David G. LeSourd typescript of "An Itinerant's Career"

David G. LeSourd typescript of "An Itinerant's Career", 1917

Overview of the Collection

Title: David G. LeSourd typescript of "An Itinerant's Career"
Dates: 1917
19171917
Quantity: 0.2 linear feet, (one half sized document box)
Collection Number: MSS.105
Summary: This collection consists of one 347-page typescript copy of Rev. David G. LeSourd's autobiography, An Itinerant's Career. Rev. David G. Lesourd (1841-1925) was one of the first Superintendents of the Olympia District of the Puget Sound Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1888 he became one one of the original incorporators of Puget Sound University in Tacoma, Washington.
Repository: University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections

Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St.
CMB1021
Tacoma, WA
98416-1021
Telephone: 2538792669
archives@pugetsound.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Rev. David G. LeSourd was born on October 4, 1841 near Rossville, Indiana. LeSourd moved to the Northwest in 1881 when he was assigned to the town of Olympia, Washington as a Rev. in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eventually in 1884 he became one of the first Superintendents of the Olympia District of the Puget Sound Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1888, LeSourd also became one of the original incorporators of Puget Sound University in Tacoma, Washington. He was one of the six charter trustees who secured the university charter by Territorial enactment in April of 1888. Father LeSourd died on February 25, 1925, at home in Tacoma, 3401 North 8th Street.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of one 347-page typescript copy of Rev. David G. LeSourd's autobiography, An Itinerant's Career. In 1917 LeSourd dictated the autobiography to his wife, Maggie LeSourd, who recorded the work in longhand. The longhand was later transcribed into type by Charlotte Riemer, secretary to the then University of Puget Sound President, Edward H. Todd. The longhand copy of the autobiography was lost after it was transcribed, the typescript version is the only remaining version.

The typescript was eventually reviewed and edited by Chuck Luce, and then published in 2010 by the University of Puget Sound as An Itinerant's Career: The memoir of the Rev. David G. LeSourd.

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