Inventory of the H.A. Porger Diary , 1917-1917 #Mss. Acc. 2009.122

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Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 03/22/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described by Ute Schechter in March 2009.

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Scope and Contents

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,