Edward Steidtmann diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
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Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

Edward Steidtmann diary, 1918. MS 0145. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Steidtmann, Edward, 1881-1948
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Edward Steidtmann diary, 1918. MS 0145. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of Edward Steidtmann's diary that he kept during his trip to Alaska in the summer and fall of 1918. Daily entries give a detailed account of the journey, and a few entries are dated before and after the trip.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Steidtmann was born in 1881 near Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin. From 1923 to 1948 he was a VMI faculty member (Professor of Mineralogy and Geology). Steidtmann died in 1948 in Lexington, Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks