Biographie

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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HELEN GERRISH HUGHESBiblio.com

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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HESTER OAKLEY MEIGSBiblio.com

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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HR HOBSON, LT [JG] H RBiblio.com

c1917 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I NOTEBOOK DETAILING THE NEVER ENDING WORK OF A SHIP'S ENGINEER

19170008146U.S. Navy. Fair. 1917. On offer is a fascinating U.S. Navy notebook dating from WWI. The hardbound notebook measures 6.75 inches by 4.25 inches and contains 146 pages. It is about a quarter complete. The cover has the seal of the United States navy embossed on its cover. At some point in the past a number of pages were torn out of the notebook. The handwriting is legible. Interestingly the notebook serves as a record of work on 2 US Navy ships each record beginning from one of the covers. The author of this notebook is Lt JG H.R. Hobson UNSRF United States Naval Reserve Force. He served on 2 ships in WWI - USS Agamemnon and USS Cape Romain. The notebook is a 'Work Book' detailing a variety of maintenance tasks carried out by the Engineering Department of which he was the 1st Assistant Engineer. The USS Agememnon started life as the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II named for the German Emperor. She was a 19361 gross ton passenger ship completed in the spring of 1903. She was designed as a high-speed luxury cruiser for the German shipping firm Norddeutsher Lloyd. In June of 1914 she collided with another ship in British waters and was repaired in Southampton. After she left Southampton war was declared and she had to evade British navy patrols eventually arriving in New York City. When the United States declared war in April 1917 she was in New York and was seized by the US Government. She was repaired from a failed sabotage attempt and returned to service as a troop ship under the name USS Agamemnon. She served until the end of the war when she was decommissioned. Transferred to the US War Department as an army transport vessel she was renamed USAT Monticello. Eventually she was scrapped in 1940. USS Cape Romain was a cargo ship built in 1918 by Bethlehem Steel for the Unites States Shipping Board. She was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. She was used as a supply ship making trips between US ports and South America before finishing the war carrying supplies to the US Army of Occupation in Europe. She was decommissioned in 1919. She was sold and spent the next 36 years working as a cargo ship for various owners. She foundered in 1956 and sank in the Aegean Sea. Hobson's notes list numerous engineering tasks. This sample from May 27 hints at the on-going nature of his job: "Pack Boiler Stop #16 Clear #16 Safety Valve Drain Plug pin-hole in lower end #10 Port W.C. fitting Tag W.C steam pipes on #11 and #14 Boilers Overhaul Hand Gear #3 Bunker Doors Overhaul #2 Ash Hauler Slick Valve & Cock on lower end; Straighten Siphon Suction Valve Stem #2 Pump Room". On the Cape Romain he was engaged in similar work. His notes include some drawings for various fittings. This is an excellent example of the type of daily work that consumed naval engineers on the steam-powered vessels of WWI. Naval historians or Engineers would find that it offers a wealth of detail about the day-to-day operations of the engineering department at that time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; WW1; FIRST WORLD WAR; GREAT WAR; US NAVY; H.R. HOBSON; UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE FORCE; SS KAISER WILHELM II; SS INCEMORE; USS AGAMEMNON; USN MARINE NAVAL WAR AT SEA NAVAL COMBAT USAT MONTICELLO; USS CAPE ROMAIN; NORDDEUTSHER LLOYD; HAPAG LLOYD BETHLEHEM STEEL; SHIP MAINTENANCE DURING WW1; ENGINEERING TASKS IN THE NAVY; US NAVAL HISTORY; US NAVY ASSISTANT ENGINEER; STEAM-POWERED VESSELS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 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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J W RIDGEWAYBiblio.com

1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SOLDIER ENDURING GRUELING BASIC TRAINING TO BECOME PART OF THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE OF THE U.S. NAVY THE WORLD FAMOUS 'SEABEES'

19450009133DAVISVILLE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION CENTER RHODE ISLAND. Very Good. 1945. On offer is a unique document of a critical part of the United States war effort in the second World War. It is a original handwritten diary by a soldier J.W. Ridgeway going through Basic Training with the United States Naval Construction Battalions better known as the Seabees. Beginning with his arrival on February 19th 1945 the diary is a detailed and comprehensive account of the process by which young men were shaped and molded into Seabees capable of being both skilled construction workers building naval bases and trained soldiers who could take up a weapon at a moments notice. The Basic Training occurs at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville Rhode Island and goes from February 19th to March 21th 1945 right before the authors embarkation overseas which Ridgeway believes will be China. Almost every single day in the month-long training has a detailed and interesting diary entry written by Ridgeway. For the most part the entries consist of an account of activities done during the day and at what time however he does supplement this training log with personal anecdotes of his feelings and of stories told to him by other soldiers such as a lecture by a fellow Seabee who had been aboard a torpedoed ship that sank and who spent 4 days in the water before being found. The diary is 56 pages long and each page has every single line filled with writing by Ridgeway. Names in the diary include: Lonny Amicucci Lester Mut Connie Rhoades L. Yager and others. The diary measures 6-3/4 x 8-3/8 and is in very good condition. The front and back cover are made of somewhat flimsy board and the company that manufactured the notebook isJuniata Composition. The front cover also contains the authors name the School which Ridgeway writes as CMIC - Co. 6B-1 as well as his Class which is Davisville R.I. The pages are still in good condition showing only minimal signs of discoloration and wear. No rips or tears are present. The diary contains 5 loose pieces of paper at the end a continuation of the entry that takes up the last page of the book. These pages are a bit flimsier than the ones bound to the book but they are still in very good condition. Ridgeway wrote the whole diary in pencil which is very easy to read and legible throughout. Some slight fading can be found but nothing that affects the legibility of the words written. OVERALL: VG. Text: Feb. 19 1945. Dod Dodderidge took me over to the bus station at 6:33 A.M. Reported to Federal Bldg. at 10:00A.M. Left on train for Davisville R.I. at 4:55 P.M. Went thru Columbus Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and Providence. Arrived At Camp Endicott 7:30 P.M.; Feb. 21. Reveille at 0600. Shaved etc. Chow at 0655. At 0800 received our work clothes GI issue. They are called greens. Returned to barracks and dressed in our greens.They are really warm. Rhode Island is much colder than Indiana.Chow is excellent and there is plenty of it. We are stationed at barracks D-6 and in our platoon we have 30 men from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Missouri Arkansas and Indiana. They are all tops and I believe that by the end of the boot we will have one of the best outfits in recruit training. I have been appointed company clerk and mail clerk which means a lot of extra work. However I am excused from all work details and fire watches. Our trip to ships service once a day and mail deliveries at 1115 and 1615 are the high points of the day. There are lots of cigars at Ships Service and we are allowed 2 packs of cigarettes each day.We took our physical examination and all 30 boys in the platoon made the grade. We are company B-6 and have a swell fellow of about 35 the name of Lonny Amicucci for our Chief. He spent 2 yrs in the S. Pacific and really knows the ropes.; Feb. 28 - Reveille at 0600. Clean up the barracks. Chow at 0655. At 0800 we went for 2 hours of Judo. Now those stomach muscles hurt. At 1000 we had an hour of Close Order Drill. Mail at 1115 and altho I didn't receive any there was quite a pile of it.Its beginning to get heavy. I have not had much time to write anybody except Betsy and Mom so I cant expect much mail. It sure is a shot in the arm and there is nothing her in camp they can give you to replace news from home. Chow at 1155. Close Order Drill from 1300 to 1500. We had a lecture on Military Courtesy at 1500. Mail at 1615.Chow at 1755. I wrote a letter to Betsy in the evening. Laps at 2130.; March 13.at 1500 we went to the Chemical Warfare Hut and went thru Gas Mask Drill. After the Drill we went thru a Tear Gas Chamber. I couldnt get a mask to fit me but went into the chamber anyway to find out what would happen. I found out damn quick about 10 seconds to be exact. I really tore out of there and by the time I got my gas mask off I was crying like a baby. My eyes burned but after about 15 minutes I was OK again. When they issue us new gas mask Im going to be damn sure mine fits. If this had been a real gas attack i would certainly been a dead duck and that isnt much of a joke.; March 21.Reveille at 0600. Today we are secured until 1300. The time will be spent continuing our process of packing etc. Chiow at 0635. The morning was spent packing. L. Yager and myself went down to S-29 Ships Service and made a few minor purchases. Chow at 1135. At 1300 we went to E-5C Drill Hall for our last Drill Period. United States Naval Construction Battalions better known as the Seabees from the Naval Construction Force of the United States Navy. Their nickname is a heterograph of the first initials "C.B." from the words Construction Battalion. Naval Construction Battalions were conceived of as a replacement for civilian construction companies working for the US Navy after the United States was drawn into World War II with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor On 7 December 1941. International law made it illegal for civilians to resist enemy attack doing so would classify them as guerrillas for which they could be summarily executed. The Seabees would consist of skilled workers that would be trained to drop their tools if necessary and take up their weapons at a moment's notice to defend themselves. The concept model: A USMCtrained Battalion of construction tradesmen a military equivalent of those civilian Companies that would be capable of any type of construction anywhere needed under any conditions or circumstance. It was quickly realized that this model could be utilized in every theater of operations as it was seen to be flexible and adaptable. The use of USMC organization allowed for smooth coordination integration or interface of both the NCF and Marine Corps elements. In addition Seabee Battalions could be deployed individually or in multiples as the project scope and scale dictated. They were unique at conception and remain so today. In the October 1944 issue of Flying magazine the Seabees are described as "a phenomenon of world war II; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVY USN SEABEES UNITED STATES NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES NCF CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER CAMP ENDICOTT J.W. RIDGEWAY DAVISVILLE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER RHODE ISLAND WW2 ENGINEERS BOOT CAMP WORLD WAR TWO CONSTRUCTION BASIC TRAINING USMC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR TWO 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 . hardcover

