Diaries
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Francis W. Squires diaries
Diaries are concerned with family affairs, farm work, rural social life, politics, genealogy, the author's service in the Union Army during the Civil War, and his duties as a Justice of the Peace; include daily notations on temperature, humidity, rainfall and other changes in the weather.
Gerard Hendrik Matthes papers
Professional papers of Gerard Hendrik Matthes, a hydraulic engineer and member of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Howe family papers
Correspondence from Almon A. Jaynes to Grace Howe. WWI letters to Grace Howe from a number of soldiers. Twenty-six daily diaries of Grace Howe, 1905-1935. Photographs of Grace Howe, her sister Josephine Howe, A. A. Jaynes, among others.
John P. Sanderson diary
Teed family papers
Four diaries, 1864, 1865, 1867, and 1892, of Alonzo D. Teed, Union Army soldier; one letter and receipts concerning his duties as a collector of school taxes, 1868. Also, three unidentified diaries, 1868, 1890, and 1892, of a relative or associate of Teed's; and two account books listing dry goods and other sales and purchases.
Willard Dickerman Straight papers
Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service (1902-04). Documented is his employment with Reuters during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); with the United States Department of State in Korea and Manchuria (1904-09); and with Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J.P. Morgan and Company (1904-09).