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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis Leaming Forman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-9-772
Scope and content Student notes, notes for lectures on ancient history, classical literature, Greek art, Greek and Latin vocabulary and usage, the New Testament, philosophy, and other subjects; diary and expense book kept during a visit to Greece (1900-1901), photographs, letters, and clippings. Notebooks of diary entries and memoranda kept (1915-1916) during trips to Sicily, Tunis, Egypt, and Greece. Notes for addresses made at the organizing meeting of the American Rights Committee, and before the Cornell...
Dates: 1879-1932.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lewis Leaming Forman papers

Lewis P. Weed diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942976]
Identifier: 3166
Scope and content

Diaries of Lewis P. Weed of Canisteo, Steuben County, New York. Most pertain to logging, farming, and some politics. Volumes were written in 1875, 1876, 1879, 1885, 1886, 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896.

Dates: 1875-1896.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lewis P. Weed diaries

Lewis W. Sturtevant diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6392
Scope and content

Undated autobiographical fragment, which was begun by Lewis W. Sturtevant at age seven and continued for his sons, describes his childhood, education, and work as an accountant for his family's business. The account was never completed.

Dates: ca.1819.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lewis W. Sturtevant diary

Livingston and Onondaga County woman's diary

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1: [Barcode: 31924094424581]
Identifier: 6230
Scope and content

The diary contains information about regular activities including attending church services, dedications of churches, ordination ceremonies, Sabbath School classes, lectures, occasional temperance meetings, and weddings. The diary also served as an outlet for her personal feelings.

Dates: 1838-1842.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Livingston and Onondaga County woman's diary

Lodewyk Jon Weygers diary

 Collection — Dvd 1446
Identifier: 4889
Scope and content

Voice transcriptions from Dutch into English by Alexander Weygers of his brother Lodewyk Jon Weygers' diary kept while the latter was a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thailand, 1942-1945.



Dates: 1942-1945.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lodewyk Jon Weygers diary

Mapes family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2309
Scope and content Mainly papers of Arlington Mapes concerning his school days in Rushville (1870-78) and at Cornell University, the latter including notes taken at Professor William Dexter Wilson's lectures in the philosophy of history, his undergraduate scrapbook, correspondence (including one letter from Moses Coit Tyler), and his senior essay on American history, 1883; and records concerning his activities in later life, including two Republican Party canvass books (1890s), accounts (5 v., 1890-1925), a...
Dates: 1820-1927.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mapes family papers

Marie Reith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-1728
Scope and content

Includes Reith's diploma for a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell University, 1921; pages from a scrapbook; two photographs of engineering classes; and two diaries, 1914-1920, concerning Reith's student days at Cornell.

Dates: 1917-1976.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Marie Reith papers

Markham and Puffer families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1811
Scope and content Includes Hampshire County, Massachusetts deeds (1778-1857) for the names Ballard, Bates, Beals, Carter, Ford, Fuller, Giddings, Hamlin, Kettell, Packard, Pratt, Spaulding, Stoel, and Taylor; notes, writs of execution, and other legal documents, 18th century Massachusetts; material relating to patents on voting machines (1905); farm account books (1877-1902), a stock register (1860s, 1870s), and other accounts of William G. Markham; a ledger (1897-1901) of the Rochester Fluorometer Company;...
Dates: 1755-1909.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Markham and Puffer families papers

Mary A. Hight diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 242
Scope and content

Diaries of Mary A. Hight of Bradford, Steuben County, New York. Early volumes were written while Hight was a student.

Dates: 1876-1883.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mary A. Hight diaries

Mary Archer Knapp diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065480349]
Identifier: 4944
Scope and content

Diary of a Palmyra, New York wife and mother describing daily and life-long miseries, disappointments, and difficulties, with particular reference to her husband William's poor treatment and neglect. Includes clippings and financial accounts.

Dates: 1884.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mary Archer Knapp diary

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