Wilson, William Henry, 1858-1929

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a microfilm copy of a single diary. The diary's title page says "Father Bomgardner Wm. Wilson Weather Diary Route 5." The first part of the volume includes a weather log with daily notations, from January 1909 through June 1912. The second part of the volume consists of a brief autobiography of William H. Bomgardner (11 pages) that appears to date between 1906 and 1915. In the autobiography, Bomgardner describes traveling from Maryland to Ohio with his parents in...