Brugger, Samuel,  1830-1903. <br/><br/>
Samuel Brugger diaries and genealogy, 1857-1947  (bulk 1857-1903). 

 - 48  items. 2  containers. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Diaries kept by Brugger relating chiefly to his work as a farmer, railroad engineer, and schoolteacher living in Unionville, Pa.  Subjects include local schools; the Methodist Church; the migration of birds; Brugger's collection of minerals, plants, and preserved animals; natural history; and railroads.  Brugger discusses his work as railroad surveyor as well as his work as engineer on the construction of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad Company; the Western Maryland Railroad Company; and the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company which was built during the Civil War.  Includes a genealogy (1947) of the Brugger family originating in Switzerland. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part, positive photocopy. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>Civil engineer and farmer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 81057174  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Brugger family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company.<br/>Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad Company.<br/>Western Maryland Railroad Company.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Pennsylvania.<br/>Animals.<br/>Birds--Migration.<br/>Education--Pennsylvania--Unionville.<br/>Genealogy.<br/>Methodist Church.<br/>Minerals.<br/>Natural history.<br/>Plants.<br/>Railroads--Surveying.<br/>Railroads--Connecticut.<br/>Railroads--Maryland.<br/>Railroads--Pennsylvania.<br/>Railroads--New York (State)<br/>Railroads--Rhode Island.<br/>Railroads--United States.<br/>Schools--Pennsylvania--Unionville.<br/>Zoological specimens.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Switzerland--Genealogy.<br/>United States--Genealogy.<br/>United States--History--Transportation.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Civil engineers.<br/>Farmers.