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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

College of Human Ecology records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.3
Scope and Content

This collection includes the records of the College of Human Ecology from 1881 to 2005. The Arrangement Note provides summaries of each series.

Dates: 1881 - 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Colonel I. Palle papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 77 small
Scope and Contents

The Colonel I. Palle papers consist of material generated during the course of the 1895 war in Madagascar. Material includes the field notes of Colonel I. Palle, maps, and correspondence. Subjects and persons mentioned in the documents include General Jacques Charles Rene Achille Duchesne, military field operations, material and food supply for the troops, and the military drive and advance to occupy Tananarive.

Dates: 1895
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Crosby family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00268
Scope and Contents The Crosby family papers consist primarily of diaries kept by family members in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Michigan. Hale E. and Mary Chamberlain Crosby, who lived in Concord, New Hampshire and later Ashby, Massachusetts, kept a journal recording their work, their religious and social activities. The Crosbys moved with Mary's parents, the Chamberlains, to New Buffalo, Michigan in 1844.Their son, J. Birney Crosby, was sent from Michigan to Massachusetts in 1860 to attend...
Dates: 1838 - 1900
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Delatos H. Goldsmith papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00180
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the diaries of Delatos H. Goldsmith. The entries contain the day's weather, his activities, and who visited that day. He wrote what he paid or was paid for goods and services. The entries center around activities related to the farm. The entries contain little personal information. He also rarely mentions his wife by name or her activities. Goldsmith also includes names in his entries but has little or no explanation of their relationship to him.Also...
Dates: 1906 - 1929
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Dora Von Walthausen diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00544
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a photocopy of a daybook kept by Dora Von Walthausen of Bay City, Michigan during a trip to Germany and France with her parents in 1904-1905. The diary describes the typical experience of a traveler on a European tour at the turn of the century, particularly regarding the rigors of ocean travel.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eben Pearson Dorr papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00366
Scope and Contents The majority of the papers consist of six diaries (1888-1937) written by Eben Pearson Dorr. The diaries from 1888 to 1892 describe life in the Buffalo, New York area. The Manistee County, Michigan area is described in the 1936 to 1937 diaries. The 1888-1891 diary contains descriptions of Chicago; Kansas City, Kansas; St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Also among the papers are a Horace Greeley autograph (February 9, 1871); and a passport, issued August 13, 1861, to George P. Dorr by Charles...
Dates: 1861 - 1937
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edgar A. Schuler papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.42
Scope and Contents The Publications series consists of articles, reports, and publications written by Schuler. Topics include sociology, and a few about race, social relations, and health. The Pakistan Project series includes materials from Schuler's time as advisor to the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, such as correspondence, publications, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, and research materials.The Diaries series consists of the diary Schuler wrote while an advisor to the...
Dates: 1929 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edmund A. Calkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.419
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of several scrapbooks containing newspaper articles of Franklin D. Roosevelt's private and political life from 1934 to 1940. There is also a Vermontville School Register (1891-1895), a booklet containing teacher contracts in Eaton County, financial records, data pertaining to Michigan railroads, Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1907 Handbook, and diaries dating from 1908 to 1933.

Dates: 1859 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Educational Development Program records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.5
Scope and Contents The Educational Development Program records include project reports, reports on education topics, a progress report to the Ford Foundation (1964-1965), correspondence (1966), a diary of Robert H. Davis pertaining to his visit with agriculture faculty in Balcarce, Argentina (1970), a survey of university policies on student life (undated), and the report “The University, The Community, and Michigan’s Children Final Report of the MSU International Year of the Child Committee.” Also included...
Dates: 1963 - 1980
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edward G. Granger papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.56
Scope and Contents Edward Granger's papers consist of a diary and a scrapbook. The first portion of his diary (November 29, 1858 – February 20, 1859) was written while Granger was attending Michigan Agricultural College. He discusses classes, work assignments, daily routine, and recreation. The second portion (January 1, 1860 – February 1860) was written while living with his parents in Detroit, Michigan. He describes in great detail his daily routine, reporting on his classes, work assignments, and...
Dates: 1858 - 1860
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections