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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

Antha Myra Warren diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065100004]
Identifier: 4815
Scope and content

Diary of a young woman from St. Albans, Vermont, describing her daily activities, social life, teaching in a boys' school, church activities, friendship, courtship, and marriage. Includes "Two Years in the Life of Miss Antha Myra Warren," a student paper based on the diaries, written by Aliza Miller.

Dates: 1867-1868.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Antha Myra Warren diary

Archibald Sterling diary

 Collection — Manuscript box 41 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065248555]
Identifier: 1798
Scope and content

Two typescript carbon copies, with some pages missing of the unofficial diary of Archibald Sterling, commander of the U.S.S. Billingsley on tour of duty in Europe; the author gives impressions of parts visited (Iceland, Scotland, Crete), comments on the nature of his current assignment, sailing weather, and the activities and characteristics of people he encountered on this voyage.

Dates: 1924.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Archibald Sterling diary

Archimedes Russell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6484
Scope and content

Watercolor and pen and ink sketches of an Italian villa and a "French-Roof Villa," ca. 1890; daguerreotype of Russell as a young man; printed business card, ca. 1890; wallet and notepad, ca. 1910; last will and testament, 1886; carte-de-visite photograph of Mrs. Russell, ca. 1865-1870; and snapshots of the Russells' residence, and of Mrs. Russell and her car, 1920-1922.



Dates: [ca. 1855-1920]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Archimedes Russell papers

Arthur Kurtz farming journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6402
Scope and content The 23 journals span the period 1924-1959, with 1929 missing and some gaps, especially in later years. The records provide good information and reporting on storage of apples. The Kurtzes were probably the first in New York State to try "gas" storage of apples (later called "CA storage). They tried "ozone" machines in storage to "purify" the air, realized that poor air circulation was an important factor causing "storage scald" of apples, and noted the problem of "off flavors" in Northern...
Dates: 1927-1959.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Arthur Kurtz farming journals

Asa Fitch papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938180]
Identifier: 755
Scope and content Miscellaneous papers of Asa Fitch of Washington County include notes on ornithology, 1837; undated notes on medicine, chemistry, astronomy, and entomology; drafts of Stillwater Lyceum lectures on temperance and other subjects, 1830s; address before the Executive Committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, 1843; and other notes on his agricultural interests. There is also a diary, 1863-65, of Fitch's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Lemuel) Poates of Bolton, Mississippi, describing...
Dates: [ca. 1831-1957]; -1831-1865 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Asa Fitch papers

B. F. Cloyes diaries

 Collection — Manuscript box 45 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065250064]
Identifier: 2155
Scope and content

Diaries of B.F. Cloyes concern daily farm routines and the weather.

Dates: 1864, 1878.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / B. F. Cloyes diaries

Baker family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064916699]
Identifier: 1671
Scope and content Two diaries of Andrew Baker of West Dryden, New York, 1871-79, with comments on the local Methodist church and agricultural meetings in Ithaca, New York; a few personal letters; minutes and bylaws from a meeting held in 1874 to organize a chapter of the Y.M.C.A.; minutes of a Farmers Institute meeting in Ithaca, 1878; photographs, bills, and inventories. Also, items collected by Andrew Alvord Baker while serving with a Cornell University contingent of the American Ambulance Field Service in...
Dates: 1861-1925.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Baker family papers

Balcom family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 494
Scope and content Correspondence (1861-1896) of the Balcom family; list of birth entries, picture albums, account books, one of which is for a carpenter in Oxford, Chenango County, New York; also, Cornelliana of the Balcom family in the class of 1884 and 1892; diaries of Lucy A. Balcom (1879-1882) detailing everyday and social life in Oxford, and an album of messages from friends; Lillian L. Balcom's science drawings; S. B. Balcom's school papers; also, trade cards, timetables, maps, broadsides, and...
Dates: 1838-1902.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Balcom family papers

Bayard Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-18-1169
Abstract

Correspondence, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, clippings, articles, sketches, and autobiographical notes pertaining to Taylor's life as a writer and traveler in North Africa, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Dates: 1837-1878.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bayard Taylor papers

Benjamin Crandall papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065094371]
Identifier: 4805
Scope and content

Diaries and account books of a Waterloo, New York wheelwright and farmer.

Dates: 1887-1914.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Benjamin Crandall papers

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