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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

Diaries and Miscellaneous Books

 Series
Dates: 1915-1991
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / George and Miriam Arend Collection

Donald and Donna Boudeman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-277
Abstract

The collection is composed of notebooks, diaries and miscellaneous papers dating from 1925 until 1952 that belonged to Donald and Donna Boudeman who lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dates: 1925-1952
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Donald J. Maile Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-232
Scope and Contents

This collection is a set of diaries, accounting books, and miscellaneous documents pertaining to Judson A. Edmunds and his immediate family.

The content of the Journals primarily covers financial information, listing primarily the Edmonds’ daily expenditures. Also included are a few sentences detailing daily events, the weather, and the thoughts of the writer.

Dates: 1832-1908
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Dorothy B. Waage Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-A-2137
Dates: 1830-1990
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Ella Sheldon Rogers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3395
Abstract

The collection is composed of one five-year diary owned by Ella Sheldon Rogers (1874-1944) who spent the last 14 years of her life in the Michigan cities of Kalamazoo and Delton. The collection additionally has two letters from Ella's son-in-law Leon Leonard, a diploma for her daughter Eloyse Rogers Leonard, their marriage certificate and a family cookbook compiled for Eloyse Rogers Leonard along with a few single sheets.

Dates: 1919-1949
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Ellen Wilson Diary

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3519
Scope and Contents At the time the diary was written, Ellen lived with her husband, father, daughter, and two granddaughters in Pittsford, MI. The family owned a farm that they rented out to the Marlow family.Ellen and her family must have just recently moved to Pittsford, because in the 1900 census, they were living in Toledo, Ohio. Agnes and her husband were living in Sandusky, Ohio. Her daughter, Agnes (who is listed as Ella A. Lemmon in the 1900 Census), and Agnes’s daughters, Grace...
Dates: 1904
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Estella Evans Hughes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1757
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 6 diaries, 2 appointment books, and papers written between 1928 and 1956 by Estella Hughes (1887-1971) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, psychiatric social worker and Director of Social Services at Kalamazoo State Hospital.Estella Hughes's diary entries occasionally mention her work at the Kalamazoo State Hospital. Many of the diary entries detail her life with her husband, as well as her life after his passing in 1940. Estella kept up on current events...
Dates: 1928-1956
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Executive Diaries & Notices

 Series
Scope and Contents Executive diaries contain abstracts of the day's or week's activities for a certain unknown executive through the years 1931-1954. Business activities are the main concern, but some personal activities with business partners are included. Also, events such as the death of W. E. Upjohn are included as well.The executive notices and general list notices were general correspondence about company business that was given to executives or to the "general list" which included the entire...
Dates: 1887-2001
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Pfizer Inc. Collection / Company Records / Operations Material

Florence May Graha Lyon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3715
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one brown journal, one maroon journal, and three “Lest We Forget” green journals, and a photograph.The diaries account for 1886, 1890, 1911, 1912, and 1913. According to the Census the Lyons were likely in Milwaukee during this time frame. It appears based off the diaries that they stayed in one place over the course of the 1911-1913, however by the 1920 Census they were living in Texas.The diaries show that Florence lost someone very close...
Dates: 1886, 1890, 1911, 1912, and 1913
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

Giles Buckingham Wilcox Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-2130
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of 37 diaries dating from 1853 to 1896, which belonged to Giles Buckingham Wilcox (b.1826 d.1922) and his wife Mary Jane (Cooley) Wilcox (b. 1835 d. 1919), from Chicago, Illinois.The entries are filled with notable events, religious sentiments, bills paid, meetings, prayers, statements about family, and notes about traveling that share insight into the life of the Reverend through the years that these diaries cover.Most of the diaries...
Dates: 1853-1896
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections

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