Hazel Austin Diaries

Collection

Identifier: M2055

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two diaries written by Hazel Austin between ca.1930-1938. The diaries document Hazel and Oliver Austin's lives as the two traveled throughout the mid-west, southwest and on the west coast holding revival meetings and conducting trine immersion.

Dates

1930-1938

Creator

Austin, Hazel I.,1893-1971. (Person)
Morrison, Sandy, (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Hazel I. Quear was born in Ind. in Nov. 1893. She married Oliver Henry Austin in Fruita, Mesa County, Colo. on March 28, 1912. Oliver Austin was a minister, as was his father, of the Church of the Brethren (German Baptist). In the 1920s the couple lived in McPherson, Kan. while Oliver Austin attended an educational institution founded by the church, McPherson College. Later in the 1930s the couple traveled extensively throughout out parts of the United States conducting revival meetings at local churches, primarily in rural areas. Hazel Austin died in Denver, Colo. in April 1971.