Thomas Francis Fitzgerald Diary
Collection contains the diary of Thomas Francis Fitzgerald for the calendar year of 1903. Fitzgerald documented some aspects of his life every day of the year with entries regarding the weather, road conditions, people he visited, what he ate for dinner, and anything else he might have done that day. The entries are typically several sentences long. Fitzgerald lived in Knoxville, Tennessee at the time he wrote the diary. The only missing entries are from four days at the beginning of January.
Dates
- 1903
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Collection contains the diary of Thomas Francis Fitzgerald for the calendar year of 1903. Fitzgerald documented some aspects of his life every day of the year with entries regarding the weather, road conditions, people he visited, what he ate for dinner, and anything else he might have done that day.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald was born on July 14, 1866, in Knoxville, Tennessee. His parents were Irish immigrants. He married Nellie Fitzgerald and had four sons. He praciced medicine in Knoxville. Fitzgerald died of pneumonia on January 23, 1954.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository