More Than the Weather: Edgar Sawyer's Journal

About this event

For twenty years, Edgar Sawyer kept journals in which he – and other family members – carefully recorded information and remarks about daily weather conditions.

Recently, Museum Volunteers Ginny Gross and Diana Drew transcribed the journals, which revealed much more than the weather of each day. Along with temperatures and wind directions, the Sawyers also recorded family events: birthday celebrations and overnight guests, illnesses and travels, purchases and building projects. These bits of personal information provide a broader and more intimate look at the Sawyers and how this extremely wealthy Oshkosh family lived between 1907 and 1927.

To learn how the journals were transcribed and what was revealed in them, plan to attend “More Than the Weather – Edgar Sawyer’s Journal.” Presented by Ginny Gross and Diana Drew, this illustrated program will be given in the Sawyer Library.

Museum Admission Fee required at registration.

From Oshkosh Public Museum