MZFCollection1011.xml Guide to the William J. Foreman Diary1897 William J. Foreman Diary Kim Allen Scott, 2017 Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition) Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 1011, MtBC, us Foreman, William J. William J. Foreman Diary 1897 1 item The William J. Foreman diary is a positive photocopy of two pages from a diary kept by Foreman that record a trip he took to Yellowstone National Park on August 12 through 14, 1897. The description of the journey and countryside is sparse and the only mention of wildlife is an encounter with a skunk at a camp on the Gibbon River. Collection materials are in English Biographical Note

William John Foreman was born in Dover, England on May 30, 1852. Around 1869, Foreman immigrated to the United States and settled in Madison County, Montana Territory. He married Mary Isabella Halse on June 27, 1879 and the couple had at least seven children. Foreman was an active Freemason and served at least two terms as the Madison County assessor during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He died from a fall at the Virginia City Masonic Temple on March 21, 1919.

The William J. Foreman diary is a positive photocopy of two pages from a diary kept by Foreman that record a trip he took to Yellowstone National Park on August 12 through 14, 1897. The description of the journey and countryside is sparse and the only mention of wildlife is an encounter with a skunk at a camp on the Gibbon River.

This collection is open for research.

Two pages of an original diary kept by William J. Foreman and owned by Mrs. Adah Thexton of Ennis, Montana were photocopied by her and donated to Montana State University in April, 1972. The present location of the original is unknown.

This collection was processed 2017 January 19

 National Parks Sports and Recreation Diaries