This project is a compilation of the life story of the collector's grandfather, Sterling Monroe Bylund. The history includes the importance of religion in the informant's life, his jobs, experience in the merchant marines, his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Norway, his courtship and marriage, church callings, and many other aspects of Sterling Monroe Bylund's life. Based on an interview with the informant. Introduction comments on informant's quiet nature and the need to record his life's history. Also includes several scanned photographs of the informant throughout his life. Collected by Sarah Bylund, Dr. Rudy's ENGL 392 class, Winter 1999.