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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 235 Collections and/or Records:

9th Indiana Cavalry Civil War diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2615
Scope and Contents This collection contains 2 diaries written by either Robert Young (according to Susan Traux) or James L. DuBois (according to David Frost), both of whome mustered out August 28, 1865, ranging from January 1, 1864 to September 12, 1865 concerning service in Company D, 9th Indiana Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War. There are also typed transcripts of the diaries created by Susan Traux and information from David Frost of Los Angeles, California listing relatives mentioned in the diaries who fit...
Dates: 1864-1865

Aaron Hill diary and newspaper clippings

 Collection — Folder S656
Identifier: S0656
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript of Aaron Hill's diary and clippings from Indianapolis Star ranging from 1829 to 1935 in Indianapolis regarding Hill's journey on horseback from North Carolina to Indiana.
Dates: 1829-1935

Abraham L. Brick papers

 Collection
Identifier: L539
Scope and Contents This collection includes typed, autographed correspondence from Abraham L. Brick and others in Indiana and Washington, D.C. from 1850 to 1950, regarding personal and business matters; invitations to social events ranging from 1884 to 1901 regarding presidential and congressional events; photographs and tintypes of family, public events and places, including the Panama Canal, from 1866 to 1907 and undated; scrapbooks, diaries, and expense accounts.
Dates: 1850-1950

Adams Lee Ogg collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1028
Scope and Contents The collection is mainly contains the correspondence of the Ogg and Longnaker Families. The majority of the letters are between Ogg and his wife while he was serving in the Civil War, and those with her family in Greenfield and Iowa. Also included are diaries and an expenditure list of Mary E. Ogg and clippings from the Indianapolis Star column the “Hoosier Listening Post.”
Dates: 1836-1936

Addison W. Bell collection

 Collection
Identifier: L015
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection is from the period 1889-1900, and consists of account books, receipts, invoices, and other business papers relating to Addison W. Bell’s Terre Haute store. Also included is an account book (1868-1894) of Bell’s Parke County store; an account book (1884-1890) of his son-in-law, Albert McMullin (d.1897), a Vigo County farmer; family financial papers and a small number of letters of Bell’s daughter, Lona McMullin, and her children in Terre Haute (1900-1965); and a...
Dates: 1807-1965

Adonijah P. Hulings diary

 Collection — Folder S2244
Identifier: S2244
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of Adonijah P. Hulings's 1863 pocket diary. A note he entered at the beginning of the diary states that he purchased it on December 17, 1862 in Memphis, Tennessee during the time he was serving with the 69th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He began his December 1862 entries in the memoranda section and then filled out the daily entries throughout 1863. The first page of the photocopies also includes the notation that the diary pages were sent...
Dates: 1862-1863, 1965

Albert Alyea diary

 Collection — Folder S018
Identifier: S0018
Scope and Contents This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...
Dates: 1861-1883

Albert E. Hise collection

 Collection — Folder S1888
Identifier: S1888
Scope and Contents This collection includes a hand-written journal and photograph of the journal's author, John Hise. The journal begins in April 1854, although there are short summaries of the months January, February and March. It's final entry is on January 1, 1860. There are entires for nearly every day, beginning with a description of the day's weather. Typically, entries describe work done, supplies purchased, trips to town and products sold in town or to other residents of the area. Often the entires...
Dates: 1854/01/01-1860/01/01

Alexander Campbell Stevenson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L609
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, receipts, an account book and journal, as well as miscellaneous memorabilia from Alexander Campbell Stevenson in Kentucky and Indiana ranging from 1804 to 1882 regarding Stevenson's political and agricultural career.
Dates: 1804-1882

Alexis Coquillard papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0298
Scope and Contents This collection includes original and photocopied documents from Alexis Coquillard (1795-1855) in South Bend, Indiana ranging from 1795-1840 regarding business matters, contracts and lists of merchandise, an original diary from Alexis Coquillard (1825-1890) in 1849 written on a journey to California in 1849, and typed stories as told to Mary C. Coquillard regarding pioneers.
Dates: 1795-1911