Bjug A. Harstad papers, 1898-1899

Bjug A. Harstad papers, 1898-1899

P0668

1898-1899

Letters and articles written (February 10th - August 16th, 1898) by Harstad, Lutheran clergyman to the Pacific Lutheran University Herald, a Norwegian newspaper in Parkland, Washington, of which he was editor for several years. These letters concern his trip from Tacoma, Washington, to the Yukon during the gold rush period. Harstad gives detailed reports of the route of travel and of the problems and hardships of the expedition, the purpose of which was to secure mining property for the benefit of Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, of which he was founder and president. Two hand-drawn maps of the routes accompany the papers. Translated and donated by Oliver Harstad, a son of Bjug Harstad, 1995, typescript. Also, 75th anniversary edition, 1973, 30 p. See also: family histories and genealogies, box 14: "A brief history of Valle, Saetersdal, Norway and of some families from there", by Bjug A. Harstad (1930); and "A brief record of the lives of the Rev. & Mrs. Bjug Harstad and their descendants", by Adolph M. Harstad (1977).

0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)

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