Erling Arthur Sortland Oral History Interview 1982

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Erling Arthur Sortland Oral History Interview 1982

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv48225

An oral history interview with Erling Arthur Sortland, a Norwegian immigrant.

3 file folders; 2 photographs; 2 sound cassette

eng,

Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372742

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Sortland, Egil

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Christ the King Lutheran Church.

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Sons of Norway (U.S.) Norden Lodge No. 2 (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Risøy family

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Robbins, Evelyn (Sortland)

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Puget Sound Hospital (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Staveland family

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Nilsen family

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Sortland, Johanne

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Knutsen family

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Reichold Chemical Company (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Robbins family

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Trinity Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Sortland, Erling

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Erling Sortland was born on August 28, 1911 in Bremnes, Sønhordaland, Norway, which is an island south of Bergen. His parents were Lars and Karine Sortland, and there were eleven children in the family. Lars was a fisherman, and the family lived on a small farm where they produced all of their own food. Erling began school in 1918 and continued until 1926. He was confirmed on September 5, 1926, after which he went herring fishing for several years. Erling wanted to immigrate to Amer...

Sortland, Svanhild

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Sortland, Lars

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Sortland family

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Nilsen, Kari

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Risoey, Ole

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Sortland, Knut

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Olsen family

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Sortland, Karine

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