Bauer, Michael G. (1840-1898 ) Additional papers, 1873-1926

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Bauer, Michael G., 1840-1898  

Title:  Additional papers, 1873-1926 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot 

Location Number:  Mss. A 344a 

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 

Michael G. Bauer was born in Germany in 1840.  He came to the United States around the age of 14, and worked in New York City.  Bauer worked for the Pinkerton Investigative Agency and then joined the United States Secret Service.  He lived in Jersey City, New Jersey in the1880s, but often operated out of Louisville, Ky. during his work.  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 Louisville in May 1898, and is buried in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

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:     Correspondence, Letters of Congratulations for Services of Merit, 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 (ovsz.):     Miscellaneous Oversized