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SEABURY STANTON: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I OFFICER TRAINING JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY THE LONG TIME FRIEND OF WARREN BUFFET AND DIRECTOR OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY WHO WOULD LATER PROVE BUFFET WRONG
UNIDENTIFIED: 1913 - 1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ACTIVE BUYER, SELLER AND PROMOTER OF ART, BOOKS AND ANTIQUARY
E. W. SCHUSTER: 1997 - 2000 ORIGINAL, INTIMATE MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2] HANDWRITTEN BY A WOMAN STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HER ADDICTIONS TO ALCOHOL, BULIMIA, MONEY AND HER NEWLY OUT OF THE CLOSET LESBIANISM
DR. JACOB J. LONGACRE: 1928 - 1932 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MEDICAL AND PATHOLOGY STUDY BOOKS [2] HANDWRITTEN BY A MAN WHO WILL BECOME A RENOWNED CLEFT PLATE AND FACIAL SURGEON
UNIDENTIFIED: 1929 - 1933 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS LEADING THE HIGH LIFE IN THE OLYMPIA, EVERETT AND SEATTLE WASHINGTON AREA AND TRAVELS WITH HER FRIENDS ON THEIR YACHTS
MRS. OTTO ENKE [?]: 1945 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BERLIN POLICEMAN'S WIFE DETAILING DAY TO DAY THE FINAL MONTHS AND IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE FOR BERLIN AND THE RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHT
UNIDENTIFIED: 1933 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE IN THE OREGON BACK COUNTRY AND HER 1965 DIARY WHICH SHOWS LITTLE HAS CHANGED OVER 30 YEARS
KATHERINE ????: 1962 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY RETELLING ONE WEALTHY VERMONT WOMAN'S HORROR OF A MARRIAGE, TERROR OF HER BODY'S DEGRADATION TO VENEREAL DISEASE, HER OPEN DESIRE TO MURDER HER HUSBAND AND THE REGULAR VISITATIONS SHE GETS FROM UFOs AND ALIENS
UNKNOWN: 1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK AND JOURNAL COMPREHENSIVELY DETAILING THE FRENCH NAVY AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II
MRS. CHAPIN: 1845 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF THE BUSY AND SUPPORTIVE WIFE OF A CIRCUIT RIDING PREACHER IN SOUTH EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
CAROLINE SOPHIA CAMPBELL STEWART: 1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG TEENAGE SURREY ENGLAND GIRL GROWING UP IN HIGH STYLE
CORRINA SHATTUCK: 1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A MISSIONARY HEROINE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
EMMA PHIPPS AND MARTIN PHIPPS: 1880 SUPER ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TRAVEL DIARY AND LETTERS HOME DESCRIBING THE NEW WORLD OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE FAMILY BACK HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS
GERTRUDE F. THOMAS et al: 1897 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT NOTES BY AMERICAN POET GERTRUDE THOMAS
GEORGE GRAFTON WILSON: 1928 ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY ONE DISTINGUISHED HARVARD PROFESSOR TO ANOTHER HARVARD PROFESSOR
HOWARD LANE BLACKWELL: 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF FUTURE 3-DEGREE HARVARD PROFESSOR AND LECTURER IN PHYSICS
PVT. HARRY E. FITZGIBBONS: 1937 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PRE WORLD WAR II AIRMAN DETAILING LIFE IN THE SERVICE AT WHEELER FIELD IN HAWAII UP TO AND SOON AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
D. ANDERSON: c2000s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 'HOW-TO' HANDWRITTEN BY A SELF CONFESSED SNEAK THIEF, CAT BURGLAR AND PROFESSIONAL BREAK AND ENTER CRIMINAL
EDWARD HUTCHINSON ROBBINS LYMAN: 1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WEALTHY BANKING TYCOON AND THE GREAT UNCLE OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
