Floyd T. Wood weather diary, 1880-1969
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wood, Floyd T., 1885-1970
- Title
- Floyd T. Wood weather diary
- Dates
- 1880-1969 (inclusive)18801969
- Quantity
- 1 item
- Collection Number
- 0902
- Summary
- The Floyd T. Wood weather diary consists of annual records of precipitation on the Montana State University campus station in Bozeman, Montana, from 1880 to 1969. Floyd T. Wood (1885-1970) worked as a clerk for an agricultural implements store in Bozeman, Montana.
- 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
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
Floyd T. Wood was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota, on November 15, 1885, to Charles Nash Wood and Elizabeth Wood. He married Augusta Krebs in Calgary, Alberta, in 1913. 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 on November 14, 1970.
Content Description
The Floyd T. Wood weather diary consists of annual records of precipitation on the Montana State University campus station in Bozeman, Montana, 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.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Administrative Information
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., 1885-1970
Geographical Names
- Montana
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries
- Records (Documents)
