Floyd T. Wood Weather Diary

Floyd T. Wood Weather Diary, 1880-1969

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Wood, Floyd T.
Title: Floyd T. Wood Weather Diary
Dates: 1880-1969
18801969
Quantity: 1 folder
Collection Number: Collection 0902, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Floyd T. Wood weather diary consists of annual records of precipitation on the Montana State University campus station from 1880 to 1969.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Floyd T. Wood was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota on November 15, 1885. He married Augusta Krebs in Calgary, Alberta in 1913 and the couple moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1918. He worked as a clerk for an agricultural implements store and developed a keen interest in recording the weather before his death in November, 1970.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Floyd T. Wood weather diary consists of annual records of precipitation on the Montana State University campus station from 1880 to 1969. Floyd may have gotten some of the early information from the college experiment station bulletins and compiled the later handwritten entries himself.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Typed and handwritten summaries of the annual precipitation of Bozeman Montana created by Floyd T. Wood were donated to Montana State University by Mrs. C. W. Buckingham in the winter of 1971.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2016 September 28

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Weather -- 19th century
Weather -- 20th century

Personal Names

Wood, Floyd T.

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries
Records (documents)

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