20th Century Manuscripts

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HANDWRITTEN NAVAL COMMUNICATION JOURNAL KEPT BY A METICULOUS AND ARTSY OFFICER WRITING DOWN HIS COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL WHILE TRAINING FOR WARTIME COMBAT

1942 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 37 HEBREW LANGUAGE LETTERS SENT BY A JEWISH SOLDIER IN THE BRITISH ARMY DEPICTING HIS LIFE AND SERVICE AS WELL AS HIS INTIMATE FEARS AND DESIRES WHILE STATIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST

1942 - 1949 PAIR OF TWO [2] DIARIES BELONGING TO A MARINE CAPTAIN [LATER MAJOR] SERVING IN GUADALCANAL AND THE HOMEFRONT WHO EVENTUALLY LEAVES THE MILITARY TO BECOME A STEELWORKER, UNION MAN AND LABOR ADVOCATE

1942 - 1943 TWO [2] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS THAT SHOW TWO INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT VIEWS OF A LIFE LIVED, ONE CIVILIAN, ONE MILITARY, BY AN AUSTRALIAN PILOT IN CANADA

1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WARTIME DIARY OF JEWISH COAST GUARD CADET ABOARD THE USCGC SASSAFRAS ON ‘AID TO NAVIGATION’ AND U-BOAT DETECTION DUTY IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC

1944 - 1946 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN INTRICATELY DETAILED AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WW2 LOGBOOK OF THE HEAD ENGINEER OF THE DECORATED LCI(L) 322, ON DUTY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING AND AFTER THE LAST YEARS OF WORLD WAR 2

1943 - 1944 FASCINATING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN CAPTAIN'S LOG OF ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II, THE U.S.S CALIENTE, AS SHE PARTICIPATES IN SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS REFUELING MISSIONS OF THE PACIFIC THEATER

1944 FASCINATING ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF A HARD-DRINKING, SHORT-TEMPERED EVERYMAN, WORKING AS A CARPENTER ON THE SS JOLIET, WORKING HARD ON DUTY, DRINKING AND FIGHTING WHEN OFF

1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CANADIAN ARMY LAWYER IN NEWFOUNDLAND DEALING WITH UNIQUE HOMEFRONT ISSUES

1944 - 1946 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 150+ MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY AN ADORING BALTIMORE HOMEMAKER WORSHIPING HER HUSBAND FROM AFAR KEEPING UP HEARTH, HOME AND THEIR HAPPY BABY UNTIL HE RETURNS

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 100+ LETTERS SENT IN THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO AN EXEMPLARY AMERICAN WHO MADE IT HIS SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II TO LIFT THE SPIRITS AND FEED THE SOULS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SERVICEMEN WHO GAVE THEIR ALL

1942 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF ONE MAN'S SERVICE AS A MECHANIC AND PIPEFITTER AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD REPAIRING SOME OF THE MOST STORIED SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY

1943 - 1946 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 375+ MANUSCRIPT LETTERS BETWEEN A YOUNG MEDICAL OFFICER SERVING ABOARD THE USS FOND DU LAC AND HIS WIFE IN OLALLA WASHINGTON

1942 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF PAPERS RELATED TO THE EDUCATION OF A NAVY RADIO ENGINEER AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT THE NEWLY OPENED HARVARD NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL WHO WE BELIEVE GOES ON TO A NOTED CAREER AS AN AUTHOR AND EXPERT ON MARYLAND MARITIME HISTORY

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

1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE BRITISH GUNNER'S MISERABLE 6 MONTHS IN DIEGO SUAREZ MADAGASCAR

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

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

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

1944 ORIGINAL GROUP OF SUB CHASER LOGS, LEDGERS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

1944 MASSACRE OF ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE RETOLD c1987 BY AN AMERICAN SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED FORCES MEMBER ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE ONE OF GERMANY'S MOST HEINOUS WAR CRIMES

1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY COVERING 52 BOMBING MISSIONS FROM HANSA BAY TO THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF THE 'JOLLY ROGERS'

1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TESTAMENT TO HUMAN SURVIVAL AND ENDURANCE HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN AIRMAN SHOT OUT OF THE AIR, IMPRISONED IN GERMANY'S HARSHEST POW CAMP AND THEN NEARLY MARCHED AND STARVED TO DEATH

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FIVE [5] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TELL CITY INDIANA WWII FIELD HOSPITAL PHARMACIST

1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL LARGE 230+ ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM THREE MONTANA NEPHEWS AND SON WRITING BACK HOME WHILE BRAVELY SERVING THEIR COUNTRY

1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PORTSMOUTH NAVAL YARD WORKER WHO DETAILS HER WORK AND DUTIES AND HOMEFRONT LIFE AND PROVIDES EPHEMERAL PROOF OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS [18] HANDWRITTEN BY A REAL AMERICAN 'JOE' WORKING HIS WAY FROM TRAINING AT THE US NAVAL BASE AT SAMPSON NEW YORK TO SUBIC BAY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO HIS DARLING 'HONEY'

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 100 LETTERS HOME HANDWRITTEN BY A CORPORAL IN THE 828TH ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION NOTED FOR THEIR HELP REBUILDING THE MUNDA AIRFIELD

1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT OF A DANGEROUS TREK BETWEEN BURMA AND ASSAM UNDERTAKEN BY ALLIED FORCES AND THE INDIAN ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

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

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A US MILITARY POLICEMAN AND HIS MACABRE TROPHY OF A HANGING HE WITNESSED

1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING ONE SAILOR'S SERVICE IN THE US NAVY ABOARD THE STORIED USS JACK MILLER

1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II FLIGHT TRAINING DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING AMERICAN SERVICEMAN WHO LONGS FOR AS MUCH AIR TIME AS POSSIBLE

1942 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND TRAVEL DIARY OF A TRIP THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND DISPUTED PLACES ON EARTH

1943 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MIAMI BASED WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY SECRETARY DEALING WITH OFFICERS, ENGINEERS AND TAKING PRISONER OF WAR DEPOSITIONS

1944 - 1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TOUGH FIGHTING SEABEE WHO PINES FOR HIS WIFE BUTCH

1944 + 1945 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A SERGEANT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE DESCRIBING HIS TRAINING AND THEN POSTING TO BRITISH COLUMBIA

1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HUNGARIAN MILITARY NURSE WORKING AT A WEAPONS AND MACHINE FACTORY AS THE RUSSIAN ARMY RUSHES TO LAY SIEGE TO BUDAPEST OMINOUSLY AND ABRUPTLY ENDING SOON AFTER THE ASSAULT STARTS

1944 ORIGINAL BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD LIVING, HARD DRINKING, PARTY LOVING STAFF SERGEANT OF THE 868TH BOMBER SQUADRON