20th Century Manuscripts

1938 ORIGINAL ENIGMATIC TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A STRONG WILLED WOMAN WHO SUDDENLY CHANGES FROM ENGLISH TO SHORTHAND

1940s ORIGINAL GROUP OF PERSONAL ITEMS OF BLACK AMERICAN GUNNER AND RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 477TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP

1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF DISTINGUISHED COAST GUARD CUTTER THETIS - FAMED FOR DESTROYING AN ENEMY U-BOAT IN FLORIDA HOME WATERS

1940s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF A YOUNG TORPEDO MAN'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE SERVICE DIARY OF ONE CHARMING, PERSONABLE 20 YEAR OLD MINGO WEST VIRGINIA SERVICEMAN AND FATHER OF THREE KIDS UNDER 4

1940 - 1952 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 13 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH EX PAT LAWYER LIVING IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA: ACTIVE ATTORNEY, DEDICATED DIARIST AND PENPAL TO BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR

1939 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KANSAS WOMAN IN A 5 YEAR DIARY A GIFT FOR HER 80TH BIRTHDAY

1941 - 1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF WAR SERVICE WITHIN BESEECHING PRAYERS, SOULFUL CONFESSION AND PERHAPS SUPPRESSED HOMOSEXUALITY HANDWRITTEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN YMCA REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

1940 - 1941 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK OF THE GREEK NATIONAL YOUTH ORGANISATION [E.O.N.] DETAILING VOLUNTEERS AND DOCTORS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE INCLUDING THEIR MEMORIAL PAGE FOR THEIR BELOVED DICTATOR ON HIS DEATH

1941 - 1945 and 1966 - 1970 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING MULTI ERA PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES SPANNING THE WORLD WAR II YEARS TO THE HIPPIE ERA

1939 - 1951 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TEN [10] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY OUTDOORSMAN, FUTURE SKI HALL OF FAMER, GRADUATE OF HARVARD SCHOOL FOR BOYS WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II

1941 - 1942 SENSATIONAL ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROUGH, READY AND RIBALD MONTANA MAN DETAILING HIS SERVICE IN SITKA ALASKA PRIOR TO AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II

1941 - 1945 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [5], BOOK OF POETRY AND PROSE [1] AND PHOTOGRAPHS [21] DETAILING ONE DECORATED GERMAN SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCES ON THE EASTERN FRONT LEADING TO HIS CAPTURE AND IMPRISONMENT

1941 SUPERB ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF BRITAIN'S NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN AGAINST ROMMEL'S AFRIKAKORPS BY A BRITISH PRIVATE WHO AUTHORS AN INCREDIBLY DETAILED EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM HAIFA TO TOBRUK

1940 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND DIARY OF A GROUP OF CANADIAN UNITED CHURCH MISSIONARIES ON THEIR WAY TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ON THE ASIAN SUB CONTINENT

1939 ORIGINAL PRE WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY FOLLOWING ONE ILLINOIS COUPLE'S CROSS COUNTRY CAR TRIP AND UP THROUGH CANADA

1938 - 1949 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] FIVE YEAR DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A 35 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE FBI WITH THE BACKDROP OF WORLD WAR II

1940s AMAZING ORIGINAL PHOTO DIARY OF ONE US ARMY AIR CORP LIEUTENANT'S SERVICE IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE

1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE NEWSMAN DETAILING THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE OF PEARL HARBOR, MIDWAY, GUADALCANAL, THE EASTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT SCRAPBOOK AND PHOTO DIARY OF AN UPSTANDING LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY MAN

1941 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES, DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN BY A GLASGOW MAN SERVING KING AND COUNTRY ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WITH THE 26TH HUSSARS AND THE 3RD CARABINERS

1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A WOMAN WHO DETAILS THE NEVER ENDING HARD WORK OF LIVING ON A FARM AND THE SOMETIME CRUELTY OF THOSE SHE LIVES WITH IN AND AROUND THE AMISH AND MENNONITE COMMUNITIES OF OHIO

1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK AND JOURNAL COMPREHENSIVELY DETAILING THE FRENCH NAVY AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II

1939 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND NOTEBOOK OF DENMARK'S MOST NOTED AND DECORATED HEROES OF WORLD WAR II AND THE RESISTANCE TO THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF DENMARK

1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF BUND DEUTSCHER MADEL [BdM] CAMP MEMORIES, ACTIVITIES AND THOUGHTS HANDWRITTEN BY THE CREAM OF GERMANY'S YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE SERVANTS OF THE NAZI REGIME AND THE THIRD REICH

1938 - 1950 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM AND RELIC OF SWISS NEUTRALITY DURING WORLD WAR II AS ONE STUDENT VORACIOUSLY COLLECTS AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING MONTGOMERY, GUISAN AND DOLLFUS

1940 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DETAILING ONE YOUNG GERMAN OFFICER'S MEMORIES OF INVADING NORWAY

1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTGRAPHIC RELIC OF GERMANY'S INVASION OF GREECE DURING WORLD WAR II - ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND PHOTOS TAKEN BY A GERMAN OFFICER

1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL AND ACTIVITIES DIARY OF HITLER YOUTH TROOP GEFOLGSCHAFTEN 6/59 AS THEY MARCH FROM STUTTGART TO BADEN BADEN SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF THE THIRD REICH

1939 - 1947 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK AND EPHEMERAL MEMORY BOOK OF A TEENAGE MAGICIAN WHO WORSHIPS HOUDINI AND SCARNE - BOASTING A RARE ORSON WELLES MERCURY WONDER SHOW FOR SERVICE MEN

1940 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND EPHEMERA BY AN AUSTRALIAN SIGNALMAN WHO FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATION OF GREECE AND HIS RECOVERY OF WOUNDS SUFFERED IN SYRIA

1939 - 1959 ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF THIS NOTED CHICAGO ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST

1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN FROM CLEVELAND OHIO

1940 - 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT GERMAN HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A HIGH RANKING OFFICER, COMMANDER OF A PANZER DIVISION AND PARTICIPANT AT THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

1939 - 1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A GERMAN SAILOR FROM EARLY ON IN THE WAR TO A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WITHIN MONTHS

1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LONELY, INTROSPECTIVE, PHILOSOPHICAL JAPANESE SOLDIER STRICKEN WITH MALARIA RECOVERING IN CHINA

1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A HARD WORKING POLISH AMERICAN GIRL THAT SURVIVES THE 'LONG ISLAND EXPRESS' HURRICANE

1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEW JERSEY WOMAN

1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEW JERSEY BOY WHO TRAINS FOR WAR BUT ENDS UP FIGHTING IN A COURTROOM

1939 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TAHITIAN TRAVEL DIARY, LETTERS AND OBSERVATIONS OF PRE WAR TAHITI BY FAMED POET, PUBLISHER AND ARTIST WRITTEN TO HIS PARENTS

1940s ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED WORLD WAR II CORRESPONDENCE DETAILING A SOLDIER SERVING OVERSEAS IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS CHILDREN WHILE HIS MARRIAGE TO A CONNIVING WIFE IS ENDING