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K L KLOPFERBiblio.com

1942 - 1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF ONE MAN'S SERVICE AS A MECHANIC AND PIPEFITTER AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD REPAIRING SOME OF THE MOST STORIED SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY

19420002362BREMERTON WASHINGTON. Good. 1942. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of one man's service during World War II as a mechanic and pipefitter at the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton Washington and who worked on several famous ships including; the U.S.S. Saratoga U.S.S. Nevada U.S.S. Idaho U.S.S. Ward U.S.S. Enterprise and several P.T. boats. Handwritten by K. L. Klopfer 26 pages of entries cover the period of March 17 1942 through to November 1 1943. Klopfer writes many fascinating entries about the damage sustained by several of these vessels work duties and all other daily doings in the Navy Yard. Hole-punched pages housed in sturdy vintage leather three-ring binder. Overall G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF K. L. KLOPFER PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 WORLD WAR 2 WORLD WAR TWO PACIFIC NORTHWEST BREMERTON WASHINGTON U.S.S. SARATOGA U.S.S. NEVADA U.S.S. IDAHO U.S.S. WARD U.S.S. ENTERPRISE P.T. BOATS MARITIME NAVAL USN UNITED STATES NAVY MECHANICS ENGINEERING MARINE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN 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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KATHERINE NEARY JOHNSONBiblio.com

1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD DRIVING WESTERN NEW YORK WOMAN TRYING TO WORK HER WAY OUT OF THE DEPRESSION

19380008141HORNELL NEW YORK WESTERN NEW YORK. Good. 1938. On offer is a unique little journal written by a woman in upstate New York immediately before the outbreak of WWII. Measuring 6 inches by 3.5 inches this journal has 72 pages and is 100% complete. There is evidence of pages having been torn out at some time in the past. The handwriting is in pencil and although faint can be read. The cover is in very good condition and all pages are intact. Although the name on the cover is Emmett Johnson 1914-1992 context suggests that this 1938 diary was written by his mother Katherine Neary Johnson. She refers to family members by the initial of their first name and 'E' and 'J' crop up repeatedly. The 'E' likely stands for Emmett and the 'J' for her husband John. They lived around Hornell in upstate New York in what is known as the 'Southern Tier' - the mountainous western part of New York state that borders Pennsylvania. These were the last years of the Great Depression and life was not easy here. The pages are un-numbered and undated. She simply writes through from one month to the next. In her journal Johnson recounts daily chores and events that matter to her family their farm and their circle of friends. "Nice day John went to the city to sell his veal. I just done my housework."Feb 4 1938; "I went to Canisteo with the grist. Fixed the fence in the P.M." Apr 25 1938; "J went to church. Raymond and children brought him home. E and C came stayed for supper came with cow and took the veal calves." June 5 1938. Life wasn't easy and events could turn one's work upside down very quickly: "Blacksmith came and shod the team. came and helped. Barn burned."Aug 6 1938. The rest of her entries are in this vein. They paint the picture of a hardworking woman living in a poorer area of rural America. Yet despite the continual hard work there is a sense of quiet confidence and pleasure with her life. A student of Womens' Studies would find this an excellent window into the life of so many American women living at that time; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES; MID-20TH CENTURY; 1930S; KATHERINE NEARY JOHNSON; EMMETT JOHNSON; HORNELL NY; STEUBEN COUNTY; NEW YORK; THE GREAT DEPRESSION; 'SOUTHERN TIER'; AMERICAN FARMERS IN THE LATE 1930S; LIFE ON FARMS IN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION; WOMEN'S LIFE IN RURAL WESTERN NEW YORK; BUFFALO AREA RURAL AMERICA IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY; 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

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LEWIS LAWRENCEBiblio.com

1873 & 1877 ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A MANHATTAN MAN DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES

18730008169NEW YORK NY. Fair. 1873. On offer is a pair of personal diaries written in the 2nd half of the 19th century in the heart of New York City. The first volume measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches and has 48 undated pages. Each page has 3-4 entries and the pages are 100% complete. The cover is intact as are all the pages. The handwriting is in pencil and some pages are seriously faded. The second volume measures 4.75 inches by 3 inches. The cover binding and pages are in good condition. There are 60 pages and they are 100% complete. The handwriting is in pencil and fairly legible. The author is Lewis Lawrence. The first journal contains entries from 1873 through 1876. The entries take the form of 1-2 line notes with a year jotted at the end of many. Many take the form of letters sent and received: "Sent letter to Mrs. C on 12th Nov 1873"; "353 East 82nd St. Miss Harrison Sent Alcroft & Co Best glove makers in the world"; "10 o' clock Brought the services of Sunday to a close"; "Steamship the Queen arrived at Queenstown Mar 2nd 1876." He also keeps a partial record of his daily expenditures. The 2nd volume is a dated diary for the year 1877. Again many of the entries are brief detailing church meetings he attends letters sent and received and news he has received: "Mrs. L. Received a letter from Uncle H. Wilson & Victoria Connors Township of Reach now part of Durham Region Ontario Ontario Canada" Apr 7 1877; "Best time on record. Steamship Germanic crosses the Atlantic in 7 days 11 hours 37 minutes" Apr 13 1877; "Railroad strike in Baltimore Ohio and Plattsburg ." July 21 1877; ". Wreck of U.S. steamer Huron. Over 100 lives lost" Nov 24 1877. This was the USS Huron a naval gun boat lost off North Carolina. Context suggests he attended the Methodist Church on 61st Street: ". Reception in Parsonage 61st St. MEC . rented Pew No. 41 in 61st St. Church Price $36.00 commencing Nov 1" Oct 22 1877. This diary also contains a partial record of expenses for the years as well as an address list. For a historian they offer a glimpse into the world of one individual living in Manhattan in the later part of the 19th century. His lists of expenditures help build a picture of the cost of living at that time and a genealogist would appreciate the list of names and addresses that he includes of people with whom he is acquainted.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; 1870s; GILDED AGE; UNITED STATES; NEW YORK; LEWIS LAWRENCE; 61ST ST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH; MANHATTAN; BRONX; USS HURON; SS GERMANIC; PRICES IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; COST OF LIVING IN THE 1870s; NEW YORK GENEALOGY; 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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MARY DWIGHT [?]Biblio.com

