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CHARLES DENGLER JR: 1932 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 15 YEAR OLD PITTSBURGH PAPER BOY, STUDENT AND DEVOTED SON WHO UNCOMPLAININGLY WORKS IN THIS ENDEARING DEPRESSION ERA RELIC
JOHN MORRIS: 1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF COMPLEX EQUATIONS, MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS FOR NAVIGATION, MEASURING DISTANCES, SETTING COURSES AND WORKING OUT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ALONG WITH A CHARMING, ENGAGING 15 PAGE MINI-NOVEL
GUNTER STAMER, 13882: 1941 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [5], BOOK OF POETRY AND PROSE [1] AND PHOTOGRAPHS [21] DETAILING ONE DECORATED GERMAN SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCES ON THE EASTERN FRONT LEADING TO HIS CAPTURE AND IMPRISONMENT
JOHN C. TROY: 1941 - 1942 SENSATIONAL ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROUGH, READY AND RIBALD MONTANA MAN DETAILING HIS SERVICE IN SITKA ALASKA PRIOR TO AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II
VAL GREENFIELD: 1947 ORIGINAL POST WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CHARMING AND BRILLIANT BROOKLYN NEW YORK TEENAGE JEWISH GIRL
ROY B. KOCH: 1912 - 1921 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING PAIR OF DENSELY WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE OF A ST. LOUIS MAN FROM CHASING GIRLS TO WARFARE IN THE TRENCHES
HAZEL A. SMITH: c1920s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF ANATOMY NOTES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN STUDYING AT THE MIAMI UNIVERSITY AT OXFORD OHIO
LOUIS BERDEN, LOUIS de SADELEER: PICTURES OF RUINED BELGIUM, VISIONS DE LA BELGIQUE DETRUITE 72 PEN AND INK SKETCHES DRAWN ON THE SPOT - With NINE [9] EPHEMERAL ITEMS INCLUDING HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, POSTCARDS AND LETTER COPIES
ETHEL A. MORSE: 1904 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WELLESLEY COLLEGE STUDENT TORMENTED BY HER LOVE FOR HER FRIEND ANNA AND TROUBLED BY GRACE, HER RIVAL FOR ANNA'S AFFECTIONS
ANNIE C. MEAD: 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE BRIDE TO BE IN AN INTERESTING DECEMBER - MAY MARRIAGE
PROF. FRIEDRICH BLEEK by way of FREDERICK FROTHINGHAM: 1853 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTES HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED ABOLITIONIST OF RENOWN GERMAN PROFESSOR ON THE HOLY SCRIPTURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
GRACE WALDRON CALVERT: 1909 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A PIONEER JOURNALIST AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BOSTON HERALD
LORIS BULLA: 1918 ORIGINAL SUPER MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CHARMING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMAN AND EXCELLENT WORLD WAR I HOME FRONT JOURNAL
DOROTHY L. MORTON: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY YOUNG WOMAN STUDENT OF COLBY COLLEGE IN MAINE
R. BULLIMORE: 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SALVATION ARMY BAND MEMBER SERVING IN HOBART TASMANIA
MR. AND MRS. DANIEL SILVESTER: 1935 - 1941 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE, TIMES AND MUSIC OF NOTED WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR AND HIS WIFE
MILLER BROTHERS: 1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LEDGER OF DILLER NEBRASKA BLACKSMITHS, MILLER BROTHERS
CONSTABLE R.C. SHEWARD: 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A DETAIL ORIENTED CONSTABLE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY PROTECTING AND GUARDING THE PORTS AND RAILWAYS OF VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
DALLAS H.W. YOUNG: 1942 - 1946 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF NOTED BRITISH SOLDIER, MBE RECIPIENT AND THE FATHER OF A DISTINGUISHED HERO OF WORLD WAR II
MAGDA HANSON: 1930s - 1940s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] SCRAPBOOKS OF A NEWLY ARRIVED DANISH IMMIGRANT AND HER EMBRACING LIFE IN AMERICA AND HER DEDICATED CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN WAY
ESTHER MARIE GERNIT BULLOCK: 1897 - 1900 ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING, STRESSED OUT, SAD AND FEARFUL WOMAN WHO POURS HER HEART OUT WITH INK ON PAPER
SMITH, E. CYRIL: 1917, 1918 AND 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A MARCONI RADIO OPERATOR WHO WITNESSES FIRST HAND THE DANGERS OF CONVOY WORK AND THE RESOLUTE DETERMINATION OF THE BRITISH NAVY
S. BRALEY GRAY JR: 1934 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED HANDWRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE FAMED BOWDOIN MACMILLAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION ON A SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY TO THE WILDS OF LABRADOR NEWFOUNDLAND
ROBERT WORMSER: 1909 - 1912 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF SCHOOL MEMORIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SAN RAFAEL CALIFORNIA BOY
UNIDENTIFIED: 1937 ORIGINAL INTRIGUING DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SAN FRANCISCO AREA WOMAN WHO IS HAUNTED BY THE PAST AND FACES TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN THE PRESENT
