Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:
Alva C. Griest papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0542
Scope and Contents
This collection includes from a photocopy of "Three Years in Dixie," a history of Company B, 72nd Indiana Volunteers by Alva C. Griest in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1862/07/26-1865/07/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alva C. Griest papers
Andrew R. McCurdy diary
Collection — Folder S1910
Identifier: S1910
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a diary from Andrew R. McCurdy in Allen County, Indiana in 1870 regarding McCurdy's life and experiences.
Dates:
1870
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Andrew R. McCurdy diary
Arthur L. Strauss diary
Collection — Folder S1264
Identifier: S1264
Scope and Contents
This is a small travel diary written in pencil, about the 1908 French River trip taken by Ralph S. Norwood, Myles Sinnott, and Arthur L. Strauss. They left Indianapolis on Saturday, July 11, on the train bound for Callander, Ontario. After "a miserable hot night on the sleeper, we arrived at Buffalo." They walked across the Suspension Bridge to Canada. They took a train for Toronto, then a "steamer to Hanlon's point, one of Toronto's pleasure resorts. Sinnott and Strauss went swimming."...
Dates:
1908-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Arthur L. Strauss diary
Asa E. Sample diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 folders containing a photocopy of a 117-page diary from Asa E. Sample of Knightstown, Indiana, ranging from December 9, 1862 to December 21, 1863 regarding his experiences during the Civil War as an enlisted soldier with the 54th Infantry Regiment, Company E.
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Asa E. Sample diary
Asahel Clapp diary
Collection
Identifier: L032
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a photostat diary of Asahel Clapp ranging from 1819 to 1862. Topics covered in his diary include geology, botany, and local community news. The collection also includes newspaper clipping excerpts from "A Hoosier Listening Post" by Kate Milner Rabb (1930–1931).
Dates:
1819-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Asahel Clapp diary
Aurelius M. Willoughby collection
Collection
Identifier: L303
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Aurelius Willoughby's Civil War diaries ranging from 1861 to 1865. Also included are discharge papers, memorabilia, and personal business papers dating from 1864 to 1917 and a manuscript history of Company H. 39th Indiana with photographs, circa 1910. The collection also includes 2 tintypes of Aurelius Willoughby, 32 cartes-de-visite depicting landmarks in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Niagra Falls, in addition to two portraits of Confederate General T. R. R. Cobb and...
Dates:
1861-1950
Benjamin F. Magee journal
Collection
Identifier: S0917
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a journal from Benjamin F. Magee in Indiana ranging from 1680 to 1905 regarding the Magee family history.
Dates:
1905
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Benjamin F. Magee journal
Benjamin Franklin Askren diary
Collection — Folder S3065
Identifier: S3065
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a diary from Benjamin Franklin Askren in Nashville, Tennessee ranging from January 1 to June 10, 1864 regarding troop movements, soldiers in their free time, their duties, inspections and drills and his facial wound and his eventual decision to live during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1864
Benjamin Williams diary
Collection — Folder S3050
Identifier: S3050
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two items, a photocopied Civil War diary kept by Williams and a photocopy from a Gibson County history with a history of the 91st Regiment. The diary dates from October 12, 1861 to July 1, 1864. The entries vary from short entries of one or two sentences to lengthy retrospective essays. Early 1863 references concern travel by steamer on the Ohio River in the area of Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson and Spottsville, Kentucky. Afterwards, Williams’ company briefly...
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Benjamin Williams diary
Blanche Hinshaw collection
Collection
Identifier: L413
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of account book pages from James Haines and diary pages from George Hinshaw in Indiana ranging from 1833 to 1903 regarding everyday events.
Dates:
1833-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Blanche Hinshaw collection
