Manuscripts
George Stein diary
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George A. Sargent diary of a bugler
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With a transcription of diary (done by Speer Morgan), a mauscript about George A. Sargent's descendants, a photograph of Sargent and a photograph of his son, Albert Nichols, and a image of the Sargent family Coat-of-Arms.
mssHM 50916
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George Forby diary
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The early part of the diary details Forby's daily activities in mid-19th century New York, during which he visits friends, goes to concerts, sings in the choir of his church, and maintains his shop. He also meets and courts Elizabeth Dowd, whom he eventually marries. There is a considerable gap in the diary. There is an entry for August 24, 1851, with Forby still in New York, and the next entry in the diary is dated February 23, 1852, and Forby is en route to California via steamship. There do not appear to be any missing pages. Forby writes in detail of his journey, especially about his fellow passengers. His voyage takes him to Cuba, Panama, and the coast of Mexico, finally landing in California on April 1, and finds work as a painter in San Francisco. Here there is another gap in time, with no entries between November 30, 1852, and August 2, 1879, at which time Forby has been married to Elizabeth Dowd for twenty-four years, and had children, but she has passed away. He writes that he left California twenty-six years ago for lack of work. The first entry of the diary is dated January 5, 1851, and the final entered date is November 8, 1879. Included is a small scrap of paper with the writing "6/28-1824, Albany, NY, date of birth" on one side and "25 yrs old in '51" on the other side.
mssHM 16992
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George Titcomb diary
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Diary of a soldier kept while serving in the 9th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War.
mssHM 938
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Jean L. Shanklin diary
Manuscripts
Shanklin's diary begins August 26, 1902 as she is going to begin a teaching job in Nampa, Idaho. Jean talks about the other teachers, going to teaching meetings and conventions, attending church and lectures, the weather, trips home to Ohio for the summer and trips to Oregon and Washington. While on a trip to San Francisco, she visits Cooper Medical College and Lane Hospital and talks about her late uncle Elias Cooper. Shanklin wrote several times a year in her diary and her last entry is June 1, 1915.
mssHM 72321
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George L. Couch diary
Manuscripts
The diary of George L. Couch of Boscawen, New Hampshire, covers the years 1854 to 1856. In addition to entries depicting everyday life of a farmer, the diary includes discussion of political and social life in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and Couch's literary interests. There are entries covering political parties and meetings, including those held in conjunction with gubernatorial elections (Mr. Couch attended a "Democratic Caucus"), religious meetings, lectures, Know-Nothings, etc.
mssHM 65248