Theo Norman Diary Transcription

Theo Norman Diary Transcription, 1965

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Norman, Theodore, d. 1932
Title: Theo Norman Diary Transcription
Dates: 1965 (inclusive)
19651965
Quantity: 1 item
Collection Number: Collection 375, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Theodore Norman Diary Transcription describes his travel between Missouri and California from 1869-1870, and a portion of his trip from Corinne, Utah to Montana Territory. Also included are accounts and a record of farm production and calves born from about 1870 to 1889.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Theodore Norman was born in Clark County, Missouri on February 15, 1841. In 1857 he traveled to California as a freighter. He made his home in California until 1870 when he came to Montana and again worked as a freighter and prospector. He eventually purchased an irrigated farm in the Gallatin Valley, and a separate home on a parcel near the town of Bozeman. Norman married Josephine L. Gee on February 22, 1877 and the couple had nine children. Theodore Norman died in 1932.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Theodore Norman diary and record book transcription describes his travel between Missouri and California from 1869-1870, and a portion of his trip from Corinne, Utah to Montana Territory. Also included are accounts and a record of farm production and calves born from about 1870 to 1889.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

An original diary and record book created by Theodore Norman was loaned to Special Collections for transcription by Frank Norman of Belgrade, Montana on September 23, 1965. The diary was returned to Norman following its transcription by library personnel, and a carbon of the typed transcript was provided to the Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana, who assigned it collection number SC 144. The present location of the original diary is unknown.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 October 7

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture-Montana-Belgrade
Farmers-Montana-Belgrade
Frontier and pioneer life-Montana
Overland journeys

Geographical Names

California-Description and travel
Corinne (Utah)
Utah-Description and travel
West (U.S.)-Description and travel

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries-West (U.S.)

Archives West Finding Aid

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