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Guide to the Gunnar Olsborg Papers

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Title Guide to the Gunnar Olsborg Papers
Subject Norwegian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives; Pilots and pilotage--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives; Lutherans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives; Merchant mariners--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives; Merchant mariners--Labor unions--Research--Pacific Coast (North America); Lecturers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives; Norwegian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Norwegian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Societies, etc; Pilots and pilotage--Washington (State)--Biography; Lutherans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington); Scandinavian Americans; Ships and Shipping; Religion; Washington (State); Seattle; Photographs
Description Papers of a Seattle, Washington, ship pilot and Norwegian American community leader; Captain Gunnar Olsborg (1909-2000) was a Puget Sound Pilot and ocean master mariner. He was born in Seattle, Washington, of Norwegian ancestry.; Olsborg began his career in 1925 and served in all categories of the Merchant Marine Deck Department for the next twenty years. During World War II, Olsborg served as a shipmaster on American Mail Line vessels sailing the South Pacific. After...
Publisher Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries
Date 1936/1997
Rights The papers are open to all users.; The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University
of Washington Libraries.
Type Collection collection
Identifier http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv80384
Language eng
Format 11.42 cubic feet (12 boxes)
Coverage 1936-1997

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