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19150001521NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK NYC NY. Very Good. 1915. On offer is an interesting 1915 manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified New York City fireman. While unidentified historians and collectors of the City's Fire Department should have many clues to perhaps place ownership to the book. It would be of further interest given that the writer has an uneasy relationship with the Department as he seems to be retiring from or quitting the New York City Fire Department. We learn reading the 1915 entries over 55 handwritten pages that our author spends a good deal of time eating at the Astor Hotel drinks egg shakes lives in a boarding house works the night shift and also mentions the murder of a 'Chinaman' by two men from Salem. Then later on in the diary he takes a position from the Mayor's office as an "on call" Fireman and says he's going to be working for the "Franklin Street House". He is also illiterate. Here are some snippets: 1915 "February 10th I got through work at 7 A.M. Took a wash and went to bed about 9 A.M. Got up at 4:30 P.M. Took a bath and shave and dressed. Roy and I went to the Astor lunch for supper and then we went to the C.T. Central Square Theatre to the show. I was not in there long when a fire alarm come in and I had to go 524. Went up to the engine house and reported to the Captain and also handed in my resignation to him. Returned to the house and went to work at 9:30 P.M. Roy and I had luncheon together at 12 M." "February 12th Got through work at 7 A.M. Had an egg shake. Took a washing. Box 526 came in. I did not have to go but I thought I would go and turn in my badge but I forgot it so I reported to "Lieut" and came back in the police wagon. This is my last run. Came back to the house about 8 A.M. Went to bed about 8:30 A.M. Got up at 4 P.M. Took a wash and dress. Took a walk up to the house and got my clean linen for the engine house and took it up and give it to the Captain with my badge. Had supper at the Astor Lunch. Returned to the house. All the folks went to the show this evening so I kept house for them. Changed clothes at 9 P.M. and made my first round at 9:30 P.M. Had luncheon at 11 A.M. It has been a fair day.' "February 19th Got through work at 7 A.M. Had some toast and coffee at the cart. Went up to see how Miss Johnson was this morning. She was feeling better until she had a letter from her mother and then she began to cry and that made her have the pains in her side again but she was all right when I left her. A clerk came over from the City hall and then I left. Took a wash and went to bed at 10 A.M. had a little wrestling match with Roy in the hall. Roy woke me up at 5 P.M. Got up and took a shave wash and dress. Went down and had some supper at the cart then I went up to the Engine House and got an entire ladies ticket had a ride down to the Hall in the chief's machine. Went up to M.I. House and met her and M. I. and her sister A. J. and went to the Fireman's Ball at the Casino Hall Summer St. left there at 11:20 P.M. and I went home with M. I ." "February 26th I had a letter from Civil Service Commissioners today asking me if I would accept a certified on the call test as Call Fireman so I telephoned up to Jim Nichols to find out if I would loose my places on the list for permanent and he said that he didn't think that I would. So I come up to the room and signed it and went down to the post office and mailed it ." "March 1st After the show we returned to the house and I changed clothes and went to work at 9:30 P.M. Roy "Pig" and I had luncheon at 12 M. I took a chew of tobacco and it made me sick so I had to go and lay down so Roy worked the rest of the night for me. I got up at 5:30 A.M. and went down to the office at 6:30. Roy and I went out and had some breakfast then I helped Fred put out the ashes then went and washed up and changed clothes " "March 5th Got through work at 7 A.M. I did not eat at the cart this morning but I got an egg shake at Small's. There was a Chinaman murdered last night on Essex St. up near Chatham and the police come in and wanted me to keep a look out for two men that might come to let a room so this morning I went over to court thinking that they might arraign two men that they arrested in Salem this morning so I took a wash and change clothes and Barker and I went over together. We stayed there until 10:30 but they did not bring them up so I left Barker there and came back to the house and went to bed ." "March 6th A man came to see me this morning from the Mayors office to see if I would accept position as call fireman and I told him that I would so he went away again. I went to sleep about 1 P.M. Melvin came down around 3 o'clock and I give him a $1.00. He brought me a letter from M. A. and I had a letter from the Mayor's office with my appointment in it. It is to take effect March 15th. I am a going up to the Franklin St. House ." "March 8th Got through work at 7 A.M. Helped Fred put out the ashes. Went up home and put out the ashes there then return to the house and took a wash and went to bed about 9:30 A.M. Lillian come and woke me up about 3 P.M. to see Mr. Littlefield. I got up and dress and went down to see him and he wanted to see me in regards to the house. He said that he wanted to do away with the night watchman and wanted me to take charge of the house as Mr. and Mrs. Hill have had words and parted so he wanted me to look after things. While we was a talking Mrs. Buzzell came along and tried to make trouble for me with Mr. Littlefield but did not make any headway ." His last consecutive entry is on March 9th but there are two short later entries after that. The journal measures about 4" x 7" and is in good shape.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARRY H. BAKER BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS MITRAL STENOSIS MEDICAL MEDICINE DOCTORS GETTING ILL SICK DOCTORS HEAR FAILURE HEART CONDITIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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
19670001756SAIGON VIETNAM SOUTHEAST ASIA. Very Good. 1967. On offer is a very interesting original 1967 uncensored manuscript diary of the war in Vietnam handwritten by an unidentified US CIA operative describing his initial time of 2 months on station in South Vietnam. He mentions leaving Goffstown New Hampshire and beginning his 12 day orientation in Saigon going to the Delta and his attempt to get his area opened the writer is dealing with frustration and everyday road blocks that he surprisingly details over 13 pages of legal-sized paper. Much of the content is 'insider' and intimate. While the writer is unknown he is not shy to identify others he is dealing with on the Vietnamese side by name of position and sometimes rank. Of further interest is his acknowledgement of recieving his commission because of his assets in conventional and unconventional warfare. Overall a fascinating look at the American war effort in south-east Asia. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VIETNAM CIA INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE SOUTH EAST ASIA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SAIGON AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT 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
1869128371869 P., Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, 1 vol. in-12 (182 x 115 mm), relié 1/2 basane marron époque, dos lisse, auteur, titre et série de 6 double-filets dorés, plats de papier marbré lie-de-vin, de (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 109 pp. - (1) f. (table).Dos légèrement insolé, pâles rousseurs éparses.
