Diaries
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
J. W. Ryland Diary
The J. W. Ryland Diary consists of a single Civil War diary kept by J. W. Ryland between September 1863-1865. In his diary, Ryland records activities from September 1863 – January 1866. His entries include the topics of the creation of the Confederate States of America, rail cars, and battles such as the Siege of Charleston, SC, the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Sailor’s Creek, the surrender at Appomattox Court House, and the weary Confederate trek home following April 9, 1865.
Sailing Diary
Accounts of two sailing trips taken by an unknown man, one from New York City to Liverpool via Newfoundland in 1857 and the other down the east coast of the United States, into the Gulf of Mexico, bound for New Orleans in 1872.
George W. Shue Diary Pages
This collection contains the diary of George W. Shue, an American Civil War soldier from Wisconsin.
Jacob W. Smiley Diary,
This collection includes a diary kept by Jacob Wallace Smiley that spans from the time of he was drafted in August 1863, until he was killed in action on May 4, 1864. Smiley chronicled the travels and activities of his unit, the 7th Company, 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters, in the Northern Virginia region. The diary also includes a CDV of Smiley and his wife, Melissa.
Olive Treat Diary
This collection contains the diary of Olive Treat, a resident of Chicago and New York, and wife of mining venture capitalist Harry W. Treat. Entries focus on trips to New York and British Columbia, social activities, and husband's mining business
Frederick E. Waldron Memoirs
Frederick E. Waldron (1839-1909) was a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of an undated manuscript memoirs of Waldron's experiences as a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War.
William J. Pittenger Diary (Ms2001-064)
Elva Curl Wilson Diaries
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.
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Marion Eaton Woodruff Diary
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.