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University of Washington Libraries Scandinavian Archives collection, approximately 1700-1976

Overview of the Collection

Title
University of Washington Libraries Scandinavian Archives collection
Dates
approximately 1700-1976 (inclusive)
Quantity
28 boxes
Collection Number
0356 (Accession No. 0356-001)
Summary
Collection of records from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic community organizations in the Seattle area
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
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Historical Note

The Scandinavian Archives was begun prior to 1958 in conjunction with a general progarm to strengthen the UW Libraries Scandinavian holdings. Records were collected by UW professor Walter Johnson and Harry Fabbe, publisher of the Swedish language newspaper Svenska Posten . Fabbe solicited records through his newspaper, resulting in donations primarily from the Swedish community.

For several years, beginning in 1972, library staff members Emma Nelson and Clinton Hude worked to broaden the archival holdings related to Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic communities, primarily in Seattle.

During 1975-1976, the Emigrantsinstitutet in Vaxjo, Sweden collaborated with the UW Libraries on a project to microfilm Swedish-American church records in the Pacific Northwest.

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Content Description

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by nationality. The earliest collections obtained by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Fabbe were accessioned as additions to this accession (0356-001). Collections acquired after about 1972 were accessioned separately. These later accessions are not listed in this inventory, but most can be found by searching the heading "Scandinavian Archives" as a search term in the Special Collections Collection Guides

  • Boxes 1-26, Swedish Community Records
  • Box 27, Norwegian Community Records
  • Box 28, Icelandic Community Records