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 849 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "... Author is the pioneer who did more than anyone else to establish the principles, practices and ethics of public relations... Mr. Bernays describes the many national movements, social beliefs, trends, fashions and fads that have resulted from his carefully planned public relations activities. He reveals the secrets, the techniques, the causes and consequences of his glamorous, crucial, yet little understood profession... A fascinating inside account of the men, the events and the ideas that have been at the center of America's history in the twentieth century." - from dust jacket. Light wear to book. Binding sound. Few drops of soiling to fore-edge. Infrequent underlining and marginal lines. Average wear and soiling to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A magnificent addition to any public relations collection. Bibliographic references: Larson 3, Cole p.27. Book
Signed and inscribed by Oscar Peterson upon front free endpaper.. 294 pages. "For the millions who know and love the music of Oscar Peterson, here's the definitive biography by his friend and former Down Beat editor, Gene Lees." - from dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. Clean and bright with negligible wear. Occasional underlining in blue ink. Dust jacket preserved in brodart. A lovely copy signed by the hand of one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known. Book
19200001970AKRON OHIO PONDFIELD CROSSWAYS BRONXVILLE NY. Fair. 1920. On offer is a super original 1920 - 1926 manuscript multi trip travel journal and personal diary handwritten by Alice Cross Jones as stated in stamped gilt "Alice Cross Jones June 26th 1920." in a once premium book. Then inside is written "Alice Cross Jones 1215 Medina Road Akron Ohio USA. Pondfield Crossways Bronxville New York." Alice came from a very wealthy and notable family her father being the Chairman New York Tunnel Authority and a graduate of Princeton University class of 1896. The diary has 85 pages of densely written small legible cursive of narrative and super illustrations concerning different trips important events and social activities concerning her life from 1920-1926. She was at the esteemed Bryn Mawr College and details some exam and classes she took. While her diary narrative is an 'A' sadly her marks are not at best the odd 'B' but many 'C's. Most of those are trips to Europe with even some wonderful drawings inside. The diary starts off with her boarding S.S. Venezuela on her way to Hawaii and so many more incredible places. Her writings leave little doubt that she is on a world tour: at the outset of the diary she has a list of places visited; Chicago San Francisco Honolulu Yamaha Tokyo Kyoto Kobe Shanghai Manila Hong Kong Singapore Java Ceylon Egypt France and London. She sailed on 6 different ships and the last one being the famous White Star Line "Olympic". She tours many of the battlefields of France as the war had just ended. After her trip she's got several entries about being at home and attending school sometimes summarizing her adventures. One summer she writes about spending it at Camp Yokum Becket Massachusetts. Then in 1926 she boards another famous ship the TSS "California" and heads on a trip to the United Kingdom. The covers of the 6 ½" x 8" book are off but are accounted for very worn especially around the edges some loose pages but overall Fair. BIO NOTES FROM "Princeton Alumni Weekly Volume 66 September 21st 1965": "Alfred B. Jones born at Mt. Holly N.J. October 9th 1874. Graduate of Princeton University class of 1896. Married Helen Cross on December 27th 1900. Had one daughter Alice C. Jones who was born December 10th 1901. Worked a lineman with the Pennsylvania Railroad then Diamond Rubber Co. later consolidating with B. F. Goodrich which he finally became vice-president. Major in WWI and then in 1925 became associated with the late Jesse H. Jones of Houston Texas in organizing and conducting his real estate interests in New York City and planned financed built and operated many large office building apartments and the hotel May Fair House. Was president and director of numerous companies. In 1936 he was appointed chairman of N.Y. City Tunnel Authority building the under river tunnels notable Queen's Mid Town and Brooklyn Battery. Owing to long hospital confinement he developed a crippling arthritis that confined him to his home in Mt. Holly under the devoted care of his daughter until his death. His wife died some years ago."; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ALICE CROSS JONES AKRON OHIO PONDFIELD CROSSWAYS BRONXVILLE NEW YORK NEW YORK TUNNEL AUTHORITY ASIA EGYPT HAWAII CAMP YOKUM BECKET MASSACHUSETTS TRAVEL AMERICANA GRAND TOURS GLOBAL TRAVEL BRYN MAWR PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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
