Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 239 Collections and/or Records:
Frank W. Olin collection
Collection
Identifier: L301
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, circulars, reports, papers, and diaries from Frank W. Olin in Indianapolis and Peru, Indiana ranging from 1833 to 1941, and undated regarding his life, business, and activities. Included in the documents are insurance and other business papers, including papers related to the Indiana Association of Life Underwriters (1908). There are also political papers, many relating to the Republican Party in Indianapolis (1900s-1910s) and the Citizen's Non-Partisan...
Dates:
1833-1941, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank W. Olin collection
Frank Xavier Zehringer diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2877
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two diaries from Frank Xavier Zehringer in Indianapolis, Indiana, with entries ranging from December 31, 1871 to October 8, 1873. Zehringer began keeping the diaries to help him improve his English. The entries document his daily life and activities, including the courtship of his wife.
Dates:
1871-1873
Franklin P. Waggoner diary excerpts
Collection — Folder S1346
Identifier: S1346
Scope and Contents
This 10-page manuscript entitled "Franklin Was A Unionman," was typed by Miss Alma Shufflebarger, Box 117, Bastian, Virginia, on February 27, 1961. She included Franklin's letters and diary entries along with her own narrative. Miss Shufflebarger kept the original spelling and punctuation in Franklin's letters to his wife as well as his diary entries. Franklin disagreed with the Southern states, but nevertheless enlisted in the Confederate Army. More than once, Franklin deserted, stayed home...
Dates:
1862-1864
Fred Elwood Dillard collection
Collection
Identifier: L044
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from Fred Dillard’s service during World War I, including a New Testament Bible given to him by the Orange County Red Cross, a copy of the songbook Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing , the booklet Management of the American Soldier by Major General David C. Shanks, photographs and a roster of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Evacuation Hospital #29, and French and German postcards...
Dates:
1868-1971
Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: L426
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and volumes from Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1989 regarding his life and World War I service.This collection contains several issues of the Shortridge Daily Echo and an issue of the Shortridge Weekly Echo ranging in date from 1928 to 1981. Also included are oversize certificates and...
Dates:
1927-1991
General William Harrison Kemper papers
Collection
Identifier: S0769
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to General William Harrison Kemper's Civil War service including his army diary dated from April 22, 1861 to August 3, 1861, a list of volunteers from Decatur County, Indiana who enlisted in Company B, 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Kemper's discharge certificate from the regiment dated August 2, 1861, Kemper's certificates of promotion to assistant surgeon from February, 1863, and his discharge from service certificate dated May 5,1863. Also included...
Dates:
1854-1922
George Fitzhugh papers
Collection — Folder S468
Identifier: S0468
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of autographed diary entries from George Fitzhugh in Madison, Indiana ranging from 1838 to 1842 regarding family, business and military matters.
Dates:
1838-1842
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Fitzhugh papers
George H. Martling Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S908
Identifier: S0908
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one diary from George H. Martling ranging from 1863 to 1864 regarding the Civil War.
Dates:
1863-1864
George H. Proffit collection
Collection — Folder S1087
Identifier: S1087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photostat as well as a xeroxed copy of handwritten daily journal entries by George H. Proffit, from August 20 until October 27, 1837. These entries document the removal of the Potawatomi Indians from a camp on Crooked Creek on August 20 until the last entry made in Harmony, Missouri on October 27. Mr. Proffit calls his entries "Journal of Emigration." He gives number of miles traveled, rations issued, and facts about the trip.On September 22, he wrote:...
Dates:
1837
George H. Wadsworth Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S2371
Identifier: S2371
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a diary kept by George H. Wadsworth of Racine, Wisconsin while serving with Company K, 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry in the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from January 26, 1864 to December 31, 1864, the diary entries begin with his travel to camp [Camp Randall] at Madison, Wisconsin and ends with his regiment encamped near Savannah, Georgia.
Dates:
1864
