Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

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 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 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, 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 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

1945-1949 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 - 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 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

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 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 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

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