DALE SCHAFFTER [?]: 1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A WOMAN WHO DETAILS THE NEVER ENDING HARD WORK OF LIVING ON A FARM AND THE SOMETIME CRUELTY OF THOSE SHE LIVES WITH IN AND AROUND THE AMISH AND MENNONITE COMMUNITIES OF OHIO
WILLIAM GRIFFITH [and ABRAHAM WESTERVELT]: 1813 THE SCRIVENER'S GUIDE WITH ADDITIONAL HANDWRITTEN NOTES REGARDING LEGAL PRECEDENT
ELIZABETH REIGART: 1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A PROMINENT PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY
GENE VERNON KELLOGG: 1933 - 1945 ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL PAPERS [35+] AND DIARY [1] OF ONE REMARKABLE AMERICAN SAILOR AND MEMBER OF THE FAMED FIGHTING SEABEES
ARTHUR BLACKMAN: 1880 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOUBLE TRIP TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, VERY WELL WRITTEN YOUNG BOSTON MAN IN MAINE
JAMES TORF WHITON [sometimes Whitin]: 1860 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PIOUS, INTELLIGENT MASSACHUSETTS MAN FROM A PROMINENT MID-STATE FAMILY
ROBERT XXX: 1979 - 1983 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALCOHOLIC, DRUG TAKING SEX ADDICT WHO EXPLICITLY DETAILS HIS LUSTS, LOVES AND SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH WOMEN ALL THE WHILE MOONING OVER BOYS HE SO DESPARATELY DESIRES
LEWIS MORRISON: 1932 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TEN [10] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA, FACTORY WORKER AND SYMPHONY VIOLINIST AND MUSIC TEACHER WITH THE DEPRESSION AND ONCOMING WORLD WAR ALWAYS IN THE FOREFRONT
K. JAMES, ROYAL AIR FORCE: 1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH AIRMAN SEEING SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM NORTH AFRICA TO ITALY
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HARDRESS WALLER: c1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT REPORT ON THE NOTORIOUS 1914 BATTLE OF LE CATEAU HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH LIEUTENANT COLONEL ON ROYAL EMBOSSED LETTERSHEETS
GEORGE KERR, ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS: 1941 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES, DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY A GLASGOW MAN SERVING KING AND COUNTRY ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WITH THE 26TH HUSSARS AND THE 3RD CARABINERS
MR. WOODS: 1926 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WYOMING MAN WHO IS A FIREMAN FOR THE RAILROAD
MYERS? or GARVER?: 1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL MAN FIGHTING A TERRIBLE DIVORCE AND CHILD CUSTODY CASE SEEKING HIS DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN HIDDEN SOMEWHERE IN ALABAMA OR FLORIDA
JOANNA S. EVELETH: 1879 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY HARDWORKING, SICKLY BANGOR MAINE SCHOOL TEACHER
LILLIE & WARREN WATERMAN: 1907 ORIGINAL UNIQUE PAIR OF MATCHED MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN UPSTATE NEW YORK HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM OF DAIRY FARMERS FILLED WITH RURAL COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DATA OF THE TIMES
UNIDENTIFIED: 1876 ORIGINAL VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SPORTING DIARY DETAILING A LIFE OF HUNTING, FISHING, HORSE RACING, ROWING AND LUNCH
LIZZIE [ELIZABETH] NICHOLLS: 1914 - 1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, HARD WORKING, SOCIALBLE, EMOTIONAL, LOVING TEENAGE GIRL PRAYING TO GOD FOR THE LOVE OF HER BOYFRIEND WHILE INTIMATELY DETAILING HER LIFE OF WORK, SCHOOL, CHURCH AND FAMILY IN RURAL IOWA
LT. CLAUDIUS BELK: 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USAF LIEUTENANT PASSING THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE WAR ON EMERGENCY LEAVE BUT STILL ACTIVE IN THE WAR THROUGH HIS WRITINGS
SGT. WILLIAM K[ELIIKUI] WILCOX: 1917 - 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF WORLD WAR I OFFICER TRAINING AND PROCEDURE HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED SERGEANT WHO FOCUSED AND WORKED HARD TOWARD PROMOTION
