Guide to the Thomas Dauser Papers MSS.0398
Dauser, Thomas
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-02-26T20:01-0600
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Thomas Dauser papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0398
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (20 items)
- Dates:
1882-1921
- Abstract:
Letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and passport of this German shoemaker who emigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the 1880s. All material is in German.
- creator
Thomas Dauser, 1859-1925
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes letters, postcards, photos, newsclipping, and Dauser's German passport. All material is in German.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Robert Britton, 2007; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Thomas Dauser papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Madeline Schuler, 1994
Biographical/Historical note
A shoemaker, born 11 December 1859, Dauser immigrated from Germany to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 188?, where he established himself as a shoemaker. Married Sarah F____ (1863-1950). They had several children, two of whom reached adulthood: Thomas George Dauser, 1892-1911, and Anthony Dauser, 1894-1918.
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
Source(s)
Alabama (localbroad)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Immigration and American Expansion (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Passports (aat)
Photographs (aat)
Picture postcards (aat)
Papers Box 4054