Clara Hinderer/Career
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http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/59/v59i02p048-061.pdf
Clara Hinderer graduated from the Red Wing Metropolitan Business College. She went directly to the Chicago Great Western Railway and worked from Oct. 1905 - March 1906. She appears to have also worked at S.A. Morawetz & Co. during this same time period, starting about Oct. 1st, 1905. She gained two letters of recommendation. One from the Railway and the other from S.A. Morawets. She headed to SD to find employment there.
Clara obtained a job at the Granger Business School in Aberdeen, SD after moving to where her parents lived in South Shore, SD. We know that at some point she moved to Watertown, SD and attended church at St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Watertown, SD where she taught Sunday School and met Alfred Baur.
Clara resigned from the Granger Business School in July of 1909. About 2.5 years lapsed between her leaving MN and resinging form the business school. It is unknown if her job was a teacher or as a stenographer.
From her typed family history:"I had been able to get a job with International Harvester CO. in Watertown, S.D. and worked for them a total of 10 years. I took one year out of that period of time and went down to Arizona to teach in the Apache mission for pastor Hers in Globe, AZ."
Timeline
Clara worked at the Apache Mission school from 1913-1914. Three years later, 1917, she married Alfred Baur.
- 14: 1901-1902 - Paul Hinderer served in Morton, MN
- 15: 1902-1905- Paul Hinderer served in Pine Island, MN (dress making venture)
- 17: 1905 - left home when Winfred Hinderer was two.(went to business school)(Paul goes to SD)
- 18: 1906 - Clara goes to SD.
- 1907 -
- 1908 - teaching at Granger Business School.
- 1909 - Stopped teaching at Granger Business School.
- 1909 - Living in South Shore, SD.
- 1910 - Living in Watertown.
- 1911 -
- 1912 -
- 1913- Taught at Apache Mission
- 1914 - Taught at Apache Mission
- 1915 -
- 1916 -
- 1917 - Married
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1900s - 1910s - Clara Hinderer Education and early work
From Clara's handwritten ledger
I grew up wanting to be a Red Cross<ref>wonder how she felt about SF</ref> nurse. But it was foiled by lack of funds. Then a peddler sold me a Dress Maker course in my parents' absence. I learned much about drafting patterns and sewing. To get a diploma one had to make a 3 piece wool suit. I passed, but because I was extremely bashful when it came to talking to people I could not avail myself a corner in a Millinery shop to purse my trade.
By this time (while I was boarding with the Millers at Zumbrota, MN. Martin Miller<ref>Miller I didn't find any specific information on Martin Miller. The Hinderer contact was probably made when Paul Hinderer was pastor in Goodhue, MN or Zumbrota, MN</ref>, who was taking a business course at Red Wing, MN, persuaded me to take a summer business course at $60, and work for my room and board. I passed all requirements to become a good office assistant. When a man from the Great Western Ry Co wanted someone to work for experience and a few pennies besides I was recommended for the job. It proved to be what I needed to become a valuable office assistant. <ref> Clara would serve in the Superintendent's office of the New Ulm, MN Public school, a newspaper in NE, as Dorm Matron at DMLC, at her brother Winfred Hinderer’s law firm in Seattle, WA, and the Bon Marche in Seattle.</ref>
I worked for 6 months. Then I went to Watertown, SD near where my parents had moved in the meantime and worked there <ref>International Harvestor</ref> for 10 years, 1 year of which I obtained a leave of absence to help out in our Indian Mission school at Globe, AZ.
source:Clara Hinderer Baur collection.
'Note: Clara worked with the S.A. Morawetz & Co. to find office work.
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S. A. Morawetz & Co
March 6, 1906
File E.R.B.
S. A. Morawetz & Co.,
Gentlemen: Your letter of Feb. 26th, ????????? ????????? Miss ?????????????????? Position is stenographer, beg to advise that Miss Hinderer came to my office from the Red Wing Metropolitan Business College about October 1st, since which time she has been employed by me as second stenographer. As a result of her short experience I cannot, of course, recommend her as being a first class stenographer. However, she is an exceptionally bright young lady; is living splendid satisfaction, and in my opinion, with a little more practice will be competent to fill a first class office do w?????
Will be ????. I am extremely anxious to see her experienced and assure you, any favor which ???? for her appreciated by her, and I believe you will not ????? an instance of misplaced judgement in securing for her employment.
Yours truly,
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source: Clara Hinderer Baur collection.
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1906 - Chicago Great Western Railway letter of recommendation
Chicago Great Western Railway Office of Division Freight and Passenger Agent
E.R. Beem - Division Freight and Passenger Agent Red Wing, Minn March 26, 1906
TO WHOM HANDED:-
The bearer, Miss Klara Hinderer, has been employed as Clerk and Stenographer in this office for the past six months. Miss Hinderer has proven herself a very valuable assistant and is an exceptionally bright young lady. It gives me much pleasure to recommend her services to any who may desire the same. She has resigned of her own free will with a view to securing a more lucrative position.
E. R. Beem
DF&PA
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Comments
- Clara worked for the Railway for six months after graduating from the Red Wing Metropolitan Business College for six months to gain 'on the job' experience.
- The motto of the railway is "The Great Steel-Rail Highway For Freight and Passenger Traffic"
- TO WHOM HANDED:- is a unique salutation. Note the :- punctuation. I have noticed this is quite common in the old letters.
Jim Baur (talk) 09:37, 21 April 2017 (CDT)
source: Clara Hinderer Baur collection.
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| F.E. Granger | R.G Warren, Prin. | Edna M Key, Prin. | E. Oderkirk, Prin. |
| Aberdeen | Watertown | Ortonville | Aberdeen |
The Granger Business Schools
"EXPERT WORK PAYS"
Business and Shorthand
WE DO GENERAL STENOGRAPHIC WORK AND FURNISH EXPERIENCED OFFICE ASSISTANTS
Aberdeen, South Dakota, July 12, 1909
Miss Klara Hinderer South Shore, SD
My dear Miss Hinderer:
I have your letter of July 9th and regret very much that you will be unable to teach for us another year. I realize your position and cannot blame you for your decision and can hope some day that our schools will be large enough so that we can offer to pay you sufficiently to make it an object for you to be with us.
With best wishes for your success, I remain,
Yours very truly,
the signature is that of the school founder, F.E. Granger
FEG/RK
source: Clara Hinderer Baur collection.
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source: Clara Hinderer Baur collection.
1913 - Ernest G.E. Bergmann Globe, AZ Postcard
The backside says "For Winfred from Ernest B." It sounds like this was given to Clara Hinderer to give her little brother who was age 10.
Clara Hinderer taught at the Globe, AZ Apache Mission school from 1913-1914.
The back side says Für Winfried von Ernest B. Für Winfried. Ernest B. most likely refers to G.E. Bergemann, who was the secretary of the German Ev. Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin and other States at the time.
This post card of Globe, AZ was probably made around 1910. It is the only postcard I have seen with the different mailing prices based on whether a message written on the card or not. It was produced by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, NY.
According to web resources, most pictures for this company were taken by its agents and are unique from each other.
File:1928 - Clara Hinderer letter asking to teach at Bylas AZ Apache School.jpg
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