UNIDENTIFIED: 1919 ORIGINAL FULLY CAPTIONED PHOTO ALBUM AND RELIC OF TRAVEL TO POST WORLD WAR I ESTES PARK, DENVER AND GREELEY COLORADO
HENRY ______: 1868 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS COPYBOOK/TRAVEL DIARY BY A BRITISH SOLDIER ON HIS WAY TO INDIA SHARING INTIMATE DETALS WITH HIS MATER, PATER AND KITTY
MRS. [WILHELMINA] BARNS GRAHAM: 1888 - 1889 ORIGINAL LONDON TO AUSTRALIA TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SCOTTISH WOMAN IN PRECISE DETAIL TRAVELING WITH HER NOTABLE HUSBAND
UNIDENTIFIED: 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TRAVEL LOG OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER ON HIS WAY TO FREETOWN ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA
UNIDENTIFIED: 1935 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, PIOUS AND VERY ASTUTE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMAN WHO KEENLY OBSERVES MUCH OF WHAT AILS HER BELOVED AMERICA
UNIDENTIFIED: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOGBOOK OF A KEENLY OBSERVANT US NAVY SEAMAN WHO RECORDS THE KAMIKAZE ATTACKS DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA
JOHN SILVERWOOD: 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WORLD WAR I DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, PERSONABLE PENNSYLVANIA MAN
ZELLA GERTRUDE BAYNHAM later MARTIN: 1917 - 1919 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF EIGHT [8] LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A QUAKER NURSE WHILE ON DUTY AT THE PREMIER AMERICAN MENTAL HOSPITAL
M.N. ROWAN: 1864 - 1874 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF EIGHT [8] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A KEY RAILROAD EXECUTIVE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR IN DENMARK
UNIDENTIFIED: 1843 - 1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE YOUNG MAN'S TIME AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND THEN HIS WORK IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TEACHING
DR. MARSHALL HENSHAW: 1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK FILLED WITH THE LECTURE NOTES OF AN AMHERST COLLEGE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
MRS. MARTHA DICKOFF: 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SWISS BORN CALIFORNIA WOMAN CAUGHT UP IN THE DESPERATION OF THE ONCOMING WORLD WAR
MRS. DOCTOR ANSON HOOKER [ANNA WRIGHT HOOKER]: 1869 ORIGINAL HEARTFELT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND TRAGEDIES OF A WELL CONNECTED, WELL RESPECTED BOSTON FAMILY
WILLIAM GWYNN THOMAS: 1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CREW MEMBER OF THE FALKLAND ISLAND BASE CAMPS WORKING TO HELP SUPPLY AND RESEARCH THE ANTARCTIC REGION INCLUDING A TYPESCRIPT PROPOSAL FOR A SLEDGE JOURNEY TO SNOW HILL ISLAND
JAMES ROSS: 1846 - 1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THIS YOUNG TEACHER'S EDUCATION TO BECOME A MEDICAL DOCTOR
YEHUDA LIEB FRANK: 1930s - 1990s ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES REVEALING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THIS HERO OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWRY AND ZIONISM
JACQUES CHARLAND: 1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND PHOTO JOURNAL OF A YOUNG FRENCH CANADIAN SKI JUMPER'S TRIP REPRESENTING HIS COUNTRY AT THE OSLO WINTER OLYMPICS
NATHAN MAYHEW, JAMES BARROWS, CHARLES SMITH, JIRAH LUCE, STEPHEN SKIFF AND JOSIAH SMITH: 1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MULTI SIGNATURE DOCUMENT REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE OF THE NEW CONGREGATIONAL MEETING HOUSE AT HOLMES HOLE MARTHA'S VINEYARD
MR. & MRS. R. F. HAYES: 1874 & 1879 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A LUMBERMAN, CARPENTER AND FARMER DETAILING THE HARD WORKING LIFE OF AN ANGLO FAMILY SOUTH EAST OF MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA
REVEREND ALEX D. RICCIO: c1930s ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM OF ONE YOUNG MAN'S TIME AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
REVEREND ALEX D. RICCIO: 1930 - 1934 ORIGINAL PHOTO JOURNAL OF A YOUNG MAN'S RELIGIOUS GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEN SOME UNIQUE PHOTOS OF THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND FLOOD IN 1936
PFC DAVID J. DORAN: 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER'S LAST YEAR IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
UNIDENTIFIED: 1917 - 1926 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ITHACA NEW YORK WOMAN WHO DETAILS HER LIFE OF RURAL TOIL AND CREATING ART
UNIDENTIFIED: 1884 - 1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CHANNEL ISLANDS BOY DESCRIBING LIFE IN JERSEY AND THEN HIS FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO SAN LEANDRO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
CUSTOMS OFFICERS BARLOW, DAY and HAGNER: 1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL PRE WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 3 CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEIZING GOODS AND ARRESTING SMUGGLERS IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK
MR. SOMERVILLE: 1873 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF AN ENGLISH IMMIGRANT TO THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO CANADA
LT. CMDR. ROBERT CARR, MD: 1943 - 1944 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2], PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF A SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER WHO SADLY OBSERVES AND DETAILS HIS OFTEN GRUESOME DUTIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATRE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1967 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY NOTES HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN OPERATIVE, LIKELY CIA, DESCRIBING HIS INITIAL TIME, TRAINING AND DIFFICULTIES TO ACCOMPLISH HIS MISSION IN THE DELTA
NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL: 1832 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COPY AND STUDY BOOK RELATED TO ONE YOUNG MAN'S STUDY OF NAVIGATION, SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP
JAMES R. FORSTER: 1950s ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT BY A MEXICO CITY COLLEGE STUDENT AND ONE DAY AUTHOR WITH WORLD FAMOUS SWEDISH EXPLORER TITLED 'WANDERING DOWN THE BALSAS RIVER, MEXICO'
CLYDA WHEELER, ELIZABETH NEVENS, JEAN ??, et al: 1930 - 1936 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 60 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY FIVE [5] DIFFERENT YOUNG WOMEN TO A 14 YEAR OLD WILMORE KANSAS LOTHARIO
NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL: 1830 - 1867 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CONNECTICUT MEDICAL DOCTOR AND DENTIST PLYING HIS TRADE IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
CRAIG L. BROWN, USMC: 1960s FASCINATING ORIGINAL VIETNAM ERA DIARY AND JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY AN AUSTIN TEXAS MARINE MEDIC AND MAYHAPS MURDERER
S/SGT JOHN J. PURVIS: 1944 ORIGINAL BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD LIVING, HARD DRINKING, PARTY LOVING STAFF SERGEANT OF THE 868TH BOMBER SQUADRON
WALTER H. HIMMELBERGER: 1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II BATTLE FOR ITALY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN, EMOTIONAL BATTLE WEARY AMBULANCE MEDIC
SYMONDS [?]: 1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST CIVIL WAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WELL TO DO BUILDER LIVING IN THE WINTER HILL AREA OF SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS
SARAH HART PHELPS JEWETT: 1872 + 1911 ORIGINAL, UNIQUE CROSS CENTURY PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF NEW YORK CITY PUBLISHER AND CROSS GENDER JUVENILE AUTHOR HANNAH WARNER
I.R.L.W. BROWN: 1905 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF POETRY, OBSERVATIONS AND PERSONAL FEELINGS DEDICATED TO THIS 11 YEAR OLD DALLAS TEXAS BOY'S DARLING MOTHER AND FATHER
JOHN McDUFFEE: 1784 ORIGINAL POST REVOLUTIONARY COMPLEX MATHEMATICS AND CYPHER BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CITIZEN OF ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE
C[ONRAD] and REBECCA ALLEMAND: 1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO HIS FRIEND FREDERICK SCHOTT
REVEREND WALTER GUNN: 1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR [2] OF FOLDED STAMPLESS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A MISSIONARY TO HIS FRIEND IN WATERLOO NEW YORK WHILE HE TRAVELS TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST MEN IN INDIA PREACHING CHRISTIAN GOSPEL
LINDA WESTERGREN: 1978 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S HIPPIE ERA GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE TAKING DRUGS, SLEEPING IN TRAIN STATIONS AND MUCH MUCH MORE
'BABY GIRL': 2006 - 2010 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2] HANDWRITTEN BY A CHOLA GIRL PROVIDING A VERY INTIMATE LOOK INTO THE LIFE OF A LATINA WOMAN AND HER GANGSTER FRIENDS AND LOVERS
MAYO, LESLIE ARNOLD: 1932 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE ENGLISH ENGINEER'S SURVEYING AND SOJOURN IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA
MAYO, LESLIE ARNOLD: 1928 - 1929 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF AN ENGLISH ENGINEER'S TIME TIN MINING, TIGER HUNTING AND TRAVELING IN SIAM
CHARLES DE VESCI et al: 1820s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POETRY, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, ESSAYS, NATURAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN
TO JENNIE FROM THE PARACHUTE RIGGERS: 1944 ORIGINAL SENTIMENT, MEMORY AND AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY HER PARACHUTE RIGGING FRIENDS TO JENNY
Dr. M. Szwarca: 1904 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS DETAILING A POLISH MEDICAL DOCTOR'S SERVICE TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA IN THE FAR EAST DURING THE RUSSO - JAPANESE WAR
UNKNOWN: 1945 ORIGINAL MINI SCRAPBOOK OF BRITISH SINGLE ENGINE WARPLANES AND MONOPLANES
LEN KEMP, R.N: 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY PILOT SAILING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS TRIUMPH