1912 ORIGINAL TWO VOYAGE MANUSCRIPT DIARY: AUSTRALIA TO LONDON THEN LONDON TO CALCUTTA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL POINTS AND PORTS IN BETWEEN

19120002234ABOARD THE SS MOREA SS CALEDONIA. Good. 1912. On offer is a super very interesting 1912 original manuscript travel journal detailing two long distance voyages by a woman the author and her husband. The author has inscribed her name on the inside cover and on a tucked in ship board game form and while the first name Mary is distinct we cannot be positive but the surname appears to be Dwight thusly Mary Dwight and husband Ernest. The first voyage on the SS Morea departs from Adelaide Australia to London England via Durban Cape Town and Las Palmas. We note she mentions that no less than 20 people came to see them off! The second trip on the SS Caledonia was from London to Calcutta via Marseilles Port Said and Colombo. Between the voyages she resides in London which in itself is a fascinating and interesting read. This is a well written account in which she describes in vivid detail life on board a ship in the early part of the last century including sailing through storms and towering seas in the Southern Indian Ocean. She also writes well about her shore excursions in Durban Cape Town Marseilles Port Said and Colombo. There are some pages torn out at the back though without loss as the narrative ends seamlessly with the writer arriving in Calcutta. The 7¼ x 5 inch book has approximately 90 pages of narrative and while thee cover is chipped at the spine extremities the book is overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SS MOREA SS CALEDONIA ADELAIDE TO LONDON DURBAN CAPE TOWN LAS PALMAS LONDON TO CALCUTTA INDIA MARSEILLES PORT SAID COLOMBO NAUTICAL MARINE MARINERS OCEAN GOING VESSELS COMMERCE BY SEA DOWN UNDER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN BRITISH WOMAN TRAVELLER BRITAIN BRITANNICA EDWARDIAN ERAHANDWRITTEN 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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MARY KIBLINGBiblio.com

1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ACTIVE STUDENT OF THE TILDEN FEMALE SEMINARY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE

18860008118WEST LEBANON NEW HAMPSHIRE. Good. 1886. On offer is a fascinating diary authored by a 20-year old Mary D. Kibling a student of the Tilden Female Seminary from a noted local family. The diary contains over 100 pages with an entry for every day of the year with additional information for some of the days at the end in the memoranda section. It also includes an address book and lists of her expenses and Christmas gifts. The diary measures 6'2x4' the leather flap cover is slightly worn but otherwise it is in a very good condition. The handwriting is mostly legible though slightly faded at some places. Mary was born in 1866 she belonged to a noted family of New England farmers and businessmen - her grandfather Lorenzo D. Kibling was a merino sheep farmer and her father Asahel - a wool merchant. At the time when she was writing her diary Mary studied at the Tilden Ladies Seminary founded in 1854 and serving students living in West Lebanon. Named after its largest contributor William Tilden it had among its founders professor Allen H. Weld and Charles Brickett Haddock then well-known educators and authors Haddock was also a politician. Though most of the entries are brief as a whole they create an excellent picture of what was middle class young women's life like at the end of the 19th century. Mary Kibling spends time writes with her family and friends shopping dancing taking small trips. Many entries mention painting and practising music. Here are some of the typical entries: "Went to Seminary. German ok. Practiced. Got ready about five and went up to Nell Smiths and went to the oyster supper with that crowd. Began to dance at nine. I danced thirteen out of eighteen. Chet Rio brought Nell and I home and Frank Foote took Minnie King of course. We all went in big teams." Jan 22; "Dance till about three. Got home at 5 five in the morning. Found door open and hall full of snow. Slept about an hour. ." Feb. 27; "Went to Seminary at 8. Studied this P.M. Will O. came about 7. We went to ride most to West Hartford then around the Glen. He did not act gentlemanly and I was disgusted. Got home about 10. He came in and staid a few moments." Some entries mention visits to a dentist though short they give a pretty good idea about the state of dentistry at that time: "Wore rubber between my front teeth all forenoon and had three filled in P.M. Hurt awfully. Mr. Brown said "Too bad" and laughed so I cried. ." During one visit she had seven of her teeth pulled: "Had to wait for Dr. Manchester. Another woman had 13 teeth out and then I took the chair. Took ether and was four minutes going off. When I came to my teeth were gone 7 except one root." The diary contains many names of local residents and students. One of the entries mentions Charles Alexander Eastman a Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University: "Memorial Day. Eastman the Indian student called this P.M. ." May 31st. In the early 20th century Eastman was one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs. In 1886 he studied at the Dartmouth College on an Indian scholarship and possibly that he might know Mary's brother Curtis who was a Dartmouth graduate spent several years in Dakota as a high school principal and in 1880s served as a superintendent of schools in Strafford.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LATE 19TH CENTURY 1880s GILDED AGE WOMEN EDUCATION IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA FEMALE SEMINARIES TILDEN FEMALE SEMINARY TILDEN LADIES' SEMINARY WEST LEBANON NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT MARY KIBLING NEW ENGLAND BUSINESSMEN ENTERTAINMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY 1890s LIFESTYLE WOMEN'S STUDIES COURTSHIP AND DATING IN THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA VERMONT GENEALOGY NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGY 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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MARY REDMAYNEBiblio.com

THE 1944 - 1949 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF MARY REDMAYNE A YOUNG BRITISH GIRL OF ASHTON ON RIBBLE SEES CHURCHILL

1944000411Preston Lancashire England Great Britain UK. Good. 1944. Decorative Cloth. On offer is a super handwritten manuscript diary written by Mary Redmayne who was a 'girl next door' average teenage girl during the Second World War in Preston Lancashire in the small town of Ashton on Ribble. She was a dedicated diarist purchasing her new diary on Feb. 19 1944 and filling it up to date from the beginning of January obviously she took notes each day because every day is full from the beginning of the year with small daily details of life and continuing to fill it to the maximum in neat beautifully legible printing for the next five years. During that time she went from being a typical school girl writing the classes are "swotting" and we suspect skipping a lot of classes too but being successful in her levels to becoming a teacher for very young children as well as a dancer painter and Guide leader. She seems to have had lots of family in Ashton and surrounding area and we believe hat her brother's name Leonard Redmayne is very common in the area going back centuries.It is wonderful to read an unromanticized account of daily life in Britain for a teenaged girl in the midst of war. There is mention of taking gas masks to school a plane down near Cadley C and her father being on Fire Watch regularly but the majority of entries do not mention the war and show that even in the midst of tragedy and terror life goes on. Mary loved going to movies and mentions many by name along with her opinion of them and often seemed to get in trouble with her teachers because she did not mince words. A typical teenager. Some of the places mentioned in this diary include: Haslam Park Bletchley Wigan Bishops Startford London Radwinter Manchester Great Eccleston Blackpool Goosenargh Inglewhite Longridge and Grimsargh. Some of the people mentioned in the diary are Stotts J Loftus Miss Matthews Mr Charles Greehalghs Mona Spud and Jean D Royles Mrs. Preston Dorothy Allen Mrs Bolton and Parkinsons. In addition as shown in the scans there is a list at the back of the diary of her friends whom she mentioned in the diary regularly using their initials. The best way to give you a sense of what this girl's life was like is to quote from the diary: Went back to school. B.B. was awfully pleased about Pre. Got bulls-eye. Had teeth outh. Dad made vow. Teeth started to bleed. Bled all night. Bit a cork. Went in taxi to dentists. He plugged tooth which was bleeding. Had a sleep. Borrowed books from Pat which I read all night. Fire in room. Bought stuff for patrol bag. Began to make it. Mother stuffed curtains. Began to knit socks out of RAF scarf. Had blancmange for tea. Stood on Harris steps to see King and Queen. Did not speak. Got new Sonata. Swotted Geog. New Dress. June Kalina talked about her engagement to a "Yank". Braitch in bad temper because late. Got to report. went to see "Madonna of the Seven Moons." VG. Knitted. Settled about second-hand books. Had lecture on "dangerous objects" Began to make a frock. Went to see "This is the Army." Dec. 24 Sirens went 5:30-6:30. Fly bombs. Thud. Went to church and SS. Edyth wearing new blue coat. Went to Grays. Mum made row about Uncle Albert. Went to Joyces. Relations there. Went to our classifying houses. Announcement at 3pm that hostilities had ceased. Went errands. Went bike ride round Ribbleton through town. Watched tennis. Watched victory procession of show people. Went on Humpty bikes. Played tennis on Stanley Park. Went to Ice Show. Watched celebrations near town hall. What is striking to me is how matter-of-fact she is talking about the bombs and lectures on "dangerous objects" which suggests mines and unexploded ordnance and then carries on in the next sentence talking about new dresses going to church and the mundane daily routines. It is clear that war was a part of life for her and that she was accustomed to it having grown up with it. Her brother Leonard was in France and wrote home about a French girl near the end of the war but came home a couple of times during the course of the war so I am not sure what he was up to. She mentions the death of Roosevelt and sees Mr Churchill on his visit to Preston in June. She takes piano lessons and we believe that she is also teaching piano by the end of the diary. The diary is in good condition though the first few pages of January are taped in and the binding of the book has separated from the spine. However the binding is attached firmly to the diary pages and all the pages are accounted for and apart from the taped pages are firmly attached to each other. The binding strap is attached and the clasp to hold the diary closed still works. Every page is full so this is a treasure trove of information about daily life in Lancashire in the 1940's. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WWII WW2 UNITED KINGDOM BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE BLITZ HITLER GERMANY NAZIS BRITAIN ENGLAND HOMEFRONT WORLD WAR II 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 . hardcover

