Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 240 Collections and/or Records:
Leonard Mahan diary
Collection — Folder S2191
Identifier: S2191
Scope and Contents
This collection is a typed copy of Leonard H. Mahan's diary from January 3, 1862 through August 6, 1863. The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, is on pages 2 and 3. Entries for 1863 begin on page 7. His final entry on August 6, 1863 states: "Strong talk of an early move. Suppose we will start on Monday for East Tenn. or Chattanooga. Army in splendid condition." On pages 12 and 13, Leonard listed the members of Company C, 31st Infantry, with himself as First Sergeant. On page 13, he gives...
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Leonard Mahan diary
LeRoy L. Shutes collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1185
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of "Diary - Eight Hundred Miles -Twenty Six Days - Covered Wagon - 1862 - Wyandott County, Ohio - Carroll County, Iowa" by Mary Alice Shutes made and copyrighted in 1967 from a copy created by Julia Curtis, Mary Alice Shutes Mallory's daughter, under the supervision of her mother. Mary Alice Shutes Mallory kept the diary, along with her stepmother, Ann, while the family traveled from Ohio to Iowa in 1862. The collection also includes copies of "Stack...
Dates:
1967-1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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LeRoy L. Shutes collection
Leslie E. Werry collection
Collection — Folder S1385
Identifier: S1385
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers concerning Leslie E. Werry in Hartford City, Indiana ranging from 1919 to 1962, regarding his life and medical career. They include a three-page biography by Cecil Beeson, Jr. entitled "Our Doctor," as well as photocopies of a 1957 daily diary written by Leslie E. Werry, and an obituary for his wife, Clara Werry.
Dates:
1919-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Leslie E. Werry collection
Levi D. Massie letters
Collection — Folder S0909
Identifier: S0909
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four letters from Levi D. Massie in Virginia to Kate Massie ranging from 1864 to 1864, regarding his service in the Confederate army during the U.S. Civil War. There is also another letter sent to Levi D. Massie from C. Robs dated December 9, 1865 concerning surveying and his horse.
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Levi D. Massie letters
Levi L. Levering Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S3334
Identifier: S3334
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a diary from Levi L. Levering ranging from 1865/02/01 to 1865/05/17 regarding his time in the U.S. Civil War as a musician.
Dates:
1865
Lewis B. Jessup diary
Collection
Identifier: S2165
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of the Lewis B. Jessup diary. The first half of the diary was written while Jessup was a soldier with the 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry stationed in Galveston, Texas. The first part of the diary focuses on troop movements and camp life and also contains short biographies on some of the men in his unit. The style of the diary changes after his return to Indiana in late 1865 and focuses on his daily life. The diary also contains: a March 1868 land rental...
Dates:
1861-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lewis B. Jessup diary
Lewis Brooks papers
Collection — Folder S170
Identifier: S0170
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings from the diary of Lewis Brooks in Martin County, Indiana, his writings about his father, Thomas Jefferson Brooks and an account of a trip by his cousin William B. Trask, ranging from 1845 to 1854 regarding travel over land and via the river.
Dates:
1845-1854/05/23
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lewis Brooks papers
Louis W. Knobe collection
Collection — Folder S1438
Identifier: S1438
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a journal of Civil War reminiscences written by Louis W. Knobe in March of 1866, recounting battles fought by the 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment between 1861 and 1863, based on notes he wrote on the battlefield. The battles recounted in the volume include: Pea Ridge, March 6-8, 1862 (pages 24-27); Magnolia Hill, May 1, 1863 (pages 28-30); Champion Hill and Black River, May 16-17, 1863 (pages 31-32); Vicksburg, May 19-July 4, 1863 (pages 33-45); Jackson, Mississippi,...
Dates:
1861-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Louis W. Knobe collection
Loury J. Silver collection
Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1187
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various documents of Loury J. Silver, including a typewritten copy of his 1879 childhood diary; his Hamilton and Boone County, Indiana teacher's licenses (1886-1895); a biographical sketch of Silver and genealogical notes written by his daughter Edith (1977-1978); and a typewritten copy of a May 21, 1838 letter written by Peter and Catherine Hessong, Fay Silver's grandparents, from Marion County, Indiana to Jacob and Mary Kistner of Ladiesburgh, Fredrick County,...
Dates:
1838-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Loury J. Silver collection
Lucius Burrie Swift collection
Collection
Identifier: L155
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of Lucius B. Swift’s correspondence from the period 1885-1908 relating to his work with federal civil service reform, including correspondence relating to the work of the National Civil Service Reform League; Swift’s publication of the Civil Service Chronicle; federal appointments in Indiana and elsewhere, and the work of the U.S. Civil Service Commission; and the role of reformers in state and national elections. Also included...
Dates:
1851-1931
