PUBLIC "-//College of William and Mary::Earl Gregg Swem Library::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViW::viw00343:: H.A. Porger Diary, 1917-1917)//EN" "viw00343.xml" Inventory of the H.A. Porger Diary 1917-1917 Porger H.A., Diary Mss. Acc. 2009.122 Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary © 2012 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.

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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the H.A. Porger Diary, 1917-1917 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.122

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center H.A. Porger Diary 1917 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.122 0.01 1 vol. The papers are in: English Porger, H.A. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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H.A. Porger Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 03/22/2009.

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Accessioned and described by Ute Schechter in March 2009.

 Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/H.A. Porger">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/H.A. Porger</a>.

 Scope and Contents

Diary of H.A. Porger of Duluth, Minnesota for the year 1917. Porger was a shipyard  worker, whose entries describe work, leisure activities,  as well as World War I mobilization in this hometown. The following description was provided by the seller:"... writes about  going to the Orpheum to see the shows with dancers, attending a Burlesque show, getting drunk,  attending a stag party,  going to a "rough neck" dance and a masquerade dance, dances at the "Lakewood Chateau", playing the gramophone and Victrola, going on a moonlight excursion on the Mississippi, going to see the Barnum Circus side show, buying a Ford car, camping, a hockey game, sleigh rides, eclipse of the moon, accidents on the docks, War being declared on Germany,Soldiers guarding the docks, watching the drafted soldiers & the naval militia leave for war, a "Monster Patriotic Parade" with 17,000 people, having a "little scrap" with drunken soldiers at a dance, a mother who poured carbolic acid into her sons eyes to prevent him from going to war,

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Genre/Form of Material: Diaries Geographic Name: Minnesota--Social life and customs. Topical Term: Leisure--United States--1910-1920 Shipyards--United States