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John Millington Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.015
Scope and Contents
This collections contains 3 boxes of material about John Millington. Box 1 includes biographical material, diaries, correspondence, and his claim against William and Mary (1848-1853). Box 2 contains engravings and pictures. Box 3 consists of papers collected by Edward D. Kingman about Millington.
Dates:
1830-1853
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John Millington Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 M59
Scope and Contents
Papers including correspondence concerning Millington's experiences as directing engineer of the Anglo-Mexican Mining Association, as professor at College of William and Mary where he lived in the Wythe House, as professor at University of Mississippi, and at Memphis Medical College. Includes diaries covering 1832, 1835, and 1861-1867; letters of his family members; and Blankenship family land records and letters concerning the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1801-1951
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Milowan Sekulick Notebook
Collection
Identifier: SC 01126
Scope and Contents
Notebook, 1916, kept by Milwan Sekulick, who was most likely a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. The volume is titled "Weihnachten im Felde" and was issued by the K.u.K. Kriegsministerium, Kriegsfuersorgeamt, Wien, 1916. The notebook includes diary style entries in both German and a second language that according to the seller is Hungarian, Also contains notes relating to military tasks, for example, a table titled: Schusselemente fuer das III. Geschuetz....
Dates:
1916
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Harmon, Milton Memorandum Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Tr6
Scope and Contents
Memorandum book, 1858-1859, of Milton Harmon, Montgomery County, Virginia, containing a diary and account of expenses for a trip to the Mid-West.
Dates:
1858-1859
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Mina Barnhouse Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00820
Scope and Contents
Diary titled "Covered Wagon Days, As Written by Mina Barnhouse," documenting a family's 1895 move from Kansas to Flathead Valley near Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana as part of a larger wagon train. The diary was written in 1945 and it is not clear whether it is a transcription of a 1895 document or whether it was composed 50 years after the event based on memory or oral histories. The diary begins on June 13th with a summary of the wagon train members and continues as day-by-day account...
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Hanah More Diary, circa 1800
Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 36, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 00764
Scope and Contents
Diary, circa 1800-1810, of an unknown author. Part of the diary is a transcription of a work by the conservative social reformer Hannah More (1745-1833), entitled "The Practical Use of Female Knowledge with Sketch of the Female Character and a Comparative View of Sesces (i.e. Sexes)."
Dates:
circa 1800
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Mrs. C. H. Morgan Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SC 00725
Scope and Contents
Detailed diary, kept by Mrs. C.H. Morgan of Bristol, Tennessee, and Sirocco, Kentucky, 1904-1914, detailing daily life, church activities, school commencement, a trip to the St. Louis Fair, and the death of one of her children in 1909.
Paper is very brittle and there are many loose pages.
Dates:
1904-1905, 1909-1914
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Morris Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01210
Scope and Contents
Diary of a schoolteacher and farmer who lived in James City County, Virginia as well as in Williamsburg and in Warwick County, Virginia. He rented the President's House at the College of William and Mary. Includes comments on church meetings, schools, local people and weather. Also includes lists of students attending his schools in Williamsburg and Warwick County.
Dates:
1845-1848
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Florence Cavanaugh Morrison and Dora Helen Cavanaugh Kline Diaries
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2008.73
Scope and Contents
Both women write about their activities with their family and friends in Rochester and Binghamton, New York. Both include references to important local and national events. Florence Rachel Cavanaugh Morrison's diaries cover 1924, 1927-1929, while Dora Helen Cavanaugh Kline's diaries are from 1929-1930. Per Dora Kline's notation in the back of her 1930 diary, the Kavanaugh Family members are: Father – Tim, Mother – Emma, First Child – Larry, Second Child – Florence, Third Child – Jack,...
Dates:
1924-1930; Majority of material found in 1929-1930
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Mamon L. Morrison Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01637
Scope and Contents
Bound diary with intermittent entries between May 1949 and March 1951 maintained by Mamon L. Morrison. These entries spanned his high school years and contains emotional and morose musings as well as descriptions of everyday life. They also record his practices, lessons, and performances during this time. Morrison became a respected member of the Richmond- Petersburg Art’s Community and was a concert pianist and faculty member of Virginia States University.
Also contains a CD of Morrison's...
Dates:
1949-1951
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Morton Genealogy Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 M85
Scope and Contents
Genealogy material compiled by Mr. William S. Morton and his wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Morton of Farmville, Virginia which trace the descendants of Joseph Morton of Prince Edward County, Virginia and allied families. Includes primary source material, such as the 1830 daybook of the J. J. Dupuy Company of Charlotte Court House. Also, contains typescript of Richard Lee Morton's copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's notes on the Robert Rose Diary and of William Cryer's transcript of the Charles Campbell...
Dates:
1830-1978
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Richard Lee Morton Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 M84
Scope and Contents
Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds,...
Dates:
1756-2006; Majority of material found in 1930-1969
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Motor Trip Diary and Blanket
Collection
Identifier: SC 00889
Scope and Contents
Car trip diary, 1927-1934 and travel blanket of an unidentified woman. The diary records her trips in her Erskine Studebaker and later a new 1934 Ford. Includes are dates, miles, times and who accompanied her, as well as brief remarks. The following description was provided by the seller: "She writes of attending the 1927 Cleveland Industrial Exhibition and seeing the exhibit titled "The Tower Of Jewels" she attended ball games, boat races again, dances, camping, picnics,...
