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Diary with religious content, kept by an unknown author, New York, 1875. Describes prayer meetings, among others with evangelist Dwight L. Moody and gospel singer and composer Ira D. Sankey, as well as the YMCA, always giving place and date of the meetings. Contains church sermons and prayers.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of a worker, probably William J. Smith, of Visalia, Tulare County, California, recording his varying types of daily work, income and expenses, weather, health issues and social life for January through 11 November, 1937. The following description was provided by the seller: "This is a handwritten diary printed on the cover "The Clipper Diary 1937". Inside this diary is a Tulare County General Hospital Out-Patient Department card for William J. Smith of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Travel diary of Mary Frances Bean Stewart, recording a car trip she took with her husband Robert Stewart from Contra Costa, California to Nashville, Tennessee from June to August, 1953. Returning via Chicago, Illinois and Park Rapids, Michigan, the Stewarts crossed a total of 17 states, visiting relatives, sites and shopping for antiques. Includes list of antiques purchased on the trip and recipes collected in the southern states. The following description was...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two diaries, 1919-1921 and 1921-1922. In daily entries, writer records weather, chores and daily activities, church and social visits, health of friends and family, etc. At the end of each volume there are lists of deaths and weddings, and some accounts, one of which has the heading 'Ladies Aid.' Based on this particular account and on some of the activities described (like making jam for a neighbor) the writer was most likely a woman.In front of one volume, and also...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two diaries, 1919-1921 and 1921-1922. In daily entries, writer records weather, chores and daily activities, church and social visits, health of friends and family, etc. At the end of each volume there are lists of deaths and weddings, and some accounts, one of which has the heading 'Ladies Aid.' Based on this particular account and on some of the activities described (like making jam for a neighbor) the writer was most likely a woman.In front of one volume, and also...

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Register of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) from Warrensburg, Missouri and surrounding areas. Listed are individual veteran's name, age, birth place, residence, occupation, information on service and discharge, date of muster, rank, regiments served with, reason for discharge, etc.

There are 320 entries, but the first 39 are either missing or incomplete.

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Diary, 1833, of Mary Silbee. Contains aphorisms, poems, and other entries that typically address topics such as religion, love, and relationships. The journal entries are undated and fill the entire volume.

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Diary, circa 1918, of Claude Tate of Xenia, Illinois. Tate was a corporal in the 26th Infantry Company of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War I. Includes names and addresses of friends and fellow soldiers, places to which he traveled, and the text of a prayer entitled "The Doughboys Prayer."

Scope and Contents The diaries go to a great length to list names of people they visited while travelling. That list includes people they visited in the Amish communities of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, near the towns of Springs, and Myersdale: Bennie A. Fisher and Annie Kinsinger Fisher, Mattie Wenger Kinsinger, Tilly Summy, Bishop Joe Yoder and Lizzie Schrock Yoder, Henry Kinsinger and Jemima Zook Kinsinger, Sam Zook and Sevilla Kinsinger Zook, Noah Kinsinger and Sarah Yoder Kinsinger, Clarence Bender and...