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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
FRANCES HARDING'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS: 1900 - 1908 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO A YOUNG WOMAN STUDYING AT SOULE COLLEGE AND THE MEMPHIS CONFERENCE FEMALE INSTITUTE
HELEN AND WILLIAM (BILL) ROSSAN: 1952 - 1954 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A MARRIED COUPLE OF AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL TAKING ROAD TRIPS THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION ERA EUROPE
GRACE M. GRIFFIN: 1892 - 1894 ORIGINAL PAIR OF FULLY WRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE DEPUTY POSTMISTRESS OF THE OSGOOD INDIANA WHO DETAILS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A LATE 19TH CENTURY MID STATE INDIANA FAMILY
PRIVATE GROVER PERRY DEERWESTER: 1918 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN IN INTIMATE DETAIL BY A SADLY TYPICAL FOR TIMES RACIST AT CAMP JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA
UNIDENTIFIED: 1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II FLIGHT TRAINING DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING AMERICAN SERVICEMAN WHO LONGS FOR AS MUCH AIR TIME AS POSSIBLE
WILLIAM CLEMENT DUNN: 1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING ONE SAILOR'S SERVICE IN THE US NAVY ABOARD THE STORIED USS JACK MILLER
PFC ALFRED BELANGER: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A US MILITARY POLICEMAN AND HIS MACABRE TROPHY OF A HANGING HE WITNESSED
G.R. HILL: 1885 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 19TH CENTURY 'ECLECTIC MEDICAL' EDUCATION USING MANY OF THE FORBIDDEN AND DANGEROUS DRUGS OF TODAY
LT. F. J. DAVIES: 1885 and 1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF BRITISH COLONIAL EXPEDITIONS AND WARFARE FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF KHARTOUM AND GENERAL GORDON IN THE SUDAN AND THEN LATER IN LAGOS NIGERIA
THOMAS HENRY DAVIES: 1781 - 1786 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS COPY BOOK OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SOON TO BE ADVOCATE GENERAL DETAILING THE TRADE, COMMERCE, ECONOMY, POLITICS AND PERSONAL PASSIONS OF 'JOHN COMPANY'S' MAN ON THE ASIAN SUB-CONTINENT
Ulric Nisbet [Captain H.U.S. Nisbet]: c1946 ORIGINAL RETROSPECTIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING A NOTED AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD AND THEN HIS PART IN THE BATTLE FOR VIMY RIDGE
W.B. BEATTY: 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF ONE GEOLOGIST'S WORK FOR THE ALASKA SUNSHINE GOLD MINING COMPANY
JACOB WINKEL: 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HOMAGE TO GERMAN PATRIOTISM, HEROIC SONGS AND BATTLES LONG FORGOTTEN BY A BELIEVED BELGIAN SERVING IN THE GERMAN ARMY TITLED 'FAHRT: LIEDER UND BILDER'
P.F.C. GORDON L. KENNEY: 1943 & 1945 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN SERVING WITH THE DISTINGUISHED 45TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON LOVINGLY ADDRESSED TO HIS WIFE BUTCH
MAURICE [SMITH ?]: 1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF BRITISH RULE IN MANDATED 'PALESTINE' HANDWRITTEN BY A LAZY SHIRKING SOLDIER UNTIL HE BECOMES AN ACTIVE OFFICER
DR. VICTORIA BARNES: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL TYPED QUESTION AND ANSWERS BY NOTED AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR OF SPIRITUALISM
NINA MILLER [?]: 1960s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY, DREAM AND THERAPY JOURNAL AND INTIMATE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S PSYCHO SEXUAL ISSUES OF NYMPHOMANIA, MARITAL RELATIONS AND CHILDHOOD ABANDONMENT WITH THE BACK DROP OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND HIPPIE ERA
DAVID G. BOYCE, SPECIAL FORCES CHAPLAIN: 1966 - 1967 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DUTY JOURNAL AND PERSONAL DIARY OF A MUCH DECORATED SPECIAL FORCES CHAPLAIN SERVING IN VIETNAM
C.H. MCCALLUM: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INJURED BRITISH OFFICER NOW IN COMMAND OF THE HOME SERVICE EMPLOYMENT CORPS
Multiple Authors - BOINAC, CARAYON, DOMPMARTIN, BARON DE BERNOU, BAUREPAIN,ST. GENEST, MORISSET,VERNOIS): LARGE ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN LETTERS RELATING TO EARLY BRITISH POLITICS WITH MULTIPLE AUTOGRAPHS OF BRITISH PEERAGE
HARLAN PAGE FRENCH: 1880 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ERUDITE AND EXPRESSIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR
RAFAEL ALTAMIRA Y CREVEA: 1900s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TREATISE ON EDUCATION IN SPAIN HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED AUTHOR, JURIST AND EDUCATOR DESTINED TO DIE EXILED IN MEXICO
C.H. MCCALLUM: 1929 ORIGINAL BRITISH ARMY OFFICER MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY THE NEWLY INSTALLED COMMANDER OF THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY IN INDIA
DR. THOMAS SCORESBY: 1863 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED DOCTOR A MERE 3 YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN DEMISE
MAUDE BUSH [MRS. IRVING T. BUSH]: 1919 - 1921 FASCINATING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE NOTORIOUS CIVIL WAR GOLD HOAXER AND WIFE OF A MAJOR, WEALTHY INDUSTRIALIST WHOSE TRAIN WRECK OF A MARRIAGE IS ALL TOO OBVIOUSLY ON THE ROCKS
MARION REBUSCHATIS [later FLAGG]: 1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PERSONABLE WASHINGTON DC AREA GIRL
DAVID (DAVE) E. ROSE: 1900s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF LETTERS, RECEIPTS, PHOTOS AND BOOKS BY ONE OF TENNESSEE'S FINEST BIRD DOG HANDLERS, TRAINERS AND BREEDERS
Lizzie A. Barber: 1862 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR DIARY BY A PROLIFIC 20 YR. OLD MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN
Adell Jones: 1869 + 1873 + 1889 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A YOUNG UPSTATE NEW YORK GIRL FROM CHILDHOOD TO WOMANHOOD
MISS GERTIE B. BARRETT: 1868 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO RELISHES CANDY, ELEGANTLY FROSTED CAKE AND CHESS
GLENN W. HOVEY: 1899 - 1911 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 12 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG, VERY BRIGHT IOWA BOY WHO EARLY ON SHOWS HE HAS AN 'OLD SOUL' FOLLOWING HIM THROUGH TO MANHOOD
G.H.C[ELLA] ?: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MAN OF WEALTH AND CHARM FROM HOBART AUSTRALIA TO CULPEPPER WEST VIRGINIA AND SOME VERY EXOTIC PORTS OF CALL FROM INDONESIA, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND HAWAII
EARL A. LOUK: 1940s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF A YOUNG TORPEDO MAN'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE SERVICE DIARY OF ONE CHARMING, PERSONABLE 20 YEAR OLD MINGO WEST VIRGINIA SERVICEMAN AND FATHER OF THREE KIDS UNDER 4
JAMES M. DEMPSEY: 1980 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF A 32 YEAR OLD AMERICAN MAN IN TANGIER MOROCCO'S NOTORIOUS MALABATA PRISON FOR 70 GRAMS OF HASHISH
M. HARWELL, ROYAL MARINE [?]: 1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND LOG BOOK OF A NINE MONTH VOYAGE TO INDIA ABOARD THE ROYAL YACHT SERAPIS WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE EDWARD
E. MOORE: 1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN FROM ENGLAND TO HIS NEW EMPLOYMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
ANNIE OAKES HUNTINGTON: 1887 - 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK OF A FUTURE AUTHOR, POET AND LESBIAN LOVER OF JEANETTE PAYSON
L.H: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL TRAVELING TO FINLAND THE HOME OF HER MOTHER'S FAMILY AND HER FATHER'S GRAVE
ALFRED H. PEAT: 1904 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK AND PRECURSOR TO HIS PUBLISHED WORK ON THE CHURCHES OF SUSSEX ENGLAND
F.M.B[UETTNER?]: 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL ON HER WAY TO STUDY PIANO AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC CONSERVATORIES
MARGARET RUTH POMEROY HAMLIN: 1903 - 1904 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TWO-YEAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED SMITH COLLEGE GRADUATE AND UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FACULTY MEMBER WHO WILL ONE DAY BE HONORED WITH A BUILDING BUILT IN HER NAME
PETER H. EMLEY: 1878 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEW JERSEY MAN SUFFERING IN AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
LENA GREGG COCHRAN: 1899 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WELL TRAVELED DAUGHTER OF AN OHIO NOTABLE AND THE WIFE OF ANOTHER RENOWNED REVEREND
CULBERTSON STEVENS et al: 1890s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS BETWEEN ABILENE KANSAS AND ONE LAND AGENT'S FAMILY ABOUT HIS HOLDINGS IN ILLINOIS
UNIDENTIFIED: 1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF DISTINGUISHED COAST GUARD CUTTER THETIS - FAMED FOR DESTROYING AN ENEMY U-BOAT IN FLORIDA HOME WATERS
