Bauer, Michael G., (1842?-1919) Papers, 1878-1926
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Bauer, Michael G., 1842?-1919
Title: Papers, 1878-1926
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.
Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot
Location Number: Mss./A/B344
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains business and personal correspondence as well as other business-related documents. Also included are diaries kept for business purposes that record Bauer’s movements, interactions, accounts and expenditures, mail sent and received, as well as his personal opinions of people he has met while traveling. The bulk of these documents and diaries pertain to Bauer’s time served as a member of the U.S. Secret Service, however later documents involve Bauer’s work after he established his own investigative agency in Louisville, Kentucky.
Biographical Note
Born in 1842 in Germany, Michael Bauer immigrated to the United States. Living in Kentucky, Bauer worked for the Pinkerton Investigative Agency and then joined the United States Secret Service. In 1894, Bauer became proprietor and operator of the Bauer Detective Agency in Louisville, Kentucky. Most of his detective work involved cases in counterfeiting and gambling. Michael Bauer died in October 1919.
Folder List
Folder 1: Correspondence, 1878-1879
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1880-1881
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1882-1883
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1884-1885
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1887-1888
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1889-1890
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1891-1892
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1893
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1894
Folder 10: Letters of Well Wishes at Opening of Detective Agency – Correspondence 1894
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1895-1896
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1897-1898
Folder 13: Letters of Congratulations for Services of Merit – Correspondence 1873-1891
Folder 14: Miscellaneous
Folder 15: Diary, 1876
Folder 16: Diary, 1878
Folder 17: Diary, 1879
Folder 18: Diary, 1880
Folder 19: Diary, 1881
Folder 20: Diary, 1882
Folder 21: Diary, 1883
Folder 22: Diary, 1884
Folder 23: Diary, 1885
Folder 24: Diary, 1886
Folder 25: Diary, 1888
Folder 26: Diary, 1889
Folder 27: Diary, 1891
Folder 28: Diary, 1892
Folder 29: Diary, 1893
Folder 30: Personal Expense and Business Account Book, 1880-1892
Folder 31: Miscellaneous (Oversize)
Subject Headings
Bauer Detective Agency (Louisville, Ky.)
Bauer, Michel G.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting – United States
Criminals
Criminology – United States
Detectives – United States
Pinkertons National Detective Agency
Presidents – Inauguration
Private investigators – United States
Railroads – United States
United States. Secret Service