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Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

1945 - 1949 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 5 YEAR DIARY OF AN EAST BAY OAKLAND SOCIALITE, TYCOON AND WHEELER DEALER

1945 - 1949 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 5 YEAR DIARY OF AN EAST BAY OAKLAND SOCIALITE, TYCOON AND WHEELER DEALER
1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DEATAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE IN THE CRITICAL INDIA-BURMA THEATER AND THEN LATER WHIRLWIND TRAVELS AROUND THE GLOBE

1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DEATAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE IN THE CRITICAL INDIA-BURMA THEATER AND THEN LATER WHIRLWIND TRAVELS AROUND THE GLOBE
1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOLDIER ENDURING GRUELING BASIC TRAINING TO BECOME PART OF THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE OF THE U.S. NAVY, THE WORLD FAMOUS 'SEABEES'

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOLDIER ENDURING GRUELING BASIC TRAINING TO BECOME PART OF THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE OF THE U.S. NAVY, THE WORLD FAMOUS 'SEABEES'
1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER'S LAST YEAR IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER'S LAST YEAR IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ESSAY ON THE SUBJECT OF LEPROSY HANDWRITTEN BY A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT IN OKINAWA AS THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN COMES TO AN END

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ESSAY ON THE SUBJECT OF LEPROSY HANDWRITTEN BY A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT IN OKINAWA AS THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN COMES TO AN END
1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT GERMAN NOTEBOOK DETAILING THE STUDIES, CLASSES AND LECTURES TAKEN BY A FORMER AFRIKA KORPS SOLDIER IN DETENTION IN ARKANSAS AND THEN TEXAS

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT GERMAN NOTEBOOK DETAILING THE STUDIES, CLASSES AND LECTURES TAKEN BY A FORMER AFRIKA KORPS SOLDIER IN DETENTION IN ARKANSAS AND THEN TEXAS
1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USAF LIEUTENANT PASSING THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE WAR ON EMERGENCY LEAVE BUT STILL ACTIVE IN THE WAR THROUGH HIS WRITINGS

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY USAF LIEUTENANT PASSING THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE WAR ON EMERGENCY LEAVE BUT STILL ACTIVE IN THE WAR THROUGH HIS WRITINGS
1945 ORIGINAL MINI SCRAPBOOK OF BRITISH SINGLE ENGINE WARPLANES AND MONOPLANES

1945 ORIGINAL MINI SCRAPBOOK OF BRITISH SINGLE ENGINE WARPLANES AND MONOPLANES
1945 ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT REPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MANILA HARBOR AFTER ITS DEVASTATING IN WORLD WAR II, WRITTEN BY A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND CONTAINING HIS HAND DRAWN DIAGRAMS

1945 ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT REPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MANILA HARBOR AFTER ITS DEVASTATING IN WORLD WAR II, WRITTEN BY A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND CONTAINING HIS HAND DRAWN DIAGRAMS
1945 ORIGINAL, MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE COMFORTS ON A LIBERTY SHIP FOR THE RETURNING HEROES OF WWII AND THEIR GERMAN PRISONERS

1945 ORIGINAL, MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE COMFORTS ON A LIBERTY SHIP FOR THE RETURNING HEROES OF WWII AND THEIR GERMAN PRISONERS
1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA

1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA
1945 UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL TYPED SOLDIER’S NEWSLETTER “COME-BACK DIARY”, DETAILING THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE WAR, COMPOSED BY SID BERNSTEIN, THE FAMOUS MUSIC PROMOTER WHO WOULD INTRODUCE THE BEATLES TO AMERICA

1945 UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL TYPED SOLDIER’S NEWSLETTER “COME-BACK DIARY”, DETAILING THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE WAR, COMPOSED BY SID BERNSTEIN, THE FAMOUS MUSIC PROMOTER WHO WOULD INTRODUCE THE BEATLES TO AMERICA
1945-1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND LOGBOOK OF THE FIRST VOYAGES OF THE U.S.S GENERAL H.F. HODGES, AS IT BRINGS TROOPS BACK TO AMERICA, FROM MANY DISPARATE PARTS OF THE WORLD RAVAGED BY THE WORLD WAR

1945-1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND LOGBOOK OF THE FIRST VOYAGES OF THE U.S.S GENERAL H.F. HODGES, AS IT BRINGS TROOPS BACK TO AMERICA, FROM MANY DISPARATE PARTS OF THE WORLD RAVAGED BY THE WORLD WAR
1945-1949 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF A CHARMING 12 YR OLD CHILD WHO TURNS INTO A GRANDMA'S LIQUOR STEALING TEENAGER

