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1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY THE MAN AND ONE TIME NAVAL ACADEMY STUDENT WHO PULLED PRESIDENT GRANT'S COATTAILS

18950001804BOSTON TO CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON DC. Good. 1895. On offer is a fascinating part journal and part scrapbook of a 3000 mile trip written and compiled by Benjamin W. Parker for his wife in 1895. Invited to accompany a friend on an extensive business trip Parker his wife and mother travel mostly by train starting in Boston to Chicago and the mid west and through to Washington DC. Parker creates what iss meant to be a memory album for his wife to cherish in future years. Typed on onion skin tipped in with ephemera throughout the depth and breadth of the journal is wonderful providing a lovely perspective of America through this interesting man's eyes. There are personal anecdotes and we learn that Parker was a unique individual and highlights of the journal include a story of how he got kicked out of Naval Academy for pulling the coattails of President Grant on a dare. Ephemera tipped in includes a handwritten invitation by Senator William Frye of Maine to Charles Hamlin Asst Secretary of the Treasury on Senate stationary. Hamlin later became the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve and Frye was elected to replace James Blaine as Senator from Maine. The book is 100 pages and save for the spine cap being sprung and attached on one edge the thick leather bound journal is overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCRAPBOOK FEDERAL RESERVE BENJAMIN W. PARKER MAINE NAVAL ACADEMY NAVY TRAVEL TRAIN TRAVEL RAILROADS RAILROADING 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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BERT A HINDMARCHBiblio.com

1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG BOY WHO WOULD GO ON TO TEACH AT PURDUE AMONG OTHER NOTEWORTHY ACTIVITIES

19230008105INDIANA ILLINOIS. Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating little diary written by a boy in 1923. Measuring 5 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches this slim hardbound volume has 52 diary pages and a number of additional memoranda pages. Each page is laid out as a week-at-a-glance and the diary is complete for 15 weeks mid-April. The spine of the diary is cracked but all of the pages are intact and in good condition. The writing is neat and perfectly legible. The author is Bert A. Hindmarch and as research finds some articles about a Bert A. Hindmarch we believe the one and same who was born in 1913 or 1914 making him 10/11 at the time of writing in Fort Wayne Indiana and as a child lived in East Chicago Indiana and studied at school there. He moved to Hammond in 1940s was an accountant taught at Purdue University and Calumet College was a member/chairman of different historical societies led civic groups and was called "guru" of local architecture. He died in 1989. Bert had an elder brother Alan 1908-1972 who became a professional caricaturist and commercial artist and was a president of the La Grange Art League in Illinois. Bert lives at home and goes to school daily. Geographical references seem to confirm as he notes about going to Chicago. The entries are brief - usually just one or two lines. However what makes this little diary so fascinating is that it is accompanied by small perfectly drawn and coloured line drawings illustrating the entry for that day. For example his entry on Feb 16 mentions having cabbage and ham for dinner. It is accompanied by a small coloured line drawing of a head of cabbage and a ham. Another time beside the date for Washington's birthday he has drawn and axe. A note in the Memoranda section notes that: "Nancy is thru with her fellow and likes Spencer and me. It is accompanied by a drawing of a rolling pin". There is another note saying that the illustrations were done by 'Allan' Hindmarch. This is a quirky thoroughly delightful little diary written and illustrated by a boy with a wonderful imagination.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF INDIANA EAST CHICAGO HAMMOND ILLINOIS AMERICAN TEENAGERS IN 1920S AMERICAN BOYS IN 1920S SCHOOLBOY DIARY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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BH PEABODY B HBiblio.com

1866 - 1867 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY/JOURNAL/NOTEBOOK OF A SUCCESSFUL KINSMAN OHIO BUSINESSMAN

1866000744KINSMAN OHIO OH TRUMBULL COUNTY. Good. 1866. On offer is the handwritten manuscript diary and journal of B. H. Peabody of Kinsman Ohio. Mr. Peabody is a farmer and entrepreneur who in this ledger style book records his daily business dealings visits local events and the economics of the day. Beginning January 1st of 1866 he continues over 93 numbered pages until November 8th 1867. There is a break between November 1st and December 31st 1866. A very very hard working and obviously successful businessman Mr. Peabody is also very pious as is evidenced in his comments of the day - at one point he mentions preaching the funeral service for a particular woman. He is also a very dedicated diarist always providing full names of his contacts and clients. The inside back cover has a chart which appears to be a planting breakdown of varieties if apples. There are also nmany references to the local cheese market. Local historians and genealogists will find a wealth of information in this book which is quite legible but requires a glass in places as the period ink is on the lighter side. 7 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches the front cover has a split where the cover meets the spine. Two strings in the center of the book hold the cover to the spine. Back cover is good. Pages are also good. The edges of the covers are worn. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES ECONOMICS POST CIVIL WAR ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT OHIO KINSMAN RECONSTRUCTION APPLES CHEESE TRUMBULL . unknown

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BRIAN EUGENE MAYER USNBiblio.com

1965 ORIGINAL UNITED STATES NAVY DIVER'S LOG BOOK DETAILING HIS WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND AREA WATERS WITH DUTIES RANGING FROM RECOVERING BUOYS TO BODIES AND MORE

19650002297SAN FRANCISCO ALAMEDA NAVAL BASE CALIFORNIA CA. Very Good. 1965. On offer is a super original 1965 - 1967 manuscript log book of United States Navy diver Brian Eugene Mayer stationed at the Alameda Navel Base California. The 8.5 x 6 inch book is about half full with details Brian's work duties from the mundane to the often gruesome and always dangerous job of diving throughout the San Francisco Bay area waters recovering buoys and bodies and much in between. Much of the writings are technical and statistical and Brian's no nonsense entries record standard underwater work and repairs the diving conditions are stated along with the date and the type of equipment used. A search for bodies in shark infested waters highlights the dangers this brave man lived with in each dive. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NAVY DIVER BRIAN EUGENE MAYER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ALAMEDA NAVEL BASE CALIFORNIA USN UNITED STATES NAVY PACIFIC COAST DIVING SALVAGE OPERATIONS UNDERWATER WORK RECOVERY OPERATIONS MARINE NAVAL NAUTICAL AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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CADET CFP CAMPBELL C F PBiblio.com

1921 - 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED SALVATION ARMY CADET INTENT ON SAVING SOULS AND BRINGING MORE SOLDIERS TO THE ARMY OF GOD IN PRE CONFEDERATION NEWFOUNDLAND

19210002243ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND LABRADOR. Good. 1921. On offer is a super original 1921 - 1922 manuscript diary handwritten by a young Salvation Army cadet named C.F.P. Campbell undoubtedly a man who was born July 2nd 1900. The 4 x 6 inch book dated January 30th 1921 through May 20th 1922 is filled with over 250 pages of daily entries and narrative detailing the life and works of a street level 'Sally Ann' soldier helping poor families traveling about the region saving souls collecting donations maintaining meeting places adverse weather conditions illness receiving mail from home eating salmon cod and seal dealing with Eskimos etc. in St. Johns and out lying regions. We note that Cadet Campbell has written on the fep: "Cadet Campbell at 63 Power Street St. Johns." Below the address is written "Born July 2 1900." On the verso of the right front end sheet is a date line when Cadet Campbell was saved entered training applied for work accepted for work and when and where Cadet Campbell traveled. Light shelf wear to diary. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND LABRADOR DOMINION OF NEWFOUNDLAND COLONIAL NEWFOUNDLAND BRITISH COLONY PRE CONFEDERATION CADET C.F.P. CAMPBELL SALVATION ARMY CANADA MARITIMES ST. JOHNS CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MISSIONARIES SALLY ANN METHODISTS WILLIAM BOOTH QUASI MILITARY ORGANIZATION CANADIANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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Captain JFAE VAN KEMPEN J F A EBiblio.com

1895 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL: METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUTCH STEAMER JAVA AS IT GOES FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE DUTCH WEST INDIES AND BACK

18950009125AMSTERDAM to THE DUTCH WEST INDIES and Back. Good. 1895. On offer is a small but fascinating 30 page book of handwritten weather observations and meteorological observations from the very end of the 19th century from an author on board the Dutch steam ship Java. From July 31st to November 15th 1895 the book records various quantitative and qualitative observations about the weather as the steamer travels from the Port of Amsterdam around the Andalusian Peninsula through the Strait of Gibraltar across the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and ending up in Padang in what is now West Sumatra in Indonesia and what was then part of the Dutch Empire. From Padang the ship goes to a number of ports in Sumatra and Java Pasuruan Pegalongan Tandjung Priok and a few others before it sails back to Amsterdam along a similar route. The front page declares the book to be the: Meteorological Observations of the Dutch steamer Java. 1895. The verso of each page is taken up with the quantitative measurements of the weather. This includes Latitude and Longitude in degrees Tide in speed and direction Barometer in millimeters of mercury and Thermometer in celsius. The recto of each page is taken up with qualitative Observations of the weather and occasionally the name of the location where the steamer was situated that day. For example: August 9. Sea calm clear sky. Breeze E.N.E. Passed at the First Watch Cape de Fen.; August 24. Passed the Isle of Socator. Heavy breeze S.S.W. High sea S.S.W. hazy atmosphere.; October 20. Heavy wind. High sea. Rainy weather. Sea and wind west.; October 24. Light breeze sky a little cloudy. Sea calm. The only pages that depart from this format are the very first page of observations Departed the 31 July at ten oclock in the morning from Amsterdam at 3h 35m afternoon from the harbour at Ijmuiden. and the two pages where the ship is in Java and Sumatra going from port to port before heading back home. The first page also shows that the book was Presented to Weather Bureau in August 1924 by Capt. J. F. A. E Van Kempen Municipal Officer Soerabaia Java formerly an officer on the Dutch S.S. Java by L. S. Aug 28 1924. The book is 30 pages and containing 28 pages of writing. Its cover is red cloth board showing light shelf and edge wear to the soft boards. The pages within are slightly loose from the binding but still connected. The handwriting is legible throughout with the exception for the few and far between words in which the ink ha smudged and made the reading slightly difficult. The pages are also thin so the ink shows from the other side of the page. However It does not make any words on the page illegible or unclear. This piece would make an excellent addition to the history of the Dutch Empire its trade and its naval capabilities. Overall: G; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DUTCH S.S. JAVA STEAMSHIP JAVA 19TH CENTURY DUTCH EMPIRE NETHERLANDS TO THE DUTCH EAST INDIES METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS WEATHER OBSERVATIONS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE WEATHER ANALYSIS 19TH CENTURY STEAMSHIP TRAVEL AMSTERDAM SUEZ CANAL WEST SUMATRA COLONIAL INDONESIA PORTS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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CHARLES F PAIGEBiblio.com

1900 - 1924 ARCHIVE OF SEVEN 7 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF AN EXTREMELY HARDWORKING MASSACHUSETTS MAN WHO STRADDLES THE WORLD OF RURAL AND URBAN LIFE: SUPER EXAMPLE OF THE NEW CENTURY'S LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

1900000730Lunenberg Jaffrey Boston Massachusetts MA. Very Good. 1900. On offer is a handwritten archive of manuscript diaries written by Charles F. Paige. In all there are seven 7 diaries covering the years 1900 1902 1904 1906 1913 1920 and 1924. These make for a fascinating period collection of an incredibly hard working man who straddles the rural and urban worlds. He is a farmer itinerant worker for other farmers and also works for extended periods on more modern works for the Boston Elevated Railroad Co. Charles is also entrepreneur earning as much as $2.25 per day he pays those who labor for him 50 to 60 cents per day. Truly interesting even in the sporadic fashion of the diaries to see Charles' life evolve and progress. Places he called villages have become towns towns have become cities. So hard a worker is Charles that when in 1904 his father dies January 31 1904 87 years 10 months 25 days old and still Charles goes to work. He notes just 2 months later that Adeline S. Paige died May 15 1904 45 yrs of age and of course Charles still has work to do. Many many dozens of names and places are mentioned: Dr. Hermiston Fitzwilliams Willie Lang Willoughby Adams E. C. Shuttach Geo. Caneguy J. Paige Geo. Lang H.B. Hunt L. Spaulding L. Cutter Mrs. Parker Rod Livingstone Daniel Adams Kingsbury Harry Mack Andrew Bryant C. Blake Lizzie Papered Flaranck Dr. Emerson Weymouth Litchfield Burrage Billings Harry Brown Fred Smith McIntire N. Fisk S. Sanderson W. Aldrich G.E. Freeman Walter Heath Kingsbury Fred Morris and M. Streeter. Places: Jaffrey Wakefield Peterboro Keene Boston Winchendon Wilmington Lydia Allston Lunenburg and Fitchburg. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT RURAL URBAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES farming Rural Boston Massachusetts Railroad Elevated . unknown

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DAISY H WOODS [Mrs GEORGE WOODS]Biblio.com

1934 - 1939 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FIVE 5 DEPRESSION ERA DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE MATRIARCH OF A FARMING FAMILY DOING QUITE WELL FOR THE TIMES

19340002192AUSTINBURG OHIO ASHTABULA COUNTY. Good. 1934. On offer is an interesting group of five 5 manuscript diaries exemplifying the life of a prosperous farmer's wife and her family in Depression Era and pre-war middle America. Handwritten by Daisy H Woods nee Herrick wife to Mr. George Woods and mother to Dwight and John. Daisy and her family reside in Austinburg Township Ashtabula Ohio and her diaries span January 1st 1934 - December 25 1939 with the exception of her 1936 diary which is absent. Daisy is in her mid-40s a well-meaning Christian who far too often misses church! and the backbone of her comfortable hard-working family. Daisy's diaries paint a fascinating picture of rural life in the early 20th century Ohio living on a busy farm that backs into an large wooded expanse wherein the farm runs all year around - gardening and berry picking in the summer canning in the fall preparing and selling animals in the winter and tapping for maple syrup in the spring. Each family member plays a role. The boys and men work tirelessly building ploughing feeding animals and helping neighbouring farmers in exchange for help on their own land. The women or in this case the woman Daisy works too. She is the family sales representative making near-daily trips to nearby Geneva and "Ash" which is where she goes when she goes into town to sell the farm's bounty. Daisy sells butter cream chicken maple syrup and sausage and proudly records what she has sold each trip in her diary. She is also the chronicler of the weather. The day's weather tends to begin most of her journal entries. She is also a proud and loving mother who frets when her eldest son Dwight is away from home working and rejoicing when he returns home for visits or to stay and work. Since Dwight and husband George are away so often Daisy babies young John who she brings with on most of her outings to town and coddles when he becomes ill allowing him to stay home from school for longer than he needs to on a few occasions. The Woods family offers an alternative view on life during The Great Depression. They are not victims of the Depression. Rather they are thriving. They own a car a Dodge they wash their clothes in a washing machine they buy pigs from the neighbours and pick up odds and ends on most of their trips to town Daisy hosts traveling salesmen and considers purchases such as the Singer brand sweeper which she claims she "doesn't like at all". Through visitors to the Woods' home and farm readers are introduced to many of the local families of Austinberg Ohio. We meet the Hendersons the Goodwins the Warrens the Ranbels and many many more. Daisy's is something of a hub of social gatherings to the point that she will make frustrated note on days that she does not receive visitors. Perhaps this is why Daisy is so interesting. She is the consummate mother and hostess yet she bucks gender norms in other ways. Stated plainly Daisy just doesn't like to work very hard. Of course she churns butter. Of course she cleans and bakes. Buta common day for Daisy is one where she writes about bustling around and accomplishing little followed by a meticulous summary of how back breakingly hard the men of the house labored. For example on August 1st 1938 she describes the hard labour her sons and husband engaged in all day long and concludes with "I didn't do much all day". She makes plans she gest distracted the day passes her by yet her boys and husband are often gone for days at a time working in the woods on the farm in the fields. Daisy's affinity for avoiding work is exemplified during the months of January-March 1937 when the Woods family take in victims of the Ohio Flood of 1937. Daisy's friends Nerlie and Martha come to stay along with their husbands and children. The husbands help on the farm and Nerlie and Martha do Daisy's chores. In fact it's not until January 27 1937 that Daisy even alludes to the reason her friends and staying with her when she states "this flood disaster is getting worse and worse". Prior to that she simply lists off who did the ironing washing and cleaning each day. Later she gives more detail about the assistance she and her family gave to the flood victims but by late-February Daisy becomes bored with the charity and frustrated with her guests' children. On February 28 1937 14-year-old Jack is kept home from school sick by his mother and Daisy states "Jack stayed home sick Was able to watch every move any of us made" funny because she would often keep her own son John home sick for any number of reasons!. Daisy finally finds relief on March 5: "well they finally got moved got away about noon". Daisy has kept a thorough and detailed account of her life and the life of the men she loves the friends she chats with and the world she inhabits. Her diaries give life the farmers of Ohio and to a class of people who work hard and manage to avoid the pitfalls of the Depression thriving when others flailed. All of the Woods diaries are in very good condition and in the back of some of them she has kept a ledger of funds in and out which give a sense of the commerce of the time. It is easy to imagine Daisy and John in Geneva selling butter and noting the buyer and the price in the back of the diary. These diaries are an important asset to the collection of anyone interested in the history of farming or of life in the early 20th century told from a woman's perspective.Overall G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DAISY H WOODS HERRICK Mrs. GEORGE WOODS OHIO WOODS HERRICK AUSTINBURG OHIO ASHTABULA COUNTY GENEVA OHIO FLOOD OHIO RIVER FLOOD RURAL LIFE FARM LIFE DEPRESSION ERA COMMERCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION FARMING FARMER GENDER ROLES GENDER STUDIES BUCKEYE STATE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover

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DELORES DUNNBiblio.com

1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WEST CENTRAL OHIO WOMAN WHO MOST REMARKABLY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAR BEING FOUGHT AROUND HER

18630008121DE GRAFF OHIO. Good. 1863. On offer is an interesting rather matter-of-fact 19th Century Civil War era diary that recounts life in middle America with the awful backdrop of an awful war. The diary measures 4.75 inches by 3 inches. It contains 122 pages of entries plus memoranda. The leather cover is worn but intact as are all of the pages. The handwriting is a combination of ink and pencil. Many of the pencilled entries are faded. Delores Dunn lives in the area of De Graff OH about 30 miles north of Springfield. In 1860 she is single and lives with her parents and context suggests on a farm. She notes the visits of quite a number of 'gentlemen callers' but not record their names. The church plays an important role in her life and she attends both services and Sunday School regularly. Her entries are quite matter-of-fact. She notes the weather each day and one or two notable events. Much of entries recount household tasks. "This has been a nice New Years day. I have not done much today. I sewed a while and sung some. We had company from Degraff. Gift for my Ma. This is a New Year" Jan 1; "This has been a pleasant day. I was sewing and reading in the afternoon. We had a caller in the evening. I went to preaching and heard a grand sermon" Jan 6; "This has been a tolerable nice day. I was at home all day. I was sewing. It was nice work. We had a visitor and had some fun. Sam Criss called a while in the evening." Feb 6; "This has been a rather disagreeable day. It snowed nearly all day. I churned a large churning. Sam and Lake came up in the evening awhile. and Sam had some more fun this is all that happened today" Mar 3. The events of the outside world do not seem to intrude. The American Civil War is raging and there is no mention of some of the major battles such as Chancellorsville. The Emancipation Act came into force January 1st freeing all slaves and she makes no mention of it. Her cash account entries are spare perhaps reflecting her situation. However some entries do give a sense of costs for various items such as a stamp to mail a letter 6¢ shoe repairs 20¢ and a sheet of paper 1¢. There are also some poems that she has written in the back of the diary. A historian would find this simple straight-forward account of life in rural mid-19th century America filled with the minutiae that taken as a whole provides a snapshot of life at that time. A researcher looking at weather trends over a long period of time would find her daily remarks about weather an interesting point of comparison to what is experienced today.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1860S MID-19TH CENTURY OHIO LOGAN COUNTY DELORES DUNN; DE GRAFF OH LIFE IN MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICA; OHIO IN THE CIVIL WAR YEARS FARMERS RURAL AMERICA FARM WOMEN'S LIFE IN 1860S WOMEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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DORIS TIBBELSBiblio.com

1944 - 1946 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 150 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY AN ADORING BALTIMORE HOMEMAKER WORSHIPING HER HUSBAND FROM AFAR KEEPING UP HEARTH HOME AND THEIR HAPPY BABY UNTIL HE RETURNS