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MIDSHIPMAN ALEXANDER SHARPBiblio.com

1877 ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY AN 'OLD SALT' MIDSHIPMAN WHO WILL SERVE HIS COUNTRY AT SEA WITH DISTINCTION AND ONE DAY EARN HIGH PRAISE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

18770002390USS MARION NICE FRANCE PORT SAID EGYPT 1877. On offer is a wonderful pair 2 of original manuscript letters handwritten by Midshipman Alexander Sharp Jr. he of a storied career having served as an aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt and also commanded the U.S.S. VIXEN during the Spanish American War. He took part in the Battle of Santiago the largest battle of the Spanish-American War. Sharp born in Missouri in 1855 was the nephew of Civil War general and president Ulysses S. Grant. He entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis in June 1870 during the low point when the Navy was nearly out of existence. Ships were antiquated; promotion slow and the majority of the ship's crews were made up of people who were not U.S. citizens. On May 11 1873 Sharp was promoted to midshipman to ensign on July 18 1877 and then to master on April 8 1882. On March 3 1883 he was promoted to lieutenant junior grade having been in the navy for over 13 years. This was the rank he would still hold at the time of the Spanish American War. On October 29 1884 Sharp married Miss Josephine "Josie" Hand in Yankton South Dakota. Sharp was assigned to the office of the assistant secretary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt who described him in his autobiography as being a "first-class fellow." Roosevelt had Sharp appointed to the command of the U.S.S. VIXEN. Later when Roosevelt's Rough Riders approached the shore at the Daiquiri landing point aboard the Army transport YUCATAN the VIXEN was present. Sharp provided the YUCATAN with a pilot that got the ship close into shore unlike many of the other transports who had no pilots. Very shortly after the war's fighting ended and armistice was agreed to between the U.S. and Spain Sharp was promoted to lieutenant in August of 1898. Following the war Sharp promoted to lieutenant commander served aboard the venerable U.S.S. HARTFORD of Civil War fame. Later he was called to testify at the investigation into the actions of Winfield Scott Schley at Santiago. Sharp died on February 9 1910. The 22 year old Ensign Sharp already an 'old salt' writes very chatty chock full of sea faring narrative relating to his ship and others and the many common individuals in the service they know to his friend "Old Goat" a much later hand has written in pencil that the letter is to Hunter C. White the first letter written aboard the USS Marion a blockade ship during the Civil War is 12 pages 5" x 8" dated January 16 1877 USS Marion At Sea from Nice France. Sharp does a superb job detailing his life in the Navy: "After graduation had a splendid time - was ordered on the 1 December 1875 to the Marion at Portsmouth NHOur Mission composed of Carter Sharp Doyle Worcester Howe King Eldridge deRuiz. We met all the girls in Portsmouth. Had a splendid time - Left Portsmouth on 20 January 1876We got off without any danger to the ship. I came damned near to getting killed. Topmast went downFrom Norfolk we went to Port Royal SC. Were there about two weeks. There were about twelve men of war there and there were nineteen of our class on the different ships. From there we went to Key West Fla. Were there a few days and sailed for Porrazos de SantiagoThere we anchored about five miles from the shore and rolled so that the 'dead-lights' had to be kept closed. Damned hot with heavy dew. Stayed there a month. Some of our fellows went ashore and up to Brownsville where some of our troops are From there the ship sailed toMexico. We were there about a week and got our orders for EuropeStarted for Lisbon Portugal. Every manhad a good supply of whiskey and cigarsTook the deck in the day timeI had her in a squall and got her throughThe only squall of any size we have had since we have been on her. Well we went to Lisbon - had quite a nice time stayed two weeks and sailed for Leghorn Italy. Went through the straits of Gibraltar got to Leghorn found the Franklin FlagshipWent toTurkeyfrom there ConstantinopleWere there about ten days. Received orders to return to Villefranche FranceRelieved the Franklin. She went home and we are on the FlagshipWent to Spezia Italy to have some repairs to engines. Saw the 100 ton gun. Dam big thingWent to Genoa Italy. Were there two months. Met lots of splendid girls. I got spoony on a married lady. She ditto on me. Had a bally time. We correspond now. We had dances on board and the people had dances ashoreWas sorry to leave Everybody in Nice in the Winter is rich and money is nothingWhen we sailed the Nice papers came out with a long article expressing great regret at our leavingSome of us Mr. Were invited to a big 'German' the last night we were in Nice. All of us went that could leave the ship. Had a bally time and Champagne was like water but I am afraid it will be our last dance for some time. We are now at sea on our way to Messina Sicily. We are to be there three days then go to Beirut in Palestine "We all expect to go home in about September or October for examination for Ensigns. No one has looked at a book yet. "We keep a journal and put as much or as little as we please in it work something in navigation at sea if we want to. Are in five watches on the forecastle and take one watch on the deck in place of forecastle during the day at seaWe are quite comfortable have an Italian cook and stewardWe all drink brandy. Hard to get any good whiskeyAll their fellows wish me to give their best love to old Goat and say Bah! Bah! Sly Billy 'Section de bois' is well represented over here but you should hear us talk so much. Now old fellow write soon and address U.S.S. Marine CorpsI have so many things to tell you aboutLovingly your 'Other half'" The second letter is 2 pages 5" x 8" dated Port Said Egypt March 4 1877 Sharp writes to "Goat" "We are as you can see by the heading at Port Said EgyptWe are anchored in the Suez Canal which is about four or five hundred feet wide at this place and about eight-six miles long. There are always a large number of Steamers in this port. Now there are ten. I go to Tunis Algiers. We expect our orders every day. Do you remember where we were this time four years ago I do! Well old man I am not engaged yet and what is more don't intend to be for some time yet. "I can live splendidly on my pay and save something. We receive one pay in goldand things are quite cheap out here. We have an Italian Cook and Steward and two boys colored that we brought from the U.S. Our mess bill is 120 francs or about $24 a month in gold. "By the way an old school mate of mine is from Norwalk. His name is Walter B. Hogt. He went to school in Stamford with meWell Old Goat I must congratulate you on your charming marriageAlex Sharp." Small fold tears reinforced with archival tape. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown

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MILDRED LEMERTBiblio.com

1920s ORIGINAL GROUP OF SEVEN 7 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A RURAL KANSAS TEENAGER AND SOON TO BE COLLEGE GIRL

