Halvo Quam (Kveim) papers, 1889-1899

Born in Gjerstad, Norway, January 20, 1868. He was a graduate of the Aas school of agriculture, Norway. At the age of 24 he came to Minneapolis, moved to Seattle in 1898, and the same year went to the Yukon Territory seeking gold. A founding member of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company. In 1901 he settled in Everett and opened the Quam & Clausen Coffee & Tea Company, which he operated until 1912. In that year he went into the insurance and real estate business and in 1924 he took the secretaryship of the Scandinavian Savings and Loan Company, later Everett Federal Savings and Loan Association (manager at the time of his death).

Includes:

• Diary from gold prospecting expedition
  • Begins in Minneapolis and concludes in the Yukon Territory. January 1, 1898-August 31, 1899.
• "Minnebok", Rauland Folkehøyskole, Seljord, Telemark (1889-1891)
• Memorandum.
  • Handwritten collection of Norwegian and some English poems and songs; Chemical laboratory notes, Aas Landbruksskole, 1891.
• Lecture notes, "Botanikk", Aas Landbruksskole, 1890
• Lecture notes, "Havebrugslære, Aas Landbruksskole, undated