Johanna Tvedt Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 1913
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview concerning her trip to America and pioneer life in Nebraska and North Dakota. Includes mention of the poor shipboard conditions, her arrival at Kearney, Neb., her visits to Spalding, Neb. where her two brothers lived, working for her sister to repay her ticket, moving to N.D., farm life, sending their four children to school in Larimore, N.D., blind pigs in Larimore, and moonshine.
Dates
- 1971
Creator
- Tvedt, Johanna, 1888- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Born at Haringstedt, Norway. Immigrated in 1905 to Kearney, Neb. Wed David Tvedt in 1909. En route to Alaska, they stopped and settled near Larimore, N.D. He died in 1961.
Extent
1 Items (1 item (6 leaves))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview concerning her trip to America and pioneer life in Nebraska and North Dakota. Includes mention of the poor shipboard conditions, her arrival at Kearney, Neb., her visits to Spalding, Neb. where her two brothers lived, working for her sister to repay her ticket, moving to N.D., farm life, sending their four children to school in Larimore, N.D., blind pigs in Larimore, and moonshine.
Provenance
Donated by Mark Olson on February 6, 1973 (Acc. 1913).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Distilling, Illicit -- North Dakota.
- Farm life -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks County.
- Interviews.
- Kearney (Neb.)
- Larimore (N.D.)
- Liquor laws -- North Dakota.
- Norway -- Emigration and immigration.
- Norwegian Americans -- Nebraska.
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.
- School attendance -- North Dakota.
- Tvedt, David, 1887-1961.
- Tvedt, Johanna, 1888- -- : Interviews.
- Women domestics -- Nebraska.
- Women pioneers -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Tvedt, Johanna, 1888- (Person)
- Olson, Mark. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Johanna Tvedt Interview
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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