19230008069CEDAR VALE KANSAS. Fair. 1923. On offer is a fascinating group of small notebooks written by a school girl in the mid-west just prior to the Great Depression. There are 7 notebooks in all. They range in size from 4 inches by 2 1/2 inches to 6 1/2 by 4 1/4. Three books have 72 pages each one has 120 and a fifth has 96. Two part books have 44 and 56. Four are 100% complete while the remaining three are about 40% complete. Some entries are dated while others are not. All entries are in pencil and the handwriting is legible. Several are in fair condition 1 is missing a front cover and 2 are in quite good condition. The books are ordered with numbers written on the covers. Also included with the notebooks are a number of postcards with dates ranging from 1915 to 1957. Mildred Lemert was born in Cedar Vale KS in 1907. She graduated from high school in 1925 and entered Kansas State University graduating with a degree in Education in 1929. She taught her entire career in Cedar Vale and Clay Centre Kansas. Mildred Lemert passed away in 2001 at the age of 94. She never married. The notebooks describe a road trip her family took in 1923 when she was just 16. She and her family took a road trip to visit and stay with other family members in other parts of Kansas and Missouri. They contain descriptions of activities interactions with extended family and observations of life around her. Some entries are dated month/day. In the first book she describes a trip they took beginning in July. She describes rough roads and the toll they took on the tires: ". We had a flat tire just a short distance from F.S. Fort Scott KS . We had two more flat tires after we left F.S." "We left Sedalia at 7:50 AM and went through Smithton and California and several other small towns and got to Jefferson City for lunch. We went through the State House at J.C. A Negro took us to the very top of the dome" July 20. I saw roads made of rails as they used to be many years ago. Some of the natives said that the State road we travelled was made in the Civil War. In Book Two continues that trip visiting with family. She describes trying to learn to ride a bicycle. She visits the Americana Lace Factory presumably with her cousins. Book Three is a continuation of her holiday trip with her family. She notes that for her birthday: ". Mamma bought Aunt Elma's camera for my birthday present. . I can take some pictures now." Aug 10. Her birthday in fact was several days later on Aug 15th. The postcards include one to her brother Merl in 1915 and several from a friend who moved to Germany in the 1950's. Included is a valentine card she received as a young girl that she kept for many many years and a Butterfly Souvenir Card from Yellowstone Park that contains a fully working wind-up model butterfly. There are also two faded photographs of a team of horses. These notebooks provide a wonderful snap-shot into the life of a young woman growing up in the American mid-west. They capture a summer spent with immediate and extended family members at a time just before the crisis of the Great Depression overwhelmed so much of rural America. A historian would find this of great interest as she very carefully notes towns and villages they saw or visited and describes incidents that relate to those areas such a terrible road or Civil War construction.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES AMERICAN MIDWEST KANSAS 20TH CENTURY 1920S ROARING TWENTIES JAZZ AGE CEDAR VALE CLAY CENTER CLAY COUNTY CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY MISSOURI ROAD TRIP STATE ROADS TRAVEL CAR TRIPS AMERICANA LACE FACTORY 1920S RECREATION 1920S AUTOMOBILES MECHANICAL BUTTERFLY SOUVENIR CARD POSTCARDS RURAL AMERICA 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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MISS P P RILEYBiblio.com

1956 - 1958 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 60 TYPED AND MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG FEMALE SAILOR AS SHE CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE WORLD ABOARD THE STORIED BRIGANTINE YANKEE AND THE REMARKABLE SAILING COUPLE IRVING AND EXY JOHNSON

19560002286ASEA ABOARD THE BRIGANTINE YANKEE 1956. On offer is a super original 1956 - 1958 archive of 60 mostly type written letters 200 pages in all with copious handwritten additions some manuscript letters all authored by a young 18 - 20 year old woman named P. P. Riley who often signs letters PPPPP or Peggy Pat to mom and dad Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Riley of Middlebury Connecticut. Zippy and Nosey siblings we surmise and several other family and friends are also addressed. Miss Riley is on the trip of a lifetime helping crew the storied Brigantine Yankee for famed sailors Irving Johnson and his wife Electa who also went by the nickname Exy. This trip aboard the famed Brigantine Yankee which can be tracked from the datelines of the letters make for one of the most exotic groups of correspondence we have seen. Adding even more of an air to this archive of the group's circumnavigation the Johnson's last was the fact that it was documented by the National Geographic Society for television. Long breezy very detailed intimate letters covering the papers she used in smallish type provide fascinating detail delivered with a youthful exuberance that jumps off the pages. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1960. Only a bare few of the envelopes are present. Overall G. . Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown

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MRS [WILHELMINA] BARNS GRAHAMBiblio.com

1888 - 1889 ORIGINAL LONDON TO AUSTRALIA TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SCOTTISH WOMAN IN PRECISE DETAIL TRAVELING WITH HER NOTABLE HUSBAND

18880001709CRAIGALLIAN SCOTLAND TO SS AROYO TO AUSTRALIA. Good. 1888. On offer is a super 1888 - 1889 original travel diary handwritten aboard a ship identified as the S.S. Aroya detailing a trip from London to Australia. The author signs the diary on the fep as Mrs. Wilhelmina Barns Graham Craigallian who we believe is traveling with her husband Allan Graham Barns-Graham whose online biography we have reproduced at the end of the listing. Dated December 1888 through June 28 1889 Mrs. Barns Graham is a sensational diarist leaving few details unwritten starting with a comprehensive list of the passenger's names status destination and their occupations and then near daily entries of the voyage. One online source provides: BIO NOTES: ALLAN GRAHAM BARNS-GRAHAM: "The Chairman of Lanarkshire County Council is a son of Patrick Graham W.S. Edinburgh and was born in that city in 1835. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy entered on a manufacturing and commercial career and at the age of twenty-one went to Calcutta. The Suez Canal was not then thought of and the railway across Egypt was not opened but he went by that route and sailed from Suez in the paddle-wheel steamer of that time. One of his earliest experiences in India was the Mutiny during which he enrolled for service in the Volunteer Cavalry. Two years later in China he was among the first civilians to enter Canton after its capture and was blockaded by Chinese rebels in Shanghai. He also spent some time in Manila and would have entered Japan but found the country closed against foreigners. In 1860 he came home and took a partnership in the firm of Crum Graham & Co. for four years till the concern was wound up. His next experience was that of manager of a Calcutta bank which had become involved in mining speculations in Nevada and California. He went to these countries to try and retrieve the fortunes of the undertaking but these falling out ill he returned and became principal buyer for a large house of East India merchants in Manchester. Once more he went to Calcutta as a partner of the firm of Graham & Co.; then in 1875 he succeeded to the family estates; and since that time has devoted himself to the public business of the counties in which his interests lie. He is the owner of Craigallan in Stirlingshire Lymekilns in Lanarkshire Fereneze in Renfrewshire and Kirkhill in Ayrshire. For five years 1861-5 he was a captain in the 3rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers and for a considerable time more recently was Parish Council Representative of Strathblane on the Western District Committee of Stirlingshire. His chief energies however have been devoted to Lanarkshire. On the passing of the Local Government Act of 1889 he was elected as representative of the South Division of Cambuslang on the County Council. In 1893 he was appointed Chairman of the Middle Ward District Committee and in 1898 he became Convener of the County. He is also one of the Extra Parliamentary Panel of Commissioners under the Private Legislation Scotland Act of 1899. He is a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for the Counties of Lanark and Renfrew. Mr. Barns-Graham married in 1868 Wilhelmina daughter of William Carstairs M.D. and has had a family of four daughters and four sons of whom three daughters and two sons survive." The diary is in good condition internally butt the binding is not in place an the first section has come somewhat loose. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CRAIGALLIAN SCOTLAND AUSTRALIA MRS BARNS GRAHAM ALLAN GRAHAM BARNS-GRAHAM S.S. AROYA TRAVEL LONDON TO AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS BIOGRAPHY SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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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MRS GEORGE C KINGBiblio.com

1920 - 1925 1940 - 1944: THREE 3 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF THE LOVING AND DOMESTIC WIFE OF A CINCINNATI PLUMBING COMPANY OWNER WHO HELPS HER HUSBAND AS MUCH AS SHE CAN AND LIVES AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE ENTERTAINING GUESTS AT HOME

