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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:

Silas Adin Lingo diary

 Collection — Folder S0840
Identifier: S0840
Scope and Contents This collection includes an original diary from Silas Adin Lingo in Decatur County, Indiana, ranging from 1875 to 1881. The diary is handwritten by Lingo during his adolescence. The diary is legible but fragile, having sustained considerable moisture and mildew damage in the past.
Dates: 1875-1881

Silver and Hessong family collection

 Collection
Identifier: GS-017
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical research and photographs from Edith Silver in Indiana, ranging from 1922 to 1977, regarding the Silver and Hessong families.
Dates: 1922 - 1977

Simpson F. Lockridge collection

 Collection — Folder S0846
Identifier: S0846
Scope and Contents This collection contains Simpson F. Lockridge's handwritten journal he titled both "Northland, Land of the Sioux or Travels and Adventures in the Northwest" and "Northland or A Year in the North and West." His narrative recounts his "travels and adventures upon the prairies, in the 'Big Woods', and upon the great rivers" from July, 1868 to August, 1869. He added edits and amended entries to the bound journal including notes written on the back of Indiana Short...
Dates: 1867-1974

Susan B. Unthank letters and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1332
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters to Susan and Josiah from former students, family correspondence, and her diary ranging from 1837 to 1859.
Dates: 1837-1924

Teter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L404
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters (original and photocopies) from various Teter family members and others; military records; obituaries; newspaper clippings; stamps; currency; a Civil War diary; medals; an Indiana centennial medal; coins; paper currency; a lock of human hair; cross-stitch pictures; and a leather wallet ranging from circa 1847 to 1988 regarding Teter family genealogy, family business, Indiana history and the U.S. Civil War.There is also an oversize folder containing...
Dates: circa 1847-1988

The Johnson Family Memorandum volume

 Collection — Folder S3228
Identifier: S3228
Scope and Contents This collection includes a publication titled The Johnson Family Memorandum, edited by Randolph Howe in 2000, containing transcripts and photocopies of the original documents created by Zenas C. and Juliaette L. Johnson in Oswego, Indiana during 1847-1852, concerning their daily life on their farm, weather, their family, and local events. It includes a map and appendix with an index of names and places.
Dates: 1847-1852, 2000

Thomas B. Helm diaries

 Collection
Identifier: L066
Scope and Contents This collection includes 26 diaries from Thomas B. Helm in Logansport, Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1888, regarding weather, family, and local events.
Dates: 1862-1888

Thomas Morris diary

 Collection — Folder S0990
Identifier: S0990
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a photostat of the diary of Thomas Morris for parts of August and September, 1764. This covers part of his captivity by Native Americans.
Dates: 1764

Thomas R. Armes diary

 Collection — Folder S3257
Identifier: S3257
Scope and Contents This collection includes a diary from Thomas R. Armes in 1862 regarding life in the Union army, weather, and troop movements during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates: 1862

Thomas W. Barnett papers

 Collection
Identifier: L571
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a photocopied diary of Thomas W. Barnett when he lived in Union Township, Fulton County, Indiana, from 1861 – 1870. Diary in folder 1, is written on pages from The Franklin Almanac and Diary for the Year 1861, which consists of 2 pages per month with a space for each date, the first page also showing sunrise, sunset, moon rise and moon setting time for each time zone in the United States, as well as the phases of the moon. This is a daily diary with...
Dates: 1861-1870