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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: 1949
Abstract

Includes volumes of copies of deeds showing trackage locations; volumes of dispatchers' diaries; volumes of engineers' survey books; one volume of official notices of schedule and route changes; map and survey; timetable; map and profile of the Pecksport Loop line.

Dates: 1868-1956.

New York State College of Agriculture Department of Botany records

 Collection
Identifier: 21-17-2491
Abstract

Photographs, prints, and lantern slides; memorabilia about Botany Department field trips and social activities, and department minutes.

Dates: [ca. 1882-1963]

North family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1226
Scope and content Correspondence, deeds, indentures, miscellaneous pamphlets, commemorative booklets, and other papers. Includes papers (1752-1800) of Joshua Pine, Platt Townsend, Gerard Walton, and William Walton concerning land divisions at Hempstead, New York; material relating to the organization of Walton, New York, and to the first settlers there; Civil War letters written by Joshua Pine and Daniel Patrick, 38th Regiment, New York Volunteers (1861-1862); papers concerning Arthur North, lawyer,...
Dates: 1752-1943.

Northrup family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4551
Scope and content

Account books, ledgers, cashbooks, order books, and tax books for members of the Northrup family of Tompkins County (N.Y.); includes accounts for saddlery, general merchandise, carriage equipment, and produce.



Dates: 1831-1903.

Oscar Diedrich von Engeln papers

 Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 31924065352712]
Identifier: 14-15-856
Abstract

Correspondence pertaining to von Engeln's years at Cornell as a student and professor and to his writings on geology and Cornell history.

Dates: 1866-1965.

Paris Robertson diary

 Collection — Manuscript box 90 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924088323112]
Identifier: 8487m
Scope and content

Farm diary, with weather information.

Dates: 1889

Parmele family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064927092]
Identifier: 4367
Scope and content

Boarding house accounts, 1805-1833, of the Parmele family of Connecticut. Diary of an unidentified woman, discussing family, social life, and d boarding house operation, also Connecticut, 1864-1866. One entry mentions the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1805-1866.

Paul S. Waterman diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882572]
Identifier: 37-5-3050
Scope and content

In his daily diaries, 1920-1925 and part of 1928, Paul Waterman describes his classes, professors, including William Strunk, Jr., fellow students, and social life. An entertaining writer, Waterman also ruminates on life and love.

Dates: 1920-1928.

Paul W. Griswold diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065226387]
Identifier: 3939
Scope and content

Diaries containing short daily entries concerning weather, farm work, crops, visits, social activities, and finances.

Dates: 1891-1901.

Pearl E. Goetz Kaine diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4870
Scope and content

Diaries (includes 1 unbound diary) of a woman living in Oregon, describing family, social, and romantic relationships, and including numerous observations of the passing social scene.

Dates: 1924-1988.