SGT. EUGENE BEST: 1940s ORIGINAL GROUP OF PERSONAL ITEMS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GUNNER AND RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 477TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
STUART COLUMBUS DESKINS: 1921 - 1935 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 15 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE EDUCATION OF A WORLD WAR I VETERAN WHO WILL ONE DAY HEAD THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT ELON COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA
STUART COLUMBUS DESKINS: 1920s ARCHIVE OF SIX [6] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS OF A DOCTORATE STUDENT AND ONE DAY FACULTY MEMBER AT ELON COLLEGE
UNIDENTIFIED: 1950s ORIGINAL POLICE OFFICER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF HANDWRITTEN ORDERS, PROCEDURES, ARRESTS, RECEIPTS AND FINES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA
JOHN LANG: 1800s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS OF NUMEROUS CLASSICAL PIECES AND HIS OWN ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS A. ST______: 1905 ORIGINAL BRITISH ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT OF THE HMS CORNWALL
OLIVER H. HASKELL: 1929 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DETAILING A SIGNIFICANT RELIEF EXPEDITION TO CHINA BY TEN POMONA COLLEGE STUDENTS
AUBER FORESTIER, RASMUS B. ANDERSON: 1884 NORWAY MUSIC ALBUM - FOLK SONGS, DANCES, NATIONAL AIRS, RECENT COMPOSITIONS
SHIRLEY KIRCHNER: 1947 - 1951 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF SCRAPBOOKS OF A YOUNG BALTIMORE GIRL NEXT DOOR
J.D. BARNES: 1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRIP DIARY COVERING A UNIQUE JOURNEY FROM RUSSIA TO ITALY
J.D. BARNES: 1870s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL RETELLING ONE INTREPID HUNTER'S 'BATTLES WITH BEARS'
COMMODORE [?] JOHN DOWNES: 1852 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PASSIONATE, OPINIONATED MAN WHO DETESTS THE FREE SOILERS, LADY'S BLOOMERS AND INTERFERING FOREIGNERS TRYING TO TELL AMERICANS 'WHAT IS WHAT'
LUCILLE M. HERZFELD: 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY AMAZINGLY HANDWRITTEN BY A SEVEN [7] YEAR OLD GIRL WHILE TRAVELING WITH HER WEALTHY FAMILY TO GERMANY
WILEY J. WOOLFORD: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF 14 LETTERS BY THE BAD BOY OF THE FAMILY SEEKING KIND WORDS AND MONEY FROM HIS AUNT WHILE HE AWAITS COURT MARTIAL FOR DESERTION
WESLEY CREVELING: 1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTE BOOK OF THE MAN WHO WAS MAYOR OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY
UNKNOWN: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF GEOLOGY TO CHRISTIANITY
JOHN HARLAN JASON, AOM2C: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCRAPBOOK COMPILED AND HANDWRITTEN BY A FUN, PERSONABLE AVIATION ORDNANCE MAN
UNIDENTIFIED: 1863 ORIGINAL TWO OF THREE VOLUMES LATIN DISCOURSE: THEOLOGIA DOGMATICA
TERRI L. PAYNE: 1970s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG STUDENT GOING FROM A GIRL TO A WOMAN AND SHARING ALL THE DETAILS WITH HER DIARY
MAVIS BRAZEL: 1936 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PASSIONATE YOUNG OKLAHOMA GIRL
MAGGIE REES [nee MORGAN] et al: 1920 ORIGINAL ROARING 20s MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTELLIGENT, EDUCATED NURSE AND CHEMISTRY LOVER WHO SADLY ALL TOO EASILY EXHIBITS THE RACISM OF THE DAY
DR. GEORGE BIRD: c.1790 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RECIPE: 'AN EXCELLENT RECEIPT FOR INK'
ALICE CROSS JONES: 1920 - 1926 ORIGINAL GLOBAL MULTI TRIP MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL AND PERSONAL DIARY OF A YOUNG WEALTHY WOMAN AND BRYN MAWR ALUMNUS
CHARLES S. SKINNER, FREDERICK CEASAR DE SUMICHRAST, FRANK H. JACKSON: 1905 ORIGINAL, OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN CLUB OF BOSTON
NANCY MASTON: 1845 ORIGINAL PRE CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MEDINA NEW YORK MATRIARCH FEATURING LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
JUNE KANDLES or JUNE HLUEGNER: 1929 - 1933 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SAD, LONELY GIRL TORMENTED BY A TERRIBLE BODY SELF IMAGE WHO THINKS LIFE WILL IMPROVE IF SHE CAN JUST LOSE A FEW POUNDS
ELIZ CALLAWAY: 1936 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 5-YEAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN WHO MAY BE PLAYING WITH ADULTEROUS FIRE