H. A. Porger Diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

H. A. Porger Diary, 1917, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Porger, H. A.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

H. A. Porger Diary, 1917, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Diary of H.A. Porger of Duluth, Minnesota for the year 1917. Porger was a shipyard worker, whose entries describe work, leisure activities, as well as World War I mobilization in this hometown. The following description was provided by the seller: "... writes about going to the Orpheum to see the shows with dancers, attending a Burlesque show, getting drunk, attending a stag party, going to a "rough neck" dance and a masquerade dance, dances at the "Lakewood Chateau", playing the gramophone and Victrola, going on a moonlight excursion on the Mississippi, going to see the Barnum Circus side show, buying a Ford car, camping, a hockey game, sleigh rides, eclipse of the moon, accidents on the docks, War being declared on Germany, Soldiers guarding the docks, watching the drafted soldiers & the naval militia leave for war, a "Monster Patriotic Parade" with 17,000 people, having a "little scrap" with drunken soldiers at a dance, a mother who poured carbolic acid into her sons eyes to prevent him from going to war,

Acquisition information:
Purchased from an unknown source, 2009. Accession number 2009.122.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard