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SIDNEY BERNSTEIN [of the 602 AAA GUN BATTALION]: 1945 UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL TYPED SOLDIER’S NEWSLETTER “COME-BACK DIARY”, DETAILING THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE WAR, COMPOSED BY SID BERNSTEIN, THE FAMOUS MUSIC PROMOTER WHO WOULD INTRODUCE THE BEATLES TO AMERICA	UNIDENTIFIED: 1928 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF A CHINESE FAMILY LIVING IN MANCHURIA, SHORTLY BEFORE JAPAN INVADED AND DECLARED IT A PUPPET STATE	EDWIN GILBERT: EARLY 20TH CENTURY RELIC OF A TOWN AND FAMILY BEING A SCRAPBOOK OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, LETTERS, AND DRAWINGS PERTAINING TO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE GILBERT FAMILY IN CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
K.N. (Kirkland Newton) COWING: 1858 - 1861 EXTRAORDINARY ARCHIVE OF 30+ ORIGINAL LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, INQUISITIVE MAN DETAILING THE FRAUGHT AND TENSE PRE CIVIL WAR ERA AND HIS EVENTUAL ENLISTMENT WITH THE UNION ARMY TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY	DR. HUGH R. GREEN: 1860s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL COVERING TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN A VIRGINIA MAN’S LIFE, FIRST AS A STUDENT OF THE CLASSICAL SCHOLAR BASIL GILDERSLEEVE, THEN AS A PHYSICIAN MAKING HOUSE CALLS TO PATIENTS IN NEED	UNIDENTIFIED CREWMAN: 1945-1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND LOGBOOK OF THE FIRST VOYAGES OF THE U.S.S GENERAL H.F. HODGES, AS IT BRINGS TROOPS BACK TO AMERICA, FROM MANY DISPARATE PARTS OF THE WORLD RAVAGED BY THE WORLD WAR
CHARLES O'KEEFE and R.E. CLABBY: 1911 - 1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LOGBOOK KEPT BY THREE SUCCESSIVE FOREST RANGERS AS THEY KEPT TABS ON THE CLAIMS OF THE MANY HOMESTEADERS WHO POPULATED THE WILDERNESS OF THE BOISE NATIONAL FOREST	Captain J.F.A.E. VAN KEMPEN: 1895 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL: “METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUTCH STEAMER JAVA” AS IT GOES FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE DUTCH WEST INDIES AND BACK	R.G. HURLBUT (?): 1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A STUDENT OF RENOWNED CHEMIST CHARLES AVERY DOREMUS, A PIONEER OF VICTORIAN ERA CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCE
M. WHITE [nurse of THOMAS FREDERICK WATKINS]: 1907 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NURSE AS SHE DOCUMENTS THE HORRIBLE SICKNESS OF A CHILD AFFLICTED WITH WHOOPING COUGH, THE TREATMENTS TO MAKE HIM WELL, AND HIS EVENTUAL RETURN TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS	UNIDENTIFIED ENGINEER: LATE 19th CENTURY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK FILLED WITH CHARTS, TABLES, FORMULAE, AND NOTES RELATING TO THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOR A SPECTACULAR RANGE OF AREAS AND TOPICS	MARIA A. TUTTLE: 1856 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN MATURING, GROWING, AND FACING THE ALL-TOO-COMMON DIFFICULTIES OF YOUTH: MEAN BOYS, HURTFUL GOSSIP, AND DIFFICULT FAMILY
WILL H. PAYNE: 1908 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF EXTENSIVE AND EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGLISHMAN TRAVELLING FROM NEW JERSEY TO SAN FRANCISCO AND DISCUSSING THE TRAGIC DEVASTATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BAY CITY FROM THE ALL TOO RECENT EARTHQUAKE	HUGH OTTO WILLIAMS: 1941 - 1942 EXCEPTIONAL RELIC OF WORLD WAR TWO FLIGHT AND PILOT TRAINING BEING AN ORIGINAL DIARY OF A YOUNG CADET AS HE MAKES HIS WAY WITH TREMENDOUS DETERMINATION TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR HIMSELF, ONLY NINE MONTHS AFTER HIS OWN INSTRUCTION	CYRENA COLES: 1942 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF YOUNG, LOVING, AND DEVOTED HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER IN NEW YORK, AS THE WAR BEGINS TO AFFECT THE DAILY LIVES OF THOSE ON THE HOMEFRONT
J. W. RIDGEWAY: 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOLDIER ENDURING GRUELING BASIC TRAINING TO BECOME PART OF THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE OF THE U.S. NAVY, THE WORLD FAMOUS 'SEABEES'	MRS. CARRIE CECILIA COLE FRYE: 1864 - 1939 FASCINATING AND UNIQUE HANDWRITTEN RETROSPECTIVE JOURNAL AND DIARY DOCUMENTING ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF ONE WOMAN’S LIFE, FROM BIRTH TO SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH, THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, GREAT HAPPINESS AND TERRIBLE TRAGEDY	KATHERINE H. KENDRICK, Secretary: 1912 - 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK OF PRINTED, TYPED AND HANDWRITTEN PAGES, DETAILING THE BEGINNINGS OF A SCHOOL ORCHESTRA COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM A MAINE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF TROUBLED FAMILIES
ANNE PATEAT: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WHIP SMART YOUNG WOMAN, STUDYING ENGLISH AT A WOMEN'S ONLY COLLEGE, PARTICIPATING IN ITS TIME HONORED TRADITIONS, AND TRAVELLING THROUGH THE GRAND CITIES OF PRE-WAR EUROPE	ROLAND W. MYERS: 1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY BY AN ATTENTIVE BUT HOMESICK UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT, BROUGHT OVER TO JAPAN TO ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF	_____ GOODWIN: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED TEENAGE GIRL, DISCOVERING HER SEXUALITY AS SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER FEMALE TEACHER, AND ACTS OUT IN STRANGE AND UNPREDICTABLE WAYS
S. ELIZABETH BIGELOW, Secretary of the WINTERGREEN CLUB: 1898 - 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING MEETING MINUTES, EVENTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE WINTERGREEN CLUB, A PROMINENT ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE IN THE UNITED STATES	HELEN BROOKE HERFORD: 1905 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN LIVING A FUN, SOCIAL, AND LIBERAL TEENAGE SCHOOLING LIFE, HANDWRITTEN BY THE FUTURE FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH UNITARIAN WOMEN’S LEAGUE	NED WRENSHALL [to his brother]: 1858 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LETTER DETAILING A WILD, EXCITING, AND ULTIMATELY FARCICAL DUEL BETWEEN TWO DRUNK MEN, ONE WHO WANTS TO DUEL TO THE DEATH, AND THE OTHER WHO WANTS TO PLAY A DIRTY TRICK
B. C. NIELSEN: 1880s “REPORT UPON THE MANUFACTURE OF GUN COTTON” A DETAILED DESCRIPTION, FROM PLANT TO WEAPON, WITH EXCELLENT, DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF 19th CENTURY MACHINERY, PROCESSES AND MILITARY SCIENCE	UNIDENTIFIED: 1936 - 1937 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL DIARY OF TWO LONG CAR TRIPS TAKEN IN GREAT DEPRESSION AMERICA, THROUGH SMALL TOWNS, BIG CITIES AND NATIONAL PARKS, A RELIC OF CAR TRAVEL BEFORE THE EISENHOWER INTERSTATE SYSTEM	WILLIAM F. WILL: 1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN WORKING HIS FIRST JOB AS A FOREST RANGER WITH DUTIES THAT INCLUDE DRAWING MAPS, SURVEYING HOMESTEADS, AND FIGHTING RAGING FOREST FIRES AND ANTAGONISTIC RANCHERS
JOHN D. INGRAHAM, JR: 1863 + 1873 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LOGBOOK OF ONE MAN’S LIFE ABOARD TWO DIFFERENT NEW ENGLAND SCHOONERS, THE ‘FREDERICK HALL’ AND THE ‘HENRIETTA’ WITH DETAILED ENTRIES OF CARGO LISTS, SHIPPING COSTS, AND DAILY ONBOARD OBSERVATIONS	UNIDENTIFIED RADIO OPERATOR: 1952 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF A SAILOR ON THE USS ‘NOA’ (DD-841) AS IT SAILED FROM AMERICA TO UNDERTAKE A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN PORTS, EXERCISING DRILLS AND PROTECTING AMERICAN INTERESTS	LINDA M. GOUDEAU: 1974 - 1979 ORIGINAL UNIQUE DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG FEMALE CRIMINAL, DETAILING THE HARDSHIPS, ROMANCES, AND UNCERTAINTIES OF PRISON, AND THE STRANGENESS OF ADJUSTING BACK TO LIFE AFTER JAIL
KELSICK WOOD: 1828 - 1835 SUPERB, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS [3] AND RELICS OF GEORGIAN ERA ART, SHIP BUILDING AND MARINE COMMERCE DELIGHTFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY A MASTER DESIGNER OF FIGUREHEADS AND SHIPS	RUTH BOGARDUS: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A PROMINENT SOCIOLOGIST, AS SHE ATTENDS SCHOOL, FALLS FOR BOY AFTER BOY, AND LIVES A LIFE FULL OF DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT IN PRE WW2 AMERICA	J. PONTHAULT: 1739 HUGE TOME OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: AN 800+ PAGE COMPREHENSIVE HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK COMPILING AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE LATEST THEORIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION - PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, ANATOMY, ASTRONOMY AND SO MUCH MORE
[to EDITH HOWSER CHASE: 1874-1887 LARGE ARCHIVE OF COLORFUL AND DETAILED HANDWRITTEN PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA OF A YOUNG WOMAN COMING OF AGE IN RURAL NEW YORK IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY	THOMAS FLORIAN CURRIER: 1860s - 1870s PAIR (2) OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOKS FROM THE LIFE OF A VIRULENT ABOLITIONIST AND LOYAL MEMBER OF LINCOLN’S REPUBLICAN PARTY INCLUDING A DIARY OF ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND PERSONAL TRAVEL THAT SHOW AN ASTUTE UNDERSTANDING OF POST WAR ERA	T. HARDJONO: 1970 - 1972 ORIGINAL VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SOLDIER FOR THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE AMERICANS AGAINST THE COMMUNIST THREAT
ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK [to HERBERT H.D. PEIRCE]: 1899 ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SENT BY THE U.S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK TO THE SECRETARY OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN RUSSIA, DISCUSSING THE UPCOMING 1900 PARIS WORLD’S FAIR AND U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS	[to MARJORIE ELMS]: 1928 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN PARODY POEM OF ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,’ POKING GENTLE FUN AT PROHIBITION AND THE CULTURE OF THE ROARING TWENTIES WHILE STILL BEING QUITE WHOLESOME AT HEART	CAPTAIN ANGUS RICHARDS: 1901 - 1902 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LOG BOOK OF THE MANY TRIPS OF THE SCHOONER ‘KIPLING’ FROM NOVA SCOTIA TO BRAZIL AND THE CARIBBEAN PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT LOOK AT EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN SAILING COMMERCE
J. J. WOODWARD: 1881-1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK AND JOURNAL OF THE USS QUINNEBAUG HANDWRITTEN BY ITS NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR, AS IT TRAVELS TO EUROPE TO PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATING IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA	FREDERICA De LAGUNA and MARY JANE LENZ (nee DOWNS): 1954 ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING TYPESCRIPT OF TWO JOURNALS AS THEY TRAVEL TO RURAL ALASKA TO STUDY THE INDIGENOUS YAKUTAT TLINGIT, FROM TWO ANTHROPOLOGISTS, ONE WHO IS A NEW GRADUATE STUDENT AND THE OTHER ESTABLISHED AND VERY FAMOUS IN THE FIELD	CAPTAIN CHARLES EDWIN GOOD: LATE 1880s, EARLY 1890s ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF OVER 400 ILLUSTRATIONS, CUT OUTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, ALL PERTAINING TO THE AUTHOR’S DEEP AND WILDLY PASSIONATE ‘MARRIAGE’ TO ALL ‘THINGS PERTAINING TO THE OCEAN’
BEN D. BEELEY: 1899 - 1900 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY A MISSIONARY TRAVELLING FROM LONDON TO BORNEO TO BRING CHRISTIANITY TO THE NATIVES FACING STRIFE AND DIFFICULTY THROUGHOUT	UNIDENTIFIED: 1837 ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF A MAN’S 3 MONTH TRIP FROM NEW JERSEY TO ILLINOIS, ON HORSEBACK, COACH AND FOOT, AND COMING BACK BY RIVER STEAMERS ON THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS	HENRY SNEVELY (or SNAVELY): 1802 - 1803 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY AND MORE, GEARED TOWARDS THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS NEW TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOWNSHIP
