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June A. Dowling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00198
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sergeant June A. Dowling, consisting of a diary, 1917-1919, photographs, postcards, a French magazine, and a travel permission, all documenting Sergeant Dowling's World War I tour of duty in France. 

Dates: 1914, 1917-1919, 1932; Majority of material found in 1917-1919
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Margetta Hirsch Doyle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.005
Scope and Contents

This collection contains diaries, photographs, and other material related to Margetta Doris (Hirsch) Doyle. The bulk of the collection consists of material related to Margetta Doyle's days as a student at Mary from 1941-1945. The collection also includes a diary, photographs, and financial information concerning a trip to China, Japan, and Hong Kong in the fall of 1984 by Margetta Hirsch Doyle, her husband, and two friends. The diaries contain summary notes compiled by Margetta Doyle.

Dates: 1941-1984; Majority of material found in 1942-1984
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Helen Drumm Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00939
Scope and Contents

Diary, 1927, 1928, 1934 of Helen Drumm, a teacher of Tacoma and Republic, Washington (State). Helen Drumm records her 1927 and 1934 trips to California describing some places and structures in great detail. Her entries also cover the year 1928 when she moved to Republic, Washington to take on a new teaching position.

For the 1934 trip her entries include writings of are of a more religious nature.

Dates: 1927-1928, 1934
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Duval Family Ledgers and Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.471
Scope and Contents Ledgers, 1871-1887 and diary 1898-1900 of the Duval family of Chesterfield and Henrico Counties, Virginia. One ledger (item 1), 1871-1872 contains accounts for different customers for items like sugar, flour,  candles, vinegar, etc., as well as cash accounts and a store inventory in the back of the volumes. The ledger for 1886-1887 (item 2) also contains a personal diary for the years 1898-1900 with very detailed entries. The ledger entries are summarized accounts...
Dates: 1871-1894
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Jubal A. Early Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Ea5
Scope and Contents Papers, 1863-1890, relating to Jubal A. Early. Includes typescript of an account of the evening of the first day and the morning of the second day at the Battle of Gettysburg by [?] Turner; typescript of a report of Isaac Ridgeway Trimble regarding the Battle of Second Manassas; letter, 1867, of Mrs. E. C. Wirz [widow of Henry Wirz] thanking Early for a copy of his A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence; and letter, 31 March 1884, from Early concerning Second Manassas and...
Dates: 1863-1890
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Peter Isaac East Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00182
Scope and Contents

Diaries, 1937-1941, of Peter Isaac East, a railroad worker from Terre Haute, Indiana. Primarily includes entries related to his work for the New York Central Railroad Company.  For more detailed description provided by the seller, click on the Finding Aid link below.

Dates: 1937-1941
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Nancy Edelen Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00164
Scope and Contents The diaries were kept in three separate appointment books. Each book had the year displayed on its cover, and the pages inside were set up to show the day’s appointments. Nancy made her entries in the 1951 appointment book and in the following two years, she made her entries in the books for 1952 and 1953. Because the space assigned for the days’ appointments in each book was fixed, she generally limited her daily entries to the space available, but she frequently wrote in the margin to note...
Dates: 1951-1953
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Edgar Carl Hermann Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01301
Scope and Contents This collection contains the diaries, 1912-1922, of Edgar Carl Hermann of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The first diary concerns Hermann's daily life as a worker for a railroad. There are two diaries from 1919, both of which describe Hermann's service during World War I. They include his service in France and Germany and his two week trip to Paris during his leave time. There are also diaries from 1920, 1921, and 1922.Most of the entries describe Hermann’s daily life in St. Paul,...
Dates: 1912-1922
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Edmonds Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Ed6
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1790-1871, of the Edmonds family. Includes ledger, 1790- 1794, of John Edmonds, Sr. kept near Quantico and Dumfries, Prince William County, Va.; commission, 1809 February 23, of Elias Edmonds signed by Thomas Jefferson; letter, 1844 April 22, of John F. Edmonds, Macon County, Mo. to his father Elias Edmonds, Upperville, Va.; and diary, 1870-1871, of Joseph Addison Edmonds of Lexington, Mo. kept on a trip to Texas.

Dates: 1790-1871
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Heinz and Gertrud Siegel Elber papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00391
Content Description

The Heinz and Gertrud Siegel Elber papers consist of a scrapbook and a guestbook documenting their social life and Heinz Elber's professional career as a kapellmeister (bandmaster) in Dresden, Germany. Heinz Elber (30 April 1882-5 December 1969) and Gertrude Siegel in 1951.

Also included is biographical background information provided by relatives in form of diary excerpts, correspondence and a newsletters article about Heinz Elber's life and violins.

Dates: 1918-2012
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Elizabeth C. Chaplin Diary

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Identifier: SC 00779
Scope and Contents Diary of Elizabeth C. Chaplin of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1862, that reflects strong political opinions and abolitionist conviction. The following is excerpted for the description of the seller: "She was an active Republican and supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and went to plays and meeting with strong Abolitionists messages. In the very first entry she says, “she took the cars to Boston. My niece Mary Story met with me to see the play called the Octagon, preformed. It represented life...
Dates: 1862, 1896
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Elizabeth Todd Gilmore diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01762
Content Description

A hundred and eighty page diary kept by Elizabeth Todd Gilmore while on a trip to Europe in 1934. Gilmore traveled with her friend Rhea through Austria, England, Italy and Germany. While in the last two countries, Gilmore remarked upon the conditions of the Fascist and Nazi controlled tourist sites she visited.

Content warnings for anti-Semitism

Dates: 1934 August
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Nathan A. Eubank Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.598
Scope and Contents 4 diaries, 1925-1926, 1942-1943, and 1946-1947 of Nathan A. Eubank of Pulaski, Prospect, Nolensville and Nashville, Tennesse. According to information recorded in the 1925-1926 volume, Eubank began keeping diaries in 1923. He titled the 1925-1926 diary: "A record of my daily writings of things I learn know and see. Volume No. 3." The entries are often lengthy and include comments on weather, health, family, happenings in the community as well as opinions and statements on local, national and...
Dates: 1925-1946; Majority of material found in 1925-1926, 1942-1943, 1946-1947
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farm Diaries (Virginia)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.265
Scope and Contents Twenty-two diaries kept by unidentified farm owner or manager for the years 1923-1944 and 1954. Entries are mostly brief and note daily weather and chores performed on the farm, which employed 6-8 men year round and up to 60 on the orchard during picking season. Most entries give the full names of workers employed each day and broken down by task. The identity of the farm and location have not been positively established at this point: The seller notes that the farm was assumed...
Dates: 1923-1944, 1954
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, V

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Af22
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1894-1913, of an unidentified farmer which includes various notes, diary entries, and songs.

Dates: 1894-1913
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

George W. Fetterman Diaries

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.498
Scope and Contents Contains a sixty-year account of the life of George W. Fetterman, a western New York farmer. He started out as a laborer in Clarkson, NY, working for local farmers, including the Dennison, Garland, Garrison, Moore, Green, and King families. He later moved to Pendleton, NY, where he had a farm with his wife Eliza Prosser and daughter Dorothy. He frequently mentioned the nearby city of Lockport where he conducted business.The brief daily diary entries describe events of the day, chiefly work...
Dates: 1890-1950
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Sallie and Stephen Fisher Travel Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00784
Scope and Contents

The following description was provided by the seller:

"These two manuscript travel diaries present detailed information about Amish communities throughout the United States in the 1940s and 1950. The diaries were written by a middle-age Amish couple from Honey Brook and Ronks, Pennsylvania: Stephen King Fisher and Sallie L. Fisher.

Dates: 1940-1950
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Henrietta S. Fitzhugh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00924
Scope and Contents Diary of Henrietta S. Fitzhugh of a trip. Includes letters concerning the diary, the Washington, Fitzhugh and Meade Families genealogy, news clippings concerning Washington land, Washington royal blood and family obituaries, pencil drawing of a Washington silhouette, letter with Fitzhugh/Meade genealogy information, Colonial Dames invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of George Washington at Ravenswood, West Virginia (1932), and correspondence with Mrs. Archie Q. Brockenbrough of New...
Dates: 1827-2003; Majority of material found in 1827, 1930, 1932, 2003
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Fletcher Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00216
Scope and Contents Three letterpress copy books of the Fletcher Family.  The books are written by a woman, possibly from Georgia. The writer is an ancestor of the donor, Dr. John S. Fletcher.  Partial signatures suggest Joan and Hownick. Msv. 1 has some water damage and much faded ink.  Cover unattached.  Includes a few pages of transcript from letters written from Richmond, Virginia from July 22-26, 1861.  Carbon paper in back of book.  July-September 1861. Describes traveling from...
Dates: 1861-1867
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Macy E. Flinn Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00804
Scope and Contents Diary of Macy Flinn (b. ca. 1896) of Maine for the years 1909-1910. Macy Flinn, who lived near the towns of Waterville and Sidney, Maine, was starting high school at the time she began her diary. In brief daily entries she records weather, helping her parents with the business, social activities like playing games with friends, taking trips to town, books she read, horseback riding, etc. There are also two poems following the last  entries.  From time to time Macy uses Greek characters for...
Dates: 1909-1910
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Flora Inez Smith Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01753
Content Description

Four diaries written by Flora Inez Smith. Smith worked as a school teacher in Decatur County, Indiana. The diaries contain mentions of the weather, her job, daily life, and social activities. Early entries focus heavily on farm work that her brothers and father did during the day.

Content warning for derogatory language directed at Black individuals.

Dates: 1893 - 1903
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Alma Fontaine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 84 F73
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, 1923-1926, kept by Alma Mae Clarke Fontaine while a schoolgirl in New Rochelle, N. Y. containing clippings, reviews and programs from theater productions in New York, N. Y. as well as excerpts from her diary pertaining to the New York theater.

Dates: 1923-1926
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Louis Fortescue Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D30
Scope and Contents Diary written by Louis Fortescue, a Captain of the Signal Corps, while a Union Prisoner of War at the "Asylum Prison" in Columbia, South Carolina up to his arrival in his home state, probably Pennsylvania.  Dates from January 11 - March 12, 1865.  He writes about the prison conditions, food and treatment of prisoners at both the Asylum Prison and the prison in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Beginning February 14, he and 550 officers travel on the top of a train to Charlotte, NC from Columbia,...
Dates: 1865
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

John Foster diaries

 Collection
Identifier: 2023.061
Content Description

Five handwritten diaries written from 1978 to 1982. The diaries belonged to John Foster, a Hamilton college student in Schenectady, New York. The diaries cover a period of John’s life in which he worked a summer job as a dishwasher at the Sagamore Hotel in Bolten Landing, New York and as he studied abroad in Aberdeen Scotland. Within the diaries, John also ponders his friendships and sexual identification. A single letter is also included in the collection

Dates: 1979-1982
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Frances Forrester-Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01886
Content Description

This collection contains the manuscript diary kept by Frances Forrester-Brown while living and working in Guatemala in 1910. It includes a wealth of everyday details of her life in Guatemala, her interactionpublic officials, her domestic and managerial duties, her work as a local

Dates: Broadcast: 1910-2014
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941 2
Campbell family 2
Coalter, John, 1769-1838 2
Coleman family 2
Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 2
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 2
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894 2
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 2
Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862 2
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 2
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 2
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 2
Millington, John, 1779-1868 2
Morton family 2
Morton, Estelle 2
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728 2
Perrin family 2
Randolph, John, 1773-1833 2
Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848 2
Tyler Family 2
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 2
Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 2
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Adams, Florence 1
Adelman, Ilse 1
Akin, Mary H. 1
Aldrich, Walter 1
Alexander, Lucian W. 1
Allison, Bertha E. 1
American Chemical Society 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
Anderson Seminary 1
Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 1
Anheuser-Bush, Inc. 1
Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855 1
Aubin, Joshua Harris 1
Baldwin, Olive 1
Ball family 1
Ball, Hugh 1
Ball, Mary Pierce 1
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Barber, Henry J., 1918-2002 1
Barhite, Blanche Luella, b. 1887 1
Barker, Alice W. 1
Barksdale, Martha, 1900-1974 1
Barnett, Violet L., d. 1972 1
Barnhouse, Mina 1
Barraud Family 1
Barraud family 1
Barraud, Ann Blaws Hansford, 1760-1836 1
Barraud, Ann Blaws, 1760-1836 1
Barraud, Daniel Cary, 1790-1867 1
Barraud, John Taylor, 1826-1860 1
Barraud, Otway Byrd, b. 1801 1
Barraud, Philip, 1758-1830 1
Barrows, Hester 1
Barry Scott Antiquarian and Rare Books 1
Baxter, Ivan M., 1896- 1
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 1
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Belt, Mae Alvan, b. circa 1916 1
Bentley, Elvira Carr, d. 1983 1
Bentley, John Boyd, 1896-1989 1
Bernard Family 1
Bernardin, Joseph Buchanan, 1899-1987 or 1988 1
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Booth, Barbara 1
Bowers, Rosina 1
Bowley, Arthur 1
Bowley, Hazel 1
Bozarth family 1
Bragdon, Mabel D. 1
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 1
Braikenridge, George, 1737-1827 1
Bray, Benjamin F., b. circa 1926 and d. 2002 1
Broome family 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Catherine 1
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