MAGGIE REES [nee MORGAN] et al: 1879 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MEMORY AND FRIENDSHIP ALBUM GIFTED TO A WELSH WOMAN ON THE OCCASION OF HER MARRIAGE
MRS. HELEN BACKER: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SOUTH AMERICAN OCEAN VOYAGE TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTELLIGENT, OBSERVANT PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN
ROBERT CONNELLY: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN INTIMATELY SHARING HIS HIGHS AND LOWS AND TURMOIL OF STUDYING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD
UNIDENTIFIED: 1915 - 1917 ORIGINAL MULTI TRIP MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY WITH EXTENSIVE ENTRIES ON THIS SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN WOMAN'S TRIP TO THE PANAMA EXPOSITION AND MUCH MORE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1936 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA LAKE OF MEADOWS PENNSYLVANIA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WOMAN WHO STARTS THE YEAR UNDER THE PRESSURE OF A FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN HIS DEATH
EULA MAE MORGAN: 1930 + 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DEPRESSION ERA DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A SWEET KENTUCKY WOMAN WHO GOES FROM EXCELLENT STUDENT TO SUPER WIFE, DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT AND LADY OF THE HOUSE
JAMES McDONALD: 1829 ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT MATHEMATIC AND ARITHMETIC CYPHERING COPYBOOK FILLED WITH COMPLEX AND BASIC EQUATIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CLINTON BOWEN: 1868 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED SALEM NEW JERSEY BOOKSELLER
ERNEST WALKER BROWN Jr: 1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT SCRAPBOOK AND PHOTO DIARY OF AN UPSTANDING LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY MAN
UNKNOWN: 1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE NEWSMAN DETAILING THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE OF PEARL HARBOR, MIDWAY, GUADALCANAL, THE EASTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
LT. ROBERT W. PALMER: 1940s AMAZING ORIGINAL PHOTO DIARY OF ONE US ARMY AIR CORP LIEUTENANT'S SERVICE IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE
JOHN F.P. TATE, 14TH BATTERY C.F.A: 1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, CHARMING, PERSONABLE TORONTO MAN PREPARING TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS AND FIGHT THE HUNS
WEIMER, JENNIE T: 1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG VICTORIAN ERA WOMAN IN HER EIGHTH YEAR OF TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON OHIO aka BUCHTEL COLLEGE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORK JOURNAL OF A SUPERVISOR OR FOREMAN OF SHIP YARD WORKERS REPAIRING AND RENOVATING SHIPS AND TUGBOATS INCLUDING THE ILL-FATED SS DORA
HIRAM PARKER Jr., US NAVY ENGINEER: 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF US NAVAL ENGINEER, VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR AND WITNESS TO ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WARS IN SOUTH AMERICA EVER
JOHANN [JOHN] G. WINNBERG: 1890 - 1894 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] FARMER'S ALMANACS WITH MANUSCRIPT PERSONAL DIARY NOTES, PROFESSIONAL ENTRIES AND FINANCIALS OF ONE SWEDISH APOTHECARY'S IMMIGRATION TO JAMESTOWN NEW YORK USA
XI TAO FANG: 1975 - 1978 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND RELIC OF MAO ZEDONG'S COMMUNIST PARTY HANDWRITTEN BY A NEWLY ENLISTED SOLDIER DETAILING HIS IMPRESSIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND INCULCATION IN MAO'S ARMY AND HIS SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO HIS VILLAGE AS MAO'S MAN
UNKNOWN: 1960s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE CHINESE FACTORY WORKER WHO RECORDS HIS OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES ON THE FACTORY FLOOR WHILE HE ROMANCES TWO FEMALE CO-WORKERS
