Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 234 Collections and/or Records:
Ira J. Chase diary
Collection — Volume V033
Identifier: V033
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the personal diary of Ira J. Chase ranging from 1882-1894.
Dates:
1882-1894
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ira J. Chase diary
Iris Baughman diary
Collection — Folder S2530
Identifier: S2530
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a small travel diary kept by Iris Baughman during her trip from her home in Rensselaer, Indiana to the St. Louis World's Fair in August 1904 when she was about 9 years old.
Dates:
1904 August
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Iris Baughman diary
Irvin Warner Neher diary
Collection — Folder S2619
Identifier: S2619
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a diary kept by Irvin Warner Neher while he worked for the Ohio Oil Company in the gas and oil fields of northeastern Indiana in 1909. Along with brief entries regarding field activities, Neher's diary also includes information about the Irwin and Neher families. His son, Leslie I. Neher, transcribed the diary and added a list of short identification statements about the people and places mentioned in the diary and a one-page introduction...
Dates:
1909, 1986
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Irvin Warner Neher diary
Isaac Crawford collection
Collection — Folder S0316
Identifier: S0316
Scope and Contents
The collection is photostatic copies of Isaac Crawford’s handwritten journal, which means the pages are black with white lettering. The penmanship is very good and easy to read. The first folder has his diary from January 1, 1836 to January 30, 1843, consisting of 164 pages. There are two journal pages on each sheet.He wrote about church meetings, religious services, people that he met, and places where he went.The second folder has copies of his diary (39 pages)...
Dates:
1836-1849
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Isaac Crawford collection
J. B. Gilberts collection
Collection — Folder S0513
Identifier: S0513
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a diary from J. B. Gilberts in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and other places, ranging from August 8, 1862 to July 4, 1865 regarding military life and his experiences during the U.S. Civil War. There is also a map entitled “Battlefields of The Civil War” published by the National Geographic Magazine, April 1961 and an undated photograph of Gilbert as an old man, taken at Maxwell & Estell studio in Richmond, Indiana.
Dates:
1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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J. B. Gilberts collection
J. F. Richardson collection
Collection — Folder S1111
Identifier: S1111
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten pages are diary entries from April 7, 8, and 9, 1873 about meetings of men in favor of a Circle Railroad. The parties met at the Indiana and Illinois Central Railroad office, in Indianapolis, to organize and build the Circle Railroad, Mr. Richardson wrote: "After talking over the matter it was suggested that members present should name several parties, good men, to become Incorporators, and to take stock, and there was about fifty named." The Board elected H. C. Lord, President,...
Dates:
1873
Jacob Baldwin collection
Collection
Identifier: L379
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, newspaper articles, and other materials from Jacob Baldwin in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1898 to 1964 regarding World War 1 military life, family, education, employment at the Barbasol Company, and interurban railways.
There is also an undated panoramic photograph of Company C, 152nd Infantry (OBD026).
There is also an undated panoramic photograph of Company C, 152nd Infantry (OBD026).
Dates:
1898-1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob Baldwin collection
Jacob K. Smith collection
Collection — Folder S1207
Identifier: S1207
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a diary from Jacob K. Smith in Iowa ranging from April 1864 to November 1864 regarding Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob K. Smith collection
Jacob S. McCullough collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L287
Scope and Contents
This collection includes McCullough's Civil War diaries and an order book for the 37th Indiana Infantry ranging from 1861 to 1864.
Dates:
1861-1864
James A. Pressly diary
Collection — Folder S1079
Identifier: S1079
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the Civil War diary from James A. Pressly in Marion County, Indiana, in 1865, regarding his service in the 79th Indiana Regiment, as well as copies of Republican campaign tickets indicating Pressly's brother John ran for the position of sheriff of Marion County, Indiana in 1876 and 1880.
Dates:
1865-1880
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James A. Pressly diary
