Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Autograph book, 1947, of Perfecta Chavez of Albequerque, New Mexico. Includes addresses and notes from classmates and teachers after her graduation from Albuquerque Business College.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1877, written by J. H. Warsing of Atlanta, Georgia while serving as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In the diary, Warsing writes about the weather, how much he got paid for each journey on the railroad, and sometimes indicates who the conductor was on the journey. Most of the entries are short but are filled in for almost every day of the year. At the end of the diary, Warsing kept accounts of his wages and his expenses for the year as well as a few cooking recipes, including...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Account book, 1831-1840, of the estate of James Harrell of Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Harrell died in 1823, and the administrator of his estate is James Sinclair. The account book has separate pages for each of Harrell's minor children: Elizabeth T. Harrell, Joseph L. Harrell, and Sarah Ann P. Harrell. Includes amounts spent on tuition at various schools, lists of books purchased, and taxes paid on Harrell's estate. There are also lines for the hiring of slaves to work on Harrell's...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1865-1867, of Warren Bates Osgood (1844-1880), a Methodist preacher based in the Chicago, Illinois area. During the period in which this diary was written, Osgood was working as a teacher to support himsself through his studies.  The diary contains detailed, daily entries by Osgood related to religion, methodism,  looking for a teaching position, the treatment of individuals who have fallen ill, the differences between the North and South after the Civil War, and various sermons he...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1848-1858, of Charles Tillotson of Elkhart, Indiana. Includes detailed entries about key events in Tillotson's life. There is a description Tillotson leaving school and returning to Elkhart, Indiana, from Cleveland, Ohio, including details about jobs he worked on the way. Tillotson also went on a 2,400 mile trip across the country looking for work, eventually being trained as a tinsmith. Finally, Tillotson writes about the death of his friend Charles Beldon, who claims that he was...

Scope and Contents Contains the diary of Corporal Lucian Alexander, a World War II army soldier service in the 679th signal corps in Assam India. the back inside cover of the diary says it was purchased November, 16th 1942 in Tezpur, India. The diary contains a chronological description of events that took place during Lucian Alexander’s time in India. Entries are back dated from May 1942 documenting Cpl. Alexander’s transfer to the 679th and continue to July 1943 and Cpl. Alexander’s orders to return to the...

Scope and Contents 50 page notebook belonging to the "Matrous Circle of Mt Independance [sic] Grange" a ladies social & sewing circle existing during 1910 in Falmouth, Maine. Contains notes from meetings, by-laws of the circle, and records of members. The group consisted of about 30 members led by Zeply Soule and Inez Richards. Ruby Wescott was the President of the group and Zeply Soule was the Vice President. Inez Richards was the treasurer and the annual fee for membership was ten cents. The purpose of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Journal, 1846-1855 of a merchant in or near the Brick Meetinghouse in Cecil County, Maryland. The front page reads "Journal, G and N, Brick Meeting House." The Brick Meeting House in Cecil County was a Quaker church building and the connection to the entries in this volume has not been established.It seems like over time the journal was used for different purposes. The larger part is an account book for a trading and shipping business. Accounts are for sundries, wine, food...

Scope and Contents Diary entries mention routine duties and events, as well as military activities Northrup participated in or witnessed, such as movement around France, caring for horses, retrieving supplies, fixing roads and building a bridge while under fire, seeing engineers and soldiers go “over the top”, air raids, air battles, artillery fire, gas attacks, gas sickness, casualties, and destruction. Routine observations often involve weather conditions, sending and receiving mail, getting pay, camp...