Diaries, Journals, Log Books, Cyphers and Scrapbooks

1928 ORIGINAL FAMILY TRIP DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN DESCRIBING AN IDYLLIC TIME OF FUN, FRIENDS AND FROLICKING FROM NEW YORK TO SCOTLAND

1940s SUPER, FASCINATING PRE INDEPENDENT STATE OF ISRAEL BRITISH LEGAL VOLUME PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT INSIGHT INTO THE BRITISH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM REPLACING THE ELABORATE NOW DEFUNCT OTTOMAN EMPIRE'S LEGAL SYSTEM

1935 SUPER, ORIGINAL SCANDINAVIA THROUGH RUSSIA MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, ERUDITE BROOKLYNITE

1931 - 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ILLINOIS WOMAN, GRAND DAUGHTER OF AMERICA'S MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECT AND AFFLUENT MEMBER OF CHICAGO'S CULTURAL AND BUSINESS ELITE UNAFFECTED BY THE GRINDING YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1930s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF NATIVE INDIANS OF THE SOUTH EASTERN USA WRITTEN BY A NOTED HISTORIAN AND JURIST OF OKLAHOMA

1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD DRIVING WESTERN NEW YORK WOMAN TRYING TO WORK HER WAY OUT OF THE DEPRESSION

1929 UNUSUAL ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A DESTITUTE, PERHAPS DELUSIONAL, STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, LIVING ROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA MAN, HIS MOTHER AND A HORSE NAMED GOLDY

1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING AN ENGLISHMAN'S TRIP TO ARGENTINA TOURING RANCHES AND THE INTERIOR THEN BACK TO ENGLAND VIA SENEGAL

1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG BOY WHO WOULD GO ON TO TEACH AT PURDUE AMONG OTHER NOTEWORTHY ACTIVITIES

1932 THROUGH 1999 ORIGINAL, SPORADIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN NURSE WHO FINDS HER WAY FROM NEW YORK TO ALASKA TO MASSACHUSETTS AND BACK TO ALASKA AND BEYOND

1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE AMERICAN WOMAN AND FAMILY DOING THE GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR IN GRAND STYLE

1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN ON A EUROPEAN TOUR AND MAYHAPS AN INNOCENT ABROAD OR EARLY VERSION OF AN 'UGLY' STEREOTYPE

1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 30-YR OLD HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS WOMAN WHO ENDS UP IN WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA

1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, WELL READ AND EDUCATED YOUNG WOMAN TEACHING IN THE BURNSVILLE AND ASHEVILLE AREA

1932 - 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MIDDLE AGED TEACHER OF THE ARMY NAVY ACADEMY IN SAN DIEGO WHO WE FOLLOW INTO HIS SENIOR YEARS

1932 ORIGINAL CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A KEEN WOMAN DIARIST RECORDING HER AROUND THE WORLD OCEAN TOUR ABOARD THE NOTED AND ONE DAY STORIED CUNARD SHIP RMS FRANCONIA

1934 - 1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TEENAGE NEBRASKA GIRL TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE TRICKY WATERS OF BOYS AND DATING AND A THOUSAND OTHER MATTERS

1931 ORIGINAL BITTERSWEET MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CELEBRATED BUT ILL FATED ROCHESTER NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER WHO WORKS HARD, HAS A CHERISHED LIFE BUT SADLY DOESN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEAR

1929 - 1930 ORIGINAL CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A RURAL ARKANSAS TEENAGER COMING OF AGE IN PRE DEPRESSION AMERICA

1877 ORIGINAL, HANDWRITTEN DIARY AND LEDGER AUTHORED BY L. C. MERRY, A DAIRY FARMER FROM FRENCH CREEK, A SMALL TOWN IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, OFFERING INSIGHT INTO DAILY LIFE ON HIS FARM AND INTO THE LIFE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY

1936-1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING A YEAR IN LIFE OF A NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST AND TEACHER, FOUNDER OF ART SCHOOLS IN NORTH TRURO AND SARATOGA, AND A MEMBER OF AMERICAN WOMEN ARTIST ASSOCIATION

1939 - 1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO GIRL-NEXT-DOOR DETAILING A LIFE OF BAKE SALES, CUTTING HAY AND THE VERY OCCASIONAL BRUTAL MURDER

1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY, FAMILY ORIENTED WOMAN IN DELAWARE, SPENDING EACH DAY THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND HER DOTING BOYFRIEND

1939 + 1948 MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A POST OFFICE WORKER IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK ATTENDING MEETINGS, COMMITTEES, AND GOING ABOUT HIS NORMAL BUSINESS OF MAKING SURE THE MAIL IS DELIVERED EVERY DAY