Dates:
1927-1934
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Eva M. Mountain Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00826
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1965-1969 of Eva M. Mountain (1915-1997) of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. She described daily chores and social life of herself and her husband Clifton R. Mountain. Eva Mountain worked at the Mayo Regional Hospital and included significant events at the hospital like deaths or births. She frequently mentions her son Stuart Rodney Mountain, who was attending college at Husson College. She also mentions local events and from time to time she comments on national and international...
Dates:
1965-1969
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Betty Movern Diary, 1947-1948
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2007.89
Scope and Contents
Diary (1947-1948) of Betty Movern detailing her extended tour of post-war Europe. She describes the trips she made with her husband and adult son with hopes of selling the manuscript for eventual publication. She records visiting Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and England. She describes a visit to Hitler's country home and meeting a German man who swam from Russian occupied East Germany to West Germany in order to obtain food for his family. Movern included...
Dates:
1947-1948
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Munger Family Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 16 diaries kept by members of the Munger family from New Haven, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon. The collection contains information about the social, religious, cultural, and intellectual lives of late 19th- and early 20th-century women, the daily rhythms of their domestic lives and family relations. Twelve of the diaries were kept by Rosanna ("Rose" or Rosa") May Munger from 1886-1945, excluding years...
Dates:
1882-1945; Majority of material found in 1900-1930
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ann Lettice Murdoch Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00833
Scope and Contents
Diary of Ann Lettice Murdoch (1785-1865) of Frederick County, Maryland. She was the wife of Richard Potts (1786-1865). The diary contains a lot of entries of religious nature as well as aphorisms. In addition, Ann L. Murdoch frequently recorded deaths in her family and community - including the death of black servants - and of friends and family members in other states. She also talks about her church, local politics and mention Richard Potts' and other family members' professional...
Dates:
1845-1864
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Pleasants Murphy Diary
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D5
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1814 September 9-1815 April 23, kept during military service in Captain [?] Otey's Company in War of 1812. The content concerns the line of march from Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia to Richmond and discusses prices of items in Richmond and drills, and rations at the camp at Fairfield. Murphy spent October 9 to November 26, 1814 away from his unit, recovering from a broken arm. The diary concerns a trip back to Bedford County and a trip to Pittsylvania County. The volume...
Dates:
1814-1815
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Sharon O. Music Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00027
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a diary compiled by Sharon O. Music from 1993-1997. In the diary, Sharon discusses several of her ex-lovers, working on home improvement projects, New Age thought, and the O.J. Simpson trial. The seller indicates that the author might be a lesbian but needs to be verified. The diary has a picture of Spock from "Star Trek" on the cover. The diary is appoximately 150 pages but only a third of the volume contains entries.
Dates:
1993-1997
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Nanny C. Waller Diary
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D15
Scope and Contents
Diary of Nanny C. Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia, which includes religious writings, discussion of a cholera epidemic, and her family. It also contains copies of letters and accounts.
Dates:
1849-1851
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Nelson and Daniel Gordon Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS 00147
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1890-1899, of Nelson and Daniel Gordon, brothers from Thorndike, Maine. Nelson Gordon was the town clerk of Thorndike, Maine, and Daniel Gordon was a school teacher who also made caskets. Nelson's diary, 1890, talks about his wife, Emma, his daily activities, his interaction with his local community, his job, among others. Daniel Gordon's diaries, 1894 and 1899, include his views on teaching school, his students, inventions that he makes, and his work making caskets...
Dates:
1890-1899
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad121-125
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts of James Poyntz Nelson, a chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad. Includes diaries, a letter copy book and a personal notebook. The Nelson Family lived in Lexington, Kentucky. MsV Ad121 Pocket diary. 1883. 206 pages. Nelson was the chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. MsV Ad122 Logbook used as a diary. 1886. MsV Ad123 Pocket diary. 1889. Nelson was chief...
Dates:
1883-1894 and undated
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Joseph Keith Newell Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00652
Scope and Contents
Diary, 19 March 1862 to 24 August 1862, of Joseph Keith Newell, a captain of the 10th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Diary runs from March to August of 1862, and describes the life of a Union soldier during the Peninsula Campaign. Describes his trip down the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Hampton, Virginia. Also includes a description of the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862, as well as his observations of the College of William & Mary. Newell also describes his...
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Harry Newman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 00925
Scope and Contents
Papers of Harry Newman containing the diary of his voyage as a cadet on the MS Crown City/South African Dispatch Line from San Francisco on route to Africa in 1930, letters to and from family members mostly relating to Harry's travels, a letter from the president of the dispatch line, V. H. Pinckney, with an update on the ship's progress, as well as several black and white photographs, some of which also relate to the MS Crown City trip. There is also one letter from Jeypore, India, written...
Dates:
1930-1932
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Norman Freed diaries
Collection
Identifier: SC 00948
Scope and Contents
World War II Diaries, 1942, of a Civil Defense employee, Norman Freed, of Brooklyn, New York, who attended night classes in optics and engineering. Entries cover his social life, such as parties, trips with friends to the beach, movies or theater, as well as work assignments and studies. He often works late and talks about being sent to other states to work for the War Department. Most of his friends are college graduates and take defense courses at New York Universities and are...
Dates:
1942-1944
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center