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Items with subject 'Diaries'
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Diary of William Horsch
by Horsch, William (1887)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This diary was written in 1887 by William Michael Horsch in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Horsch worked long hours nearly every day at a firm and at the time was courting his future wife, Antoinette Jane Comley.
Disharoon Family papers
by Disharoon Family (1915 – 1940)
2 folders (0.01 linear feet)
The Disharoon Family papers document the family history written by Edith Louise Disharoon in 1940 through a series of journals as well as a diary written by Walter R. Disharoon documenting his walks with a with his wife Lydia in Virginia in 1915.
Emma Sibley's Plant Classification Journal
by Sibley, Emma (1873)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Emma Sibley's Plant Classification Journal was written in 1873 in "Wayside," Concord, Massachusetts. It contains written descriptions of various plants.
English Notebook of Freda Breymaier
by Breymaier, Freda (circa 1919)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This circa 1919 high school English class notebook was written by Freda Breymaier of Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society Ledger (Norristown, Pennsylvania)
by Doran, Lawrence (1872 – 1912)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Recorded by Lawrence Doran of Norristown, Pennsylvania, this ledger documents the members of the Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society from 1872 to 1912. From 1879 to 1912, Doran also maintained a longhand journal that primarily discussed his finances and construction business.
Fourth Annual Epworth League Institute Journal Collection
by Unknown (1916)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection includes a journal from an individual during his or her time at the Fourth Annual Epworth League Institute at the Wesley Collegiate Institute in Dover, Delaware from July 9th of 1916.
Frank Dunbaugh Papers
by Dunbaugh, Frank (1919, 1945)
5 folders (0.5 linear feet)
The Frank Dunbaugh Papers document the activity of a Major in the United States Army immediately following the Second World War. Dunbaugh commanded the Allied Military Government (AMG) in the Hersbruck district of post-war Germany. He discussed how his unit identified former Nazi party members, the interrogation of S.S. officers at a castle, a riot in a Polish refugee camp, the mistreatment of civilians and rape of women, American soldiers being ambushed, American G.I.'s mistreating local civilians and German police, encounters with Russian officers, and meeting concentration and labor camp survivors.
Frank Ryder's School Journals
by Ryder, Frank (1897 – 1898)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Frank Ryder's School Journals were created in the Boston, Massachusetts student's history and English classes in 1897 and 1898. In these journals, Ryder took class notes and completed assignments, including one color map of the American colonies.
Fred and Frances Breuckmann collection
by Unknown (1854 – 1976)
1 box, 1 oversize box (1.25 linear feet)
The Fred and Frances Breuckmann collection consists of papers and reproductions related to the Fitch family in Michigan and Wisconsin; 27 glass plate negatives from a circa 1940s Talbot County photographer; and various publications dating between 1854 and 1912 primarily related to woodworking and carpentry.
Harold Vassar Papers
by Vassar, Harold (1917 – 1947)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Harold Vassar Papers document the life and military service of a First World War pilot and architect from Ballston Spa, New York from 1917 to 1947. After graduating from Columbia University in 1913 and working as an architect in New York City, Vassar enlisted and graduated from the School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University in 1917. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant, graduated from the Army School of the Line in France, and became a certified Army Corps instructor.
Hodgman Family Journals
by Hodgman, Helena L. Hauserman; Hodgman, Kendrick Kane (1875 – 1932)
2 boxes (1 linear feet)
The Hodgman Family Journals document the lives of Hellena (Hellen) Hauserman and Kendrick Hodgman from 1875 to 1932 in sixteen journals. Two of the journals are written by Hellen in 1875 and 1876 prior to her marriage to Kendrick and describe her daily activities on her family's farm in Parma, Ohio. Thirteen of the journals are written by Kendrick, from 1891 and 1919-1932, about his daily activities in Ohio. The last journal's author is unknown but chronicles the Hodgman family's history from 1875 to 1932.
Home Remedies and Recipes Journal
by Unknown (circa 1840 – 1878)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This journal primarily contains circa 1840s home remedies for afflictions and recipes for common household items such as cologne, ice cream, hair oil, shaving cream, soap, ink, ointment, bitters, and tooth paste. Several entries concern the health of horses. The journal also includes geometry notes, ephemera from 1878, and farming notes and publication cuttings from the 1850s.