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Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996
- Title
- Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996
- Identifier
- P1520
- Date
- 1974-1996
- Creator
- Andersen, Jan
- Description
- Jan Andersen was born in Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1920, and went to sea in February 1938. After 70 months of service during the war, he was discharged in December 1946. That year he married Josefa Hansen and they settled in Chicago, Illinois, The couple was active in many Norwegian-American affairs, and in 1984 they were awarded the Saint Olav medal.
Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, photographs, programs, correspondence, and minutes about two Chicago institutions: Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans Association, Chicago Chapter, 1974-1990; and Great Lakes Seamen Center, founded in 1964 to serve Norwegian seamen and merged with another center in 1967 to form the International Seamen Center serving all merchant seamen.
- Miscellaneous materials including clippings, photographs, and citations when metal was awarded, an account of "Our tip out west" in 1961 by Richard Gibbons, 1987.
- History of the Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans, Chicago Chapter
- Chicago photo album, 1981-1984
- Location: 12/B/1-12/B/2
- Extent
- 3 folders
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Subject
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Fidje, Gunsten
- Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans Association
- Great Lakes Seamen's Center
- Gibbons, Robert
- Tufte, Oddmar
- Andersen, Jan Harry
- Andersen, Josefa
- Type
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Access Rights
- This collection is open for research.
- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. Jan Harry Andersen Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Collection
Citation
Andersen, Jan , “Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10732.