Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 235 Collections and/or Records:
James Nelson Shepherd collection
Collection
Identifier: L311
Scope and Contents
This collection contains James Nelson Shepherd's Bible (1855); his pocket diary (1861-1866) with entries from his service in the Civil War and his personal accounts; his letters to his fiancée, Arminda Rhyan of New Goshen, Vigo County, Indiana and a couple of her needlepoint items, with one using human hair (1860-1862); Civil War letters to Shepherd from his brothers, Thomas E. Shepherd of the 31st Indiana and Edgar M. Shepherd from home (1862); Shepherd's farm ledgers (1864-1866), including...
Dates:
1855-1958, undated
James R. Slack collection
Collection
Identifier: L145
Scope and Contents
This collection contains James R. Slack’s correspondence to his wife Ann in Huntington, Indiana during the U.S. Civil War. Also included is his diary, written during the siege of Mobile, Alabama from March to May 1865; and other family correspondence and business papers.
Dates:
1837-1882
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James R. Slack collection
James W. Daniels diary
Collection — Folder S2601
Identifier: S2601
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a diary kept by James W. Daniels when he served with the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from September 1861 to December 1862, his entries are narratives of the movements and actions of his regiment.
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James W. Daniels diary
Jane Frazier diary
Collection — Folder S2988
Identifier: S2988
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed transcription of a portion of a diary with the title "Great-Grandmother of Goods and Hildebradt Tells of Her Capture and Release by Indians 2 Centuries Ago." The diary from which this 5-page typed transcription is taken was in the possession of John Good and his brothers near Lockport, a few miles west of Logansport, Indiana. The diary recounts Jane Frazier's captrue by Miami Indians, her treatment by those Indians, her adoption into the tribe, her escape...
Dates:
1755-1815, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jane Frazier diary
Jefferson C. Davis collection
Collection
Identifier: L041
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of Jefferson C. Davis’s official military papers. During Davis’s time as quartermaster, the papers include receipts, bills, requisitions, and other documents relating to his Indianapolis based post (1861). As an officer in the field, Davis’s papers include official correspondence regarding duties, copies of telegrams to Gen. John C. Fremont, and military inspection reports sent to him while with the 14th Army Corps (1861–1865). The collection also contains...
Dates:
1849-1875
Jefferson C. Davis diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V009
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of Davis’s official military papers. During Davis’s time as quartermaster, the papers include receipts, bills, requisitions, and other documents relating to his Indianapolis based post (1861). As an officer in the field, Davis’s papers include official correspondence regarding duties, copies of telegrams to Gen. John C. Fremont, and military inspection reports sent to him while with the 14th Army Corps (1861 – 1865). The collection also contains correspondence...
Dates:
1868-1878
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jefferson C. Davis diaries
Jeremiah Hershey papers
Collection
Identifier: L068
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 47 autographed, signed diaries from Jere Hershey in Vincennes, Indiana ranging from 1873 to 1922 regarding business and personal matters.
Dates:
1873-1922
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jeremiah Hershey papers
Jesse B. Connelly collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0289
Scope and Contents
The first of the three folders contains a handwritten copy of Mr. Connelly's Civil War diary as well as small, original diary from 1863. The second folder contains a copy of the transcript compiled by his daughter. The third folder contains the original transcript.The diary begins in August 1861 and goes to September 1863. During his service, Lt. Connelly fought under General Grant at Fort Donelson; at the Battle of Shiloh; at the siege of Corinth; and was in General Buell's army...
Dates:
1861-1863
Job Barnard, Civil War diary
Collection — Volume V026
Identifier: V026
Scope and Contents
This is one volume titled “Diary of a Soldier” by Job Barnard. There is also a note stating “Printed by Charles Arthur Barnard, 1893”. The diary is typed and is 106 pages long. The diary opens with Barnard joining Company K of the 73rd Indiana Infantry in 1862 and concludes with his mustering out in the middle of 1865. The diary consists of semi daily entries of varying lengths. Some entries are only a sentence or two long while others last for a page or more.
Dates:
1862-1865
Joe S. Taylor, World War I diary
Collection — Folder S2467
Identifier: S2467
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one "a line a day" diary from Sgt. Joe S. Taylor in the United States from 1918 regarding World War I and his day to day activities and one blank Oshkosh B'Gosh notebook.
Dates:
1918