1945-1949 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 5 YR DIARY OF A CHARMING 12 YR OLD CHILD WHO TURNS INTO A GRANDMA'S LIQUOR STEALING TEENAGER
1946 - 1947 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL OF A SAILOR ON THREE DIFFERENT SHIPS PATROLLING BRITISH WATERS, ESCORTING THE ROYAL FAMILY TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND EXPERTLY DRAWING PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND NAVAL DIAGRAMS

1946 - 1947 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL OF A SAILOR ON THREE DIFFERENT SHIPS PATROLLING BRITISH WATERS, ESCORTING THE ROYAL FAMILY TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND EXPERTLY DRAWING PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND NAVAL DIAGRAMS
1946 - 1951 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A WEST TEXAS BORDER PATROL AGENT

1946 - 1951 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A WEST TEXAS BORDER PATROL AGENT
1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOS ANGELES CAB DRIVER AND DRUNK WHO REMARKABLY MANAGES BEER, BUSINESS AND RELATIONSHIPS

1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOS ANGELES CAB DRIVER AND DRUNK WHO REMARKABLY MANAGES BEER, BUSINESS AND RELATIONSHIPS
1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY PILOT SAILING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS TRIUMPH

1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WORLD WAR II DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A ROYAL NAVY PILOT SAILING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS TRIUMPH
1946-1957 Original Handwritten Journal with ephemera by a US Navy Chaplain Serving in Asia and the Pacific after World War Two

1946-1957 Original Handwritten Journal with ephemera by a US Navy Chaplain Serving in Asia and the Pacific after World War Two
1947 - 1949 ORIGINAL, HISTORICAL AND SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN TRAVELER IN POST WWII SPAIN UNDER THE HARSH, BRUTAL RULE OF FRANCISCO FRANCO

1947 - 1949 ORIGINAL, HISTORICAL AND SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN TRAVELER IN POST WWII SPAIN UNDER THE HARSH, BRUTAL RULE OF FRANCISCO FRANCO
1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL MAN FIGHTING A TERRIBLE DIVORCE AND CHILD CUSTODY CASE SEEKING HIS DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN HIDDEN SOMEWHERE IN ALABAMA OR FLORIDA

1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL MAN FIGHTING A TERRIBLE DIVORCE AND CHILD CUSTODY CASE SEEKING HIS DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN HIDDEN SOMEWHERE IN ALABAMA OR FLORIDA
1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF BRITISH RULE IN MANDATED 'PALESTINE' HANDWRITTEN BY A LAZY SHIRKING SOLDIER UNTIL HE BECOMES AN ACTIVE OFFICER

1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF BRITISH RULE IN MANDATED 'PALESTINE' HANDWRITTEN BY A LAZY SHIRKING SOLDIER UNTIL HE BECOMES AN ACTIVE OFFICER
1947 ORIGINAL POST WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CHARMING AND BRILLIANT BROOKLYN NEW YORK TEENAGE JEWISH GIRL

1947 ORIGINAL POST WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CHARMING AND BRILLIANT BROOKLYN NEW YORK TEENAGE JEWISH GIRL
1947 SIGNIFICANT, ORIGINAL HEBREW MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER DETAILING THE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND VIOLENT MONTHS AND WEEKS IN JERUSALEM BEFORE THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS REBORN

1947 SIGNIFICANT, ORIGINAL HEBREW MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER DETAILING THE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND VIOLENT MONTHS AND WEEKS IN JERUSALEM BEFORE THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS REBORN
1947 UNIQUE TRAVEL DIARY OF SANDY GRANT, A DANCER AND ENTERTAINER WITH THE USO, STAGING OVER 70 SHOWS IN JAPAN AND KOREA AND METICULOUSLY DOCUMENTING HER LIFE TRAVELING AND PERFORMING FOR THE TROOPS STATIONED OVERSEAS

1947 UNIQUE TRAVEL DIARY OF SANDY GRANT, A DANCER AND ENTERTAINER WITH THE USO, STAGING OVER 70 SHOWS IN JAPAN AND KOREA AND METICULOUSLY DOCUMENTING HER LIFE TRAVELING AND PERFORMING FOR THE TROOPS STATIONED OVERSEAS
1948 - 1949 BRIEF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE IN POST WAR MILWAUKEE

