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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

1940s WONDERFUL ARCHIVE INCLUDING EDITED TYPESCRIPTS OF ARTICLES, SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS OF ELIZABETH KNOWLTON, ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED FEMALE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY

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

1934 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GRAND MANAN NEW BRUNSWICKER WHO REGALES HIS FRIEND WITH TALES OF WHALES AND RUM RUNNING ROCKEFELLERS

1904 ORIGINAL ALBUM OF SNAPSHOTS DEPICTING THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOWN OF FRANK AND THE WORST CANADIAN NATURAL DISASTER IN NEAR ARCTIC HISTORY

1966 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY, PHOTO ALBUM AND SCRAPBOOK OF TWO [2] BIG GAME HUNTING TRIPS BY A WILDLIFE ARTIST STALKING MOOSE AND CARIBOU IN CANADA AND ANTELOPE IN WYOMING

1888 + 1889 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, INORDINATELY MATURE 12 YR OLD GIRL WHO GOES FROM PLAYING GAMES AT RECESS TO DISCUSSING THE SCOTT ACT OF 1888 FOR TEMPERANCE IN KENT COUNTY

1921 - 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED SALVATION ARMY CADET INTENT ON SAVING SOULS AND BRINGING MORE SOLDIERS TO THE ARMY OF GOD IN PRE CONFEDERATION NEWFOUNDLAND

1865 - 1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ANGLO WOMAN LIVING IN THE FRENCH HEART OF LOWER CANADA

1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HOCKEY LOVING CANADIAN GIRL IN DEPRESSION ERA TORONTO IN WHAT WOULD BE LITTLE PORTUGAL TODAY

1901 - 1935 ORIGINAL GROUP OF EIGHT [8] ORIGINAL LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER AND ENGINEER LOG BOOKS COMPILED AND HANDWRITTEN AT SEAL ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MARITIME LOCALES ON EARTH CLAIMING 217 SHIPS SINCE COLONIAL TIMES

1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OTTAWA CANADA STUDENT: A GIFT BOOK WITH THE THREAT 'WRITE EVERYDAY OR I WILL POUND YOU OUT'

1907 - 1920 ORIGINAL, CHARMING SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MANUSCRIPT DIARY THAT BEGINS WITH SAD LOSS THEN CONTINUES TO HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT

c1870s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE MAN'S TIME HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR

1906 ORIGINAL, SUPERBLY DETAILED UNUSUAL ENGLAND TO CANADA OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC ON TO JAPAN AND CHINA EARLY 20TH CENTURY TRAVEL DIARY

1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF NORTH OXFORD COUNTY ONTARIO FINANCE AND COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN BY THE COUNTY TREASURER

1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA NOTABLE AND RENOWNED BOOKSELLER, APOTHECARY AND AUTHOR

1847 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND JOURNAL OF A HARD WORKING PRE CONFEDERATION SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MAN DETAILING A LIFE OF HARD WORK AND ENTERPRISE

1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY A STRUGGLING FARMER IN SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO BATTLING GRASSHOPPERS, CLEARING STUMPS AND TRYING TO COLLECT MONIES OWED

1855 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY A CANADIAN POLITICIAN BEMOANING THE TERRIBLE STATE OF CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY

1924 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A WONDERFUL DIARIST FROM GLASGOW SCOTLAND TO QUEBEC, CANADA AND THROUGH THE USA

1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ICONS OF CANADA AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES

1968 - 1976 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL AND ALASKA HUNTING DIARY OF A NEW YORK STATE BIG GAME HUNTER

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

1866 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF PRIZE WINNING POETRY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TORONTO UPPER CANADA MAN WHO WILL GO ON TO FIND HIS TRUE LOVE IN LIFE AND IN LAW

1873 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF AN ENGLISH IMMIGRANT TO THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO CANADA

1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND PHOTO JOURNAL OF A YOUNG FRENCH CANADIAN SKI JUMPER'S TRIP REPRESENTING HIS COUNTRY AT THE OSLO WINTER OLYMPICS

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

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

1880 - 1938 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE BOBBILI CASTE GIRL'S SCHOOL FOUNDED BY CANADIAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY MATILDA MOORE FAULKNER CHURCHILL

1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG, CHARMING, PERSONABLE TORONTO MAN PREPARING TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS AND FIGHT THE HUNS

1936 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA LAKE OF MEADOWS PENNSYLVANIA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WOMAN WHO STARTS THE YEAR UNDER THE PRESSURE OF A FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN HIS DEATH

1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED CANADIAN JUNIOR OFFICER DEDICATED TO CANADA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE

1934 - 1942 EXTRAORDINARY ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED AND NOTORIOUS CANADIAN SOLDIER AND QUEBEC AUTHOR: 1934 JUDAS ISCARIOTE, 1935 LA SULTANE DE L' ATLAS, 1942 LE CANTIQUE DE L' ERABLE

c1940 ANNOTATED COPY OF 'ORACLES OF NOSTRADAMUS' WITH HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED NOTES BY FAMED OCCULTIST AND SPIRITUALIST AND DISCIPLE OF THE ENIGMATIC PRINCE RAKOCKZY, COMTE DE ST. GERMAIN

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

1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF EMIGREES TO TORONTO CANADA WHO RETURN OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COUNTRY OF SYRIA

1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK DIARY OF ONE CANADIAN SOLDIER'S WORK LAYING MINEFIELDS, BUILDING RAFTS AND DODGING MORTARS WITH THE FAMED VANDOOS IN KOREA

1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL DIARY AND PHOTO ALBUM OF A 19 YEAR OLD BRITISH MAN TRAINING TO BE A RADIO OPERATOR IN CANADA