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20th Century Manuscripts

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'

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 - 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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 + 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 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

1944 ORIGINAL BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD LIVING, HARD DRINKING, PARTY LOVING STAFF SERGEANT OF THE 868TH BOMBER SQUADRON
1943 - 1944 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2], PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF A SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER WHO SADLY OBSERVES AND DETAILS HIS OFTEN GRUESOME DUTIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATRE

1943 - 1944 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [2], PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF A SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER WHO SADLY OBSERVES AND DETAILS HIS OFTEN GRUESOME DUTIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATRE
1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOGBOOK OF A KEENLY OBSERVANT US NAVY SEAMAN WHO RECORDS THE KAMIKAZE ATTACKS DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA

1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOGBOOK OF A KEENLY OBSERVANT US NAVY SEAMAN WHO RECORDS THE KAMIKAZE ATTACKS DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA
1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TRAVEL LOG OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER ON HIS WAY TO FREETOWN ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA

1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TRAVEL LOG OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER ON HIS WAY TO FREETOWN ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA
1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A DETAIL ORIENTED CONSTABLE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY PROTECTING AND GUARDING THE PORTS AND RAILWAYS OF VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA

1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A DETAIL ORIENTED CONSTABLE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY PROTECTING AND GUARDING THE PORTS AND RAILWAYS OF VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SALVATION ARMY BAND MEMBER SERVING IN HOBART TASMANIA

1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SALVATION ARMY BAND MEMBER SERVING IN HOBART TASMANIA
1944 - 1948 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CANADIAN SERVICEMAN IN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND BACK TO TORONTO CANADA AND THE HAGERSVILLE SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WITH HIS ENGLISH WAR BRIDE

1944 - 1948 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CANADIAN SERVICEMAN IN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND BACK TO TORONTO CANADA AND THE HAGERSVILLE SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WITH HIS ENGLISH WAR BRIDE
1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN INTIMATELY SHARING HIS HIGHS AND LOWS AND TURMOIL OF STUDYING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD

1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN INTIMATELY SHARING HIS HIGHS AND LOWS AND TURMOIL OF STUDYING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD
1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH AIRMAN SEEING SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM NORTH AFRICA TO ITALY

1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH AIRMAN SEEING SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM NORTH AFRICA TO ITALY
1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II TORONTO HOME FRONT DIARY OF A WEALTHY WASP MATRON DEDICATED TO WORK AT THE RED CROSS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT

1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II TORONTO HOME FRONT DIARY OF A WEALTHY WASP MATRON DEDICATED TO WORK AT THE RED CROSS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT
1942 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LECTURE NOTES, STUDY MATERIALS, ESSAYS, EXAM QUESTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE INCLUDING J.R.R. TOLKEIN'S LECTURES ON BEOWULF, CAEDMON AND THE WANDERER AND MUCH MORE

1942 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LECTURE NOTES, STUDY MATERIALS, ESSAYS, EXAM QUESTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE INCLUDING J.R.R. TOLKEIN'S LECTURES ON BEOWULF, CAEDMON AND THE WANDERER AND MUCH MORE
1944 - 1945 RIVETING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF GERMAN ARMY AND THEIR SERBIAN MINION'S BRUTALITY, MURDER AND THE HORRIBLE DEPRIVATIONS METED OUT TO THEIR AMERICAN PRISONERS

1944 - 1945 RIVETING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF GERMAN ARMY AND THEIR SERBIAN MINION'S BRUTALITY, MURDER AND THE HORRIBLE DEPRIVATIONS METED OUT TO THEIR AMERICAN PRISONERS
1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATE OF AMERICA'S AMMUNITIONS, ARMAMENTS AND METHODS OF BOMB MAKING: "MILITARY EXPLOSIVES REFERENCE"

1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATE OF AMERICA'S AMMUNITIONS, ARMAMENTS AND METHODS OF BOMB MAKING: "MILITARY EXPLOSIVES REFERENCE"
1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL DIARY AND PHOTO ALBUM OF A 19 YEAR OLD BRITISH MAN TRAINING TO BE A RADIO OPERATOR IN CANADA

1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL DIARY AND PHOTO ALBUM OF A 19 YEAR OLD BRITISH MAN TRAINING TO BE A RADIO OPERATOR IN CANADA
1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GERMAN WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY OPERA STAR AND THEN GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR BRIDE FROM THE CITY THAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GERMAN WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY OPERA STAR AND THEN GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR BRIDE FROM THE CITY THAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH
1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TOUGH TALKING, HARD DRINKING, DICE THROWING MEMBER OF THE MILITARY POLICE WHO CAN'T KEEP TO HIS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION WHILE DOING HIS WAR SERVICE IN ALASKA, ATTU AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TOUGH TALKING, HARD DRINKING, DICE THROWING MEMBER OF THE MILITARY POLICE WHO CAN'T KEEP TO HIS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION WHILE DOING HIS WAR SERVICE IN ALASKA, ATTU AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
1942 + 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II SERVICE DIARIES OF A SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT AIRMAN AND MECHANIC PATROLING THE COASTS, SIGHTING AND SINKING SUBMARINES

1942 + 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II SERVICE DIARIES OF A SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT AIRMAN AND MECHANIC PATROLING THE COASTS, SIGHTING AND SINKING SUBMARINES
1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OBSERVANT MEDICAL OFFICER STATIONED IN ORAN WITHIN WEEKS OF THE CITY'S FALL TO THE ALLIES AND AMID THE EXCITEMENT OF THE BUILD UP TO THE INVASION OF ITALY

1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OBSERVANT MEDICAL OFFICER STATIONED IN ORAN WITHIN WEEKS OF THE CITY'S FALL TO THE ALLIES AND AMID THE EXCITEMENT OF THE BUILD UP TO THE INVASION OF ITALY
1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE SAILOR WHO FINDS LOVE IN SHANGHAI WHILE SERVING IN THE EMPEROR'S NAVY

1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE SAILOR WHO FINDS LOVE IN SHANGHAI WHILE SERVING IN THE EMPEROR'S NAVY
1943 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS [ALS] DETAILING THE DISASTERS AND DEPRIVATIONS OF BOOT CAMP AND BASIC TRAINING

1943 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS [ALS] DETAILING THE DISASTERS AND DEPRIVATIONS OF BOOT CAMP AND BASIC TRAINING
1944 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN HALIFAX HOMEFRONT ORIGINAL DIARY

1944 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN HALIFAX HOMEFRONT ORIGINAL DIARY
1943 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A STRONG, TENACIOUS, DETERMINED BRITISH WOMAN LIVING IN AMERICA AND DOING EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO ASSIST THE WAR EFFORT - WIDOW OF WORLD FAMOUS INVENTOR, SCIENTIST AND DENTIST

1943 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A STRONG, TENACIOUS, DETERMINED BRITISH WOMAN LIVING IN AMERICA AND DOING EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO ASSIST THE WAR EFFORT - WIDOW OF WORLD FAMOUS INVENTOR, SCIENTIST AND DENTIST
1941-1944 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF A ROBUST YOUNG NEWLYWED ONLY TO SEE HER DIE IN A FOGGY WEST COAST CAR CRASH

1941-1944 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF A ROBUST YOUNG NEWLYWED ONLY TO SEE HER DIE IN A FOGGY WEST COAST CAR CRASH
1942-1946 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF ONE YOUNG, FLIGHTY PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN'S HOMEFRONT EXPERIENCES TO FINALLY SETTLE DOWN WORKING AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY

1942-1946 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF ONE YOUNG, FLIGHTY PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN'S HOMEFRONT EXPERIENCES TO FINALLY SETTLE DOWN WORKING AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY
1944 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE LAST HORRIBLE MONTHS OF NAZI OCCUPATION IN THE HEART OF HOLLAND AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF THEIR NEW FREEDOM WHEN THE OCCUPATION FINALLY ENDS

1944 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE LAST HORRIBLE MONTHS OF NAZI OCCUPATION IN THE HEART OF HOLLAND AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF THEIR NEW FREEDOM WHEN THE OCCUPATION FINALLY ENDS
1943 ORIGINAL PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY WHILE ABOARD THE USS LEOPARD

1943 ORIGINAL PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY WHILE ABOARD THE USS LEOPARD
1944 ARCHIVE OF TWO [2] HANDWRITTEN SHIP'S LOG OF THE USS WORTHINGTON IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC BATTLING JAPAN

1944 ARCHIVE OF TWO [2] HANDWRITTEN SHIP'S LOG OF THE USS WORTHINGTON IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC BATTLING JAPAN
1943 PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BATTLE DIARY OF AN AMERICAN INFANTRYMAN

1943 PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BATTLE DIARY OF AN AMERICAN INFANTRYMAN