Manuscript Group 341
FLORENCE AMELIA LINDERMAN PAPERS
[ca. 1840-1948]
1 cubic foot
Florence Amelia Linderman was born July 17, 1893 in Fleetwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Daniel Boone Linderman and Amelia Shiery. The Linderman family claims kinship with the Daniel Boone family through Florence's grandmother, a claim documented in this collection. The papers have information on the Shiery, Knittle and Linderman families. Florence's father, Daniel B. Linderman married Amelia Shiery on January 29, 1891. He earned a teacher's certificate in 1887 and at the time of his marriage Linderman apparently was teaching at Keystone State Normal School in Kutztown, now known as Kutztown University. The Linderman family moved to Arizona in 1903 where Mr. Linderman taught on the Maricopa Indian Reservation for several years. Numerous photographs of Florence with her father and correspondence between father and daughter are present. Florence graduated with a teaching certificate from the State Normal School in 1911 and later she received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Redlands, California in 1915. Florence eventually became a registered nurse, working in California where the Linderman family moved prior to World War II. During the 1930s Florence Linderman served as a nurse in the United States Navy. The Papers were acquired by the Pennsylvania State Archives from the Linderman estate in Santa Barbara, California in 1981.
This collection is presently unprocessed. It is known to contain the following items:
- Photographs: There is a family album and family portraits primarily of the Linderman and Shiery families. Of special interest is a "Keystone State Normal School" scrapbook dated 1890-1911 that was apparently compiled by Florence's father, Daniel, while he was teaching at the school.
- Marriage and confirmation certificates and school diplomas dated between 1877 to 1946. Some items are oversize.
- A leather-bound postcard album provides views of the state capitol among
other scenes. There are also miscellaneous loose postcards addressed to Florence.
The postcards were taken out of the leather-bound album for preservation purposes
and the album is now located in the museum. There are also letters written
by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boone Linderman to Florence and letters written by
Florence to Santa Claus which are dated 1900-1910. These were originally kept
in a small white leather pouch but have been removed and flat filed and the
pouch was transferred to the State Museum.
- Also present are various lithograph portraits, (including one of Abraham
Lincoln), notes, and memorabilia. There are several facsimile copies of letters
written by Abraham Lincoln that were apparently copied from a printed book
and bound together into a netebook.
- General Files, ca. 1840-1948. (5 boxes) {#341m.1}
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