19440002421BALTIMORE MARYLAND TO NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. Good. 1944. On offer is a large archive of 150 original 1944 - 1946 manuscript letters handwritten by adoring wife and new mother Doris Tibbels of Baltimore Maryland whose homey loving letters make for an intimate look into the home front life of this charmingly head over heels in love with her adored 26 year old serviceman husband. Even when he is in Maryland at the Edgewood Arsenal and coming home many times she is still somewhat desperate in her detachment. Later while she writes of family and friends and her doings in Baltimore as the War winds down her husband is still active in New Orleans at the Special Chemical Detachment readers will feel her longing in a palpable way as if each letter is an attempt to draw him to her. She continually tells him she needs him to function in what some men might feel is a cloying manner. That said it is remarkable that she maintains the level of adoration over the years correspondence. Nearly every letter starts with whether it is a happy day or a sad day for receipt of his letters. We learn from the addresses that Charles is a T/5 or Technician Fifth Grade. Included ephemera includes clippings holiday and birthday cards military passes laundry receipts some small photographs adding further breadth to the group. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CHARLES M. TIBBELS DORIS TIBBELS BALTIMORE MARYLAND NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA SPECIAL CHEMICAL DETACHMENT TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE WWII WW2. WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR 2 WORLD WAR TWO HOME FRONT NEWLYWEDS AT WAR GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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E W S (Initials Only - Serious Buyers Contact Seller For Full Name)Biblio.com

19972000 Manuscript Diaries of a Lesbian Mother Confronting Sobriety Shame and the Search for Self in Late-Twentieth-Century Florida

19970001574Sarasota Arcadia Florida. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. On offer is a pair of diaries belonging to a middle-aged mother who began keeping a journal in order to write her way through her feelings surrounding her identity as a lesbian. Through her writing she also explores her struggles with multiple addictions and the impact her challenges have on her school-aged child who would sadly die only six months after her final entry. Anonymized but complete biographical information on our author is available in the BIO NOTES at the end of the listing. The author of this diary is identified by name within both volumes; however her name and all information that identifies her family are being withheld from public listing out of respect for her many immediate living family members. A de-anonymized biography will be provided privately to serious buyers for research and provenance purposes. Our author is 41-years-old when she begins writing in 1997 and going on 43 when she makes her last entry in March of 2000. She titles her first diary Volume One and begins it on February 21 1997. She keeps it until Friday June 6 1997 writing near-daily and only on the right side of every page. In her first entry she lays out her purpose for journaling: This book isabout who I am in this moment. Mostly it is about sexuality mine once lost and now found. It is about being a lesbian feeling wonderful about it and feel so relieved I cant believe it Feb 21 1997. Our author is educated intelligent and hopeful. She struggles with self-acceptance loneliness her sexual identity parenting a child who exhibited extremely challenging behaviours multiple addictions and mysteries from her past. While she is never explicit about her past we know she has a history of substance use and financial issues as well as challenges with her father and older brother. It is also implied that she had previously taken advantage of family members and possibly even stolen from them. Throughout the diaries one thing is clear: this author is a person who wants to live up to her potential be a good mother stay sober and be in control of her own life. She attends Alcoholics Anonymous AA meetings. She also attends the First Steps of Sarasota in their Choices program she goes to therapy and reflects that which she learns in her diary as she tries to understand her pain. Some excerpts from Volume One illustrate the tone of her entries: I went to a gay dance in Venice with Sharon tonight and I cried all the way home. Am I grieving over old loss or making change or being afraidI think that Im afraid of being aloneunlovedinsignificant. I guess Ive always felt that way. Why so much more now I feel so much more peaceful so why do I still feel this incredible emptiness insideI have always sought attention through my behavioursits been physical hurting myself getting sick and now its through food deprivation and through spending moneymaybe Im sad because Im afraid that even if I change all the behaviours the emptiness will never go away April 25 1997. I went to a gay AA meeting after group tonight which would have been good but I cried all the way through it. Im not sure why Im doing that these daysI need to be thankful more oftenI could start with my son.and the family April 14 1997. I did have a huge fight with Dad. He wants $400 a month he told me he should be paid first that I was ruining his credit and that I had lied to him. I was really angryI felt good that I did stand up for myself I went running after argument and that helpedI went to my Choices meetingFirst Step. I love that meeting. I always come away feeling so good. 2 women asked me to sponsor themI feel good about my sobriety April 17 1997. Despite her constant writing about wanting to overcome her demons and feel comfortable in her own skin our authors optimism of that first entry is repeatedly challenged. Some excerpts: I spent more time alone this weekend and I was okay with that - really enjoyed going to Barnes & Noble and looking @ the Lesbian books. Went to church alone Church of Religious Science. Told multiple friends I'm a lesbian. The women were very accepting John didnt say anything March 3 1997. Right now I feel extremely anxious because of our living situation - I do not feel safe because our landlord has asked us to leave and we have not left. Tomorrow is my interview about a healthcare institution job - I really want this job. I feel as though things are beginning to turnaroundThank you Lord for one more day and thank you for helping me to let go of my anger about the family March 11 1997. Thank you for this day Godmy son and I had one of our more and more frequent fights. I did not handle myself well at allI got very angry and.slapped himhave to learnto step. Back and not be afraid of making and keeping rules. I felt so horrible April 10 1997. .I had a terrible day I got reprimanded at work for 3 medication errors I feel as though Im not climbing out of this hole fast enough. I was furious with my son when I got home and found that he had not come home April 15 1997 Iapplied for a new jobIts lingerie modeling which I think now is sort of clean prostitution. I want to make a lot of money and thats all! .I want this job so I can pay off all my billssend my son to camp get the Volvo fixed April 21 1997today I was terminated from healthcare institution for not correcting medication errors. I wasnt careful enoughI dont feel scared just sad and pretty worthless as though everything Ive thought about myselfis true April 23 1997The first diary ends on a relatively hopeful note. Ive been afraid to write because Im clearly at the end of the book andIve been incredibly depressed. I feel a little better I think the Prozac is workingWith the exception of the loneliness and the bulimia Im doing betterI want to start going back to meetingsI think going to that gay dance scared meI think its connected to my not going to meetings that fear of intimacy thing June 6 1997. When we meet our author again in her second diary begun September 1 1999 her struggles are the same but her child is older and in trouble with the law financial strain becomes a more prominent and frequent concern shes unable to hold down a job housing is insecure and while she discusses her sexuality less frequently in Diary #2 it remains an undercurrent. Initially she is staying sober with the help of her sponsor about whom she writes almost obsessively until October 5th when she begins drinking again. Some excerpts give the sense of her lived experience as the millennium looms: We have just returned from the police station where my son was arrested on 3 felony counts and 3 misdemeanors and there are at least $6000 worth of charges. It was absolutely horrible. My sponsor and her husband came with us Thank God! .Im thrilled that at least the arrest part is over Sept 1 1999. I went to healthcare facility for my orientation and now Im ready to work. Im grateful to God for opportunities Sept 9. I cancelled two orientations today and my shame feels really big Sept 13I went to see a therapist this morning. I liked her. I was pretty honest with her except about my sexualityI told her that I was recovering for my anorexia and bulimia Im not reallymy son and I will go together next week Sept 18. Tomorrow we have an appointment at the Department of Juvenile Justice it scares me to deathMy son is a criminalsome of my goals: Plant a garden make my house prettygo back to school get my masters write a book find a lover Sept 30. I went back out as they say in the program. I started at now closed down mental health hospital today. Im quite excited about itthe benefits are by far the best Ive ever had. I feel okay. My alcoholism has reared its ugly head Oct 5. I think much of my self hatred and feeling of worthlessness is tied up with my older brotherWhy doesnt it just heal After all Im 42 now Why does it hurt so much Oct 16. .The landlord is threatening to evict us if I dont pay by tomorrow. The water has been shut off for a week now and Im supposed to pay my sons lawyer $1000 tomorrow. I have 3 cigarettes and not enough gas to get to work tomorrowThank you God! I got gas and my son gave me half a pack of cigarettes. While that itself makes me feel awful desperation is desperation! Nov 4. The next day her landlord has begun the eviction process and on November 19 she moves in to her parents house with her son and states she is grateful to be sober. After a long and disappointing house hunt and judging by the nature of her writing - intermittent sobriety she and her son move to Arcadia Florida on December 31 1999 and she writes: The millennium did not end well with the family as Dad was drunk and very belligerent with my son. I did not say a word while Dad was yelling at my sonat some point I want to talk to my father about his drinkingI am thrilled to be sober! .. Im so disgusted with myself. A week ago today I got $1000 now its all gone! When will I ever change. I feel stupid worthless useless Jan 17 2000. .we went to Sarasota. I went to Rose Group which was about the First Step for the second night in a row. I picked up my blue chip for 90 days. It was a great meeting Jan 25. We talked about the topic at the Rose Group being sex and Valentines Day and how I couldnt change it because I didnt want that womans feelings her feelings mattered while mine didntI need to matter! Feb 19. For me money is a lot like alcohol I am obsessed with it. I think about it constantly. When I have it I am happy when I dont I am miserable March 26. Her final entry is on March 30 2000. An excerpt: Lord please help me to feel better about myself. Please help me to remember that I am loved. Please help me to pay the bills March 30. While we do know through historical records that our author was eventually married to a woman who was a proud member of the sober living community and lived into her early 60s we also know things likely didn't get much easier. Her son would sadly die less than six months after she made her final diary entry and her financial issues remained for many years. Taken together these diaries offer an unvarnished view of midlife lesbian identity formation at the edge of the twentieth centurywhere spirituality motherhood and addiction recovery intersect. They are especially valuable for their articulation of lesbian self-definition outside urban or academic milieus documenting the therapeutic and communal spaces AA meetings religious-based groups womens recovery programs through which one woman sought meaning dignity and love. Together the volumes stand as a rare primary-source record of working-class lesbian experience sobriety culture and maternal resilience in the years preceding the new millennium. BIO NOTES ANONYMIZED : The female author of these diaries was born in the mid-1950s. The daughter of a New Jersey businessman and a mother who was on her second marriage she grew up in an upper-middle-class household with two older half-siblings from her mothers first marriage and one older brother. She was raised in New Jersey before her parents relocation to Florida in the mid-1970s which occurred while she was away at college. She graduated from a respected northeastern university in the late 19070s. She was clearly a highly respected and busy member of the student body being President of the Student Alumni Association and a member of a society known as AMW the universitys highest non-academic honorary society offering invitations to female students of exemplary character excellence in service to the University and communityhonor dignity willingness to accept responsibility responsible leadership and potential for continued contributions to the University. She gave birth to a son in the late 1980s while still living in Maine. He died tragically at age 13 shortly after her second diary concludes in a loss that shadows her later writings. Professionally she appears to have worked in nursing and lived most of her adult life in Florida later settling in the northeastern United States. She identified herself as lesbian in early 1997 and ultimately married a woman active in the sober-living community who served as a sponsor to others in recovery. The author died in the late 2010s.; Manuscripts; 9 X 7 in.; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EATING DISORDERS WOMEN'S STUDIES LESBIAN STUDIES COMING OUT BULIMIA AA ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS FLORIDA UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ALUMNI GENDER STUDIES LGBT AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORYantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel.; Signed by Author . hardcover

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EARLE G HOGGARD, JULIENNE HOGGARDBiblio.com

1930s ORIGINAL UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BOY ON THE BRINK OF TEENAGE YEARS AND HIS SLIGHTLY OLDER SISTER WHOSE LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE IF SHE COULD JUST MARRY BOTH TWINS

19350008225LOS ANGELES DOWNEY BELLFLOWER CALIFORNIA. Good. 1935. On offer is the fascinating original manuscript childhood diary of a young 12 year old boy who would one day become a successful professional and noted Rotarian growing up in Depression era pre-WWII California and his slightly older boy crazy sister! Diary measures 6 inches by 4.5 inches and contains 365 pages plus an extensive address section. This is a 5-year perpetual diary begun in January 1935. Considering its 5-year span the diary is approximately 25% complete. The cover is padded green leather and is in very good condition. The binding and pages are also in good condition. The handwriting is legible. The diary was written by Earle Hoggard begun when he was 12 years old. Hoggard was born in Spring TX in 1922. However his family moved to Downey CA where he grew up and spent much of his adult life. After finishing high school he served in the U.S. army during WWII. He was commended for decoding Japanese communications. Following the war he enrolled in the L.A. College of Optometry. Following graduation he established his own practice in the neighbouring community of Bellflower. While building his practice he became active in local politics and served on the Bellflower municipal council. At the same time he became active in Rotary International the international service organization. As a Rotarian he established a successful international student exchange program with students from Los Mochis Mexico. He also was a gifted amateur musician. Hoggard passed away in 2003 at the age of 80. This diary spans three years - the first 3 months of 1935 several of 1938 and most of 1939. The entries reflect the age and life experiences of the writers - because there was more than one! They revolve around school and his family/social life: "Rained hard today. I had to come home for lunch and got all wet. Went to Scout meeting. Also went to basketball game" Jan 9 1935; "Played football with Bill Jack and Eugene and got in fight with Sis again." Feb 20 1935. The diary continues written by his sister Julienne. There is no explanation for the transition - but the entries still revolve around school and social activities. Julienne began making entries beginning June 12 1938! "Got out of school today. Just got home from graduation. I am a 10th grader now. I think Sister Wilfred is going away. Darn it I love her! ." June 12 1938; "Got all my stuff unpacked and am living with Mother now. Dear Jesus please let me marry either Ronald or Billy or Bobby."June 13 1938. She is obviously infatuated with some twin brothers as her entries reflect repeated desires to see them and she spares no prayers in her quest: "I wanted to go home so much today but couldn't Oh Lord Jesus please give me my wish and let me meet the twins this summer. I love Bill and Bob so." July 6 1938; "Went to school and showed kids my autograph of Dale Carnegie ." Mar 13 1939. For a social historian this diary offers a look into the life of a teenage boy just before the outbreak of WWII. It is prime material for a women's studies program as it certainly portrays an attitude about gender roles in the society at that time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; EARLE G HOGGARD; ROTARY INTERNATIONAL; DALE CARNEGIE; JULIENNE MORTON; 20TH CENTURY; 1930s; GROWING UP IN PRE-WW2 AMERICA; PRE-WAR CALIFORNIA; GREAT DEPRESSION; SCHOOLBOYS IN 1930S CALIFORNIA; DOWNEY CA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; GATEWAY CITIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; BELLFLOWER RESIDENTS; YOUTH SOCIAL LIFE IN 1930S CALIFORNIA; WOMEN STUDIES; TEENAGE GIRLS IN PRE-WW2 CALIFORNIA; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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Ed V DavisBiblio.com

ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 WORLD WAR II DIARIES OF ED V. DAVIS - Y2C U.S.S BEATTY DD640

1942000001bASEA ABOARD THE USS BEATTY. Good. 1942. Softcover. Archive lot of two sensational World War II diaries. As you open the cover of diary ONE a small black book it is signed "Ed V. Davis Y2C U.S.S BEATTY" DD640 and at the bottom is has in print 50171 "Manufactured by U.S. Government Printing Office". The book starts out in October 16 1942 and ends Tuesday November 10 1942. This diary was written as if he was talking to his mom. His job was in the bridge of the Beatty. He tells of many other ships and what days they joined the convoy. He talks of the secrecy of their destination of which he didn't know. He talks about pay seas people's emotions what day the ships turned and what day the ships met the convoy. He tells which ships fired first and second all from the bridge of the U.S.S Beatty. The SECOND diary he did not write his name in. He started his writing at the top of the page as follows "The Second Beginning" June 6 1943. It contains 12 pages of writing. The last date of his writings is July 13. He talks of war plane crashes shortages of food and water women suspense dates times and movies. All written to his mom from the view of the bridge U.S.S. Beatty. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; Hand Written Personal Memoir World War II Marines Navy NavalHandwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americanaantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel World War Two . paperback

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EDWARD J AUSTIN, Deck BoyBiblio.com

1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG MAN'S FIRST VOYAGE PROUDLY AS THE DECK BOY BUT NOT ONE AFRAID TO TAKE A TURN AT THE WHEEL

19270002226ASEA ABOARD THE SS WEST HARCUVAR. Good. 1927. On offer is an utterly charming from a fascinating perspective original 1927 manuscript trip diary handwritten by E.J. Austin Deck Boy on the SS W. Harcuvar. Edward as we learn from a tucked in news clipping about the 38 year old man uses a 'Composition' notebook beginning Sunday April 17th to May 31st while undated the year matches up to 1927. He begins with the first entry as if a the book is a long letter to his mother and family. Typically his first few days aboard ship as a new crewman is fraught with the highs and lows: the sea air makes for a big appetite and then the rolling of the waves make for a 'green' sailor in both definitions of the situation. By the end of the first few weeks he is an old tar taking his turn at the wheel in between paint chipping sessions at the forecastle. The book also contains a letter perhaps unfinished tucked in dated Summer 1928. At the back of the 8vo book are some religious writings including "The Path of Freedom" Presence of God. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF E. J. AUSTIN EDWARD J. AUSTIN DECK BOY SS WEST HARCUVAR TRAVEL SEA VOYAGE WORK ON A SHIP NAUTICAL STEAMERS STEAMSHIPS MARINE NAVAL OCEAN GOING YOUNG BOYS WHO GO TO SEA MAIDEN VOYAGES NAUTICAL MARINERS SAILORS SEAMEN AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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EMMA FREIDA GERZBiblio.com

1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENIGMATIC YOUNG LOS ANGELES WOMAN TRYING TO BECOME A STAGE ACTRESS ONLY TO BE OUTRAGED WHEN SHE IS CAST AS A 'NEGRO MAMMY'

19120002388LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA CA PEDRO. Good. 1912. On offer is a fascinating enigmatic original 1912 Los Angeles California manuscript diary handwritten by Miss Emma Gerz. A secretary we believe who employs shorthand throughout the 95% filled diary which makes for very intriguing reading. While she is rather open in regular cursive one can only imagine some of her perhaps more intimate entries and more cutting comments she is sometimes catty. We also learn she went on picnics the different plays she's in taking lessons a fellow she likes named Billy a man asking her to go to the beach sometime and her telling him off life with her parents and that she plays basketball and goes to the gymnasium regularly for theatrical rehearsals. Talented enough at piano she gives lessons her first love is the stage and she tries out for a number over the year; when she finds out her part she is outraged: 'Went to see Mr. Earnest and he gave me the part of a Negro mammy ah.shorthand.mama is angry about it too.' Miss Gerz in general is not a happy person though for the most part though she is surrounded by friends has dates goes to nice restaurants and sees shows and does get parts in productions. She suffers from headaches feels low and bemoans her luck: 'No one called. Guess our phone has forgotten how to ring.' Eeyore has nothing on Emma Gerz. She has a large circle of friends through clubs and such and there appears to be a big connection with the German community as most of the people she mentions have Germanic last names. She moves about Los Angeles almost daily as she attends 'Masquerade' exercises climbing Figueroa hill gives piano lessons going to the Wallis Dramatic School and much much more. Fascinating look at this intriguing young woman's life in Los Angeles with the back drop of the early motion picture business happening all around her. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EMMA FREIDA GERZ LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA LA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES WHITE PERSON PLAYING A NEGRESS MAMMY GENDER STUDIES PEDRO FIGUEROA HILL BLACK FACE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN LOS ANGELES EARLY MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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EVELYN REEDBiblio.com

1929 - 1931 1933 & 1961 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE 3 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF ARDTREA ONTARIO COUNCILMAN AND FARMER IN ORILLIA TOWNSHIP AND ONE OF ORILLIA PACKET CORRESPONDENTS IN 1960S DETAILING HER EVERYDAY LIFE AND TIMES

