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Karl Bissinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0682
Abstract

The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

Dates: 1800, 1935-2008

John Malcolm Brinnin papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0103s
Abstract The Supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers comprises thirteen linear feet of material spanning the dates [1800s]-1998 (bulk dates 1935-1998). Most of the collection consists of letters to Brinnin; poems, a memoir, journals, and articles written by Brinnin; and personal documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, medical and hospice information, draft notice, photographs, and college diploma. However, the supplement also includes books or manuscripts written by other authors...
Dates: circa 1800s-1998; Majority of material found within 1935-1998

Personal journal of Captain Arthur Darley, R.N.

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0018
Abstract

Personal journal kept by Captain Arthur Darley of the British Royal Navy aboard the HMS Electra describing his travels throughout Bermuda, the West Indies, Jamaica, Honduras, Colombia, Havana, Belize, and Galveston, Texas, from January 1, 1842 through February 3, 1843.

Dates: 1842 January 1-1843 February 3

F. D. Edgerton medical journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0025
Abstract

This medical journal was kept by Dr. Francis Daniels Edgerton for the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls and documents his diagnosis and treatment of the students' medical conditions from 1875 to 1883.

Dates: 1875-1883

Journal of H. A. Emerson

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0027
Abstract

Diary written by H. A. Emerson, nineteenth century paper mill owner in Franklin, Massachusetts. Entries focus on paper mill production and success, weather, local social events, family travels, with brief mentions of national political affairs in 1864.

Dates: 1864 January 1-December 29

Mary Garrigues journal

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0132
Abstract

This journal was created by Mary Garrigues, who described her experiences at Quaker Meetings in the Mid Atlantic, her travels to those Meetings, and her preaching against slavery. She also copied a portion of a 1759 manuscript by English Quaker Christopher Wilson.

Dates: 1764-1782

Chauncey P. Holcomb farm diary

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0166
Abstract

This volume is a farm diary kept by Chauncey P. Holcomb of New Castle County, Delaware, between 1843 and 1850. Holcomb recorded information related to his crops and livestock, as well as references to the weather, his health, and his involvement in agricultural reform.

Dates: 1843-1850

Joseph Hoare Beale journals

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0002
Abstract

The Joseph Hoare Beale journals, 1796-1848, consist of nine volumes kept by a world traveler of the late eighteenth to late nineteenth-centuries. Beale, who may have been of Irish origin and served as secretary to Lord Thomas Pitt in Ceylon before traveling to America, recorded weather observations, activities, and expenses in the five "daily weather diaries." He also produced a holograph of Sir Thomas Moore's "Sacred Melodies."

Dates: 1796-1848

Journal of a voyage to investigate manufacturing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0157
Abstract

This journal was kept by an unknown American travelling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland in 1811-1812. The author provided detailed accounts of British and Irish infrastructure and manufacturing efforts, as well as descriptions of local landmarks, scenery, and customs.

Dates: 1811-1812

Journal of Ella Pultz Kimball

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0048
Abstract

This diary was kept by Ella Pultz Kimball from May 8, 1881, to May 31, 1883. The 262 page volume documents the daily social and domestic activities of a wealthy New York City-area family in the early 1880s.

Dates: 1881 May 8-1887 November 2

James Maxwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0170
Abstract

The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1867-1900

Jessie Southard Parker journal and scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0057
Abstract

These nine volumes are a journal and scrapbook kept by Jessie Southard Parker of Belmont, Massachusetts, from 1899 to 1916. Parker wrote extensively about her social and family life, thoughts on current events, and belief in Christian Science, supplementing her entries with theatrical programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of ephemera.

Dates: 1899-1916

Henry C. Pratt journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0160
Abstract

In these two journal volumes, Henry C. Pratt recorded his travels through southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1825 and his voyages as Surgeon’s Mate in the United States Navy between 1826 and 1828.

Dates: 1825, 1826-1828

Berta Ruck travel journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0362
Abstract

Six volumes of Welsh writer Berta Ruck's travel journals, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. Ruck records partial drafts of her works in progress, accounts of her financial and romantic difficulties, and memorabilia from her travels. She also details the growing anti-Semitism and the gradual rise of Nazi support in Austria.

Dates: 1928-1937

Emily Shore journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0104
Abstract

These three manuscripts are the seventh, tenth, and twelfth of twelve journal volumes created by a young Englishwoman named Emily Shore (1819-1839). Shore wrote these journals between October 1836 and July 1839, while she traveled around southern England, the Channel Islands, and Madeira, before dying of tuberculosis in Funchal, Madeira.