WANG CHEN HUA: 1986 - 1987 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG GIRL GOING THROUGH WHAT ALL YOUNG GIRLS EXPERIENCE WITH THE BACK DROP OF POST MAO COMMUNIST CHINA A MERE TWO YEARS BEFORE TIANANMEN SQUARE
UNKNOWN: 1980s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WORKER DETAILING THE CHANGES AND EXPERIENCES OF ECONOMIC REFORM AND THE WRITER'S PERSPECTIVE AND OPINIONS OF THE CHANGES
JOSEPH BILES: 1803 ORIGINAL PENNSYLVANIA MANUSCRIPT SURVEYOR'S JOURNAL DETAILING THE LAND AND WATERS IN AND AROUND TUNK HANNACK AND LACKAWANNA
ROBERT PAUSEH: 1939 ORIGINAL PRE WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY FOLLOWING ONE ILLINOIS COUPLE'S CROSS COUNTRY CAR TRIP AND UP THROUGH CANADA
ABLE SEAMAN REGINALD SANDS: 1928 - 1930 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCRAPBOOK OF A BRITISH SEAMAN DETAILING THE HMS SUFFOLK ON IT'S IMPORTANT MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE CHINA STATION AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE REGION'S HISTORY
UNKNOWN: c1970s ORIGINAL CHINESE MANUSCRIPT HOMEWORK BOOK SHOWING ONE STUDENT'S EFFORTS TO LEARN ENGLISH GIVING INSIGHT INTO MAO'S EDUCATIONAL AGENDA
UNKNOWN: c1970s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN BOOKS PROVIDING UNIQUE CULTURAL INSIGHT TO THE PEOPLE'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION
CHARLES F. BER_____, USN: 1923 - 1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT ABOARD THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED USS RALEIGH WHO DETAILS NAVAL LIFE 'BETWEEN THE WARS'
UNIDENTIFIED: 1940 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND DIARY OF A GROUP OF CANADIAN UNITED CHURCH MISSIONARIES ON THEIR WAY TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ON THE ASIAN SUB CONTINENT
LEONORA FINN [later MRS. JOHN A. BODAMER]: 1870 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE LOVE OF A CIVIL WAR AND INDIAN WARS HERO
DAVID WILEY: 1809 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CYPHERING BOOKS [2] HANDWRITTEN BY A FARMER, TRADESMAN AND SOON TO BE PARTICIPANT IN THE WAR OF 1812
JOHN GOULD: 1849 - 1855 MASSIVE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A LOCKPORT NEW YORK MAN WHO WOULD SOON BE ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK
UNKNOWN: 1845 - 1848 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND ACCOUNTS BOOK OF A SALEM MASSACHUSETTS AND KITTERY MAINE TOBACCO MERCHANT
PRIVATE HARRY WILSON WINN: 1941 SUPERB ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF BRITAIN'S NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN AGAINST ROMMEL'S AFRIKAKORPS BY A BRITISH PRIVATE WHO AUTHORS AN INCREDIBLY DETAILED EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM HAIFA TO TOBRUK
D. ANDERSON: 2009 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PRISON DIARY OF AN ARKANSAS THIEF
ROY J. SCATES: 1929 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A DETROIT MICHIGAN AREA LAWMAN DETAILING UNCOUNTABLE VIOLENCE AND CRIMES IN THIS SUPERB PROHIBITION ERA FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT
LAC. [LACHLAN?] CROSS, No. 97172 RCAF: 1944 - 1948 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CANADIAN SERVICEMAN IN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND BACK TO TORONTO CANADA AND THE HAGERSVILLE SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WITH HIS ENGLISH WAR BRIDE
JOHN LAWRENCE THURSTON: 1894 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF A YOUNG ILL FATED FUTURE CHINA MISSIONARY DETAILING HIS EXPERIENCE AT YALE COLLEGE AND DIVINITY SCHOOL
MRS. MABEL B. JOHNSON, MRS. ALICE DAVIS: 1960s ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK AND AUTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY A DEVOTED COUNTRY WESTERN FAN WITH A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR BUCK OWENS