William M. Baker Papers
MC 733, 734

                                                                                                                                        MC 733, 734

William M. Baker Papers

Size: 2 containers, 0.8 linear feet

Restrictions: none

Accession: M992.069

Provenance: donor

Processed: Steve Blackmun, May 1992

Biographical Sketch

Resident of Fortville, Indiana, and son of Methodist circuit rider Reverend Thomas Baker; superintendent of Sunday school at the Fortville Methodist Church and noteworthy inventor, owning patents on various refrigerator and cabinet models as well as the sleeping car seats and couches that were later integrated into the Pullman types.

Collection Statement

William Baker correspondence and general family correspondence; patents and related materials of William Baker; family genealogy; newspaper articles -- including history of Fortville and history of Fortville Methodist Church; obituaries; momentos; church records, esp. of William Baker; Fortville M.E. Church souvenir program, 1902; Minutes, and Board of Trustees of Fortville, 1866-74.

MC 733

Folder 1: Abbie Hayes Baker: Marriage, Death Notice; Certificate and Letters of Approval for Teaching

2: Baker Family Momentos: Pictures, Diary, Published Article, Funeral Notice, Obituaries

3: Certificates, Licences, Lease, Pledge Card, Picture of Wm. Baker

4: Correspondence, Death of Wm. Baker

5: Correspondence, General, Baker Family

6: Correspondence, Wm. Baker

7: Fortville M.E. Church

MC 734

Folder 1: Memoirs of Jane Taylor

2: Obituaries, Wm. Baker

3: Patents, Related Materials, of Wm. Baker

4: Research by Others

5: Town of Fortville

6: Trustees Minutes Town of Fortville 1866-74