1948 - 1949 BRIEF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE IN POST WAR MILWAUKEE
1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CREW MEMBER OF THE FALKLAND ISLAND BASE CAMPS WORKING TO HELP SUPPLY AND RESEARCH THE ANTARCTIC REGION INCLUDING A TYPESCRIPT PROPOSAL FOR A SLEDGE JOURNEY TO SNOW HILL ISLAND

1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CREW MEMBER OF THE FALKLAND ISLAND BASE CAMPS WORKING TO HELP SUPPLY AND RESEARCH THE ANTARCTIC REGION INCLUDING A TYPESCRIPT PROPOSAL FOR A SLEDGE JOURNEY TO SNOW HILL ISLAND
1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY BY AN ATTENTIVE BUT HOMESICK UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT, BROUGHT OVER TO JAPAN TO ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN

1948 - 1949 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY BY AN ATTENTIVE BUT HOMESICK UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT, BROUGHT OVER TO JAPAN TO ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
1948 - 1949 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, ERUDITE WAC LIEUTENANT

1948 - 1949 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, ERUDITE WAC LIEUTENANT
1948 ORIGINAL, LARGE ARCHIVE OF DIARIES [2], PHOTOS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING A SENSATIONAL POST WWII EUROPEAN BICYCLE TOUR HAND WRITTEN BY A HARD CHARGING AMERICAN GIRL WHO DOES A SUPER JOB DESCRIBING ALL SHE SEES

1948 ORIGINAL, LARGE ARCHIVE OF DIARIES [2], PHOTOS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING A SENSATIONAL POST WWII EUROPEAN BICYCLE TOUR HAND WRITTEN BY A HARD CHARGING AMERICAN GIRL WHO DOES A SUPER JOB DESCRIBING ALL SHE SEES
1949 ORIGINAL POST WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING RUSSIAN STUDIES SORORITY SISTER AND UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COED

1949 ORIGINAL POST WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING RUSSIAN STUDIES SORORITY SISTER AND UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COED
1950 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF A FAMED MYCOLOGIST, BOTANIST AND BIOLOGIST WORKING IN KENYA AFRICA

1950 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF A FAMED MYCOLOGIST, BOTANIST AND BIOLOGIST WORKING IN KENYA AFRICA
1950 ORIGINAL MANSUCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NICE ALL AMERICAN 'GIRL NEXT DOOR' WHO SADLY HAS SUFFERED FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE ERA - POLIO AND WHO WRITES OF HER CONTINUING ILLS AND HER REMARKABLE RECOVERY

1950 ORIGINAL MANSUCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NICE ALL AMERICAN 'GIRL NEXT DOOR' WHO SADLY HAS SUFFERED FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE ERA - POLIO AND WHO WRITES OF HER CONTINUING ILLS AND HER REMARKABLE RECOVERY
1950 SCRAPBOOK OF SODALIST TRAVEL TO VISIT THE POPE BY THE FAMED ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TRAVEL WRITER

1950 SCRAPBOOK OF SODALIST TRAVEL TO VISIT THE POPE BY THE FAMED ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TRAVEL WRITER
1950 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF HAND WRITTEN NOTES AND HAND DRAWN CHARTS, GRAPHS AND TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS CREATED BY A GIFTED STUDENT OF MINING IN MICHIGAN

1950 SUPERB ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF HAND WRITTEN NOTES AND HAND DRAWN CHARTS, GRAPHS AND TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS CREATED BY A GIFTED STUDENT OF MINING IN MICHIGAN
1950s - 1960s ORIGINAL ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS NOTES OF A TENNESSEE PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR

1950s - 1960s ORIGINAL ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS NOTES OF A TENNESSEE PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR
1929 Teen Girl’s Handwritten Account of an Epic Family Road Trip from Texas through the Northern States, Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

1929 Teen Girl’s Handwritten Account of an Epic Family Road Trip from Texas through the Northern States, Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada
1896-1907 Manuscript Diaries of a Dedicated Farmer Spending His Golden Years Tending to His Land and Animals in Rural New York

1896-1907 Manuscript Diaries of a Dedicated Farmer Spending His Golden Years Tending to His Land and Animals in Rural New York
1950s ARCHIVE LOT OF NINE [9] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARIES OF A FAMED ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TRAVEL WRITER

1950s ARCHIVE LOT OF NINE [9] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARIES OF A FAMED ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TRAVEL WRITER
1950s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND TYPED NOTES OF ONE OF FRANCE'S FOREMOST MID-20th CENTURY ART CRITICS

1950s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND TYPED NOTES OF ONE OF FRANCE'S FOREMOST MID-20th CENTURY ART CRITICS