Found matches for diary OR diaries in 475 collections.

The diaries document the expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers and through the adjacent country. Diary entries have to do mostly with the topographical surveys, with frequent mention of inhabitants including Uinta, Navajo, Pai Ute, Moqui (Hopi) and Shewits Indians, and Mormon settlers. less

Levi Hayden was a marine engineer from New York City. In these diaries, he describes his service with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee; other military actions in the United States Civil War; his work and travels for the firm of Morris & Cummings, New York; dredging rivers and harbors at New York harbor, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, and elsewhere; and of his travels on the Neva River from St. Petersburg, Russia, to its mouth, with extensive details of his life there. The diary also includes notes from Hayden's travels in England and Europe between 1883 and 1884 less

These pocket diaries (2 vols.) were kept in 1863 and 1865 by Franz or Francis Eder (born Benno Wohlgemuth, at Wolfsberg in Carinthia), during which time he served as a private in the U. S. Army, Company A and Company D, 119th Regiment, New York, Volunteers. Eder had enlisted in New York City on June 17, 1862 and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky on July 10, 1865. Entries are in German, and in the reverse of the 1863 diary are the words of a soldier's song in English, along with Greek and Latin quotations less

J. Anne Bense and Evangeline Isabelle Bense were cousins or sisters from the Boston area who traveled with other family members for almost ten years at the end of the 19th century. Collection consists of diaries of J. Anne Bense and Evangeline Isabelle Bense kept during their travels in Europe, Africa and the Near East. Also includes notebook and loose sheets used for studying German, French, etc. less

These diaries (5 vols.) were kept by Bernard Bachman, a merchant in Augsburg, Germany, in 1845 and from 1848-1859. Entries describe Bachman's life as a young merchant, his family and social affairs, readings and reflections, travels, fortunes of the family business, and an account of his visit to the United States and Canada in 1854, especially the social life and conditions in New York City and his visit to Niagara Falls. The diaries are written in German, with many portions in English and French less

Wilhelm Busch (b. 1874) was a librarian at the New York Public Library from 1923 to 1939. Busch's diaries, largely in German, date both before and after his emigration to the United States from Germany. Entries record his daily life and career in the book trade in Germany, Vienna and New York. less

Caroline A. Dunstan kept these diaries (14 vols.) at her home in New York City from 1856-1857, 1859-1863, 1864, and 1865-1870. Entries describe household activities, social life, health of members of the family, references to current events, comments on news of the American Civil War, and other topics less

Diary kept by A. W. Tower, a private in the 56th Regiment, (Brooklyn) New York Volunteers, from June 18-July 15 1863. Describes a 30-day campaign in Pennsylvania. Brooklyn to Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Cost of and difficulties obtaining food, clothing, and sleeping quarters; battle strategy in defense of the Susquehanna River; activities at Fort Washington, Carlisle, Waynesboro, and Frederick, MD.; and finally to Baltimore, Harrisburg, and return to Brooklyn less

Diary in the form of letters to his wife, etc., on a journey from Maine to California by boat. Account begins at Aspinwall (now Colon), Panama, resumed at city of Panama where first dated entry appears. Describes manners, dress, worship, etc. of natives; cost of commodities at ports, life aboard the ship, etc., from Acapulco, Mexico, to San Diego. References disillusionment of gold seekers, etc less

Bertha Mohr was the daughter of Robert Moritz Mohr, a pipe organ maker whose family lived in Greenwich Village, New York City. The Bertha Mohr diary records her domestic and social activities of 1892, including household chores, entertainments and educational events, and visits made and received. Among the events Mohr recorded was New York City's commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in America. The diary entries are short, most consisting of no more than four or five brief sentences. The diary also holds a few small clippings. less

Samuel Locke, a "forty-niner" (early settler in the California gold rush), kept this diary and memorandum book in 1850. The volume contains a "sick list" for June 27-July 2, 1850; accounts against persons for medicine and attendance; personal addresses; accounts of provisions purchased from July 2-15, 1850; a diary kept onboard the "California Packet" from San Francisco en route home via Panama from November 9-December 1, 1850, in which Locke mentions the loss of his possessions by fire before he sailed, his illness, and that of many passengers (some of whom had been ill for six and nine months), grumbling about food, drunken officers of the ship, and other matters. The volume was endorsed by J. L. Locke in Belfast on May 10, 1860: "Memorandum kept by Sam'l Locke on his passage home from California. Nov. 1850 - to 1851." less

Diary of Mrs. Susan Speed (née Mosby), great-grandmother of actress Beverly Sitgreaves, maintained in Virginia from 1861-1865. Entries primarily describe her sorrow at the death and destruction caused by the Civil War, along with her hopes for her country; the enlistment of her husband, John H. Speed - and, eventually, her son, John M. Speed - along with other friends and neighbors. Also prevalent are reflections on her Christian faith and sermons heard; notes on daily activities; and reports of births, deaths, illnesses, and marriages less

Diary of Joseph Isaacs, [Corporal?] U.S. Army Co. A, 9th New York Volunteers (Hawkins Zouaves), kept from May 1, 1861-Feb 4. 1862. Mustered in New York City, thence to Newport News, VA.; covered retreat after engagement at Big Bethel; mutiny of some because enlistments had expired and lack of pay; campaign around Fort Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N.C less

Major W. G. Terrell kept this diary from July 9-12, 1874 while he was in prison in Burlington, Kentucky awaiting trial. In the reverse of the diary are memoranda of H. Buchanan recording stoppages of payments to officers and private of the United States in the year 1862, with references to Major W. G. Terrell, Paymaster, of Memphis, Tennessee less

Naomi R. King was born 1886 or 1887. Travel diary of Naomi R. King, a twelve-year old girl from Indiana who visited New York City for the first time in January of 1899. The diary includes details her month-and-a-half long stay in the city, including descriptions of visits with her mother to museums and department stores, remarks on her trolley ride to Coney Island and her visits to Randall's Island, Central Park and other sites. less

Mary Stoughton (whose full name was Mary Fiske Bound Green Stoughton) was married to Edwin Wallace Stoughton, U. S. Minister to Russia. She kept this diary between May 23, 1878 and February 16, 1879. Entries describe the couple's travels in Spain, France, and England, and events of their official life at the Russian Court in St. Petersburg less

Diary kept by Maj. John Hendrickson (later, maj.-gen.), January 1-December 12, 1862 while on campaign with the 83rd New York Voluntary Infantry, 9th New York Militia, in the Shenandoah Valley. Hendrickson took part in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run and in the Battle of South Mountain less