Flora Baumgartner Diary
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of notes written in a diary believed to have belonged to one of Flora Baumgartner's relatives, the diary of Flora Baumgartner (Mrs. P.G. Baumgartner), and Flora Baumgertner's obituary.
Dates
- 1899-1905
Language of Material
English
Conditions Governing Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Flora Baumgartner was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia in 1834. She married a Mr. Frieder who died six years after they were married. She then moved to Quincy Mine with her parents where her father worked as an office clerk. She taught school for a short period in Lac la Belle and later moved to Marquette where she married Mr. Baumgartner. Soon after they were married Flora and Mr. Baumgartner moved to Chicago where Mr. Baumgartner found business. Mr. Baumgartner lost his business to the Great Chicago Fire in October, 1871. They moved from Chicago to Benton, Texas where they resided for six years. They then settled in Jacobsville, Michigan where Flora operated a boarding house at the quarries for twenty years. Flora died on January, 1905 in Jacobsville and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton, Michigan.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Diary, 1899-1905, of Flora Baumgartner (Mrs. P.G. Baumgartner), a resident of the Jacobsville, Michigan. Her diary chronicles events in the Copper Country of Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula as well as events of national interest such as the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President William McKinley.
Arrangement
Chronological
Acquisition
Photocopies of Flora Baumgartner's diary, obituary, and a diary believed to have belonged to one of Flora's relatives were donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection by Russell Bergh on December 10, 1974.
- Title
- Flora Baumgartner Diary
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert.
- Date
- 10/21/2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository