Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 235 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs. L. D. Temple collection
Collection — Folder S1292
Identifier: S1292
Scope and Contents
Two items are in this collection. The main item is a booklet with poems handwritten in ink. The first page gives the date of 1832. No other dates are found in the pages.
The second item is one page listing the way to count numbers from "Tens" at the top of the page and "Hundred thousand of millions" at the bottom. This is handwritten on one side of the lined paper.
The second item is one page listing the way to count numbers from "Tens" at the top of the page and "Hundred thousand of millions" at the bottom. This is handwritten on one side of the lined paper.
Dates:
1832
Mrs. Paul Seehausen collection
Collection — Folder S1163
Identifier: S1163
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typed copies of two items, 23 pages total. The first item includes two letters written by Benjamin Franklin Sibert, Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, to his mother, Rebecca Sibert, in July of 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg. The letters, consisting of 11 pages, indicated that Sibert was stationed at Camp Bear Creek, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letters mention Generals Sherman and Joe Sherman, as well as his comrades John M....
Dates:
1863, 1891
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
Nathaniel Preston papers
Collection
Identifier: L129
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed and signed and autographed and signed correspondence from Nathaniel Preston in the United States; business account books, teachers records, copy books and diaries from Nathaniel Preston; and naval account books, a diary and correspondence from William M. Preston, all ranging from 1821 to 1918 regarding banking, personal and navy business.
Dates:
1821-1918
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nathaniel Preston papers
Orange County, Indiana diary
Collection — Folder S2479
Identifier: S2479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a daily diary kept by a teenager living in Orange County, Indiana from June 1856 to February 1858. The author never identifies himself, but the diary may have been kept by Francis M. Morris, the son of Washington and Mary Catherine (Jackson) Morris. The diary entries are usually short and mention the weather, farm activities, going to town and the mill, going to "meeting," and his father's activities. Some names of relatives mentioned include his uncles...
Dates:
1856-1899
Oscar C. McCulloch papers
Collection
Identifier: L363
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Oscar C. McCulloch’s diaries, clippings, papers, letters, and many materials for the Plymouth Church and McCulloch Club. The bulk of the collection consists of McCulloch’s diaries (1877-1891). The collection is grouped into letters, papers and clippings, diaries, memorial scrapbooks, and McCulloch club materials. All groups are arranged chronologically. There is also an oversize folder, which contains a National Conference of Charities and Correction...
Dates:
1860-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oscar C. McCulloch papers
Paul Herring diary
Collection — Folder S0640
Identifier: S0640
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 97 photocopied pages of Paul Herring's 1873 diary. Herring's entries are in both English and German and he refers to himself as "the writer". Most entries start with a description of the weather and they relate daily activities of his family and himself. Remarks about farming activities are a common theme, but he also describes special days such as Decoration Day (May 30), Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Also included are hymns in German, and poems by...
Dates:
1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Herring diary
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (1834-1963), writings, financial records, journals, and scrapbooks from the Pierce-Krull family ranging from 1834 to 1963. Family correspondence includes correspondence of the John Moore family of Ellisville, Geneseo, and Rock Island, Illinois (1834-1870), including letters from family members in St. Louis, Missouri., California, and Madison, Jefferson County and Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. Also included are letters, and transcripts of...
Dates:
1834-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
R. B. Laughlin diary
Collection — Folder S2910
Identifier: S2910
Scope and Contents
This is a typed copy of the diary which R. B. Laughlin kept during the trip. The first entry is April 5, 1849, in which he lists the men of the Evansville Mining Company who left on the steamboat Embassy for St. Louis, where they arrived on April 9. Some things were stolen from them. They left from St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 20.On May 1, the Evansville Mining Company joined the Cincinnati Company “and made our start for California.” They traveled 12 miles that day. On May 3,...
Dates:
1849
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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R. B. Laughlin diary
Rapin Andrews collection
Collection
Identifier: L004
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the weather diary begun by Rapin Andrews in 1837. After his death in 1849, the diary was continued by an unknown individual. Locations for temperature readings were Gorham, Ontario County, New York (1837-1839) and Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana. Rapin recorded the temperature three times daily. He also noted wind speed and direction, and included notes about the overall conditions for that day. Occasionally, Andrews included other notes about recent...
Dates:
1837-1874
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rapin Andrews collection