19290008018Orillia Ontario. Fair. 1929. On offer are 1929-31 1933 and 1961 manuscript diaries documenting a life of Evelyn Carter Reed b. 1902 from Orillia Township. Evelyn was a wife of Wilbour T. Reed a farmer and swine breeder from Ardtrea who was a member of the Orillia Municipal Council in 1940-60s and served as a Simcoe County Warden in 1953. The first of the diaries starts in 1929 7 years after they got married. The family also kept summer cottages that seem to be very popular during the season: "Ag. 1 1933: Wib and I were kept busy feeding our 13 guests. The men folks went fishing eve. Art went to street dancing at night. This was Fireman's Tournament day. I did a bit more ironing this P.M. .Aug. 3rd:: We had 17 for dinner and supper." The diaries give an excellent insight into life of a woman from a well off farmer's family in mid-20th century and document how life changed from 1930s to 1960s including shopping and culinary habits home appliances and involvement into social life. In 1929 Evelyn was a young wife and mother of two boys Alex and Ross busy with housekeeping. Her main activities included cleaning home and summer cottages cooking for the family and lodgers washing sewing and mending clothes while her husband was mostly busy with cattle pigs and crops. She meticulously lists dishes that she cooks and clothes she makes: "Apr. 14 1930 Nice but cold. I clarified syrup all day made yeast chocolate cake Johnny cake cleaned a lot of eggs washed a few silk things and wrote to mother; June 2: Very warm. I did a big washing and hung it on my new clothes line also started cleaning cellar and did some mending. Took off storm windows. The men got field ready for potatoes; June 12th A nice day. I preserved pineapple and rhubarb made cookies and cake cleaned windows and put screen on kitchen window got letter from granny. Marcie phoned me. The men sowed turnips. Sept 2 "We took little pigs to market but sold none. I preserved peaches plums canned 9 jars tomatoes and made peach jelly. I also made pies and cake. Wib scrubbed kitchen and pantry. We thought we did a big day's work". The family had many visitors occasionally attended different events like Ladies Aid meetings lectures at church School Board meetings and shows and Evelyn maintains very active correspondence. In 1960s their lifestyle changed - they travel around more and seem to be more actively involved in social and political life in the county Wilbour attends hog producers meetings Simcoe warden elections and banquets and Church and School Boards meetings Evelyn is still busy with household chores but now she spends much time sewing and quilting and she often mentions writing news for "Packet" an Orillia newspaper and participating in the Women Institute activities: "Feb. 13th: Nice day. I wrote news for both papers A.M. and pressed some strips of my heavy material for quilt and sewed it all together.Feb 15th. .Wib went for Barrie to attend The Trustee and Ratepayers meeting. I went to quilting again with Carters.Feb. 20. I spent most of A.M. writing news for papers; Dec. 5: I made cookies A.M. iced my cake scrubbed pantry on my knees mopped kitchen and generally put things in order for W.I. Women Institute meeting. When 12 ladies came had meeting and program with game contests and fun till midnight when I served lunch." The diaries contain multiple names of local residents and lodgers local events a list of births deaths and marriages many details of everyday life including meals she made for the family and guests and lists of The first of the notebooks is missing a cover and the first page has a few tears and water stains. The paper has yellowed and ink and pen are faded at some pages. In the 1961 diary the cover and first leaves are detached.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EVELYN REED DEPRESSION DEPRESSION ERA 1930S 1920S 1960S 20TH CENTURY CANADA ONTARIO ARDTREA ALLISTON HILLCREST BARRIE ORILLIA MUSKOKA SIMCOE COUNTY FARMING FARMERS HOG PRODUCERS SWINE BREEDERS WOMEN STUDIES SOCIAL LIFE LAKEVIEW FARMS RURAL LIFE WILBUR READ REED CARTER WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES ORILLIA PACKET CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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FAIRMAN R DICKBiblio.com

1919 ORIGINAL GROUP OF NOTEBOOKS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE DURING AND AFTER WWI AND BEYOND

19190008052PHILADELPHIIA U.S. - FRANCE. Good. 1919. On offer is a fine collection of WWI notes and documents regarding the service of a US Artillery officer who served in France. The collection consists of 2 small notebooks a large photograph letter of commendation and a typed 10-page description of a 1925 tour of French Battlefields. Each notebook has 68 pages and measures 5.5 inches by 4.5 inches. They are 20% and 100% complete respectively. The battlefield tour document measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. There are 2 black and white photographs presumably of the author - one in uniform aboard a ship and the other dated 1967 and of him with a young boy. Fairman Rogers Dick was born in Philadelphia in 1885 and passed away in 1976 at the age of 90. From 1908 to 1915 he worked with a number of investment firms on Wall St. and then he organized his own firm Dick Gregory Inc. In 1917 he joined the Army and during World War I he rose to the rank of major with the field artillery in France. After the war he joined the firm of Roosevelt and Son with whom he remained until 1933 when he formed another company Dick and Merle-Smith. He retired in 1946 but stayed active with the firm as a consultant. He qualified as a pilot in 1916 and became a member of the Early Birds of Aviation a group of pre-World War I flyers. Dick was a recognized expert in railroad regulations During the 1930's he was an expert witness in many landmark cases involving federal regulations of railroads. Dick once served as chairman of the Research Committee of the Transportation Association of America. In 1956 he served on a transportation task force for President Dwight Eisenhower. He served with the 306th Field Artillery of the 77th Division U.S. Army. The first notebook has very few entries and appears to be a record book of mess dues and mess alcohol purchases. The second notebook contains many notes that would be expected of an officer in a field unit. For Example: "B.A. will draw all shell in A B C D; Will be dumped at 8:30 See Polock; . Horses will not be watered Sunday a.m.; guns will be hauled out Sat P.M. ."; "Special detail in a.m. Rode with major Fitz in p.m. Talked with Pete Bowditch at in p.m. Says we might be here a year" Jan 10; "Inspected 304 wagons in a.m. In p.m. went to Boudreville and took command of 3 rd Bn. I am not very comfortable over there. Walked an hour." Feb 2. The Battlefield Tour report is very interesting. It is clearly moving in placed for him: ". The Argonne was the least changed of any section I saw but in one respect even it is changed. The scattered graves of French Germans and Americans have all gone. They have been gathered into cemeteries. You see them here and there along the old front the battalions of the dead the crosses row on row and the flag flying over them." p 9 . There is frank assessment of the future as well: ". The road down through the ravine is well open but the concrete shelters were merely heaps of stones. They had been dynamited by the French. Apparently they were getting ready for the next war and they face the wrong way for the French and the right way for the Germans so they had to go" p 9. A military historian would find this an excellent collection to review. It can serve to cross-reference other data. The first-hand account of the battlefield some seven years following the end of the war provides both detailed information about the movements of the 306th Field Artillery and a unique assessment of what happened in the immediate years after the war.; Document Archive; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF AEF EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1910S WW1 FIRST WORLD WAR GREAT WAR FAIRMAN R. DICK; 306TH FIELD ARTILLERY AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES WESTERN FRONT AMERICA IN WORLD WAR 1; EARLY BIRDS OF AVIATION; PILOTS FRANCE FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER; EDWARD "PETE" BOWDITCH JR. TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MILITARY HISTORY WARTIME PHOTOS LETTER OF COMMENDATION AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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Fisher, E OBiblio.com

1891-92 DIARY OF E. O. FISHER AN AMBITIOUS SCHOOL STUDENT FROM RURAL IOWA DESCRIBING HIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY EXPANSION IN THE "GILDED AGE"

18910008006SHENANDOAH IOWA. Very Good. 1891. On offer is a handwritten diary covering the years of 1891 and 1892 that gives an excellent insight into a broad range of interests and aspirations of a schoolboy from a small rural place in Iowa. The variety of topics he is writing about is remarkable - from day-to-day farming activities and school studies to political and business life in the state and technological advances. E. O. Fisher who was sixteen at the time lived on a farm near Shenandoah. The book is the second volume according to a note on the first page and starts with a description of 1891 autumn fair in Iowa: "The fair interested me greatly this year that is the racing does.One of the novelties is a steam swing. The moment it stops there is a scramble for seats."The diary conveys atmosphere of economic growth and rapid development: "Shenandoah is booming." Several entries are devoted to erection of the electric light plant: "I was all afternoon up at the light plant. They were putting up two chimneys about 200 hundred people gathered to witness it. The engine is the largest in town and the pipe a large one had to be so carefully put up to prevent its breaking the cornice off the roof". He also reports political events giving his opinion on Republican and People's Party candidates: "Governor Boies spoke in the Opera House this afternoon. Should have liked to hear him but could not leave school. I was up to hear congressman Dolliver. In my estimation his was the best speech I ever heard". In 1891 reporting two major events erection of a light plant and Boise election he writes: "Shenandoah can be proud of her electric lights but she cannot boast of her temperance any more" referring to the defeat of Republicans brought by their standpoint in prohibition debate. He does quite a lot of farm work like digging potatoes picking tomatoes threshing and loading putting up millet one of his main interests are horses: "We went up to Mr. Harris's and trained the colts our colt and Mr.Harriss's. I believe Mr. Harris is as good a horse trainer tamer as can be found in the country. He can tame an ordinary horse perfectly in half an hour". Fisher is also a competitive student who expresses his admiration of well-read people enjoys studying philosophy and elocution: "Our philosophy recitations are becoming quite interesting we have quite a dispute every day.If it were not for algebra would stand pretty high in my class hope that shall not be lower than 3rd or 4th anyway" and is also keen on learning technology: "I have so many things to think of and make that I don't know how. I want to make a dynamo a "magneto" a telegraph instrument a wind mill a small saw a mandrel; to help Pamake a wagon brake." In August 1892 Fisher enlisted to local militia: "I am going to try enlist in the Militia. I am underage but I am large and strong enough" several pages document the details of their train trip to Sioux City and camping. The last entry is dated October 12th 1892. The diary contains many details related to the local history names of local residents information about cultural events sermons at the Free Methodist church political campaigns business activity and accidents including a fire that destroyed Western Normal College in Shenandoah. Physical description: A diary is a notebook in a pink cover with an image of a girl with a shepherd's crook standing in the field in the center sheep in upper corners and word "Composition" in the right lower corner. There are initials E.O.F. at the top of the first page. Out of 142 pages 91 are densely filled.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY FISHER E. O. 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY "GILDED AGE" 1890S IN THE UNITED STATES IOWA SHENANDOAH SIOUX CITY 1891 GOVERNOR ELECTIONS IN IOWA FREE METHODIST CHURCH FARMING IOWA FARMERS AGRICULTURAL FAIR ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT WESTERN NORMAL COLLEGE FIRE HORACE BOIES LOCAL MILITIA IOWA MILITIA IOWA AGRICULTURE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DIARIES FARMER'S DIARY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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GENERAL (GENE) GRAZZINIBiblio.com

ARCHIVE LOT OF DOCUMENTS DIARY EPHEMERA AND ARTIFACTS RELATIVE TO SERVICE IN WWII AND POST WAR OCCUPIED JAPAN INCLUDING ADS BY PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN

1935000069Japan USA. Very Good. 1935. Super archive lot of WWII ephemera and documents including soldier's diary and memorabilia from 1935 to 1955. Serving in IE SHIMA JAPAN and includes a signed document letter From Harry Truman. The group comes directly from the Brookfield Illinois estate of General Gene Grazzini born 1919. He served in the Armed Forces 1944 - 1946. Due to the extensive contents we inventory the group as items 1 thru 8. Item 1 - Folder and mailing envelope as found containing all the memorabilia included in this auction. The detailed map on the cover was hand drawn by Gene. Map is titled "51 Days Aboard The U.S.A. T. Aconcagua - Seattle to Ie Shima. Map depicts a U.S. soldier surrounded by battle ships bombers aiming fire at Japan. Gene appears to have been somewhat of an amateur artist specializing in "line ink" drawings. Map is intricately detailed very good condition measures 8.5 x 11". Item 2- Pencil and ink drawings done by Gene during his high school years signed and dated by Gene 1935/36. The four ink drawings are titled and identified by authors: Christmas Eve by Christopher Morley The World Is Full of Roads by Lucy Spraque Mitchell Woodland Whispers by Clinton Scollard The Fishermen by John Greenleaf Whittier. Also included is a pencil drawing of Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote The Canterbury Tales. Item 3 - 4 Documents: 1 9 page manually typed day by day personal diary written by Gene of Gene's departure from Washington to Japan. Excerpt from first page: Then came the great day May 30 1945 Memorial Day. We piled all our stuff in duffel bags and full-field packs and lined them up in platoon formation in the usual falling-out area. Around 1000 hrs. we picked up our packs rifles steel helmets and took off for the train. An unforgettable sight during that long march was the long train of cars carrying the wives of some of the men. They edged along with the men and the tears flowed as they got that one last look at their soldier-husbands. They waved and threw kisses until we finally started moving to the tune of "Don't Fence Me In" played by the Fort Lewis military band. We completed the 50 mile trip to Fort Lawton Washington our Port of Embarkation. This was IT. Remaining 8 pages speak of his time aboard ship Seattle to Honolulu. 2 Gene's Personal IE SHIMA DIARY - Manually typed 27 pages each page is typed front and back. Beginning January 24th ending Sept. 2. This diary is rich in very detailed historical encounters with the enemy! Excerpts: April 4 - Sixth Marine Division moves onto Motobu peninsula 4000 yards off Ie Shima thereby denying the peninsula as a support position for Ie Shima resistance. April 16 - Terrific aerial and navel bombardment was laid on Ie Shima from 0730 to 0800. At 0801 the 305th and 306th U.S. Infantry Regiments landed on Green and on Red One and Two beaches. The Japs opened fire with rifles and machine-gun's.3 The Battle of Okinawa dated Feb. 12 1946 written by Sgt. H. Goodhew. OPERATION ICEBERG - 5 page manually typed front and back of each page documentation by a Sgt. including hand drawn map & documentation of bombardments by day Japs final retreat. 4 FINAL SOUVENIR EDITION NEWSLETTER by USS Adm. Rodman Monday May 13th 1946 25th Day Out. Back side of newsletter shows a map titled "Cruise of the U.S.S. Admiral Hugh Rodman - Trip Mileage: Okinawa to Hawaii 4104 Hawaii to Balboa 4483 Balboa to Colon 48 Colon to New York 1974. Front of newsletter sends Good Luck and thank you to the soldiers. Photo 4 - Seven of Gene's personnel documents from the Armed Forces: 1.Camp McCoy Wisconsin Brigadier General U.S. - Congratulatory Letter upon completion of military mission. 2.Application For Servicemen's Readjustment Allowance 3/4.Gene's Honorable Discharge Certificate/Documentation Negatives of originals. 5. Commendation Certificate Oct. 18 1945 for especially meritorious and outstanding service with Army Garrison Force. 6/7. Selective Service System 1946 Welcome Home Veteran letter & insurance coverage. Item 5 - Signed authentic letter addressed to Gene from the White House signed by Harry Truman. Excerpt: "To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. Certificate is in excellent condition. Items 6 & 7 - Hand drawn artwork by Gene: includes his own Christmas card templates "Holiday Greetings From Ie Shima" Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Yuletide Greetings depicting a Hawaiian Island Merry Christmas From Ie Shima 1945 with Gene's rendition of Donald Duck and Donald's nephew. Two sheets of military stationery "A World Apart United In Heart Seasons Greetings 1945/46. Item 8 - 1955 Gene's continued dedication to his country 8 x 10" black and white photos of V.F.W. dedications/parades. ; Manuscript; 8 x 5 Inches; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA WORLD WAR II WWII RED SUN HIROSHIMA ATOMIC WARFARE ATOMIC BOMB . unknown

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GLADYS B HETHERINGTON [later Atwood]Biblio.com

1922 - 1924 ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING RURAL MAINE WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE MORE OF THE TOILING TWENTIES NEVER MIND THE ROARING

19220008217FAIRFIELD MAINE. Good. 1922. On offer are two 2 original manuscript diaries written in the early 20th Century in the very remote and rural countryside of Maine USA. The first diary measures 6' x 3.5' the second - 7.0 x 4.25' both diaries have 365 pages 100% complete and in good condition. The diaries were hand written by Gladys B Hetherington. She was born on April 25th 1895. In 1914 she married Hurley Hetherington. That marriage would end in divorce in 1930. Subsequently she married Henry Atwood with whom she had a daughter. Maine has always been a state comprised of mostly small fishing and farming communities. The people were hard-working and independent. In 1922 when she was 27 Gladys was living on a farm with her husband Hurley. The farm was in Fairfield near Norridgewock ME and her diary is full of the daily events of life in that very small community. "Lovely warm day. Hurley went down to help Jimmie. I done usual Sat work and set two more hens. Evelyn spent the afternoon with me. We rehearsed and sang. Arthur came up with Hurley to hear records. Hurley and I have been married eight years today. We can hear the frogs tonight. ." Apr. 8 1922; "Another windy day and cold too. I cleaned the dining room and made a dust cap. Hurley went to Malbrum's Mills to help Farleys pick up potatoes. Mama and I took down to the blacksmith's shop at Black's Mills and had his shoes set over. Done some trading and came home. Evelyn came up to get a for Louise for Sunday and I copied one off for her." May 11 1922; "Dark day rained little did not have to hurry getting up. I made raisin brad cake and apple pie dressed chicken etc ." Nov 11 1922; "It was snowing when we got up and snowed until middle of P.M. a damp snow. John and Hurley took the horses over to blacksmith shop Brads A.M. and had them sharpened then they came home got their dinner and done their chores and went back down to Leo's. I have a headache as well as a sore throat. I made cookies and a mince pie." Jan 25 1924; "My 29th birthday. Mamma and I cleaned papered and moved things in her bedroom I roasted rooster for supper. Guy had a spell with his heart this morning they thought he was dead and called Dr. Smith Received birthday card from and $1.20 from Hurley" Apr 30 1924; "Hurley down to Charlies. Mamma and I done washing. I washed the floor. The meat man did not come. I cleaned out chicken coops. Mamma Addie and I went raspberrying on the hill. Put up 3 pts and started little batch of R.R. Jam. Hurley started the bossey drinking tonight. Hurley brought mowing machine up tonight. Hurley shot at a skunk" July 21 1924. The entries are focused on the immediate events and activities of their lives. There are no references to outside events reflecting very much the constant hard work that they did to maintain themselves. None-the-less there comes across a real sense of family as they work and socialized with themselves and their neighbors in this fairly harsh rural environment. A rural historian would find these diaries valuable as they paint a picture of what was involved in the continual effort to build a life in rural Maine. A researcher in women's or gender studies would see this as a very clear description of the life that many rural women led in the early 20th century.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; MAINE; NORRIDGEWOCK ME; FAIRFIELD ME; SOMERSET COUNTY ME; 20TH CENTURY; 1920s; ROARING TWENTIES; JAZZ AGE; GLADYS HETHERINGTON; HURLEY HETHERINGTON; EARLY 20TH CENTURY LIFE IN RURAL MAINE; AGRICULTURE IN NEW ENGLAND; WOMEN IN RURAL AMERICA; FARM LIFE IN THE EARLY 1920s; FARMING OPERATIONS; WOMEN ON FARMS; DIETARY PATTERNS IN 1920S NEW ENGLAND; ROLE OF FARM WOMEN IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY; ENTERTAINMENT PATTERNS IN RURAL NEW ENGLAND; AGRICULTURE IN SOMERSET COUNTY; FAIRFIELD FARMS IN 1920s; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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GUY NEWMANBiblio.com

1901 - 1905 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN ALMOST OBSESSIVELY BY A BANKER AND PERFUME DEALER EXEMPLIFYING THE NEW AND FASHIONABLE EDWARDIAN ERA

19010002230HAVERSTOCK LONDON ENGLAND. Good. 1901. On offer is a fascinating enigmatic original December 1901 to May 1905 Edwardian Era manuscript diary handwritten by we believe Guy Newman of Haverstock in London England. Less than a year after he death Mr. Newman writes a diary that exemplifies the end of Queen Victoria's less sociable more austere reign into the breathy heady days of Edward's fashionable regency. He writes with a near obsessive qualities: the writing legible but very small fills each page as he creates a diary of almost extraordinary detail of the doings and happenings from his intimate personal circle to the social and political scene in London to almost the entirety of England: he refers to the two wicked women being hanged in Holloway; the death of Cecil Rhodes; a visit to the Zoo; relatives off to South Africa; train journeys; Royal Tournament; King and Queen's procession just to note the merest of jottings. A banker the young man who marries in June of 1902 references the stock market and corporate doings frequently and as historians will agree he was at the epicentre of the financial world and arguably the most enviable country in the world; in the rush to get ahead we learn he and his wife to be whom he calls 'Babs' or 'Bessie' have a business selling perfume and there are numerous entries relating to orders and contact names. That said we find Mr. Newman an odd man. The book proper has a stiff paper cover which has had a small rectangular window cut into it. Pasted on the back is a square of paper with the start and finish dates of the diary. The pastedown now torn covers and partially obscures what appears to be the inscription ownership information. The name Guy Newman is visible resting on the upper edge. However Guy makes the reader very confused until one understands he writes in the third person. For example he lists himself and Bessie in the wedding presents as 'Guy to Bessie' and 'Bessie to Guy'. He even writes at one point that he has to see someone to sell perfume and that 'Newman has promised him an order for Christmas'! While the cover of the 210 page 7 x 5 x ¾ inch thick book is chipped and scuffed and a little knocked the interior is very good and overall G. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GUY NEWMAN ELIZABETH NEWMAN BESSIE NEWMAN HAVERSTOCK LONDON ENGLAND HOLLOWAY HANGINGS EDWARDIAN ERA THE CITY FINANCE ECONOMICS PRE WORLD WAR I PRE WW1 TURN OF THE CENTURY ENGLISH ECCENTRICS BRITAIN BRITTANICA OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE OCD HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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HARLAN PAGE FRENCHBiblio.com

1880 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ERUDITE AND EXPRESSIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR

