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ERNEST COOK: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A SENSITIVE, SINCERE, POETIC YOUNG 23 YEAR OLD NEW JERSEY MAN FIGHTING GERMANY TO THE DEATH ON THE FRONT LINES
CHARLOTTE GRANT [MRS. IVAN GRANT]: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HOCKEY LOVING CANADIAN GIRL IN DEPRESSION ERA TORONTO IN WHAT WOULD BE LITTLE PORTUGAL TODAY
AMNON ISH-SHALOM: 1943 - 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JEWISH VOLUNTEER FROM JERUSALEM IN BRITISH MANDATED PALESTINE WHO HELPS FIGHT GERMANY SERVING IN HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY
UNKNOWN: 1865 ORIGINAL 200+ HANDWRITTEN RECIPES OF GERMAN - EUROPEAN COOKERY FROM SOUPS TO SAVORIES, ASPIC TO WURST
UNIDENTIFIED: 1865 - 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ANGLO WOMAN LIVING IN THE FRENCH HEART OF LOWER CANADA
UNIDENTIFIED: 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LONELY, WIDOWED DENTIST WHO SHARES HIS MISERY, DAILY ROUTINE AND KEEN OBSERVATIONS WITH PEN AND PAPER
VON v.LOEBELL: 1840s ORIGINAL, MASSIVE, MAGNIFICENT RESEARCH EFFORT TO CATALOGUE ALMOST 40 CENTURIES OF THE WORLD'S CONFLICTS AND THE RANKING COMBATANTS FROM 1980 BC TO 1847 AD
UNIDENTIFIED: 1919 - 1920 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN GIRL LIVING IN CHINA MERE MONTHS AFTER THE MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT AND REVOLUTION
UNKNOWN: 1722 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TITLED 'PLANS FONDAMENTEAUX' A HAND DRAWN AND HANDWRITTEN BOOK DETAILING THE STATE OF THE ART MOVING AND PARADING MASSES OF ARMED SOLDIERS INTO AND DURING BATTLE
UNKNOWN: 1647 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY FRAGMENT TRANSCRIBED c1680s DESCRIBING THE MEANS AND METHODS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS THEY OBSERVE
DOROTHEA DIX LAWRENCE: 1890s - 1950s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 45+ LETTERS TO AND FROM NOTED TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY OPERA SINGER
GERTRUDE L CHAMPION [later Mrs. George Lord Fuller]: 1898 - 1904 ORIGINAL MASSIVE 200+ PAGE 12 POUND SCRAPBOOK AND MANUSCRIPT DETAILING 4 YEARS AT SMITH COLLEGE, AMHERST AND DARTMOUTH
UNIDENTIFIED: 1838 - 1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A TORTURED, CONFUSED, RELIGIOUS ENGLISHMAN AS HE ARRIVES IN HONDURAS SEEING THE SIGHTS, VISITING THE SICK, LUSTING AFTER THE COLONEL'S WIFE MERE DAYS AFTER HONDURAS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
HUGH GUION MACDONELL: 1870s ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND CATCH-ALL OF THE BRITISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES FOR ARGENTINA WHO DETAILS THE YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE OF 1871 AND HIS PART IN THE NOTORIOUS VIRGINIUS AFFAIR
UNIDENTIFIED: 1860 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN 44 PAGE ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF THE MOORE FAMILY AND THE CAPTURE OF MARY BY THE INDIANS OF TAZEWELL VIRGINIA DIFFERING FROM THE 'CAPTIVES OF ABB'S VALLEY' AS TOLD BY REVEREND JAMES MOORE BROWN
GRANDMA TO SARAH SEYMOUR: 1832 UTTERLY CHARMING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF OBSERVATIONS, SAGE ADVICE, INSTRUCTION IN DECORUM, POETRY AND QUOTATIONS OF FAMED AMERICAN ICONS AND PHILOSOPHERS TO HER TWO YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER
'UNCLE' FRED HARTFORD: 1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A RELATED 'GUEST' OF THE CAPTAIN IN THE ENVIABLE POSITION OF SHIP'S PURSER ON A 3 MASTED SCHOONER FROM NEW YORK TO HONG KONG AND BACK
JAMES DALTON [?]: 1862 - 1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OFFICER ABOARD THE NAVAL RUN MERCHANT CLIPPER 'THE ELLEN STUART' FROM LIVERPOOL ENGLAND TO CALCUTTA INDIA
DR. SWEPSON J. BROOKS: 1912 - 1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRIP AND TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED YACHT RACING DENTIST AND ALL AROUND 'OLD SALT'
