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Mrs. N. H. Dayton diary

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Description: Mrs. H. H. Dayton kept this diary while traveling with her husband, Nate, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Van Levy in 1909. The diary begins in September 1909 with the couples leaving and traveling to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Banff, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland, and then south to California. Mrs. Dayton spends 12 pages describing her experiences in San Francisco: the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake; Golden Gate Park; Cliff House; Chinatown; as well as a visit to an opium den. The diary ends after the couples traveled back to the east coast, arriving home in October 1909. The diary also contains several lists: hotels; cities visited; railroads traveled; theaters attended; miles traveled; and states crossed. The names of the travelers are inside the front cover.
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Production date: 1909.
Call number: mssHM 81272
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Mrs. C. H. Ackerman diary

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Mrs. C. H. Ackerman wrote this diary of her travels from July to September 1886. She and her husband Neal took a trip starting from Susquehanna, PA to Wilkes-Barre, going on to Patterson, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City where they stayed at the Coates House, and then to Fort Leavenworth. From there, they traveled to Denver, Colorado Springs, Leadville, San Francisco, Yosemite, and Salt Lake City. The diary also covers their trip back east with numerous observations concerning mining towns, seeing many Chinese quarters in the larger towns, and noting the scenery. Mrs. C. H. Ackerman provided a faithful and candid description of her travels through the American West, covering both the elegant and refined to the arduous and exhausting to the awe-inspiring. With the diary is a letter by E. R. Payson to Mrs. Ackerman, 1890, February 17.

mssHM 83113

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H. N. Rose travel journal

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The majority of H. N. Rose's journal covers his work as a cook on his journey from upstate New York to Texas. Rose left upstate New York on June 12, 1860 and traveled to Texas through Missouri and Indian Territory with his father, friends, and a herd of sheep. On July 2, 1862, Rose wrote that he was back in upstate Elmira, New York. Starting on page 335 is a travelogue based on the diary entitled "Camp Life in Western Texas," which reverts to Rose's expedition and informs others of necessary preparations. The spine of the journal reads "Private Journal" and "H.N. Rose Detroit."

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Rawley E. Dent diary

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Rawley E. Dent kept this diary the entire year of 1871. For the first few months of the year, the Dents were living in Santa Barbara. In April, the Dents traveled by railroad to San Francisco and then to Wenona, Illinois to visit family; they stay there for several months. In August, Dent traveled to Portland, Maine to visit more family and while in the east he traveled through Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. In November, the Dents returned to California and settled in Redwood City. Throughout his diary, Dent describes the places he visits in detail, and makes observations about his traveling companions, his social activities, his health, and the weather conditions. Also included are three newspaper clippings and a cabinet card photograph of Rawley E. Dent.

mssHM 66346

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Albert H. Prescott diaries

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Two diaries kept by Albert Prescott from 1869-1870. The 1869 diary covers Prescott's dissatisfaction with working in Hamilton, and his opening entry notes "I'm sick & tired of my job [at the S.F. Restaurant] it's too hard work" (he quit the next day and worked a series of odd jobs). The 1870 diary records Prescott's trip to San Francisco and subsequent departure, accompanied by a man named McCord, for Lima on board the French bark Glaneur, which was loaded with railroad ties. Prescott gives a detailed account of the voyage ("it being my first voyage at sea I had but a faint idea of the Ocean," he noted), including descriptions of a fistfight between two crewmen, the sighting of a whale, his distress at the monotony of ship life ("it is rather hard not being able to talk French when among Frenchmen"), and his first glimpse of the Andes Mountains. After disembarking in Peru on August 2 Prescott writes of meeting Mr. Heath, an "American from Ohio in charge of the Railroad being constructed at this place," witnessing bull fights, and his impressions of native Peruvians. Prescott and McCord stayed in San Jose and also traveled to Pacasmayo, Trujillo, and the Guanape Islands. Also included with the diaries is a cardboard sheet with penciled genealogical information on the Prescott family.

mssHM 75051-75053

Diary of Daniel H. McAllister [microform] : 1876-1877

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Microfilm of the diary of Daniel H. McAllister, kept from 1876-1877 while he was traveling between Utah and Arizona. The volume opens with a brief autobiography, including McAllister's decision to travel to Arizona in 1876. He records in detail his journey from Salt Lake City to Pima County. Once in Arizona his entries focus on daily activities such as digging ditches, cutting timber, agricultural work, and attending meetings. Later entries also cover his 1877 visit to Utah, including stops in Salt Lake City and St. George.

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Charles H. Ort diary

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Diary that Ort kept during his stay in Alexandria and through the Rapidan Campaign, including Spottsylvania Court House and the Wilderness. The diary gives detailed accounts of minutia of camp life, paying special attention to daily diversions, such as "kicking foot ball," reading dime novels and "ten cent monthleys," and attending theaters, "bath saloons," houses of ill repute, and various drinking and gambling establishments in Alexandria and Washington, as well Ort's numerous love conquests.

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