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Diaries

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Howard C. Rather papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.442
Scope and Contents The Howard C. Rather papers consists of Rather's correspondence and diaries documenting his experiences as an Army officer during World War I. Covering the time period of January 1918 to May 1919, the collection includes descriptions of the people Rather dealt with every day, and the conditions he lived in, both in the States and in France. His letters home describe his training at Camp Custer, Michigan; Camp Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; and Saumur Artillery School,...
Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Howard Linder papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.322
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from Howard Linder to his wife while he was in the war, military insignia pins, patches, diaries, and photographs.

Dates: 1943-1945, 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

J. S. Preston papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00370
Scope and Contents

This collection contains twenty small diaries of J. S. Preston describing farm life in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan, 1875-1895. At the end of each volume are yearly farm and household expense accounts. The folders contain receipts and newspaper clippings found within the volumes.

Dates: 1875 - 1895
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jackson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00140
Scope and Contents

The Jackson family papers consists of the farm diary (1869) of H. L. Jackson of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Also included are tax receipts for land in Kalamazoo County (1881-1893) and Allegan County (1883-1888).

Dates: 1869 - 1930
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James Henry Denison papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.62
Scope and Contents The James Denison papers include materials that were accumulated throughout Denison’s life. Denison’s personal papers consist primarily of correspondence, diaries, and newspaper clippings about himself. Also included are articles, stories, and poems written by Denison. Among the articles are several drafts of a piece he wrote about Mackinac Island, Michigan. The bulk of the papers center around Denison’s professional career and in particular his career with the Michigan Office of...
Dates: 1925 - 1970
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jean Hebert Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.5
Scope and Contents

The Jean Hebert Brown family collection contains day books/diaries of Jennie Kedzie Stone, an autobiography of George A. Stone, and the Kedzie family history book, "Kedzies and Their Relatives," and its supplement, "A Century and a Year."

Dates: 1882, 1896, 1925-1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jeffrey Dickemann papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 860
Scope and Contents

The Jeffrey Dickemann papers consist of approximately 15 linear feet of material dating from 1937 to 2020. The collection consists of personal and professional materials, including correspondence, research materials, drafts and manuscripts for publication, unpublished essays, reprinted materials, reference materials, ephemera, and other personal items.

Recordings and other audio-visual material will be available in our reading room.

Dates: 1937 - 2020
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

John A. King papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.206
Scope and Contents The papers of John A. King contain correspondence, diaries, and typescripts of his diaries. One diary is from his freshman year at the University of Michigan (1939). The other diaries describe his experiences in World War II, his travels abroad, and King’s daily life in Michigan.The majority of the diaries contain information about King and his wife Joan’s life in Webberville and Okemos, Michigan. He writes about daily happenings and social activities that the two engaged in....
Dates: 1937 - 2013
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John Brattin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.429
Scope and Content The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...
Dates: 1849 - 1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John C. McLain papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00111
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a typewritten copy of the Civil War diary (1862-1865) of John C. McLain. The diary gives a good account of Company C's movements and of daily army life. Of special interest are references to troop morale, the capture of Jefferson Davis (May 10, 1865) by General B. B. Pritchard of the Fourth Michigan Calvary, and the demobilization of the armies.The typewritten copy of the diary has been scanned and placed online at ...
Dates: 1883, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections