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August Fussenegger (1856-1903) notebook,
klgar754 August Fussenegger (1856-1903) notebook, 1879-1901 Processed by: Archives Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 USA Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ Copyright 2002 University of LouisvilleLibraries. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from Access DatabaseDate of source: 02-21-02 Description is in English. August Fussenegger (1856-1903) notebook, 1879-1901 Contact Information University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ Processed by: Archives Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Eric Weig Copyright 2002 University of Louisville. All Rights Reserved. Fussenegger (August) (1856-1903) notebook, 1879-1901 RG754 Fussenegger, August, 1856-1903. 1 reel microfilm No online items. Must visit contributing institution. University of Louisville Archives and Records Center Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Open to researchers The copyright interests have not been transferred to the University of Louisville. For further information, see the section on copyright in the regulations and Procedures of the Special Collections Library or consult a reference archivist. [Identification of item], August Fussenegger (1856-1903) notebook, 1879-1901, University Archives and Records Center, University of Louisville, Louisville. History This microfilm copy of a notebook kept by Swiss immigrant August Fussenegger from 1879 to 1901 provides access to a notebook still in private hands. The notebook records details of the chronology of Fussenegger's passage to the United States, his poetry and philosophy, notes relating to fellow soldiers and military equipment during Fussenegger's army service, and incidental family information. Although there are occasional English entries, most of the notebook is written in Fussenegger's native Swiss-German dialect. Fussenegger was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1856, immigrating to the United States in 1875. Four years later he enlisted in the U.S. Army's Seventeenth Infantry Regiment, serving two years before deserting. He later enlisted in the Seventh Cavalry C Troop under the alias of August Finder. His service occurred in Dakota Territory and Wyoming. Following his discharge in 1886, Fussenegger became a stonecutter in St. Meinrad, Indiana, and helped construct the St. Meinrad Abbey Chapel. In 1892 Fussenegger moved to Louisville where he opened a saloon and grocery at 317 South Nineteenth Street. He was employed as a clerk in a milk depot prior to his death in 1903.