18800001922Pleasant Valley Cambridge Vermont Albany New Yor. Good. 1880. On offer is a super original manuscript diary handwritten by Mr. Harlan Page French an expressive 19th Century business man and entrepreneur born in Pleasant Valley Cambridge Vermont but spent most of his adult life in Albany New York. In 1881 Harlan's business of French & Choate Stationer succeeded the Readers and Writer's Economy Company. His partner left the business in 1884. While not a day to day diary Harlan writes 154 handwritten pages in the 6" x 11" book beginning March 15th 1880 through to February 13th 1921 but sometimes not writing for years but he retrospectively brings the reader up to date regarding his life his business and his family after the gaps. He and his family wife Augusta nee Bowers and his daughter Florence take many vacations leaving the city as he suffers from allergies. Interestingly he takes "Cocaine" for his hay fever. Readers will find Harlan a super diarist. Here are some snippets: "March 15th 1880. Here I am in New York but not so well pleased with my position as I might be. The business of the Readers and Writers Economy does not start off very briskly and I am a little dissatisfied. However things will probably take a more favorable turn soon and I shall feel better. Have called on Mr. Fisk at 346 Broome St. this P.M. and had a pleasant chat with him. Shall look around a little by and by and see where I can get boarded to the best advantage. We have had a few callers today and a little trade and that is an improvement on Saturday." "April 13th 1880. I am completely tired out and discouraged. Things are getting more and more mixed every day and there seems no possibility of straightening them out. I am discouraged and very blue. If it was in my power to go back four months I should be very sure to continue my relations with the S. S. F. Co. for all of casting in my lot with a concern managed by men with no capitol and no experience. But I am blue tonight and shall probably feel better tomorrow. It is not because business is dull but because it is managed in such an unsystematic and un-businesslike way that I am so discouraged. I have been hoping it would improve but I can't see that it does." "September 1st 1880. The weeks are passing rapidly and when a few more days have gone my wife and baby will be here again. Business is picking up again and we have enough to do from morning till night. Fred Choate came down here for a fortnight ago tomorrow and is going to work for me through the winter. He is doing nicely and seems perfectly contented. Mr. Holmes is evidently getting interested in Mrs. Fellows for which I am rather sorry. But boys will be boys and he is not yet too old to be a boy I guess. Our affairs at Boston are going on in the same old way. Mr. D. is still running things in his impetuous and changeable way and still neglecting important matters which he pursues some imaginary valuable contacts. Economy notes are played out and subscribers defrauded of their money. Catalogues and circulars are not forthcoming great promises are made in our advertisements and but little is done towards fulfilling them. In fact our President does all his work in my opinion in about the worst way possible" "July 8th 1881. I want to put on record my belief that Dr. Nichols course with the Economy notes has been such as to show positively that he is not capable of doing anything in a business like way. We have had only one number dated in 1881 and although another was promised at once nothing more has been heard of it. The management of the Economy Club and notes has been such as to seriously displease and disgust its friends and has hurt our reputation and our business greatly. And still Mr. Coolidge and Dr. W. can't seem to see it." "November 22nd 1882. In April the 1st I found a co-partnership with Monsieur Smith and Choate's and we have been running the business together since. In May I took a trip to Chicago St. Louis &c and with fine success. On Oct. 13th I started on a second trip and took in Milwaukee St. Paul Minneapolis &c. Had a pleasant and successful trip which I enjoyed quite well for me. Business boomed while I was away and for a week after my return but now it is at a quiet stand again. It has been very dull this week so dull that I do not understand it at all and I have been decidedly down; but I am beginning to recover today. I noticed that I am always troubled with the blues after I return from a trip and I attribute it to the change to indoor work and the taking up of the responsibility which I had laid aside during the trip." "September 11th 1883. On August 2nd myself and family left Brooklyn and went to Cambridge where I left wife and child and on the 4th started west. Was gone a little over five weeks and had fine success but business in the store was very dull and I came home sooner then I otherwise would on account of the unfavorable conditions of our finances and the discouraging letters received from Mr. Stoughton. It is a sad fact that trade has not equalled our expectations and is not likely to. We are running behind and in looking the matter squarely in the face yesterday and today I am compelled to say that I do not see how we are going to make a success. I fear for the future and am very blue and depressed. It does seem as though we had ever been in such close quarters before and I can't for the life of me see our way out. I can only do my best and trust in providence." "June 18th 1886. Albany New York. Well my journal has had a long long rest. For months I didn't care to put down my thoughts and feelings on paper and so have written nothing. My New York experience is over. After three and a half years of hard work unsuccessful in its results I closed out all our goods that I could sent the rest to H. B. Mims and Co. of Troy on sale and the 18th of May 1885 I entered their employ as a traveling salesman. I have not been with them a little more than a year and am quite well satisfied with my position. I have lately been on my vacation to now going up on May 25th. It is just six years this summer since Gusta Florence and I went up there together and spent two weeks on the farm and we are enjoying this visit very much. We drove down to Uncle Marks' on Thursday and up to Pleasant Valley where I was born." "August 15th 1886. PittsburghI hope I have found a remedy for hay fever in Cocaine which I have been using for three days. I am certainly feeling much better than I did a year ago today and am hoping the improvement will be permanent. This afternoon I have taken a ride across the Monongahela and up an inclined plane on to the bluff west of the city. Made the acquaintance of a young Scotchman who is employed in one of the larger hotels and who like myself was out of a walk. Have a pleasant walk a good view of the city and now will spent the evening reading." 'July 17th 1898. It is more than 12 years since I have written a line in my journal but I am alone tonight and I will begin again. Twelve years ago I was with H. B. Mims and Co. as a traveling salesman. I remained with them until December 31st 1890 when I left their employ and became the manager of the Albany Teachers Agency which had been started by Will Choate three or four years before but which had never amounted to anything. I started into my work with a will but the first year's business was very unsatisfactory. The second year was better and after a while I succeeded in establishing myself on a paying basis. For the last three years business has been good and we have been contented and happy. On May 1st 1890 we moved to No. 2 Leonard place and after two or three years we purchased the house and thus gained a home of our own. The years have brought their trials their joys and sorrows to Augusta and me but we have much to be thankful for. The "baby" is now a young lady who has just completed her second year in Vassar and she and her mother are now visiting Mother Bower's and Fannie in No. Cambridge. On Saturday June 25th I went to Amherst to attend the reunion of the class of 68' thirty years after graduation and I want to make a brief record of my experiences." "August 11th 1898. A week ago this A.M. I received a telegram from Edward Flanagan telling me that Ned Bowers died the night before August 3rd. Augusta and I were entirely unprepared for this sad news and the shock was almost too much for her. On Friday morning we started for Cambridge and arrived at mother's about 5 P.M. Fannie was at Lexington looking for a minister to conduct the funeral services and when she returned she reported that she had engaged my college classmate H. H. Hamilton. The funeral was at Concord on Saturday afternoon and we laid poor Ned away beside his brothers. It was a sad sad day and one long to be remembered" "August 25th 1904. Lake Placid. For five years past I have taken a vacation in the hay fever season to escape the annual attacks which have troubled me for 34 years and thus have been able to pass the months of August and September in comparative comfort. In 1900 we went Augusta Florence Mother B. and I to Nova Scotia and spent ten days. The next year we made a longer trip and remained three weeks. Florence did not go but Fannie Bower went for a single week and left Augusta and me to finish the season alone. In 1902 we spent 2 weeks at the Randall House in Morrisville went from there to Bethlehem N.H. for a week or more and then home to Albany via Boston. Last year 1903 we Augusta and I came to Lake Placid on August 22nd arriving in from Westford via Elizabethtown and Keene Center. We remained ten days stopping at Northwood's Inn then went to Morrisville for nearly two weeks to Bethlehem N.H.This year we have planned a change and came up here to Lakeside Inn on the 23rd. We came by the D. and H. taking a parlor car on the fast express leaving Troy at 1:45 P.M. We had a fine trip taking our dinner on the train and arriving at 9:20 in the evening. Augusta enjoyed the journey and arrived in good condition. I had a good deal of trouble with hay fever but it began to improve and now after two days it has nearly disappearedWe have been resting for two days and have done nothing except to walk around Mirror Lake this morning. We left Florence and Frances at home but Florence will come up here after Frances has got Will started in her school at Coxsackie" "August 31st 1904. Yesterday morning we had a decidedly unpleasant experience. About 6:20 we were wakened by a fearful groan almost a scream from the room adjoining ours. This was followed by other groans and a most unnatural breathing. I rapped at the door and called to the inmate but got no response. Augusta and I were much frightened for we knew someone must be sick and possibly dying. I put on my bathrobe and my slippers and ran down to call Mrs. Lamb. She came up immediately and we called and rapped at the door but got no reply. I looked over the transom and saw a young lady stretched upon her bed and evidently in an unconscious state. Another guest a Mrs. Stewart appeared upon the scene and we burst open the door. Mrs. S. is a born leader and made herself very useful. A doctor was called and in about half an hour he appeared but before his arrival the lady regained consciousness and appeared to be in her right mind. But before he came she acted strangely. She rose from her bed and came into the hall and we had to put her back by main force. She tried to bite Mrs. S. and evidently out of her head. But when she came out of the attack she seemed as rational as anybody. She came down to breakfast and was about the house and the piazza all day. She seemed a little concerned about the attack and told a friend that if she had been left alone she would have come out all right and I almost felt that she blamed me for paying attention to her outcry and calling the land lady. Last night she had another attack only not so severe or at least the noise she made was less disturbing. But she awoke us a little after midnight with her outcry and again we were very much startled and frightened. I rapped on the door and spoke to her but got no answer. Her cry was followed by a gurgling noise and Augusta thought she was vomiting. We didn't know just what to do but decided to wait and see if any further demonstrations were made but nothing further occurred to disturb us and finely we went to sleep again. And this morning the young lady appeared at the breakfast table looking about as usual. Of course I was anxious and felt that I ought to consult with someone so I went down to see the Doctor Warren. He told me it was probably epilepsy and advised me if the trouble occurred again to do nothing as she would probably fall into a deep sleep and would come out of the attack all right.I am sorry for the young woman who is sick and alone in a strange hotel. She is not very talkative and on one knows much about her." "August 30th 1905. Beaumaris Ontario. We left home on the 22nd at noon catching the first fast mail for Buffalo and Niagara Falls where we arrived at 8 P.M. I wired the Imperial Hotel for rooms and we had two that were fairly comfortable except that they were very dirty. The office and waiting room are pleasant and attractive but the sleeping rooms seemed never to have been cleaned the wash bowl and pitcher were dirty and I did not feel at all pleased with the place. But the dining room was rather attractive and the breakfast very good. We left at 9 A.M. for Muskoken and arrived at the wharf without change of cars at 2:50 P.M. On the wharf we found our trunks which were turned over to us by the customs officer without examination and we reached Beaumaris at about 4:30. We found our rooms ready for us and settled down at once. The hotel is quite full and many pleasant people are here but we do not find it quite up to our expectations. We have been out rowing Florence has been in bathing and yesterday we took a trip to Rosseau calling at the Royal Muskoka and taking dinner at Rosseau." "September 16th 1906. The Mt. Pleasant Britton Woods N.H. We reached this hotel at five o'clock on September 10th and were assigned to a very comfortable room on the third floor that is the third floor above the office No. 340. We have found accommodations excellent the table first class and the service all that one could ask. Everything is neat and clean and everything possible is done for the comfort of the guests. Many people go home from the mountains immediately after Labor Day hence there is more room in the hotels and prices are a little less. But the Mt. Pleasant has been well patronized and last night every room in the house and in the cottage was occupied while many were turned away and sent over to the Mt. Washington. We have both felt pretty well since coming here and we are more contented and much better satisfied here then we were at Colebrook or Bethlehem. There is a concert by an Orchestra of seven or eight musicians every afternoon and evening and three times during the first week there has been a special entertainment by a traveling artist or artists. Friday night there was a masquerade and cake walk given by the help and it was great. Friday P.M. we went to the Mt. Washington to the special concert by twenty two musicians.This climate seems to agree with us for Augusta has improved right along since we arrived at the Mt. Pleasant and I am almost entirely free from hay fever. In fact I have not been so well at this time of year since I can remember. We like it here. Think we shall plan to come next year for two weeks or more. And if we come we want a room on the east side of the house and on the second floor if not too expensive. The third floor rooms are very good but in hot weather they are likely to be a little uncomfortable. And 340 is a little too near the kitchen chimney." "August 28th 1907. Bethlehem N.H. I went to see Dr. Bartell about my nervousness and he said I was working too hard. He gave me some medicine and told me to lie down for half an hour each day after dinner. I took his medicine and followed his advice and began to feel better. My nervousness and depression disappeared and I felt well." "September 11th 1908. Sharon Springs N.H. The rheumatism which began to trouble me last Oct. has been my constant companion since this time and we were obliged to give up our usual trip to the White Mountains and come to this place for baths and treatment. We came on August 22nd and shall have been here three weeks tomorrow. The place was recommended by Mr. Paul Wadsworth and Mr. Tidbits of Albany both of whom were greatly benefited by the treatment here. I have taken a bath or a douche every day and have also taken eight massage treatments but the benefit has not been as great as I had hoped.I have suffered very little with hay fever and have got along very comfortably. But Sharon Springs is not an attractive place for a vacation. The hotels are poor and in a dilapidated condition. The town generally "has gone to seed" and there is nothing neat and tidy about it. It has been a positive punishment to us to stay here for three weeks and if it is ever necessary again to go away for rheumatism I think we shall try Clifton Springs." "September 13th 1913. Britton Woods N.H. We left Albany on August 21st for our usual vacation and made our first stop at Cooley's Hotel in Springfield. We have had a busy summer for on May 1st Florence sent Harlan Fritz and Ruth to Albany to be with us while she went to Louisville taking the baby with her for a visit of several weeks in her old home.Our domestic affairs caused some trouble at first as our maid Mrs. Anna Walsh left a day or two before Florence came claiming to be sick; and then Florence had the mumps and was confined to her room for a week or more. We advertised for a girl but without success and finally advertised for a woman by the day. This advertisement brought immediate replies and for nearly two weeks we have three different women every week; Mrs. Lasher Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Quinn. We then succeeded in engaging Mrs. Powers at $7.70 a week to come every day at 9 or 10 o'clock and remain until 8 o'clock. Mrs. Powers is very satisfactory and she remained until we started on our vacation. At Springfield we called on Mrs. Lawrence W. Hatch and her daughter Mrs. Murdough and on the afternoon of August 22nd came on to Bethlehem. Our room at the Maple Hurst was ready for us and we were cordially greeted by many old acquaintances whom we had met in previous years. Augusta was sick when we arrived and kept her room and bed for four or five days. She weighed only 97 ½ pounds after her illness but she improved and gained five or six pounds before we left Bethlehem. We staid there three weeks" "September 15th 1915. Bethlehem. More than a year has passed since I have made any entry in my journal and we are again in Bethlehem. Serious changes have occurred in my business and after being with me for four and a half years Mr. Fisk has left and his place has been taken by W. W. Andrews former Superintendent of schools at Whitehall N.Y." "September 20th 1919. Bethlehem N.H. We left Albany and arrived here this same eveningLast Monday I left Bethlehem for a long talked of visit to my old Vt. Home. Spent Monday night at the Randall and called on Martha Safford 90 years old Elizabeth Butler Thomas and Esther French Fitch. Tuesday A.M. I went to Jericho where I met cousin John of Chicago who was brought in his auto from St. Albans by Henry Hatch and his wife. We called on Marion Jordan McClure and her husband found her quite feeble but feeling as well as usual when we arrived. Mr. McClure is in good health but is failing mentally memory going rapidly. I hunted up a man with an auto who took us to Underhill Center where we got a good dinner. Then to Underhill Flat and from there north to Pleasant Valley where I was born." The last entry diary is dated February 13th 1921 Harlan is at Clifton Springs Sanatorium for rest and help for his feet. Harlan died only 4 months later on June 4th 1921 of Bronchial Pneumonia. BIO NOTES: from American Education 1904: "Harlan P. French was born on a farm in the Green Mountain State in 1843. He entered the People's academy Morrisville Vermont and there fitted himself for college. His first experience in educational work was gained as teacher of a district school. He entered Amherst College at the age of twenty possessed of small means but with a large amount of grit ambition and industry. He graduated in 1868 and immediately entered upon work at Princeton Ill. as assistant principal of the first township high school established in that state. He was afterwards principal and superintendent of schools at Sterling Illinois for several years. In 1871 he received the degree of A.M. from Amherst College. Twelve years ago he became proprietor of the Albany Teacher's Agency and has been unusually successful in its management until it now occupies a place in the first rank of teacher's agencies in this country. In 1895 he was appointed a member of the Albany Board of Public Instruction for a full term of seven years. He was largely instrumental in organizing the New York State Association of School Boards and was secretary of that association for several years." The pages and binding are very good save for the cover being a bit worn especially around the spine but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARLAN PAGE FRENCH ALBANY TEACHERS AGENCY PLEASANT VALLEY CAMBRIDGE VERMONT ALBANY NEW YORK COCAINE AMERICANA READERS AND WRITERS ECONOMY FRENCH & CHOATE STATIONER ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS RELATIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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1917 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR I HOMEFRONT AND COLLEGE DIARY OF A YOUNG SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY

19170001384BERKELEY WILTON SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1917. On offer is a charming original manuscript diary handwritten by Helen Gerrish Hughes who lived in San Francisco and attended University of California Berkeley. Historians and collectors of the era and particularly those in the San Francisco area Helen Hughes details her life and travels mentioning events and observations of many familiar landmarks: a banquet at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley; New Year's Eve on Market Street; the Ferry Building etc. She mentions the "dreadful" traffic on Market Street in San Francisco. Her father is a colonel in the army and many of her acquaintances are in the service so there are references to military installations in the area and fears of friends being sent to France to serve. Folded inside the book maybe as a bookmark was the flyer advertising the Watchtower Society. For the most part the diary deals with 1917 - 1918 at the University with two entries at the end; one in 1923 we read that Helen is now teaching school in the San Joaquin Valley near Winton and then the last in 1924 merely up to say that she is still teaching quite happy etc. "What a contrast to those awful war days!" she exults in the 1923 entry. The book proper a 'Little Colonel's Good Times Diary' is written by Anne Fellows Johnston and published in 1909 this book includes a 10 page forward by the author a Birthday Record and a diary of 113 completed pages with entries beginning on December 23 1917. She notes the book is Volume II but the first volume is absent and unaccounted for. There is cover wear including some fading two ink spots on the front endpapers overall tanning one creased page edge wear and minor soil and separation of pages from the spine but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY UCB SAN FRANCISCO WWI WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR ONE THE GREAT WAR THE WAR TO END ALL WARS BERKELEY WILTON SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA HOMEFRONT AMERICAN HOMEFRONT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown

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1916 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY YOUNG VERY DELIGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL DIARIST WHOSE FAMILY FOUNDED SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

19160009190BRONXVILLE LAWRENCE PARK NEW YORK. Good. 1916. On offer is a delightful travel journey of a 12 year old girl crossing the North American continent in the early 20th Century. Hester Oakley Meigs was the grand-daughter of William Van Duzer Lawrence. Lawrence was a wealthy businessman who envisaged and then created the planned artist community of Bronxville NY about 15 miles north of Manhattan. He also established the liberal arts college Sarah Lawrence College and named it after his wife and Meigs' grand-mother Sarah Lawrence. The journal is a small 6 inch by 3 1/2 inch notebook of 90 pages. It is about 50% complete covering the time period July 27 to Sept 2nd 1916. The journal is in good condition and the handwriting is quite legible. The journey was made by train with her parents when Meigs was 12 years old. Her excitement and joy shine through on each page. . I am thrilled to tears! July 27 - her first entry about upcoming trip. In Chicago she notes . went on an elevator ride for the first time in my life! July 29 Upon seeing the mountains she wrote . I think the Rocky Mountains are perfectly wonderfu l Aug 1 For lunch we stopped at a little place called Pawoska properly Pahaska It was as rustic as anything could be. It belonged to Buffalo Bill who is Mr. Cody Aug 5 She has a good eye for details and each day diligently records where they visited interesting incidents and happenings Her writing is clear and quite well structured for one her age: . there was an old stamp mill where they separated the gold from the silver and both from the ore Lu and I started out after lunch for the stamp mill in hopes that we might pick up a nuggets or two but nothing happened that way. On the way we discovered the tunnel where they dug for the mineral. We decided that if we had had a little nerve and an electric torch we would have gone in and explored it for we thought we would have gotten gold and silver in plenty and would have picked up bits that must have fallen down and not been picked up for i don't believe anybody has been in there. Two men we camping in the mill and I told Lu i wished them joy because I would have been scared to death for those spooks. 17 August. This is a wonderfully innocent and clear depiction of her journey and her experiences. It gives a look at this long-lost world through the eyes of a curious and educated child. A historian would find many tidbits of information and observations that make the west at the turn of the last century come alive. An art historian would find this a valuable link with the very successful artists' colony at Lawrence Park /Bronxville.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HESTER OAKLEY MEIGS WILLIAM VAN DUZER LAWRENCE SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE VIOLET OAKLEY BRONXVILLE LAWRENCE PARK ART HISTORY NEW YORK THE BRONX ARTIST COLONY GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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