Manuscripts
Edward G. Faile diary
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Diary of a trip from Buffalo, New York, to Minneapolis, Minnesota
Manuscripts
mssHM 40040
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Frederick G. Niles diaries
Manuscripts
In these four diaries, Niles details his life through a variety of jobs and journeys. Before his adventures west, Niles talks about his religious beliefs, his Sunday school teaching, his daily life and his aspirations for the future. As he heads West to the Kansas Territory, Niles describes the prospectors and emigrants he meets along the way. He discusses the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians he sees, the Mexican cattle drivers, and the landscape he encounters in his travels. In April 1865, Niles writes about the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Niles' diaries also include detailed budgets and personal financial information as he struggled to make money. In the diary that deals with his sea voyage home, Niles includes details about daily life on the ship and the places he visited along the way.
mssHM 70278-70281
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Fred G. Bulkley diaries
Manuscripts
The collection contains nineteen volumes of Bulkley's diaries. Most of the diaries relates to Bulkley's career as a mining engineer, addressing his work in Aspen, Denver, and Monterrey, Mexico. The diaries also contain information on Bulkley's personal and family life, much of which relates to his chronic health problems. There are also some newspaper clippings and photographs in the collection
mssHM 62478 (1-19)
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Annie G. Dudley Davis diary
Manuscripts
The diary kept by Annie G. Dudley in Washington documents political and social life in Washington, D.C. in 1861-68, including accounts of the Civil War news, sessions of House of Representatives and Senate, hospitals, and assassination of Abraham Lincoln
mssHM 58019