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Elva Curl Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-016
Abstract
The collection includes the diaries of Elva Curl Wilson (1911-2006), resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson, describing the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during her late teens and early twenties.
Dates:
1926 - 1935
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
Marion Eaton Woodruff Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-118
Abstract
The diary maintained by Marion Eaton Woodruff, a resident of Elgin, Illinois during the early 20th century includes entries made during two lengthy European trips in the 1920s.
Dates:
1924 - 1927
John Henning Woods Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-030
Abstract
This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and eventual Union soldier during the American Civil War. While the collection spans the period of years from 1856 through 1873, the majority of the collection focuses on the years during the Civil War.
Dates:
1856 - 1873
Frederick Wrede Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-020
Abstract
This collection contains a diary written by Frederick Wrede, who served in the Union Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. The first eighteen pages of the diary were written while Wrede was still a soldier. The rest of the diary documents Wrede's transition back to civilian life.
Dates:
1862 - 1863
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