LAURENCE M. GRUBB: 1920 ORIGINAL, SAD AND SOBERING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHOSE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DOESN'T COME UNTIL 2 YEARS AFTER THE WAR AND A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES ALONG THE WAY
H. A. LEAPHART: 1907 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OVER ACHIEVING NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN ONLY TO DIE ONE MONTH AFTER GRADUATION
ROBERT HAWORTH: c1820s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF PAINT RECIPES AND FORMULA HANDWRITTEN BY A NEW BURY ENGLAND MAN
EDWARD J. AUSTIN, Deck Boy: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG MAN'S FIRST VOYAGE PROUDLY AS THE DECK BOY BUT NOT ONE AFRAID TO TAKE A TURN AT THE WHEEL
SARAH E. MILLER, Secretary: 1889 - 1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY, RECORD AND LEDGER BOOK OF THE ROYALSTON CHAPTER OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS: A CHARITABLE WORKS SOCIETY
UNIDENTIFIED: 1935 - 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING, STUDIOUS, SKIRT CHASING SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE STUDENT WHO LIVES A LIFE OF FUN AND SUN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
GUY NEWMAN: 1901 - 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN ALMOST OBSESSIVELY BY A BANKER AND PERFUME DEALER EXEMPLIFYING THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE EDWARDIAN ERA
UNKNOWN: 1884 - 1920s ORIGINAL FOLIO MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND JOURNAL DETAILING THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS IN THE CRITICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF BUILDING FERRY BOATS
UNKNOWN: 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A THREE AND A HALF MONTH VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE LAND 'DOWN UNDER' ON THE NOTED COMMERCIAL SHIP 'CONQUEROR'
MARY DWIGHT [?]: 1912 ORIGINAL TWO VOYAGE MANUSCRIPT DIARY: AUSTRALIA TO LONDON, THEN LONDON TO CALCUTTA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL POINTS AND PORTS IN BETWEEN
??? DEFOREST: 1826 - 1827 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN WHO SHUTTLES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HER CHAMBER AT THE CONVENT AND HER FAMILY HOME
COUSIN PLUMERY: 1796 SUPER, ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY ERA STAMPLESS LETTER BETWEEN HOROLOGISTS AT THE APEX OF TIME KEEPING HISTORY IN DECIMAL CALENDAR AND CLOCKS FRANCE
THOMAS EDWARD PINKETT: 1856 - 1858 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED ROYAL WILTSHIRE LIEUTENANT WHO DETAILS THE REGIMENT'S TRAVELS AND DUTIES POST CRIMEA
THOMAS EDWARD PINKETT: 1859 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAYROLL AND REGIMENTAL RECORDS OF THE FAMED ROYAL WILTSHIRES
EVELYN M. TAYLOR: 1929 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING HER YEAR AND LIFE AS THE WORTHY MATRON OF HER HIALEAH FLORIDA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR CHAPTER
E.B. WILHELM: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MICHIGAN MASTER OF MAGIC
CADET C.F.P. CAMPBELL: 1921 - 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED SALVATION ARMY CADET INTENT ON SAVING SOULS AND BRINGING MORE SOLDIERS TO THE ARMY OF GOD IN PRE CONFEDERATION NEWFOUNDLAND
GRACE ELINORE CHAPMAN [later NASH]: 1930 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG OHIO VIOLINST WHO WOULD ONE DAY SOON DEFY HER JAPANESE CAPTORS, ENDURE THREE YEARS OF HORRIFIC TREATMENT AND DEPRIVATIONS EVEN WHILE PREGNANT IN PRISON ONLY TO ENDURE AND FLOURISH UNTIL HER 97TH YEAR
WARREN R. GRIMES: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF EIGHT [8] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY CHEMIST WORKING ON TOP SECRET PROJECTS LIKELY THE ATOMIC BOMB WHO SHARES MANY DETAILS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN UNCENSORED LETTERS