Dates: 1836-1839

Stewart's Diary for 1860

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0124
Abstract

This diary was kept by John H. Calder of St. George's, Delaware, from January 1, 1860, to December 8, 1860, and contains daily entries mentioning the weather, financial transactions, local events, and social calls.

Dates: 1860 January 1-December 8

Swan family journal

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0072
Abstract

This manuscript volume is a family journal kept by George Washington Jonson and members of the Swan family of Easton, Massachusetts, between September 1838 and January 1839. Also included are nine letters from Louisa Sophia Johnson Swan, Jr., to Jonson, her uncle.

Dates: 1838-1840, 1842-1843, 1856-1857; Majority of material found within 1838-1840

Lucy E. Upson diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0077
Abstract

These four manuscripts are volumes of Lucy E. Upson’s diary, which describes life in Kosciusko County, Indiana, between 1875 and 1892. Upson remarked on the weather, her chores, visitors, various religious services, and other aspects of rural life.

Dates: 1875-1879, 1883-1892

Mary Avery White journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0084
Abstract

These three manuscripts are volumes of a journal kept by Mary Avery White (1778-1860) of Boylston, Massachusetts. White wrote extensively about life in rural Massachusetts, including observations on the weather, notes about daily work and social visits, meditations on religion, and information about her involvement in various reform activities, including abolitionism and the temperance movement.

Dates: 1805-1807, 1827-1835, 1852-1855

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Women--United States--Diaries 2
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Great Britain--Description and travel 1
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Harrison (N.Y.)--Description and travel 1
Health--History--19th century 1
Housekeeping--History--19th century 1
Housewives (people) 1
Indiana--History--19th century 1
Invitations 1
Ireland--Description and travel 1
Italy--Description and travel 1
Jersey 1
Jersey City (N.J.)--History--19th century 1
Kosciusko County (Ind.) 1
Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)--Description and travel 1
Madeira (Madeira Islands) 1
Madeira (Madeira Islands)--Description and travel 1
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Manners and customs--History--19th century 1
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Beale, Joseph Hoare (d. 1848)--Diaries 1
Beale, Joseph Hoare, -1848 1
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985 1
Bissinger, Karl 1
Bissinger, Karl. The luminous years : portraits at mid-century 1
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Bond, Phineas, 1749-1815 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Cafe Nicholson 1
Calder, John H. 1
Campbell, Sandy 1
Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994. Stimmen von Marrakesch. English 1
Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003 1
Connecticut Industrial School for Girls 1
Darley, Arthur, active 1842-1843 1
Darley, Arthur, active 1842-1843--Diaries 1
Delaware College 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Domestic Resurrection Circus 1
Edgerton, F. D. (Francis Daniels), 1838-1905 1
Electra (Sloop) 1
Emerson, H. A. 1
Garrigues, Mary 1
Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841 1
Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Diaries 1
Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--History--19th century 1
Gregg, Linda 1
Hanley, Richard 1
Holcomb, Chauncey P., 1803-1855 1
Jonson, George W. (George Washington), 1801-1880 1
Kimball, Ella Pultz Mann, 1846- 1
Lewis, Edna 1
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
Malina, Judith, 1926-2015 1
Martinelli, Sheri 1
Maxwell, Harriet (Hattie) Mitchell, 1836- 1
Maxwell, James Riddle, 1836-1912 1
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852. Sacred melodies 1
Morrill, Ruth Barrell Swan, 1821-1898 1
Nicholson, John, 1916-2016 1
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 1
Open Theater 1
Owens, Jeanne 1
Paley, Grace 1
Parker, Jessie Southard 1
Paul Taylor Dance Company 1
Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1775-1804 1
Pratt, Henry C. 1
Rorem, Ned, 1923- 1
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 1
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 1
Shore, Emily, 1819-1839 1
Swan, Caleb, 1793-1870 1
Swan, Louisa Sophia Johnson, Jr., 1834-1919 1
Swan, Louisa Sophia Johnson, Sr., 1809-1860 1
Thompson, Jonah, 1786-1861 1
Townsend, G. W. (George Washington), 1839-1905 1
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1
Upson, Lucy E., 1818-1892 1
War Resisters League 1
White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860 1
Wilson, Christopher 1
Windham, Donald 1
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