18790008155BINGHAM MAINE. Good. 1879. On offer is an interesting little diary of a farm wife in rural Maine in mid-19th century America. It measures 4.75 inches by 3.25 inches and contains 60 pages plus memoranda. The binding covers and pages are in good condition. The handwriting is in pencil and although faded somewhat is legible. Also included in the diary are a number of pieces of ephemera. Alice Goodrich was born in 1853 in the village of Bingham ME. She married in 1873 and had 3 children. She passed away in 1908 at the age of 54. Married to Granville Goodrich she lived on a farm near the village. Her household is a busy one. She kept this diary for 1879. In 1878 she had given birth to her first child a son named Claude. The next year she would give birth to the first of two daughters. In addition her husband's parents lived with them. In addition to keeping the home and helping on the farm she also taught school on occasion. The diary is a fine record of the daily events in this woman's life. She spends her days cleaning repapering the rooms in the house knitting spinning wool sewing and cooking. She also notes the comings and goings of her husband family members friends and acquaintances. "Cooling some this morning. Mrs. G and Gran have gone to the village. Gran and I went over to Cooley's " Feb 15; "Gran has gone to the village on foot. Have been mopping the floor. Charlie sick all night" Apr 19; "Went to Waterville to see Barnum Show. Love went with us. Had a very nice time. Saw the Giant that weighed 620 lbs. the little dwarf that weighed 12 lbs. The sea lion. 10 elephants Hippopotamus Ostrich Camels Bairs & c ." June 25; "Mr. Mrs. gone hunting potato bugs for Verne. Got home eleven o'clock Mrs. G has gone over to Mrs. Redmans this afternoon Mr. G has gone over after her as it is raining have been fixing my plants this afternoon Mrs. Prible sent me the slips" July 19; "Ironed made some fries Mrs. Redman went to the village and gave me a pattern to cut my dress PM Baby sick with cold all night" Sept 3; "Washing Mr. Row came here just before noon went away PM picked some blackberries PM Mr. G went to mill Mrs. G and Mabel went after chock cherries after supper" Aug 25. In the memoranda / accounts section she keeps track of transactions such as maple syrup made and sold. Also included with the diary are some cards and a listing of family deaths. This is a delightful record of daily life in a small farming village in Maine. It is an excellent resource for local historian as she mentions many people by their full name. A genealogist would value the listing of not only the people mentioned but the family history included with the diary. More broadly it paints a very good picture of life in this part of America in the later 19th century.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; MID-19TH CENTURY; 1870S; ALICE GOODRICH; BINGHAM ME; GRANVILLE GOODRICH; UNITED STATES; SOMERSET COUNTY ME; MAINE; FARM LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; RURAL MAINE; WOMEN'S LIFE ON FARMS; WOMEN'S STUDIES; BARNUM SHOW; BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS; RURAL MAINE; SOCIAL LIFE OF WOMEN IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; SOMERSET COUNTY GENEALOGY; ENTERTAINMENT IN RURAL AMERICA; FARMING OPERATIONS; 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. But a 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
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
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
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 is about 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 afraid I think that Im afraid of being alone unloved insignificant. 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 inside I have always sought attention through my behaviours its been physical hurting myself getting sick and now its through food deprivation and through spending money maybe 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 days I need to be thankful more often I 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 angry I felt good that I did stand up for myself I went running after argument and that helped I went to my Choices meeting First Step. I love that meeting. I always come away feeling so good. 2 women asked me to sponsor them I 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 turn around Thank 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 God my son and I had one of our more and more frequent fights. I did not handle myself well at all I got very angry and.slapped him have to learn to 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 I applied for a new job Its 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 bills send my son to camp get the Volvo fixed April 21 1997 today I was terminated from healthcare institution for not correcting medication errors . I wasnt careful enough I dont feel scared just sad and pretty worthless as though everything Ive thought about myself is 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 and Ive been incredibly depressed. I feel a little better I think the Prozac is working With the exception of the loneliness and the bulimia Im doing better I want to start going back to meetings I think going to that gay dance scared me I 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 13 I went to see a therapist this morning. I liked her. I was pretty honest with her except about my sexuality I told her that I was recovering for my anorexia and bulimia Im not really my 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 death My son is a criminal some of my goals: Plant a garden make my house pretty go 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 it the 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 brother Why 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 tomorrow Thank 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 son at some point I want to talk to my father about his drinking I 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 didnt I 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 community honor 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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