Michael G. Bauer Papers, 1878-1926.

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Michael G. Bauer Papers, 1878-1926.

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The collection contains business and personal correspondence as well as other business documents relating to Bauer's time in the Secret Service and later as the owner and operator of an independent detective agency. Also included are diaries kept for business purposes that record Bauer's movements, interactions, accounts and expenditures, mail sent and received, and information collected during investigations. Michael Bauer served as an agent of the United Secret Service and later opened his own private investigative agency.

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United States. Secret Service

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Bauer, Michael 1842-

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Born in 1842 in Germany, Michael Bauer immigrated to the United States. Living in Kentucky, Bauer worked for the Pinkerton Investigative Agency and then joined the United States Secret Service. In 1894, Bauer became proprietor and operator of the Bauer Detective Agency in Louisville, Kentucky. Most of his detective work involved cases in counterfeiting and gambling. Michael Bauer died in October 1919. From the description of Michael G. Bauer Papers, 1878-1926. (Filson Historical Soci...