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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

John Melmoth Dow papers

 Collection — Mapcase folder 3
Identifier: 2765
Abstract

Personal and professional papers of John M. Dow. Also included are letters and newspaper clippings concerning political events in Central America in the second half of the nineteenth century. Dow also pursued his interests as a naturalist, exploring the Central American coast to collect marine flora and fauna.

Dates: 1798-1918.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Melmoth Dow papers

John Nolen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2903
Abstract Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, letterbooks, addresses, biographical data, diaries, scrapbooks, school notes and textbooks, syllabi, lectures and outlines, typescript papers and articles, printed material, policy directives, card files, sample contracts, projects files and reports, slides, photographs, negatives, plans, blueprints, drawings, charts, and maps relating to Nolen's work in city planning, preservation, survey projects, zoning, and extension...
Dates: 1890-1938, 1954-1960.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Nolen papers

John P. Sanderson diary

 Collection — Manuscript box 33 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065253936]
Identifier: 1232
Scope and content A typescript of the diary of Col. John P. Sanderson who served in the 13th Infantry Division of the United States Army during the Civil War. It includes accounts of the role he and his division played in the Kentucky and Tennessee campaigns in 1863. A large portion of the diary is devoted to his description of the Battle of Chickamauga. Also of interest are Sanderson's assessments of such prominent figures of the period as James A. Garfield, U. S. Grant, and Abraham Lincoln. The diary...
Dates: 1863-1864.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John P. Sanderson diary

John R. Lytle papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4343
Scope and content Correspondence, accounts, and legal documents pertaining to Lytle's real estate operations and other business ventures and to his tenure in the office of Justice of the Peace of Superintendent of Schools in Washington County, N.Y.; letters from M. R. McWhorter of Milwaukee, telling of his plans to join the Gold Rush (February 1849), and from James Lydon, giving his views on opportunities in the California mines (June 1854); also, one household expense account book of Mary Lytle's family and...
Dates: 1838-1883.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John R. Lytle papers

John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 88 - folder 1
Identifier: 3790
Abstract

Correspondence (1856-88) of John Andrews, Arvilla Raplee, friends, and relatives, including Civil War letters of Andrews. Also, military records, Civil War diaries, and other papers.

Dates: 1843-1982.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers

Jonathan Peale Bishop papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-3840
Scope and content

Papers of Jonathan Bishop include chronological correspondence files, alphabetical files on individuals, alphabetical files on subjects/books, lecture and course notes, manuscripts for books and articles, and published articles. Also, journals and poetry notebooks, 1948-2000.



Dates: 1978-2006.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Jonathan Peale Bishop papers

Joseph E. Hinds papers[ca. 1935-2000]

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6586
Scope and content Genealogical binders on the Hines and Jewell family and related families include family photographs, clippings, notes, and other papers. Also, photographs and certificates, including Cornell Reunion pictures and family photographs and photograph album (unidentified), copper engraving printing plates for invitations, New York State Electoral College certificate, photograph of Joseph Hinds I and Thomas A. Edison. Autograph album of Alice Jewell, 1883 and diary of J. V. Jewell,...
Dates: 1935 - 2000; Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joseph E. Hinds papers[ca. 1935-2000]

Josephine C. Ernstein papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6590
Scope and content

Diaries, journals, calendars, letters, and scrapbook of Josephine Ernstein.



Dates: 1926-1997, 2007.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Josephine C. Ernstein papers

Joy family journals

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6014
Abstract Diary of Arad Joy (1812-1813) discusses events during his service in the War of 1812 including punishment of deserters, living conditions, a visit to Niagra Falls, a skirmish, and duties as paymaster. The travel journals of Henry Joy (1844) relate details of his trip through the Midwest, including accommodations, a meeting with a former senator from Ohio, Mr. Spaulding, and a sermon by Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband, Dr. Calvin Stowe, discussion of the Pennsylvania Dutch and their farming...
Dates: 1812-1813, 1844.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joy family journals

Judge Ferris Shoemaker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065177705]
Identifier: 809
Scope and content

Correspondence and diaries relating to Shoemaker's service as a petty officer in the Marine Corps, attached to the U.S.S. Saranac on the Pacific Station during the Civil War; includes information on the French intervention in Mexico. Papers also relate to abolition, and Shoemaker's interpretation of public opinion on matters of politics and expansion.

Dates: 1861-1866.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Judge Ferris Shoemaker papers

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