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Scandinavian Americans--Northwest, Pacific--Archives
  • Scandinavian Americans--United States--Archives
  • Scandinavian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington. Libraries. Scandinavian Archives--Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Ahléen, Reinhold (creator)
    • Almskaar, Hulda D (creator)
    • Anderson, Edmund Carr, 1895- (collector)
    • Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897 (creator)
    • Arestad, Sverre (creator)
    • Bergstrom, P. J (creator)
    • Brown, Nils (creator)
    • Brynteson, John (creator)
    • Bufvers, John (creator)
    • Christoferson, Gyda (creator)
    • Eklund, Charles (creator)
    • Engdahl, Knute (creator)
    • Erickson, Selma I (creator)
    • Fabbe, Harry, 1899-1973 (creator)
    • Forslund, Steven (creator)
    • Foss, Henry (creator)
    • Foss, Laura (creator)
    • Franck, Joanne (creator)
    • Frithiof, Karl (creator)
    • Fritzberg, Olga Elkins (creator)
    • Frolund, Laurits (creator)
    • Gray, Marie Elise (creator)
    • Griffin, Daniel William (creator)
    • Gundersen, Rolf (creator)
    • Haavik, O. L (creator)
    • Hartmann, Jennie B (creator)
    • Havin, Henry (creator)
    • Hede, Meta (creator)
    • Hedlund, Signe A (creator)
    • Hildeman, Karl-Ivar (creator)
    • Holstrom, Henning (creator)
    • Howard, Nora Christopher (creator)
    • Joergenson, Gustav B., b. 1883 (creator)
    • Johanson, Martin G., ca. 1888-1983 (creator)
    • Johnson, Aina E (creator)
    • Johnson, Algot (creator)
    • Jorgensen, Alfhild (creator)
    • Jurgensen, Elmer V (creator)
    • Kilgren, Edith (creator)
    • Kilgren, Minnie (creator)
    • Klukken, Iver J (creator)
    • Kolloen, Inga Sjolseth (creator)
    • Larsen, Kirsten (creator)
    • Larssen, A. K (creator)
    • Lofgren, Svante, 1882-1950 (creator)
    • Lofgren, Ted A (creator)
    • Lund, Gunnar, 1866-1940 (creator)
    • Lund, Marie Vognild, 1870-1943 (creator)
    • Magnusson, Gudrun Lindal (creator)
    • Magnusson, Jon (creator)
    • Marsen, Dagmar (creator)
    • Matsen, Iva L (creator)
    • Nakkerud, Ted (creator)
    • Nelson, Sharley (creator)
    • Norby, "Yakima-Pete" (creator)
    • Nordeen, John (creator)
    • Norelius, Eric, 1833-1916 (creator)
    • Olsborg, Gunnar, 1909-2000 (creator)
    • Olsen, Edvin (creator)
    • Olson, Andrew Olof (creator)
    • Pearson, Agnes (creator)
    • Pedersen, Elfrida J. (Elfrida Jensen), b. 1886 (creator)
    • Petersen, Greta (creator)
    • Petersen, Olga E (creator)
    • Petersen, Peter Olaf (creator)
    • Pordarsyni, P (creator)
    • Ramstad, Emma Kvindlog (creator)
    • Risberg, Gerda (creator)
    • Robertson, Myrtle Cecelia, b. 1869 (creator)
    • Rosen, John H., b. 1874 (creator)
    • Rynning, L. S (creator)
    • Sandergren, Tobias (creator)
    • Schiøtz, Aksel, 1906-1975 (creator)
    • Sherwin, Marie (creator)
    • Skarstedt, Ernst, 1857-1929 (creator)
    • Stabeck, Tosten Kittelsen (creator)
    • Stub, Hans Andreas (creator)
    • Sundberg, Edward F (creator)
    • Sundberg, Gerda (creator)
    • Sundborg, Vilma (creator)
    • Svare, Trygve O., 1893-1974 (creator)
    • Symmonds, Harold (creator)
    • Teien, George C (creator)
    • Viking (creator)
    • Wennerstrom, August (creator)
    • Wick, Peter D (creator)
    • Willatsen, Andrew (creator)
    • Wilson, Elmer (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • American Union of Swedish Singers. Pacific Coast Division (creator)
    • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Columbia Conference (creator)
    • Bethany Greenlake Lutheran Church (creator)
    • Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Marysville, Wash.) (creator)
    • Brannstrom, Maria (creator)
    • Central Baptist Church (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Danish Brotherhood in America. Lodge 29 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Danish Brotherhood in America. Pacific Northwest Lodges (creator)
    • Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Puget Sound District (creator)
    • Finnish Historical Committee (Wash.) (creator)
    • First Swedish Baptist Church (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • First Swedish M.E. Church (creator)
    • Hope Lutheran Church (Enumclaw, Wash.) (creator)
    • Icelandic Club of Greater Seattle (creator)
    • Icelandic Liberal Church (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Icelandic Literary Society (Bellingham, Wash.) (creator)
    • Independent Order Ladies of the Viking. Lodge # 55 (Alfreda Lodge, Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • International Order of Good Templars. Grand Lodge of Washington. Lodge No. 1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • King Oscar Memorial Service (creator)
    • Leif Erikson League of the Seattle Area (creator)
    • MacKay-Mackie Defense Committee (U.S.) (creator)
    • Nordic Festival, Inc (creator)
    • Norwegian 17th of May Committee (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Norwegian Commercial Club (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Order of Runeberg. #106 (creator)
    • Pacific Lutheran University (creator)
    • Pioneer Historical Society (Stanwood, Wash.) (creator)
    • Race for Light (creator)
    • Samaritan Society (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Scandinavian Fraternity of America. Lodge #33 (Aberdeen, Wash.) (creator)
    • Sons of Norway (U.S.). Leif Erikson Lodge No. 1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Sunnmorslaget av Seattle (creator)
    • Supreme Lodge of the Danish Sisterhood of America. Lodge 40 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Svenska Landskapsmassan (creator)
    • Svenska Posten (creator)
    • Swanson, John R (creator)
    • Swedish American Church Archives (creator)
    • Swedish Charitable Society of Greater Boston (creator)
    • Swedish Club (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Swedish Community Building (creator)
    • Swedish Midsummer Festival (creator)
    • Swedish Midwinter Festival (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Swedish Order of Valhalla (Tacoma, Wash.) (creator)
    • Swedish Tercentenary Association of Seattle and Vicinity (creator)
    • Swedish-American Non-Partisan Progressive Club (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Swedish-Finnish Benevolent Aid Association. Finland of America (creator)
    • Swedish-Finnish Sick-Benefit Society. Hemmets Stod #28 (Tacoma, Wash.) (creator)
    • Temperance Society of Swedish-Finns (creator)
    • United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters (creator)
    • United Swedish Singers of the Pacific Coast (creator)
    • University of Washington. Scandinavian Department. Sweden Week (creator)
    • Vasa Glee Club (creator)
    • Vasa Home Association of Washington (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. District 33 (Northwest United States) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 228 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 231 (Everett, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 233 (Tacoma, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 355 (Bend, Or.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 363 (Aberdeen, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 378 (Preston, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 401 (Ballard, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasa Order of America. Lodge number 145 (Spokane, Wash.) (creator)
    • Vasterviks Tidningen (creator)
    • Vestkystens Nordmorslag (creator)

    Family Names

    • H. S. Belle family (creator)
    • Jensen family (creator)
    • Kolloen family (creator)
    • Lehman family (creator)
    • Materrand family (creator)
    • Poulsen family (creator)
    • Stub family (creator)
    • Toftenzen family (creator)


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