Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

1908 - 1916 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL KEPT BY A LAND SURVEYOR DETAILING HIS LIFE, HIS WORK, AND THE TRAGIC AND SUDDEN DEATH OF HIS WIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH

1920 - 1925 + 1940 - 1944: THREE [3] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF THE LOVING AND DOMESTIC WIFE OF A CINCINNATI PLUMBING COMPANY OWNER, WHO HELPS HER HUSBAND AS MUCH AS SHE CAN AND LIVES AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE ENTERTAINING GUESTS AT HOME

1915 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN TRAVELOGUE OF A JOURNEY FROM LIVERPOOL TO BUENOS AIRES BY AN OBSERVANT AND CLEVER ENGLISHMAN IN THE DANGEROUS, VOLATILE EARLY YEARS OF WORLD WAR 1

1909 - 1930 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TEN [10] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY FORMER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ROYAL YUGOSLAV ARMY AND KEY PLAYER FROM WWI THROUGH WWII IN THE MILITARY, POLITICS & DIPLOMATIC EVENTS IN SERBIA, YUGOSLAVIA & THE BALKANS

1914 - 1918 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5-YEAR DIARY OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO MOVES TO NYC TO BECOME A RED CROSS NURSE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WAR EFFORT IN A HOMEFRONT HOSPITAL

1910 - 1971 ORIGINAL FIVE [5] VOLUME MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF SUBMARINES IN THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICE WRITTEN BY AUTHOR, HISTORIAN, 'PLUMBER' AND ONE OF THE FOREMOST AUTHORITIES ON SUBMARINES

1920s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF TECHNICAL NAVAL DRAWINGS CREATED AND HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED CAMDEN NEW JERSEY MACHINIST

1919 ORIGINAL SUPERB DIARY OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR 1, HANDWRITTEN BY THE ACTING CAPTAIN OF A MACHINE GUN CORPS COMPANY, FIGHTING AND LIVING THROUGH THE LAST GASPS OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND BELIGUM

1920s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS DETAILING THE DEMISE OF ANCIENT PERSIA AND MARKING THE BIRTH OF MODERN IRAN CREATED BY A FUTURE AUTHOR AND RENOWNED EXPERT ON IRAN AND IRAQ

1905 SUPERB ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RETROSPECTIVE JOURNAL OF THE DETAILED AND ENGROSSING BIOGRAPHY OF CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN MATTHEW JANSEN, BY HIS LOVING BROTHER AND COMRADE IN ARMS WHO SERVED AND FOUGHT IN OVER 100 BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES WITH HIM

1919 - 1920 HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A CREW MEMBER OF THE U.S.S. BIRMINGHAM FLAGSHIP OF THE PACIFIC FLEET’S DESTROYER SQUADRON AS IT PERFORMS POST - WW1 DUTIES, EXERCISES AND NAVY PUBLICITY ALONG THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA

1914 - 1918 WW1 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF A ROYAL MARINE STATIONED AND PATROLLING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EAST INDIES, CONTAINING BOTH DETAILED AND FASCINATING DIARY ENTRIES OF AND COMPREHENSIVE LISTS OF NAVAL FACTS AND FIGURES

1912 - 1929 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK OF THE MUSIC CAREER OF ONE OF NEBRASKA’S MOST FAMOUS ORCHESTRA PIANISTS, WALLACE WHEELER, DURING THE ROARING 20s

1912 - 1914 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A PETTY OFFICER ABOARD THE HMS KENT, A ROYAL NAVY ARMOURED CRUISER IN CHINA STATION, WORKING AND LIVING THROUGH THE VIOLENT AND CONSEQUENTIAL SECOND REVOLUTION OF THE 1913 CHINESE CIVIL WAR

1919 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF A FEMALE CLERK OF THE ERIE RAILROAD WHO IS A STRONG AND PROUD UNION MEMBER, CHURCH GOING WOMAN AND LIVELY PRESENCE IN HER SMALL TOWN

1916 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE ABOARD A ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER PROTECTING THE BRITISH COAST AND SHIPPING LANES

1905 ORIGINAL, SUPERB FRENCH NAVY FUTURE LEGION OF HONOUR WINNER MIDSHIPMAN'S LOGBOOK IN A CONFIDENT HAND AND BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED WITH HAND DRAWN AND COLOURED MAPS

1899 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF FRENCH WEAVING TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY

1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALL-AMERICAN BOY-NEXT-DOOR WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE IN A TENT

1907 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NO GUFF MONTANA LAWMAN, FORMER JUDGE, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, MINER AND NEWSPAPER MAN

1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF ONE STUDENT'S WORK IN ATHENS GREECE ON HIS WAY TO A DOCTORATE IN GREEK STUDIES

1915 ORIGINAL EXPEDITION JOURNAL AND TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK TO WEST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS OFF THE WEST COAST FOR HIS DAUGHTER RUTHIE HANDWRITTEN AND COMPILED BY A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN WITH THE BACKDROP OF WWI LOOMING

1919 ORIGINAL, MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG MAN, ALREADY AN OLD SALT, WHO PINES FOR A SHIP AFTER SERVING IN THE NAVY AND WHO ONE DAY GOES ON TO WRITE ABOUT THE SEA

1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOUNG MUSLIM MAN WHO WITNESSES THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER AT THE HANDS OF THE SULTAN'S SOLDIERS, HIS MOTHER BY ROBBERS AND HIS SUBSEQUENT ENSLAVEMENT AS A GUNMAKER AND TRAINING AT AMERICA'S WINCHESTER ARMS FACTORY