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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Collection Name: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Thore Y. Heggem papers, 1880-1976&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Collection Number: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;P1705&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Extent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2.0 cubic feet (5 archive boxes)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scope and Content: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Thirty diaries kept by Heggem from 1880 to 1912 (missing 1882 and 1888) [Diaries in English]. Heggem was born in Strand, Norway, in 1848. According to records at the Stavanger Friends Church [Quaker], Stavanger, Iowa, Heggem immigrated to the United States in 1859. He was a minister in the Friends Church as well as a farmer. Diaries detail Heggem's exotic travels, including San Francisco (present at the 1906 earthquake), Hawaii, Tahiti, New York, Australia, New Zealand, Pago Pago, and American Samoa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Access Rights:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;This collection is open to research.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bibliographic Citation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;[Indicate the cited item here]. Thore Y. Heggem Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Box&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Folder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Diaries kept by Heggem, 1880-1912&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Diaries detail exotic travels, including San Francisco (present at the 1906 earthquake), Hawaii, Tahiti, New York, Australia, New Zealand, Pago Pago, and American Samoa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Transcription of diaries, 1890-1912&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Includes a rubbing of Thore Heggem's gravestone located in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Stavanger Cemetery, Stavanger, Iowa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Family photographs, 1890-1995&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Arthur O. Rinden memoir, 1978 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Rinden was born in 1900 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Autograph book belonging to Theresa Heggem, 1889&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Scrapbook kept by Theresa Heggem Rinden, 1925-1940 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;"Mark Twain's Scrapbook." contains newspaper clippings of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;interest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Primers used by Theresa Heggem, 1866-1882 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Includes: "Swinton's Third Reader" (1882) and "Sanders' Union Pictorial Primer" (1866).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Stavanger (Iowa) friends, 1894-1985 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Stavanger, Iowa was a Norwegian-American Quaker community. Includes "Dunbar" local history book (1976); photo clipping of Mrs. Malinda Thompson; "Stavanger Mirror" (editions: March 1894, Dec. 1904); and "Stavanger Friends. Yesterday and Today…" (1985).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Artifacts, 1903 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Includes: carved knife sheaf, dated 1903. Made out of bone; carved spoon and fork in one. Made out of bone; letter opener (intricately carved out of wood).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Artifact/hat, circa 1900 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Black felt hat (Columbia) worn by Heggem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Artifact/leather, circa 1900 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Chaps worn by Heggem. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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