Diaries

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  Correspondence and ephemera

  Manuscripts

  Pocket diaries of George K. Hoover from 1861 to 1906. Also included are scattered family correspondence and personal documents of George K. Hoover. The documents include some Civil War items and speeches and letters of Hoover.

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  George K. Hoover papers

  Manuscripts

  Pocket diaries of George K. Hoover from 1861 to 1906. Also included are scattered family correspondence and personal documents of George K. Hoover. The documents include some Civil War items and speeches and letters of Hoover.

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  Letters and ephemera of Herbert Hoover

  Manuscripts

  This small group of items includes seven letters by Herbert Hoover to four different addressees: Frederick A. Delano, Bern Dibner, George Zabriskie, and Mr. Hohnhaus (the only letter written while Hoover was President is the one to Delano). There is also a note by Delano regarding the letter he received from President Hoover. Most of the letters are about trivial matters such as Hoover thanking the person for some favor. Also in this small group of items are three signed printed speeches given by Herbert Hoover, including his inaugural address (1929), "This Crisis in American Life" (1948), and "The Inheritance of the Next Generation" (1961).

  mssHM 75960-75970

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  George W. Andrews correspondence and diary, (bulk 1865)

  Manuscripts

  A small group of letters from George W. Andrews to his family and a pocket diary written in 1865 January to November. Also included are Andrews' post-Civil War photograph, a broadside of Havana Royal lottery (Kentucky, 1866), and a copy of The soldier's armor of strength; a brief course of non-sectarian devotional exercises, applied scripture quotations, proverbs, and aphorisms, extracts, poetical contributions, and hymns; specially adapted to the present calamitous times of rebellion and Civil War, by Pilgrim John. [4th ed.] (Brooklyn, D.S. Holmes, 1865).

  mssHM 43242-43247

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  George Ely diaries

  Manuscripts

  This collection includes three pocket diaries kept by George Ely. He seemed to skip the days when nothing noteworthy happened.

  mssHM 83138-83140

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  Lincoln K. Plummer papers

  Manuscripts

  Collection contains Civil war era documents, letters and printed forms relating to Lincoln K. (Kimball) Plummer.

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