Edward W. Spottswood was born January 2, 1866, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spottswood in Lake City, Minnesota. Spottswood graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1893 and served his internship at Cook County Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. Shortly after, he came to Missoula, Montana as the assistant chief surgeon at the Northern Pacific Hospital. Spottswood became chief surgeon in 1903 and served in that position until 1908. In 1903, he married Lenita J. Bonner, the daughter of Montana pioneer E. L. Bonner. The couple had two children, Edward and Lenita. Dr. Spottswood died May 14, 1951.
This collection consists of Edward W. Spottswood's diary from January-August, 1913, in which he briefly describes life in Missoula and then focuses on the family's travel in the United States and Europe. Spottswood mentioned his wife, their children and the events and sites they enjoyed as well as prominent people they met, including Joseph Dixon and President Woodrow Wilson. Their travels began with a cross country trip from Missoula to New York, Augusta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. In May the family sailed to Europe and traveled through many cities including Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Bergen, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg as well as parts of Italy and Germany.
A digitized copy of the Edward W. Spottswood diary and a transcript are available online via the Montana History Portal.
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Edward W. Spottswood Diary, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Found in the attic of 101 University Avenue, Missoula, Montana in 1961 by the donor.
Donated to the Archives by Donald F. Walters in 2004.
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transcript available