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SUE: 1937 - 1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 17 YEAR OLD AMERICAN GIRL WHOSE PARENTS SEND HER TO THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND IN HUNGARY TO STUDY, VISIT RELATIVES AND PERHAPS MARRY A TRADITIONAL BOY ALL AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF IMPENDING DISASTER	DR. RUTH REYNA: 1982 FASCINATING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF SAYINGS, QUOTES, MEMORIES AND DIARY OF A NOTED HISTORIAN, SPIRITUALIST AND SANSKRIT SCHOLAR	LT. LYMAN G. SPALDING: 1877 ORIGINAL AMERICAN NAVAL RELIC OF A 19TH CENTURY SURVEY OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL FATED LIEUTENANT
DELIA M. NEEDHAM on Behalf of the SISTERS OF THE CIRCLE: 1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE READINGS AND WRITINGS OF THE THE SISTERS OF THE CIRCLE WOMEN ONLY LITERATURE AND SCIENCE STUDIES GROUP	CHARLES CORBOULD: 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF PRIZE WINNING POETRY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TORONTO UPPER CANADA MAN WHO WILL GO ON TO FIND HIS TRUE LOVE IN LIFE AND IN LAW	UNKNOWN: c1950s ORIGINAL, CHARMING BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR OF SIR WILFRED GRENFELL AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
BROTHER R.T. CROSOER, PGA: 1901 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF DRUID RITUAL, PROCEDURE AND MUSIC HANDWRITTEN IN A BEAUTIFUL CALLIGRAPHIC HAND	HERCZEGH M. KRISZTINA: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HUNGARIAN MILITARY NURSE WORKING AT A WEAPONS AND MACHINE FACTORY AS THE RUSSIAN ARMY RUSHES TO LAY SIEGE TO BUDAPEST OMINOUSLY AND ABRUPTLY ENDING SOON AFTER THE ASSAULT STARTS	GEORGE VERNON PORTER, USN: 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DECK LOG AND SCRAPBOOK OF A YOUNG NAVY SEAMAN ABOARD A RENOWNED AND ONE DAY LEGENDARY BUT ILL FATED DESTROYER - THE USS BORIE
VITTORIA BUSSONI: 1937 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ITALIAN GIRL LIVING THE FUN AND FRIVOLOUS LIFE UNTIL THE HARSH REALITY OF WORLD WAR II COMES TO HER BELOVED HOME OF TRIESTE	UNKNOWN: c1870s - 1880s CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK HANDWRITTEN IN A BEAUTIFUL CALLIGRAPHIC HAND DETAILING 'YE MARKS ON CHINA'	UNKNOWN: c1780s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES ON VARIOUS ASTRONOMY TOPICS HANDWRITTEN IN A FINE CALLIGRAPHIC HAND
COSTIN FAMILY: 1807 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF A WELL KNOWN BRITISH FAMILY WHILE STUDYING AT THE NOTED QUAKER SCHOOL AT WIGTON IN ENGLAND	GEORGE E. COWELL: 1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 22 YEAR OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND PENSIONER	BENJAMIN W. PARKER: 1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY THE MAN AND ONE TIME NAVAL ACADEMY STUDENT WHO PULLED PRESIDENT GRANT'S COATTAILS
JOHN WARDEN JR: 1898 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY MUSICAL WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS MAN	MINERVA B. RANDALL: 1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEON GRAND TOUR TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE MOTHER OF NOTED PHILOSOPHER, REBEL AND 'SURVEYOR OF THE MORAL LANDSCAPE IN MODERN LITERATURE'	UNIDENTIFIED: 1914 and 1916 ORIGINAL GROUP OF TWO [2] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING STUDENT AND SON WHO DETAILS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WORLD WAR I ERA RICHMOND VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE HORRID RACISM OF THE DAY
ELMINA SMITH: 1932 - 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG PENNSYLVANIA GIRL GOING TO MARYLAND TO ATTEND HOOD COLLEGE	RUTH CLARK: 1935 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2] HANDWRITTEN BY VERY YOUNG DETROIT MICHIGAN GIRL SOON TO BE STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN ANN ARBOR	UNIDENTIFIED: 1941 - 1945 and 1966 - 1970 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING MULTI ERA PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES SPANNING THE WORLD WAR II YEARS TO THE HIPPIE ERA
RICHARD MERRITT: 1968 - 1976 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL AND ALASKA HUNTING DIARY OF A NEW YORK STATE BIG GAME HUNTER	F.R. CURTIS: 1860s - 1880s COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL POSTMARKS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN POSTAL HISTORY	DAVID BUEL Jr: 1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF TROY NEW YORK'S MOST PROMINENT CITIZENS OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
GARRISON, SIDNEY H: 1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ICONS OF CANADA AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES	UNIDENTIFIED: 2004 FASCINATING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE TRAVELS AND TIMES OF ONE GAY KENTUCKY SINGER, SONGWRITER AND POET SEEKING FAME AND HOMOSEXUAL FUN IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA	EUGENIA VASSEUR IVEY [later BIVENS]: 1938 - 1949 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] FIVE YEAR DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A 35 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE FBI WITH THE BACKDROP OF WORLD WAR II
UNIDENTIFIED: 1916 ORIGINAL PERSONAL ACCOUNT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OFFICER OF THE HUNGARIAN ARMY MARCHING AND DRINKING TO THE BALKANS	BISHOP PAUL JONES: 1938 - 1941 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTORIOUS EPISCOPAL BISHOP WHO WRITES AN INTENSE FIRST HAND REPORT ON THE 'GATHERING STORM' AND HIS RETURN TO AMERICA	KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS: 1880s - 1900s ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MASSIVE LEDGERS AND JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY MISSOURI KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS FILLED WITH RITES, DOCUMENTS AND ANECDOTES
FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN: 1899 ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT REPORT MADE FOR THE PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY REGARDING THE MORTALITY OF POTTERY CRAFTSMEN	UNKNOWN: 1920 - 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGINEER OR MATE ON THE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF SHIPBUILDING	THOMAS R. LEWIS: 1988 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF A NEARLY 2 YEAR FOSSIL HUNTING EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHWEST USA BY A 75 YEAR OLD WESTERN NEW YORK STATE MAN, HIS WIFE AND SOME FRIENDS
THORNTON, FRANK L: 1874 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PROMINENT RHODE ISLAND MERCHANT WHO TRAVELLING BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO ENGLAND MEETS THE 3 SURVIVORS OF THE TRAGIC COSPATRICK SHIPWRECK AND DISASTER MERE WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT	IOSEPH WYATT, [JOSEPH WYATT]: 1730s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK FILLED WITH 100+ PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN ANCIENT RECIPES, SOME REMEDIES AND A FEW MUSINGS	CARROLL GREENE JR: c1990s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OUTLINE BY NOTED AFRICAN AMERICAN ART HISTORIAN AND CURATOR
S.F. ACREE: c1890s - 1900s ORIGINAL EARLY NOTES AND STUDY ON THE SUBJECT OF RADIATION AND X-RAYS RECENTLY INVENTED BY ROENTGEN	JOHN CLIFFORD QUEMAN: 1914 - 1920 ORIGINAL HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO SERVES HIS COUNTRY FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER WAR TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE AND GERMANY IN WWI	WILLIAM B. CLARK: 1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PROLIFIC CONNECTICUT COBBLER AND FARMER
ELSA DOROTHY FIELD: 1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND FASHION JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG KANSAS CITY MISSOURI GIRL, DAUGHTER OF ONE OF MISSOURI'S WEALTHY BUSINESS FAMILIES	LT. COMMANDER WILLIAM G. CONRAD: 1908 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG OF A KEEN EYED DETAIL ORIENTED LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THROUGH THE PRE WORLD WAR I ERA TO WORLD WAR II	MRS. MCINTYRE: 1924 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A WONDERFUL DIARIST FROM GLASGOW SCOTLAND TO QUEBEC, CANADA AND THROUGH THE USA
DAVID CHRISTIE: 1855 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY A CANADIAN POLITICIAN BEMOANING THE TERRIBLE STATE OF CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY	DAVID BRONSON: 1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY A STRUGGLING FARMER IN SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO BATTLING GRASSHOPPERS, CLEARING STUMPS AND TRYING TO COLLECT MONIES OWED	UNIDENTIFIED: 1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OBSERVANT, CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN EXPLORING THE 1000 ISLANDS BY YACHT AND SAIL
COZETTE PARKER: 1931 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK AND DIARY CREATED AND COMPILED BY THE DAUGHTER OF MINNESOTA AVIATION PIONEER FRED PARKER	UNIDENTIFIED: 1970s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND SQUARE DANCING CHOREOGRAPHY	WILLIAM J. BUDD: 1915 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT MANUAL BY A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON THE ART OF BAYONET COMBAT
ALONZO G. SHARP: 1890 ORIGINAL 'PRESSED COPY' MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN BY FAMED POSTAL INSPECTOR ALONZO SHARP REQUESTING THAT THE STORIED POSTMASTER OF ATHENS GEORGIA BE FIRED	DR. AARON JEFFREY: 1880s ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT ANTEBELLUM STYLE SHORT STORIES HANDWRITTEN BY A RICHMOND VIRGINIA DOCTOR IN 'NEGRO DIALECT'	ROSALIND LECHTER: 1990s SMALL ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST
CARRIE HILLIARD: c1960s ORIGINAL FAMILY ARCHIVE OF PHOTOS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO THE FORMER BISHOP OF THE ST. PAUL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH IN DETROIT MICHIGAN	UNA E. MCGILVRAY [later GORDEY]: 1931 - 1932 CHARMING ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A LOVELY LOUSIANA GIRL TO HER BOYFRIEND AND FUTURE HUSBAND WHO IS IN TEXAS	A.C. PARKER: 1944 + 1945 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A SERGEANT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE DESCRIBING HIS TRAINING AND THEN POSTING TO BRITISH COLUMBIA
Multiple Authors: 1940 - 1941 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK OF THE GREEK NATIONAL YOUTH ORGANISATION [E.O.N.] DETAILING VOLUNTEERS AND DOCTORS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE INCLUDING THEIR MEMORIAL PAGE FOR THEIR BELOVED DICTATOR ON HIS DEATH	THOMAS TAYLOR TURNBULL: 1847 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND JOURNAL OF A HARD WORKING PRE CONFEDERATION SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MAN DETAILING A LIFE OF HARD WORK AND ENTERPRISE	J.G. MANNING, A.I.F: 1941 - 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF WAR SERVICE WITHIN BESEECHING PRAYERS, SOULFUL CONFESSION AND PERHAPS SUPPRESSED HOMOSEXUALITY HANDWRITTEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN YMCA REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
DALE BARNUM: 1909 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG RICHMOND INDIANA MAN WITH A FASCINATION FOR LOCAL CRIME AND POLITICS	CONSUELO POLLARD [later Wade]: 1908 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WILD AND WANTON MEMPHIS TEENAGER WHO SURELY GAVE HER MOTHER GRAY HAIR AND ALL THE BOYS A BROKEN HEART	WILLIAM O. SWENSON: 1917 - 1918 ORIGINAL, INTENSE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN FRANCE DUCKING DANGER WHILE DELIVERING DEADLY CARGO THROUGH WAR TORN FRANCE
STEPHANIE W: 1994 - 1999 ORIGINAL LATE 20TH CENTURY POIGNANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SWEET, SAD AND SUFFERING TEENAGE GIRL WHO ONLY WANTS TO LOSE 5 POUNDS AND A BOY WHO WILL LOVE AND RESPECT HER	JAMES W. SIMONS: 1944 - 1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TOUGH FIGHTING SEABEE WHO PINES FOR HIS WIFE BUTCH	CLARISSA FOSTER FARMER: 1850s - 1860s ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA BY AND TO A MASSACHUSETTS MATRIARCH AND MOTHER IN LAW OF THE NOTED DR. HENRY BLANCHARD
UNIDENTIFIED: 1943 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MIAMI BASED WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY SECRETARY DEALING WITH OFFICERS, ENGINEERS AND TAKING PRISONER OF WAR DEPOSITIONS	W.H. HERSKOVITS: 1923 ORIGINAL 34 DAY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OPINIONATED, JUDGEMENTAL, ARGUMENTATIVE YET POPULAR JEWISH FRATERNITY MAN	WILLIAM H. BALLOU: 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A SHIP'S FIREMAN DETAILING A TRIP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AMERICA AND THE AMAZON DELTA HANDWRITTEN WITH INCREDIBLE DETAIL AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PERSONALITY
UNIDENTIFIED: 1939 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KANSAS WOMAN IN A 5 YEAR DIARY A GIFT FOR HER 80TH BIRTHDAY	UNIDENTIFIED: 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LOGGER, MINER, RAILROADER AND LUMBERMAN	ROBERT H. PRICE: 1940 - 1952 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 13 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH EX PAT LAWYER LIVING IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA: ACTIVE ATTORNEY, DEDICATED DIARIST AND PENPAL TO BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR
OTTO DE LA CHEVALLERIE: 1888 ORIGINAL GERMAN MANUSCRIPT HISTORY AND GENEALOGY: BEAUTIFULLY CALLIGRAPHIC PRIVATE COPY OF RENOWNED BRITISH MILITARY HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, INVENTOR AND ONE TIME FRIEND OF INFAMOUS OCCULTIST ALEISTER CROWLEY	UNKNOWN: c1770 - 1790s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT OF NANTUCKET'S HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO SOME OF THE LOCAL INDIANS	EDITH HARPOUR: 1869 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN IN THE STYLE OF A NOVEL BY THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
CHARLES W. JEWELL: 1878 and 1884 ORIGINAL GROUP OF TWO [2] DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG VERMONT MAN TRYING HIS HAND AT MINING AND HOPING TO NOT END UP AMBUSHED BY INDIANS LIKE HIS FATHER	GEORGE R. WILSON: 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE MAN'S DESPERATE DEPRESSION ERA JOB AT ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES IN AMERICA	NORMAN WRIGHT [?]: 1942 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND TRAVEL DIARY OF A TRIP THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND DISPUTED PLACES ON EARTH
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