Elsie Karlson Odmark Oral History Interview 1981.

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Elsie Karlson Odmark Oral History Interview 1981.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183206107

The interview was conducted with Elsie Odmark on July 29, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview contains information on personal background, family, life in Sweden, emigration, work, church and community life, and Swedish heritage. This interview is excellent. It is lengthy and detailed and gives insight into the transition from an impecunious lifestyle to a life in "the land of plenty." The interview was conducted in English with some Swedish towards the end of the interview.

2 sound cassettes.

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Odmark, Elsie Karlson.

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Elsie Odmark, originally Elsa Karlson, was born on June 1, 1904 in ToĢˆreboda, Sweden. Elsie's parents, Hilda Larsson and Per August Karlson, farmed in Sweden but were quite poor. In search of better employment, her father moved to America in 1911, and that is the last Elsie remembers of him. At that time, five of Elsie's brothers and sisters already lived in America; there were twelve children in the Carlson family. Since they had so little money, Elsie began working for her room and board when ...

Odmark, Elsie.

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Odmark, Donald.

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United States (Steamship)

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Vasa Order of America. Lodge Number 233 (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Bethel Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Odmark, Marianne.

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Karlson, Elsa.

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Odmark, Richard.

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Odmark, Adolph.

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Larsson, Hilda.

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Karlson, Per August.

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Odmark, Raymond.

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