19200009071CINCINNATI OHIO OH. Good. 1920. On offer are three 3 diaries of the wife of George C. King who with his brother Walter owned and operated a plumbing company in Cincinnati Ohio. The diaries present different parts of the wife of George Kings life. The first diary is for the year 1920 the next diary covers the year 1921 to 1925 and finally the third diary comes almost twenty years later and covers the era of 1940 to 1945. 1st diary: 1920. Cincinnati. The diary consists of a combination of simple day-to-day activities entertaining friends and guests at their home going into town seeing shows etc. and entries about her husband George and the goings on in his shop. Often these things are combined in single entries: March 17 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler had me to dinner at the Metropole and to show at Kiths. Mrs. Cs birthday. George has been half sick ____ days - did not go to store until noon today. Tonight he had tea and toast and couldnt eat that.; May 9 1920. Am starting home tonight for two weeks to be with father while hes in with his eyes.; August 22 1920. Had dinner at Emilys - George and all of them went in bathing - I did not go.; December 26 1920. Woke up this morning with Laryngitis. Had Dr. Shepherd in afternoon. Dr. Stary out of town. Cant talk above whisper. At the end of the book the Daily Expenses pages have had their title crossed out and written in its place is Mrs. Kings handwriting that says We Entertained. The page then lists the date they entertained the people who came and the time they arrived. For example: Sat. Jan 15. Mr. and Mrs. Pearse. Turkey Dinner.; Thursday April 15 - Sunny Williamson - Arrived 11 a.m. Left 9 p.m. There are over 30 of these short little entries. The book itself is in good shape. Its cover states that it is THE H. & S. POGUE CO. DIARY. The year 1918 has been crossed out and 1920 has been written in its place. The cover is a pale green cloth which shows some tearing on the front back and especially the spine. The book is roughly 225 pages long of which at probably around 180-200 pages have writing in them. The next diary is a five year diary of the years 1921 to 1925. The book is similar to the previous one. The days are filled with observations of life family and the goings-on of her husbands store. There are small bits of ephemera that are stuck in between pages. They are usually newspaper clippings often of little poems or local interest news stories. Mrs. King spends the year of 1923 pregnant. The entries of December 28 and 29th have a newspaper clipping pasted over them the title of which is Knights Templar Initiate Largest Class in History of York rite in Cincinnati. There is an arrow pointing to George C. Kings name. Excerpts: May 27 1921. Our 18th anniversary - We had dinner at the Gibson and went to the Capitol afterwards - a fine time. Auntie Patchill stayed with Dorothy; August 5 1922. The first mail plane carrying mail from N.Y. and Cleveland came to Cinci today. Landed at Blue ash and carried 12 sailor's - Mail left NY. this a.m.; February 14 1923. George gave me a beautiful wrist watch for a valentine- Dorothy had about 30 valentines. - Awfully cold.; June 17 1923. George and I went to ball game Brooklyn - Cinci - from 9 to 0. It was awful. Reds couldnt even make a hit but once. Dorothys first Nat. League game.; July 23 1923. Dorothy is six today - Mr. Pearse had her cake made with her name and had 6 pink candles.; August 2 1923. Pres. Harding died very suddenly after a ___ illness in San Francisco hotel at 7:30 Pacific Time this evening.; August 3 1923. Calvin Coolidge took the oath of Pes. at 2:47 a.m. at his ____house in Plymouth.; August 2 1924. 10 years ago today Germany declared war on Russia. 2-days later on France. It doesnt seem possible it could be so long ago.; January 7 1925. Woke up at 4 a.m. awfully sick - George stayed home all-day with me - Head bursting.; September 14 1925. Put in 10 tons Pure hemp at 7.50 50¢ to put in house - City Ice co. - Dorothy starts to school - 3rd grade - today. The diary is roughly 370 pages long and almost every single page has at least one years entry written in it. Some years include all five but 2 or 3 years of entries on a single page are most common. The book is in good condition. The cover is red hard leather. The spine reads 1921-1925 in handwritten black ink. The final book is a five-year diary of the years 1940 to 1944. The entries in the diary are fairly few and far between and dates with more than one years entry are rare. The entries are almost entirely simple short statements about the weather or the authors weight. The book is filled with a good deal of ephemera. There are four photographs two of a cat & dog; two of the King family one while standing and posing and the other lounging around in a park about a half dozen or so newspaper clippings of various local stories and two of a column that mentions Walter King seemingly Georges brother. There are also a few small pieces of paper in which various salves for colds boils tick bites and such. The book is in good condition. The cover is brown leather that shows very minimal wear. Throughout all three books Mrs. Kings writing is very easy to read. All the diaries are roughly 4 x 7. Background: Mr. King came to Cincinnati from Carlisle Ky. his birthplace in 1905 and with his brother Walter set up a plumbing concern a few years later.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEORGE C. KING LOUISE KING WALTER KING CINCINNATI OHIO PLUMBING COMPANY FAMILY BUSINESS WIFE OF A BUSINESSMAN DOMESTIC DUTIES KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FRATERNAL SOCIETIES DOTING WIFE INTERWAR PERIOD IN AMERICA ROARING TWENTIES MIDWEST AMERICA POST WORLD WAR 1 ERA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL 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 . hardcover

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MS WALKER [perhaps MABLE] M SBiblio.com

1907 - 1920 ORIGINAL CHARMING SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO MANUSCRIPT DIARY THAT BEGINS WITH SAD LOSS THEN CONTINUES TO HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT

19070002018GUELPH ONTARIO SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO CANADA. Fair. 1907. On offer is a charming somewhat sad and enigmatic original manuscript diary handwritten by a young south western Ontario Canada woman named M. S. Walker b. August 10th 1879 of Guelph Ontario which in July 1907 the month and year of the diary was a small but fast growing community of under 15000 persons. The flip style book begins with a loose page and we note two entries that bring the humanity of the book to light: "Ian Walker Born March 25th 1907 Died March 25th 1907" and then in another hand: "To Mable from Mother May the G. and Rec. unite someday in singing the new new song". Then the diary begins in what one would assume was Mable's hand a later entry refers to "Mable and I" leading us to conclude either Mable gave her sister the book after the death or perhaps both sisters wrote with her numbered page 1 dated June 22 '07. However above this is an entry dated March 25 1907: Our baby came today and went to heaven the same day. 3/26/07 I took the little fellow's body out to Forest Lawn Cemetery to God's Acres His name was to have been Ian so we buried him by that name. 'Tis a little blossom in heaven." We feel that the book was likely a gift taken up quickly to record the sad event and then picked up and begun in earnest 3 months later. The book begins and appears to show her recovered from her tragedy: "Left Detroit with Aunt H. on 2-35 G.T.R. for Guelph. Arrived about 10 p.m. and found all well. It is good to be able to be at home with father and mother again and I am thankful to God that mother and father have been spared & that I am able to see them well and happy in their home again. I pray that they may be spared to us many years and that their latter years be bright and happy." What follows are 115 pages through to her last entry October 29th 1920 and besides the regular day to day recording there are more births more deaths trips and work at a busy bank in a bustling community with a far ranging family business in the background making for a super look at an early 20th Century Ontario woman's life. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MABLE S. WALKER GUELPH ONTARIO CANADA CANADIANA SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO RURAL COMMUNITIES SMALL TOWN ONTARIO FARMING COMMUNITIES THE ROYAL CITY GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES KITCHENER WATERLOO INGERSOLL LONDON WOMEN'S STUDIES CANADIANA 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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1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DELIGHTFUL INTELLIGENT ALL AMERICAN GIRL NEXT DOOR DETAILING A BUSY LIFE AND HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

