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Laura Clarinda Bammerlin Hall "This is My Life" autobiography

 Collection — Folder: S2670
Identifier: S2670

Scope and Contents

This collection includes photocopies of an autobiography written by Laura Clarinda Bammerlin Hall and titled "This is My Life." Dated March 9, 1960 and written at the request of her daughter Violet Hall Perkins, Mrs. Hall included information about her parents and grandparents, her marriages, and childhood memories of living in Alabama. The autobiography includes a preface written by her daughter.

Dates

  • 1960/03/09

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Biographical / Historical

Laura Clarinda Bammerlin was born September 20, 1884 on a farm near Silver Lake, Koscuisko County, Indiana, the daughter of Lewis F. and Sarah Bammerlin. She and her family moved several times during her youth, but finally settled in Anderson, Indiana. She married Benjamin Hall on September 26, 1903 and they moved to Elwood, Indiana. She and her husband had two daughter, but later divorced. On December 28, 1933, she married Henry W. Gauding of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but this marriage only lasted about four years. She returned to Elwood and lived there until her death at the age of 75 on April 1, 1960.

Sources:

Information found within collection.

Ancestry.com. "Laura Bammerlin." Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993. Accessed September 3, 2019. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/.

"Gauding-Hall Announcement." The Call-Leader (Elwood, Ind.), January 8, 1934.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processing completed 2019/09/03 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2019/09/03 by Laura Eliason.
Title
Laura Clarinda Bammerlin Hall "This is My Life" autobiography
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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