens…to study American institutions and…

Biography/History: Sønke Engelhart Sønnichsen (1878-1961) was born in Oslo, Norway to S.P. and Mathea Sonichsen. Sønnichsen was educated in Norway and Germany who immigrated in 1902. He was an architectural draftsman in Chicago, Seattle, and…

Brochures, bulletins, catalogues, minutes, programs, and history of a Parkland, Washington, college founded in 1894. "Investment in an Heritage" and notes on the Mortvedt Library "Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Special…

Correspondence, articles, reports, drawings, diaries, log-books, notebooks, clippings, and pamphlets of a Norwegian-born machinist and engineer. The correspondence deals with such topics as problems in engineering, sea disasters, strikes and labor…

Minutes of a Silvana, Washington, society organized to provide for its members a library and an opportunity to discuss current topics, such as women's suffrage, temperance, taxes, presidential elections, fire insurance, the new literature, farming…