19310008197INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA. Fair. 1931. On offer is an original handwritten diary authored by a young girl from Indiana Pennsylvania in 1931. The diary measures 6.8' x 4.5' has 126 numbered pages with 3 daily entries on each page and about 75% complete. The front cover of the diary is completely detached the back cover is loose but otherwise it is in good condition. The author's name is not identified but from the context it is clear that she lives in the Indiana County in Pennsylvania studies at senior classes of the Indiana High School is a member of a school literary club her father is a dentist and she has an elder brother Norman. The diary provides an excellent picture of what life for a girl from a well-off family was like in a small Pennsylvania town in 1930s. She writes about her dreams and aspirations - she wants to teach children in poor district or teach ethics abroad and documents her everyday life. Her diary is full of details characteristic to those days including popular radio programs places; films and books people leisure activities that were extremely popular but almost forgotten now like Tom Thumb Golf and many more. She lists what she and her family did every day including what she ate and where they went. Her first entry is made on January 1 1931: "Amid magic music and humanity my New Year was ushered in at Camp Rest with Archie! I slept till 10:30 am had a huge half of a grapefruit for breakfast; brussel sprouts for lunch. Grind drill fill! Papa filled my three cavities. We drove out in the C.C. and saw some gay sled riders. Grandpa and Grandma were here for dinner; Grandpa told about New Year Eve at Richmond Va. during the Civil War. Papa and Mama went to see Streams and Rays; Norman had a date and I went to see the gala performance "Just imagine - 1980". C'est tout." "Just Imagine" was an American pre-code science fiction film by David Butler. Naturally school takes a large part of her records: "School wasn't so bad as we had no assignments. I gave a talk in Health class on "Physical Illiteracy". . after supper we listened to Amos and Andy and Thomas Lowell" Jan. 5. "Amos and Andy" was a favourite early evening radio show in 1930s America by Thomas Lowell preeminent journalist traveller and broadcaster. She seems intelligent and idealistic: "We got to talking about what I am going to do after I finish I.H.S. Indiana High School. I would like to teach forth grade or around there in a district of poor some Jews Greeks Italians Irish etc. children. I think I'd love that. But if I go to High Pallantin College this time for preparation for that would be unduly delayed" Jan.6. She is a member of Pandorean Literary Society - a club of High School girls well read and seems to be a rather good student: "Mrs. Mechler said my P.G.Plane Geometry problems were good. I prepared in Biology Study Hall a report on Woman of Rome. We pronounced in French and almost went mad. We discussed Emerson's essay on friendship in English. Some kids gave their reports on Cicero. I started to read The Kentucky Cardinal . It's by James Lane Allen and it's wonderful. Dr. Alexander here for prayer week stated that life is not goblet to be drained but rather a measure to be filled. Oh how the human heart can ache!" Jan. 9; "I read two short stories one called "Mixed Doubles" which inspired me to really become a decent tennis player this summer - square and calm. The other was "Sylvia . Winter Vacation" which inspired me to be liked for my real self and not for name riches or personal advantages."Jan. 14. And so it continues - she writes about her classes books she reads trips with the family dreams and her plans for future. The diary contains wealth of names of local residents teachers and students making it an excellent source of information for genealogists and local historians. There are many entries about school subjects lessons and assignments including how she felt about them which makes an interesting reading for historians of American education.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES; PENNSYLVANIA; INDIANA. PA.; 20TH CENTURY; 1930s; GREAT DEPRESSION; SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN 1930s; PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE EARLY 1930s; ENTERTAINMENT IN 1930s; 1930s FILMS; LEISURE IN THE EARLY 1930s; READING PATTERNS OF 1930s TEENAGE GIRLS; "SMOKY CITY"; PITTSBURGH; IHS INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL; INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA; PANDOREAN LITERARY SOCIETY; INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNAE; SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN 1930s; TEACHER TRAINING IN 1930s PENNSYLVANIA; INDIANA COUNTY GENEALOGY; WOMEN'S STUDIES; LITERARY CLUBS; YOUNG WOMEN IN 1930s; 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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1960 SUPER ORIGINAL JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK DETAILING ONE MAN'S LOVE OF THE SEA AND THE SHIP'S THAT PLY THE OCEAN'S WATERS

19600008130NOT IDENTIFIED. Fair. 1960. On offer is an outstanding personal notebook/journal written by a sailor in the mid-20th Century. The soft cover notebook measures 7 inches by 4 inches. The cover has separated from the notebook and one page has come loose but the entire journal is complete. The pages show some discolouration from age. There are 112 pages un-numbered and it is approximately 90% complete. There are many pictures and articles glued into the notebook. Many of these illustrations date back to the early years of the 20th Century. The journal is entitled Sea Lore Vol II. The author is unknown. Referring to great sailing ships over 50 to 60 years context suggests that this notebook was likely written in the early 1960s by a man who loved the sea and sailing ships. There are much older newspaper clipping for example the Laura Ann Barnes aground in 1921. The journal is a fascinating look into the world of sailing in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The pages contain notes descriptions and stories as well as many drawing and photographs. The journal opens with a short description of SS Herzogin Cecilie. She was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd or North German shipping company. She was one of the fastest commercial sailing ships - the so-called windjammers - ever built. Eight times winner of Australia - Great Britain grain race she ran on the rocks at Sewer Mill Cove near Salcombe Dover England in the early morning of April 27 1936. She was bound for Ipswich to discharge a cargo of grain. Records show that she was hauled off the rocks but soon capsized and sank. He refers to John Vanderdecken also recorded as Hendrick Vanderdecken who was captain of a ship rounding Cape Good Hope in the middle of a fierce storm - "Story of Vanderdecken The Flying Dutchman" and then the author tells a version of the tale of this famous ghost ship. He lists 9 pages of ships including famous four-masted barques barquentines and schooners: "More Information About Captain Erikson's fleet of wind jammers". One line drawing is an excellent illustration of basic helm commands for a sailing ship. Another is a fine drawing showing how these great sailing ships used the prevailing winds to race across the oceans. On another page he notes his ideal ship: "My Ideal Ship 90 Tons Broad beamed deisel engine fore and aft sails". Another lists the crew of HMS Bounty who mutinied April 28th 1789. There are photographs and foldout illustrations cut out from newspapers and magazines of some of the great sailing ships of the late 19th and early 20th centuries such as Pamir Laura Ann Barnes Yankee Nantuckett and Christian Radich. The Christian Radich still sails today under a Norwegian flag. There are pages of definitions drawings of knots and illustrations of rigging. The author of this notebook truly loved the sea and it shines through. A historian or sailing enthusiast would find this a fascinating glimpse into the days of the great 3 and 4-masted sailing ships that plied the world's oceans. The lists of ships make an excellent cross-reference tool.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MID-20TH CENTURY SAILING SHIPS SAILING IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY SAILING IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY TEA CLIPPERS; GRAIN CLIPPERS; TALL SHIPS; WINDJAMMERS; SS HERZOGIN CECILIE; USS SEVEN SEAS; THE FLYING DUTCHMAN; CAPTAIN VAN DER DECKEN; PAMIR; LAURA ANN BARNES; YANKEE; NANTUCKETT; CHRISTIAN RADICH. HMS BOUNTY NAVAL HISTORY BARQUES BARQUENTINES; SCHOONERS CAPTAIN GUSTAF ERIKSON HELM COMMANDS NAVAL AND MARINE DRAWINGS SAILING SHIPS PHOTOS MARITIME NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS KNOT SRAWINGS RIGGING DRAWINGS NAUTICAL TERMS NAVAL TERMINOLOGY 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 . paperback

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ODESSA McCLISTER (nee ARNOLD)Biblio.com

1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II MID WEST DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY HARD WORKING AKRON HOME MAKER ALL THE WHILE WITH THE DARK BACKDROP OF THE WAR