MAUD[E] MAY TELFER: 1888 + 1889 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, INORDINATELY MATURE 12 YR OLD GIRL WHO GOES FROM PLAYING GAMES AT RECESS TO DISCUSSING THE SCOTT ACT OF 1888 FOR TEMPERANCE IN KENT COUNTY
MARY or MARGARET DISCON [?]: 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DESCRIBING A DAY SPENT TRAVELING AND VISITING A VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE NEAR SARIBUE DOLOK BY AN UNUSUALLY OBSERVANT AND INTREPID BRITISH WOMAN
MISS BARTLETT: 1869 - 1870 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CONNECTICUT WOMAN VISITING HER FAMOUS PARIS BASED ARTIST UNCLE AND COUSIN WHILE FRANCE ONCE MORE ROILS FROM NAPOLEON III SECOND EMPIRE TO BE REBORN AS A MORE ENDURING THIRD REPUBLIC
FRANK EARL HERRICK: 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATE DETAILING THE TRIVIAL AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND DOINGS OF WHEATON ILLINOIS AND DUPAGE COUNTY
REVEREND NEWTON HEELAS, VICAR OF NORBITON: 1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I SURREY ENGLAND HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE VICAR OF NORBITON
NELLIE GARDNER: 1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING, SIMPLE WESTERN NEW YORK FARM GIRL
SETH C. SMITH, AMORY HOLMAN et al: 1829 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CONTRACT AGREEMENT BY A NOTED BOLTON MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESSMAN HIRING TO 'CONVEY THE UNITED STATES MAIL'
UNIDENTIFIED: 1900s ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS WITH HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES REGARDING THE CORDWAINERS GUILD IN LONDON ENGLAND
CHARLES WIESEKE USN: 1901 - 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMED WISCONSIN MAN WHO GOES TO SEA AND LANDS A BERTH ON THE USS MASSACHUSETTS
DR. BISHOP LESLIE R. MARSTON: 1921 - 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN WE SEE EVOLVE FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER, SWAIN TO HUSBAND AND ONE DAY PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE HE ATTENDS
'S.B.' [?] and CLEMENTINE: 1830s SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOKS [2] AND HANDWRITTEN STUDY HIGHLIGHTING THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ABIJAH W. TALBUT [sometimes TALBOT]: 1862 - 1871 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A NEAR EPIC JOURNEY TO FIND WORK FROM MAINE TO MINNESOTA BY STEAMSHIP, STAGECOACH, TRAIN AND HIS OWN TWO FEET
EDWIN FLYE STETSON: 1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A FUTURE MEDICAL DOCTOR DETAILING HIS EDUCATION AND LIFE AT THE NOW CLOSED BOWDOIN MEDICAL COLLEGE IN BRUNSWICK MAINE
LT. LOUISE A. HOHENER: 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WHIP SMART AMERICAN ARMY NURSE BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT SERVING IN AUSTRALIA'S QUEENSLAND
GUNNER C.J. WALLACE O.F.C. 1612928: 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE BRITISH GUNNER'S MISERABLE 6 MONTHS IN DIEGO SUAREZ MADAGASCAR
ADELE DE LEEUW: c1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES OF A TRIP TO HOLLAND THAT WOULD LATER BE PUBLISHED: THE FLAVOR OF HOLLAND BY AN ACCOMPLISHED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR, BIOGRAPHER AND TRAVEL WRITER
PARKER EMERSON CALKIN: 1956 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS FROM THE WESTERNMOST EDGE OF THE UNITED STATES HANDWRITTEN BY A BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN LEARNING TO PROTECT AMERICA FROM IT'S COLD WAR ENEMIES
DONALD BAXTER MACMILLAN: 1940s - 1950s ORIGINAL GROUP OF HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED LETTERS SOME EPHEMERA RELATING TO THE FAMED EXPLORER AND HIS AUTHOR WIFE AND THE BELOVED, HISTORIC SCHOONER BOWDOIN
