Production
Saint Paul, Minnesota ; Glacier National Park, Montana, 1948.
Biographical / Historical Note
Mary M. Zender (1924-2003) lived in Saint Paul, Minnesota and worked as a maid at Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park in Montana, 1948 June-September.
Summary
Autograph manuscript diary describing Mary M. Zender and Gertrude Zender Sylvester's life in Saint Paul, Minnesota and work as maids at Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park in Montana. Zender describes her social and religious life as a Catholic and her working conditions, salary, and leisure activities at Glacier National Park, including trips to Lake McDonald, Browning, Kalispell, Grinnell Glacier, and Ptarmigan Tunnel, Montana; and Cardston, Alberta. Includes tipped-in newspaper clippings and typescript copies of letters to her parents Nicholas Zender and Gertrude Dreis Zender describing her life in Montana.