Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

1899 - 1901 Sensational, Original Pair [2] of Significant Manuscript Diaries Handwritten by an American Gold Miner Battling Indigenous Bolivians, Peruvian Highwaymen, Thieves, Soldiers, and Adventurers of all Stripes Prospecting for Gold in the Andes

1918 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TEENAGER, SON OF A WEALTHY INDUSTRIALIST, ATTENDING THE GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY AS HE PREPARES TO GO TO WAR

1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ELDERLY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE OF TOILING EVEN IN A HOME BEREFT OF CHILDREN

1909 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED ACTIVIST AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE ORPHANED AND HOMELESS REMEMBERED TO THIS DAY IN HER HOME TOWN

1908 Olive Whipple Peabody Manuscript Travel Journal of Tsarist Russia, with 17 Real Photo Postcards of St. Petersburg and Moscow Before the Revolution

1918 SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST HONOURED SOLDIERS OF WWI RETELLING THE ACTION THAT LED TO HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND WHOSE VERSION DIFFERS FROM THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CITATION

1909 - 1921 + 1949 SUPER GROUP OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN [7] AND ONE BY HIS NOTED FATHER AND FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

1914 - 1916 SUPERB, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT REGIMENTAL [RAMC] DIARY AND SIGNIFICANT RECORD OF THE 6 DIVISION BRITISH ARMY MEDICAL CORPS' 17 MONTH DAY TO DAY GRIND AT THE FRONT HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGLISH MAJOR WHO WOULD GO ON THE AUTHOR BOOKS ON HIS SERVICE

1911 VERY UNUSUAL, ORIGINAL HUSBAND AND WIFE TANDEM TRAVEL DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A PAIR OF TRAVELING SPOUSES TOURING THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA

1919 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WWI DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VIVACIOUS AND VACUOUS OMAHA GIRL DETAILING A FUN LIFE ALL THE WHILE THE CITY FACES VIOLENT TROUBLED TIMES, MUDEROUS LABOR STRIFE AND A CHILLING REFERENCE TO RIDING AN ILL-FATED ROLLERCOASTER

1915 - 1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING A TROVE OF GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WATERLOO ONTARIO AND LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA BY A VERY SOCIAL TORONTONIAN

1914-1915 Sensational Firsthand Account of the Geopolitics of the Construction of the Panama Canal by the Only Reporter with Access to the Key Players

1861 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED MERCHANT AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE NEAR FORT EDWARD

1918 ORIGINAL NORTH-WEST OREGON MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING WOMAN WHO MANAGES TO KEEP A SENSE OF GRACE AND HUMOUR WHILE SHE AND HER SISTER DEAL WITH HARDSCRAP LIVES AND THE DARK BACKDROP OF A TERRIBLE WAR

1910 - 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER BOOK OF A PRE CONFEDERATION 146 YEAR OLD FAMILY BUSINESS IN PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO DETAILING A CLASSIC CANADIAN AND FOUNDATIONAL BUSINESS

1911 SENSATIONAL, SIGNIFICANT, ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK DETAILING THE CALIFORNIA CONDUCTOR'S EXCURSION: A SUPERB, UNIQUE PIECE OF AMERICAN RAILROADIANA BY AND FOR ULTIMATE TRAIN TRAVEL ENTHUSIASTS

1907 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIAY HAND WRITTEN BY AN ALL AMERICAN MAN, POSTAL CLERK AND PHILADELPHIA MAN ABOUT TOWN

1908 - 1940 LARGE ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A MOST DEDICATED EPISCOPALIAN REVEREND CONSUMED WITH HIS DUTIES TO THE POOR, SICK AND NEEDY OF CINCINNATI OHIO

1900 ORIGINAL FRENCH MANUSCRIPT OF EARLY 20th CENTURY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL FATED 35 YEAR OLD AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN

1899 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE LIFE OF A 2nd GENERATION JEWISH WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF GERMAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS CHASING THE AMERICAN DREAM

1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A NEWLY ARRIVED SCOTTISH GIRL DETAILING HER TIMES IN AMERICA AND BROWN UNIVERSITY

1920s SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK HAND WRITTEN BY A MUSICALLY INCLINED MACHINIST'S MATE WHO CATALOGUED AND COMPILED POPULAR AND NAVAL SONGS FROM WWI THROUGH WWII

1919 - 1921 FASCINATING POST WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PIOUS WOMAN IN SERVICE TO A CORNWALL ENGLAND FAMILY

1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A ROCHESTER TO CHICOUTIMI STEAMSHIP TRIP WITH THE AWFUL BACKDROP OF WWI AND THE AUTHOR'S REFERENCE TO ONE OF CANADA'S MOST DIVISIVE ISSUES IN HISTORY

1910 - 1915 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LOS ANGELES WOMAN DETAILING PRE WORLD WAR I LIFE IN LOS ANGELES

1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE WHO BRINGS HIS SKILLS BACK TO THE FAMILY FARM ONLY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AND TAKE UP LAW

1908 - 1911 ORIGINAL, CHATTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO DOES A GREAT JOB DETAILING HER LIFE AND LOCAL EVENTS

1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN

1900 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK COMPILED BY A NOTED 200 YEAR OLD NOW DEFUNCT BRITISH CHEMIST FIRM SPECIALIZING IN CORDIALS AND SPIRITS AND AMERICAN STYLE SODA POP

1900 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WEST CENTRAL INDIANA WOMAN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

c.1890s-1907 Fascinating Original Manuscript Notebooks of Napoleon Lambert, French Canadian-Born Police Chief of the Central Falls, Rhode Island Police Department, Including Details on Policework, Politics, Backroom Discussions, and Lambert Family History

1897 - 1898 & 1899 ORIGINAL TRIO [3] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN OF TWO [2] MASSACHUSETTS SISTERS FILLED WITH COMINGS, GOINGS AND DOINGS OF A POPULAR PAIR OF YOUNG LADIES

1920s ORIGINAL VERNACULAR PHOTO ALBUM OF THE LIFE AND TIMES IN POST WORLD WAR I CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

1920 ORIGINAL UPSTATE NEW YORK FARM DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD WORKING ALL AMERICAN GIRL

1896 ORIGINAL INFORMAL MANUSCRIPT LOG OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO LIVERPOOL HAND WRITTEN BY A KNOWLEDGEABLE SHIP SAVVY PASSENGER

1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A NEW HAMPSHIRE MINISTER, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER STILL GOING STRONG AT 77 YEARS OF AGE

1910 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ACTIVE, VERY SHARING SACREMENTO AREA GIRL

1920s ORIGINAL GROUP OF SEVEN [7] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A RURAL KANSAS TEENAGER AND SOON TO BE COLLEGE GIRL

1920s - 1930s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF VOICE AND VOCALS HAND WRITTEN BY A RENOWNED AMERICAN COMPOSER, EDUCATOR, AUTHOR AND THEORIST