RUTH WARFIELD: 1942 -1949 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 12 DIARY LIKE LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED MISSIONARY BRINGING CHRISTIAN AID AND EDUCATION IN PARTS OF NIGERIA AND THE SUDAN WHERE NO WHITE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEN BEFORE
HAINES, GREGORY: 19th CENTURY HANDWRITTEN HAND-DRAWN MANUSCRIPT BOOK - BIRDS OF BRITAIN - 378 DIFFERENT BIRDS MINUTELY DETAILED
Harold Sherman Wells: CIRCA 1905 PHOTO ALBUM SHOWING YALE UNIVERSITY'S ELITE AT PLAY AND STUDY
ELVIE MOSKAN: 1929 - 1933 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 5 YEAR HANDWRITTEN DIARY BY A BOY CRAZY LOUISIANA TEENAGER WHO'S MAKING A CAREER OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS
UNKNOWN: 1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING A SUMMER SPENT BY AN ENGLISH WOMAN TEACHING AND TOURING IN PARIS FRANCE
THOMAS Y. KING, ARTHUR KING: 1895 - 1930s SUPER, ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA BY AN EARLY SETTLER OF TITUSVILLE AND CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA
UNKNOWN: 1956 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES ON THE CHESS 'GAME OF THE CENTURY' WHEN THE 13 YEAR OLD BOBBY FISCHER BEAT INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER DONALD BYRNE AT THE ROSENWALD MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
UNKNOWN: 1948 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT GROUP OF FILE CARDS DETAILING THE CRITICAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE HAGUE TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER ALEKHINE
S.T. JOSHI [SUNAND TRYAMBAK JOSHI]: c1990s ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT BIOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF HORROR AUTHOR SHIRLEY JACKSON BY CRITIC, NOVELIST AND EXPERT OF THE HORROR GENRE S.T. JOSHI
CATHERINE PRICE NELSON: 1966 ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT BIOGRAPHY OF HER FATHER: THE MAN WHO PROSECUTED WYATT EARP AND HELPED BRING LAW AND ORDER TO IDAHO
LIEUTENANT ARMAND MINKIN USN: 1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A DOTING HUSBAND, NEW FATHER AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SERVING HIS COUNTRY FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC
UNKNOWN: 1864 - 1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF A COMMERCIAL VESSEL THE 'SCHOONER NAPOLEON' PLYING IT'S TRADE FROM THE UNION NORTH TO THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR
MISS P. P. RILEY: 1956 - 1958 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 60+ TYPED AND MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG FEMALE SAILOR AS SHE CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE WORLD ABOARD THE STORIED BRIGANTINE YANKEE AND THE REMARKABLE SAILING COUPLE IRVING AND EXY JOHNSON
EVA ROBIN, PROFESSOR A.C. TIMIRYAZEV: 1941 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHY OF THE PATRIARCH AND SEMI EXILE OF TZARIST RUSSIA KLEMENTI ARKADAVICH TIMIRYAZEV
MR. OLIPHANT: 1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED ERUDITE ENGLISHMAN WHOSE TRIP FROM BRINDISI TO ALEXANDRIA IS THWARTED BY THE TRAVEL GENIUS MR. THOMAS COOK
JOSE JULIO SARRIA: 1969 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST FAMOUS POLITICIANS, RESTAURANTEURS, PHILANTHROPISTS AND DRAG QUEENS KNOWN AS THE GRAND MERE AND THE ABSOLUTE EMPRESS I OF SAN FRANCISCO
WILLIAM WICKOFF: 1794 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING A LOUISIANA PLANTER'S CONCERNS FOR HIS TENANT'S PLANS AND AMBITIONS
JOHN B. TOULMIN: 1846 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS [2] HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF ALABAMA'S LEADING COTTON FACTORS AND WHY COTTON WAS INDEED KING IN MOBILE
ROBERT MAUDSLEY: c1990s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY ENGLAND'S MOST INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLER WHO INSPIRED THE CHARACTER HANNIBAL LECTER ADDRESSED TO THE ONE TIME LOVER OF ENGLAND'S MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON INMATE CHARLES BRONSON