Manuscripts

George Stein diary

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Description: George Stein kept this diary while on several fishing and camping trips in Washington State from 1934 to 1936. Besides diary entries about his fishing trips, Stein also includes lists of equipment needed for fishing, fly fishing, and camping, as well as details about fish flies and rods, and auto repairs he performs on his car. Also included is a "Camp Food Check List" by Stein.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 84020
Creator: Stein, George Edward (1914-1988)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Jordan Antiques & Antiquarian Books, August 2021.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

George A. Sargent diary of a bugler

Manuscripts

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

Manuscripts

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 A. Manning diary

Manuscripts

With typescript of diary.

mssHM 52727

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George Titcomb diary

Manuscripts

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

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