19440008144AKRON OHIO. Good. 1944. On offer is an interesting diary of a homemaker during the last years of WWII The diary measures 7.5 inches by 5 inches. It contains 365 pages plus additional 16 pages of supplementary information. It is about 75% complete. The front cover has separated from the spine but otherwise the covers and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is clear and legible. The context suggests that the author belonged to the Arnold family and casual research suggests most likely written by Mrs. Odessa McClister nee Arnold wife of Virgil McClister in the early 1920s they graduated from the Palmer School and shortly worked as chiropractors McClister was member of the city council and had state government jobs. At the time the diary was written Odessa was a president of South High Home and School League. Living in Akron OH she is managing the household for her elderly father and much younger sister. Her mother who would have been 83 that year has passed away. She mentions her sister Nola Craig her brother Elton D. Arnold who had passed away 11 years previously at age 35 Nov 19 and his wife Esther Arnold whose son Dale was a P-40 pilot during the WW2 and was lost in action in the South Pacific. Context suggests that she is 49 years old from a birthday reference on Dec. 29. She lives with her father and her 15 year old daughter Pat Patricia McClister who is still in high school. Later Patricia would study at the Kent State University and work as a teacher. This is a thoroughly delightful recounting of daily life in middle America during the war. The entries are full of the daily tasks that she sets out to accomplish: "Washed solarium windows in and out. Nice weather so I can easily do them on the outside. Also scrubbed the side porch window sills sure so dirty. Feel pretty good I hope" Jan 20. "Had a big wash. Did some cleaning in the basement again. If I do a little at a time then maybe sometime I'll get there. Feel pretty good. Hope I continue" Mar 27. "Had a tremendous ironing. Pat makes quite a lot of washing when she goes to summer school. And it's been so hot everything gets so sweated up. . It was 96o today." July 11. Her daughter Pat is a typical teenager. School homework and exams concern her. She has a busy teenage social life and her mother's entries reflect parties dances and outings with friends and several boyfriends: "Pat went to the Firestone Dance at Summit Beach with Kenny. ." June 23. That was a large dance party organized by the Firestone Rubber and Tire Company. "Pat went with Harry to the De Molay Initiation. Was so happy they went together. She said she had a nice time." Oct 10. "Pat to Rainbow Initiation tonight. . Pat is all excited about the game tomorrow. Sure hope she has a nice Thanksgiving and I think she will." Nov 22. She is active in her church community and takes a regular part in Parent - Teachers Meeting going as far as to attend a PTA conference out of town. "To Toledo PTA Convention. Up at 4 o'clock to bus terminal at 5 o'clock. . out to Macomber Auditorium in evening for meeting. . Like Mrs. my room mate quite well." Oct 10. Although not referred to frequently the war is definitely a background presence: ". Nola called and said she had a letter from Esther that Dale is missing in action in New Guinea. I wonder what will become of us if this war lasts much longer. He has been missing since Apr 7th" Apr 25. ". Quite an exciting day. We invaded the continent today. Pres. Roosevelt spoke over radio tonight in fact it was a prayer for our boys over there. . " June 4 . "Boy. What a day. Had the Craigs in for a picnic in honor of our soldiers Bud Eddie and Donald. ." June 30; ". out to Camp Perry was very interesting to see the German prisoners sure wasn't working very hard." Aug 23. This diary is an excellent window into daily life in urban America during WWII. It is a terrific resource for a social historian looking at that time period. A researcher or student of Women's Studies would find this a wonderfully detailed look at the role of an urban American mother during the war.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY WW2; 1940S; AKRON OH; SUMMIT COUNTY; OHIO; DE MOLAY; ORDER OF RAINBOW; CAMP PERRY; FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT; AKRON POLITICIANS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AKRON CITY COUNCILMEN; MCCLISTER FAMILY; ARNOLD FAMILY; PATRICIA MCCLISTER; ODESSA V.A. MCCLISTER; ODESSA ARNOLD; WOMEN'S SOCIAL LIFE IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY AMERICA; SECOND WORLD WAR AND AMERICAN MIDWEST; YOUNG WOMEN SOCIAL LIFE IN WARTIME AMERICA; KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNAE; PATRICIA OSELAND; GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN CAMP PERRY; PTA CONVENTION IN 1944; 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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PFC ALFRED BELANGERBiblio.com

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A US MILITARY POLICEMAN AND HIS MACABRE TROPHY OF A HANGING HE WITNESSED

19420001902EUROPE NORTH AFRICA. Good. 1942. On offer is a fascinating original 1942 - 1945 manuscript diary handwritten by PFC Alfred Belanger an American Military Police serviceman who reveals an interesting service record as an MP. The 5 x 3 inch flip style diary contains 64 pages of notes beginning September 1942 as they left Fort Dix to begin their journey to England and eventually North Africa but also travelling through Halifax Bristol Glasgow Oran Italy and France. Some notes are of a practical nature: addresses a poem or song in French but most detail his life and service in the Army. We note that Alfred's surname has French antecedents and many of his addresses include names we also suggest have French antecedents. Some of his experiences as an MP included guarding American soldiers who were jailed for various offences but also some awaiting execution. One of them was a GI sentenced to hang for raping a nine year old girl. Chillingly included with the diary is a 6 inch section of rope used to hang said GI. The hanging rope had been cut into pieces and every person who witnessed the execution got a section. PROVENANCE NOTE: This group was originally purchased from the soldier's family who related that he often told the story of the hanging. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF PFC ALFRED BELANGER MILITARY POLICEMAN MILITARY POLICE MP US ARMY UNITED STATES MILITARY WORLD WAR II WWII WW2 AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN 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 . unknown

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RICHARD LEANBiblio.com

1943 1944 CHARMING PAIR OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG KEXBROUGH SOUTH YORKSHIRE LAD COMING OF AGE WHILE THE WAR BRINGS DEPRIVATIONS AND SACRIFICE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND

19430008005SOUTH YORKSHIRE KEXBROUGH ENGLAND UK. Good. 1943. On offer are two 2 diaries documenting life of a young boy from rural England during the Second World War. When starting the first diary Richard was 13 and lived in Kexbrough at the border of South and West Yorkshire near the river Dearne with his aunt and father. The diaries contain many details of wartime life like rationing and watching war documentaries; Richard's school friend is in the Air Training Corps and a family member probably his brother is serving in the navy - there are several entries where Richard writes about him coming for a leave from Devonport the naval base near Plymouth: "Ernest came home. Looks very nice in sub-lieutenant's uniform.Ernest goes back to Devonport on Monday" and about receiving parcels from Sicily where the Allied Forces landed in July 1943. The diaries mention a strike of bus drivers in January 1943 organized by the Labour movement a not widely known war time event. However his diaries are mainly an account of everyday life of a 13-year old boy who goes to school plays football boxing does household chores: "Had a boxing match with a boy in our class in gym. Did not get hurt gave him one in eye". What makes the diary stand out is Richard's keen eye for nature: almost every day he goes to the woods or to the river hunting or fishing and records his observations: "saw a fox and found a rabbit nest" "found a pheasant's feather" "found a small lizard probably sand lizard". He is biking around much often with his best friend Brian Loy nicknamed "Myrna" after a movie star of 1930s. The first entry in 1943 is instructions how to cure a deer skin the process that occupies much of his time during January and February and the second is "Notes on my rabbits and how to house and feed them in winter and summer" - he write about his rabbits almost every day. Richard's family had Scottish origin - several entries in 1943 describes a trip to Edinburgh and Glazgo with his father where they visit relatives and he also writes about a photograph of uncle Alfred Benjamin Lean who served in the Royal Navy during the WW1 as a gunner and was presented to the King in Edinburgh. As Richard is growing up the content and style of his diary are changing the entries become longer and more detailed he writes more about school classes and exams starts mentioning girls names has more duties at home travels longer distances. The diary mentions different geographic places in the area names of local residents Mr. And Mrs. Birkenshaw Mary Sutton students and school teachers. The books are small-sized one in a marbled leather cover and the other in a black leather-like cover. Condition: good there are no missing or torn pages ink has slightly faded in few places. Size: 1943 diary - 2'5 x 3'5 1944 diary - 3'2 x 5'; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY 1940S WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR WWII ENGLAND SOUTH YORKSHIRE KEXBROUGH RIVER DEARNE DARTON BARNSLEY SCOTLAND EDINBURGH GLASGOW SCHOOLS IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE WARTIME HOME FRONT WAR HISTORY ADOLESCENCE GROWING UP BICYCLING BIKING FISHING HUNTING RABBITS DEER SKIN TANNING DEER HIDE FOOD RATIONING SWEET RATIONING ENGLISH VILLAGES BRITANNICAHANDWRITTEN 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 . hardcover

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