Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
Marian Bugbee Patterson Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3712
Abstract
This collection is composed of two diaries from Marian Bugbee, written in 1862 and 1863.
Dates:
1862-1863
Michael Shoemaker Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3766
Scope and Contents
In the diary, Shoemaker discusses the weather daily. He takes accounting notes of both of his farms, oil company, and real estate. Shoemaker recorded the letters he mailed and received in the diary, as well as the health and location of his family members and household members. Shoemaker records the conditions of his farms and home. He writes about the different vegetation grown, the conditions of the animals, and the amount of product produced. The writing for each date ranges from a few...
Dates:
1894
Mrs. Paul Noecker Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1262
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the letters of John C. Forbes, a Civil War veteran and native of Rome Township, Bradford County, PA. Forbes served successively with the 50th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and 15th New York Engineers from September 9, 1861 until his second discharge in June 1865. A veteran of both the Siege of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam, Forbes’ service mainly involved the construction of fortifications, earthworks, or infrastructure projects....
Dates:
1777-1881
Nathaniel Bacon Diary
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3767
Scope and Contents
In the diary, Judge Bacon discusses various court cases and the mode of travel he uses to get to each of the cases. He discusses traveling with the Union Army and going to different forts during the Civil War. He also reviews the daily weather, and takes accounting notes for his farm. The writing for each date is between two and three statements, which are often written in fragments. The diary is helpful to see the different cases and duties of a Circuit Judge and to track different forts...
Dates:
1861
Nellie Ritter Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-153
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of diaries kept by Susan Layman Dickman between 1867 and 1910 in Berrien County, Michigan. The collection also includes two Berrien County school registers created between 1876 and 1888 and an account book used by the Flewallen family between 1849 and 1893, both from Berrien County.The bulk of the collection consists of annual diaries kept by Susan “Susie” Layman Dickman (b. 1836 d. 1913) dating between 1867 and 1910. Her diary entries are very brief and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1867-1910, 1876-1888, 1849-1893
Norton H. Pearl Diaries
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Most of the correspondence is letters to Norton Pearl, Betty Beeby, and Jane Beeby, but letters to other family members (Ethel, Myrtle, and Dorothy Pearl, etc) are included as well. In addition, the collection also consists of letters to Loran Post, the Dahne family, Henry Graves, the Waite family, and the Yunker family. The diaries belong to John W. Pearl, Norton Pearl (ranging from 1890 to1954), Alice Pearl, and Myrtle Pearl. The bulk of the photographs are from Glacier National Park and...
Dates:
1820-1970
Orville Sternburgh Police Journals
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3375
Abstract
The collection is composed of four journals compiled by Detective Orville J. Sternburgh of the Kalamazoo Police Department from 1922 until 1929.
Dates:
1922-1929; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2003
Otis M. Southworth Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4335
Scope and Contents
This collection contains diaries kept by Otis Monroe Southworth (b. 1861- d. 1940) of Benton Harbor, Michigan for the years 1902-1923. In addition to his diaries are a notebook kept by his son Grover during 1918, a 1922 Diary kept by his other son, Walter, plus items and photocopies of newspaper clippings that were within the volumes.In these diaries, Otis captured not only his present, but memories and thoughts of his wife Clara L., his children, and what they did for fun as...
Dates:
1902-1923
Patrice Racette Sundstrand Diaries
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3384
Abstract
The collection is composed of eleven diaries from 1935 to 1953 written by Patrice (Patsy) Racette Sundstrand (1924-2009) who lived in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Dates:
1935-1953
Pearl Prouty Howard Diary
Item — Box 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024407079]
Identifier: RH-A-4291
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one 1906 Excelsior Diary formerly belonging to Pearl Prouty Howard (1852-1925) who lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan.The diary primarily concerns the day to day activities of Pearl (Perley) Prouty Howard, and her family. She discusses the weather, her daily activities such as doing the washing, cooking, churning butter, and going to town. Pearl often describes the activities of her husband George who she refers to as Geo, her daughter Alice, and her son...
Dates:
1906