Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:
Harmon S. Dixon diary
Collection — Folder S0361
Identifier: S0361
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopied diary from Harmon S. Dixon in Georgia and Cheyenne, Wyoming, ranging from November 21, 1901 to March 17, 1902 regarding military life, finances, family, weather, and travel.
Dates:
1901-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harmon S. Dixon diary
Harriet King diary and family photographs
Collection — Folder S3041
Identifier: S3041
Scope and Contents
The diary of Harriet King for 1864 was written in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Indiana and is made up of daily entires which average two to three sentences in length. At the time, Harriet is 20 years old and she describes a close-knit Baptist family.
The collection also includes a map of Fayette County identifying Yankeetown, endnotes written by editor, Helen Harriet Ellis, and 25 photographs of people referred to in the diary.
The collection also includes a map of Fayette County identifying Yankeetown, endnotes written by editor, Helen Harriet Ellis, and 25 photographs of people referred to in the diary.
Dates:
1864
Harry Watts collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1372
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed diary from Harry Watts in the United States ranging from 1861/07/15 -\to 1865/08 regarding history of unit and the American Civil War.
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry Watts collection
Hawley family papers
Collection
Identifier: L064
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Hawley family and professional correspondence. Included is correspondence with his family in Bridgeport, Connecticut while elder Ransom Hawley was a student at Auburn Seminary (1825-1828), as well as correspondence of Hawley and his wife in Indiana with their families in Bridgeport (1828-ca. 1880), and letters to his sons Henry and Ransom and daughter Lucy Ing. The collection also contains letters to Hawley from Presbyterian ministers and other church people...
Dates:
1825-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hawley family papers
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Heineken family papers
Helen Clift clippings
Collection — Folder S1183
Identifier: S1183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes forty-nine clippings of Kate Milner Rabb's Indianapolis Star newspaper column, "The Hoosier Listening Post," range from March 14, 1935 to July 25, 1935 that contain transcribed entries from diaries kept by Helen Clift of New Castle, Indiana in 1863 and 1865. Helen used her diary to record her daily chores, the weather, visitors, social activities, and other happenings in New Castle. Her 1863 diary also recorded her time teaching in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana and...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Clift clippings
Henry C. Campbell diaries and papers
Collection — Folder S0210
Identifier: S0210
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four booklets, typed pages, by Henry Campbell, and one hand-drawn map of the Battle of Mossy Creek.
Dates:
1862-1864
Henry C. Leeson diaries
Collection — Folder 1143
Identifier: S1143
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three diaries from Henry C. Leeson of ranging from 1861 to 1864 regarding his experiences as a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry C. Leeson diaries
Henry E. Wahl collection
Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of letters to and from Henry E. Wahl, Jr. and his family in Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Pacific theatre, ranging from 1936 to circa 1953, regarding family life, work after college, and experiences during and after World War II in the Pacific. There are also many letters from other family members to his parents, Maude and Henry Ethan Wahl, Sr., including those of his brother Donald Wahl, who was also serving in the U.S....
Dates:
1865-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry E. Wahl collection
Henry Hamilton journal
Collection — Folder S2862
Identifier: S2862
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photostats of the 175-page journal of British colonial Governor Henry Hamilton, ranging from 1778 to 1779. The original item is located at Harvard University Library. The journal provides detailed descriptions of the divisions and arrangement of forces in the British military for the Western Campaign (p. 54), including Native Americans, volunteers, militia, and regulars; of British movement along the rivers and lakes, including the employment of gun boats;...
Dates:
1778-1779
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry Hamilton journal
