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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

David P. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0232
Abstract

Papers of Davis, Cox, Cruikshanks, and related families of Cecil County. Legal diaries of Nathaniel Cox, 1883-1887. Farm diaries of David. P. Davis, 1865-82 and Account, 1863-1949. Personal diaries of Maria L. Davis, 1918-41. Correspondence of all above families. Numerous accounts and other papers relating to St. Stephen's Church and Chapel, N. Sassafras Parish

Dates: 1769-1946

Dobbin-Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0302
Abstract

This collection contains the business papers of George W. Dobbin, including case files, legal papers, and correspondence. Also included are various scrapbooks of theatre programs, as well as Robert Davidson Brown's journal describing his trip abroad.

Dates: 1671-1943

Dyer family manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3163
Abstract

The Dyer Family Manuscript Collection, ontains genealogical notes, documents, a journal and postcards of the Dyer Family of Maryland. The collection also contains documents of the Fells Point Rifle Company, commanded by Captain William B. Dyer, which was involved in the defense of Fort McHenry during the Battle of North Point.

Dates: 1807 - 1934

E. A. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0899
Abstract This collection contains personal and business papers of the Williams family of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Papers are principally those of Captain Edwin Williams (1828-1873), who was an officer in the Confederate Army, treasurer of the Roanoke Valley Railroad, a bank trustee, lawyer, and tobacco grower. Papers of other family members include those of Captain Williams' second wife, Lucy Kennon; his sons, Carter N., Thomas Nelson, and Henry S. Williams; daughters-in-law Rose Haskins and Sue...
Dates: 1749-1969

Edward Otis Hinkley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0187
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of the business correspondence of the lawyer Edward Otis Hinkley (1824-1896). It also includes the correspondence of Hinkley's father, his in-laws (Samuel Keemlé and Anna Mather Keemlé), and his grandfather, Reverend John Hargrove. The collection contains the diaries, account books, writings, and publications of Hinkley as well.

Dates: circa 1790-1894

Edward Tilghman Paca, Jr. diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3029
Abstract

In this diary Edward Tilghman Paca, Jr. records his Civil War experiences dated from 1862 September 15 to Spring 1863. He discusses life as a soldier, occurrences in camp, encounters while marching, supplies, and food.

Dates: 1862-1863

Forman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0403
Abstract

The Forman papers contains the diaries, account books, and family papers of Major General Thomas Marsh Forman and his wife, Martha Brown Forman.

Dates: 1732-1908

Frank Rush Webb diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1015
Abstract

This collection contains 32 volumes of personal diaries belonging to composer and musician Frank Rush Webb from 1868-1932. Also included are 13 volumes of trip logs, as well as 1 volume of cash accounts from 1899.

Dates: 1868-1932

Frick family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2703
Abstract

The Frick family papers includes papers of socially prominent Baltimore and Washington, D.C. families, primarily from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. The three main families are the Fricks, Poultneys, and Turnbulls, but scattered items from related Sloan, Carroll, Denison, Brown, Ramsay, and Spense families are here as well. The papers include correspondence, genealogies, accounts, land papers, diaries, travel diaries, and recipe books.

Dates: 1747-1960

George B. Redwood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2026
Abstract

This collection contains military papers of Lt. George Buchanan Redwood (1888-1918) who was a soldier in World War I.

Dates: 1913-1918; Majority of material found in 1917-1918