Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996

Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996

P1520

1974-1996

Jan Andersen was born in Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1920, and went to sea in February 1938. After 70 months of service during the war, he was discharged in December 1946. That year he married Josefa Hansen and they settled in Chicago, Illinois, The couple was active in many Norwegian-American affairs, and in 1984 they were awarded the Saint Olav medal.

Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, photographs, programs, correspondence, and minutes about two Chicago institutions: Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans Association, Chicago Chapter, 1974-1990; and Great Lakes Seamen Center, founded in 1964 to serve Norwegian seamen and merged with another center in 1967 to form the International Seamen Center serving all merchant seamen. 

• Miscellaneous materials including clippings, photographs, and citations when metal was awarded, an account of "Our tip out west" in 1961 by Richard Gibbons, 1987. 
• History of the Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans, Chicago Chapter
• Chicago photo album, 1981-1984

3 folders

English

Norwegian

Clippings

Correspondence

Photographs

This collection is open for research.

[Indicate the cited item here]. Jan Harry Andersen Papers. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.