UNIDENTIFIED: 2002 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF AN ANGRY, PASSIONATE MAN RAILING AGAINST HIS 1ST WIFE, HIS FAILED RELATIONSHIPS, AND HIS MISERABLE LIFE IN LONG DIARY ENTRIES AND ORIGINAL POETRY	THOMAS LUNT: LATE 1700s/EARLY 1800s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF MATHEMATICS RELATED TO NAVIGATIONAL AND SAILING SCIENCE, BY THE MASTER OF A SHIP GOING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA	[student of] PROFESSOR SANDERSON: LATE 1700s/EARLY 1800s 500+ TOME OF VAST SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON THE NATURAL, PHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES
L. E. H. LLEWELLYN: 1899 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PILOTAGE AND NAVIGATION TRAINING BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MIDSHIPMAN WHO WOULD ONE DAY BECOME THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF UNEXPLODED BOMBS DEPARTMENT DURING THE LONDON BLITZ	JONATHAN IRELAND JR [to TABITHA ROBBINS, JOSIAH BUMSTEAD, ETC.): 1787 - 1790 ORIGINAL EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT CORRESPONDENCE BOOK KEPT BY A SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS BLACKSMITH OF THE LETTERS SENT BACK AND FORTH TO HIS FRIENDS DEEP IN THE THROES OF CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM	PROCTOR MINSTREL CAST & COMMITTEE: 1946 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM OF 30+ PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE LEAD UP AND PERFORMANCE OF A RACIST BLACKFACE MINSTREL SHOW PUT ON BY THE ALL WHITE EMPLOYEES OF PHILADELPHIA’S PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ COMPANY
H. W. ARMSTRONG: 1882 - 1883: 18 ORIGINAL HAND DRAWN AND BEAUTIFUL NAUTICAL CHARTS INTENDED TO TEACH THE SCIENCE OF NAVIGATION TO A YOUNG CADET AT THE BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE IN DARTMOUTH, ENGLAND	ALBERT DURAND: 1893 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF FRENCH FIN-DE-SIÈCLE REGIMENT BUGLE SONGS FROM A BUGLE PLAYER STATIONED IN THE INDRE-ET-LOIRE DÉPARTEMENT	UNKNOWN: 1939 + 1948 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A POST OFFICE WORKER IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK ATTENDING MEETINGS, COMMITTEES, AND GOING ABOUT HIS NORMAL BUSINESS OF MAKING SURE THE MAIL IS DELIVERED EVERY DAY
C. COTTON: 1822 ORIGINAL PRINTED NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC WITH OVER 45 PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES FROM AN ALBANY MAN DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES AS A LANDLORD AND CHURCH GOER	J.M. (or GEORGE) WEATHER and SAMUEL BENN: c1904 THREE (3) ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN FIELD BOOKS OF THE EXTENSIVE, DETAILED AND PLANNED WORK REQUIRED TO REBUILD THE TOWN OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON AFTER IT HAD BURNT TO THE GROUND A YEAR EARLIER	MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY, FAMILY ORIENTED WOMAN IN DELAWARE, SPENDING EACH DAY THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND HER DOTING BOYFRIEND
UNIDENTIFIED: c1910 - 1920s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AND HAND DRAWN GERMAN ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK, CONTAINING DETAILED INFORMATION ON A HUGE AMOUNT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TOPICS AND REPLETE WITH DOZENS OF EXPERTLY HAND DRAWN DIAGRAMS, FIGURES, AND CHARTS	2nd LIEUTENANT MARTIN M. GROSS: 1945 ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT REPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MANILA HARBOR AFTER ITS DEVASTATING IN WORLD WAR II, WRITTEN BY A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND CONTAINING HIS HAND DRAWN DIAGRAMS	[compiled by] ROY E. RAMSEIER: 1959 MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF CONSTRUCTION REPORTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS, ETC. RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION AREAS AROUND LAKE BERRYESSA, COLLECTED AND COMPILED BY ITS HEAD ENGINEER
SAMUEL CURCHACK: c1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK DETAILING EXTENSIVE NOTES TAKEN ON THE GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE PALISADES, COMPLETE WITH EXTENSIVE DRAWINGS, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES AND DOZENS OF PHOTOGRAPHS	HARRY PHELPS: 1900 - 1902 + 1916 - 1918 PAIR (2) OF DETAILED LOGBOOKS FROM THE LIFE OF COMMODORE HARRY PHELPS, FIRST AS AN OFFICER ON THE USS CINCINNATI IN THE CARIBBEAN, AND LATER AS A RETIRED CITIZEN LIVING A SIMPLE LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA	GEORGE W. FERNALD: 1863 - 1864 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A PAY CLERK IN THE UNION ARMY WITH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FROM HIS OFFICES IN BALTIMORE AND IN THE FIELD FOLLOWING THE TROOPS TO BATTLE
F. G. HEDINGHAM: 1905 - 1907 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY SAILOR IN THE AUSTRALIA STATION, PATROLLING THE COASTS AND PARTAKING FIRST-HAND IN THE MASSACRE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA	UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER [in the 9th Massachusetts Infantry]: 1916 DAILY JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT DETAILING THE DUTIES, MEETINGS, AND WORK OF A HIGH RANKING MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY OFFICER AT CAMP COTTON, SETTING UP CAMP AND PREPARING TO HUNT DOWN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY PANCHO VILLA	UNKNOWN: 1999 DIARY OF A YOUNG GOD-LOVING AMERICAN MISSIONARY IN ROMANIA, PREACHING THE GOSPEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND DETAILING THE FOOD, CULTURE, AND MANY ECCENTRICITIES OF THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE
ELIZABETH E. SAUNDERS: 1923 - 1941 BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND UNIQUE DIARY BY A SMART, CLEVER AND WELL EDUCATED WOMAN IN CAPE ANN, MASSACHUSETTS, RELISHING HER DAYS ON THE BEACH, HER CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS, AND THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE THAT’S ALL AROUND HER	CARLOS WILHEM WIEBER: 1909 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF SUPER TRAVEL JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY A 14 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WOULD ONE DAY REMAKE THE TRIP AS COMMANDER OF THE USS ESSEX TO BECOME THE HERO OF THE BATTLE OF LEYTE AND WINNER OF THE NAVY CROSS	HESTER OAKLEY MEIGS: 1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG, VERY DELIGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL DIARIST WHOSE FAMILY FOUNDED SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE
WILLIAM HAHN: 1890 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER AND SCION OF THE STILL IN OPERATION WM. HAHN SHOE COMPANY	UNIDENTIFIED: 1939 - 1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO GAL-NEXT-DOOR DETAILING A LIFE OF BAKE SALES, CUTTING HAY AND THE VERY OCCASIONAL BRUTAL MURDER	LUCY LEIGHTON CRANDON [later Allen]: 1896 ORIGINAL LATE 19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE YOUNG COLUMBIA MAINE TEENAGER WHO MANAGES A VERY BUSY FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE
BILLY CHANTLER: 1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR OF LIGHT-HEARTED AND NOSTALGIC LETTERS HOME HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER FIGHTING THE OTTOMANS AT THE BATTLE OF JERUSALEM AND IN THE BATTLE FOR GAZA	UNIDENTIFED: 1968 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO ANSWERS THE CALL BACK HOME TO ASSIST AFTER THE DEVASTING DASHT-E BAYAZ AND FERDOWS EARTHQUAKES	YANN DE PIERREFEU: 1923 THROUGH 1943 BRILLIANT ARCHIVE OF 18 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN EXTRAORDINARY HARVARD DROP OUT, PHOTOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN, FUTURIST, FOLLOWER OF L. FRANK BAUM'S WIZARD OF OZ AND AN UNPARALLELED SCHEMER AND SOCIAL CLIMBER
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