Sadie Elizabeth Owen Diary

Sadie Elizabeth Owen Diary, 1905-1907

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Owen, Sadie Elizabeth, b. 1891
Title: Sadie Elizabeth Owen Diary
Dates: 1905-1907
19051907
Quantity: 1 item
Collection Number: Collection 1411, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Sadie Elizabeth Owen Diary contains brief entries on the day to day activities of an adolescent girl. Sadie mentions mostly recreational activities, such as horseback riding, attending dances, playing games, and often simply "bumming around." School related entries describe classroom discipline incidents and band practice.
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

Sadie Elizabeth Owen was born in Edgerton Village, Minnesota on January 19, 1891. She was the daughter of Richard Owen (1853-1934) and Sarah Rees Owen (1857-1931). Richard came to Montana in 1892 where he worked as a miner in Hassel, Broadwater County. His wife and daughter joined him after he built a cabin on Eureka Creek, a structure later owned by the U.S. Forest Service as the Eagle Ranger Station. Sometime around the turn of the century the Owen family moved to Radersburg where Sarah operated a boarding house and Richard resumed working as a miner. Sadie lived at the boarding house, attending school in Radersburg and helping with chores at her mother's business. Richard Owen eventually left Radersburg to take up a ranch which his wife purchased in 1910.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Owen diary contains brief entries on the day to day activities of an adolescent girl. Sadie mentions mostly recreational activities, such as horseback riding, attending dances, playing games, and often simply "bumming around." School related entries describe classroom discipline incidents and band practice. Many entries identify her friends and schoolmates only by their initials, but occasionally a code at the top of the page indicates the full name of people indicated by the initials.

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Acquisition Information

An original diary created by Sadie Elizabeth Owen was donated to Special Collections by the Museum of the Rockies on August 17, 1984.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 October 8

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Subject Terms

Girls-Montana-Radersburg-Diaries
Girls-Montana-Radersburg-Social life and customs-20th century
Schools-Montana-Radersburg

Geographical Names

Radersburg (Mont.)-Social life and customs-20th century

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries-Montana-Radersburg

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