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FREDERICK HENRY ADAMS: 1878 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO POLITICS AND THEATER AND LUCKY SURVIVOR OF THE CATASTROPHIC 1906 EARTHQUAKE	MARIA L. BAKER, WILLIAM BAKER et al: 1851 - 1858 ORIGINAL, SOMBER MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF SENTIMENTS AND MEMORIES HANDWRITTEN BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM BEAUFORT TO SAVANNAH TO OCALA	to SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1932 - 1938 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 90+ MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN TO ALABAMA'S MOST COLORFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL ANTI CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATORS WHO ALSO CREATED ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
LIEUTENANT P.Y. MATTHEWS JR., US NAVY CHIEF ENGINEER: 1955 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ICE BREAKER ON IT'S FIRST POLAR EXPEDITION HANDWRITTEN BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER	SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1924 ORIGINAL SPEECH TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY ONE OF ALABAMA'S NOTED LEGISLATORS AND NOTORIOUS SEGREGATIONIST	UNIDENTIFIED: 1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE WISCONSIN MAN'S LAST MONTHS OF WAR AND FIRST HARDSCRAP MONTHS BACK HOME - RETURNING TO A SICK WIFE AND SICK FARM
ROSCOE CHARLES MOODY, U.S.N. ENGINEER DIVISION: 1894 - 1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CRUISE NOTES OF THE NOTED USS NEW YORK WHILE COMMANDED BY THE RENOWNED 'FIGHTING BOB' EVANS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NAVAL CADET WHO WOULD ONE DAY COMMAND THE USS MAINE AND BE AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS	LIEUTENANT HENRY CABELL MADDUX, JR., USN: 1941 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [7] AND NOTEBOOK [1] DETAILING THE SERVICE, DUTIES AND SOMETIMES EXTREME OPINIONS OF AN OFFICER OF THE STORIED USS RANGER, AMERICA'S FIRST TRUE AIRCRAFT CARRIER	SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1930s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF EXPENSE VOUCHERS, ACCOMPANYING LETTERS AND UNUSUAL INSIGHT TO THE TRAVEL AND WORKINGS OF ONE OF ALABAMA'S NOTED AND NOTORIOUS SONS
JOHN [JACK] I. LASHWAY: 1966 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY, PHOTO ALBUM AND SCRAPBOOK OF TWO [2] BIG GAME HUNTING TRIPS BY A WILDLIFE ARTIST STALKING MOOSE AND CARIBOU IN CANADA AND ANTELOPE IN WYOMING	LT. FRANCIS JOHN HEXT, 83rd REGIMENT OF FOOT: 1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ABLE 27 YEAR OLD OFFICER IN THE 83rd REGIMENT OF FOOT SOON AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM CANADA	HARRY: 1904 ORIGINAL ALBUM OF SNAPSHOTS DEPICTING THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOWN OF FRANK AND THE WORST CANADIAN NATURAL DISASTER IN NEAR ARCTIC HISTORY
CHAPLAIN JOHN WESLEY ADAMS: 1864 - 1865 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE RENOWNED 'FIGHTING SECOND' NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT HANDWRITTEN BY THEIR BELOVED CHAPLAIN AND BATTLE READY COMRADE	ELISE R. TYSON for J.H. BUCKINGHAM: 1840 RIVETING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING BY FIRE AND EVENTUAL RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN PACKET SHIP FILLED WITH COMBUSTIBLES AND PASSENGERS	GEORGE W. OLIPHANT: 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WWI DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTREPID SAILOR DETAILING A FRAUGHT FILLED CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC
for SAMUEL W. COMSTOCK: 1833 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF A 155 DAY VOYAGE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO TO NEW YORK CITY	UNKNOWN: 1890s RARE WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PHOTO DIARY ALBUM OF 200 ORIGINAL PHOTOS, MANY HAND COLOURED	M.A. PAIR, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER et al: 1850s - 1870 ORIGINAL GROUP OF REPORTS, DOCUMENTS AND DATA DETAILING THE STATE OF MEDICINE, HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON ON EARTH
ADMIRAL FREDRICK W. RODGERS: 1902 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG BOOK OF THE TRAVELS AND DIPLOMACY OF THE FLAGSHIP ADMIRAL OF THE ASIATIC FLEET ON THE CHINA STATION AT THIS MOST PERILOUS TIME IN CHINA AND JAPAN RELATIONS	MARK BENNITT [sometimes BENNETT]: 1902 - 1906 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK OF LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING MUCH OF THE MACHINATIONS AND PUBLICITY OF THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION FOR THE 1901 PAN-AMERICAN AND 1904 LOUSIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITIONS COMPILED BY THE HEAD OF PUBLICITY	THEOPHILUS TAPPIN: 1838 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN ENJOYING LIFE, WORK AND SUNDAY SCHOOL IN GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK
GOVERNOR THOMAS JONES [?]: 1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND OPINION ON THE EVILS OF RECONSTRUCTION FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND LIKELY HANDWRITTEN BY THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA	SENATOR JAMES THOMAS 'COTTON TOM' HEFLIN: 1932 ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY ALABAMA'S MOST COLORFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL ANTI CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATORS WHO ALSO CREATED ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED NATIONAL HOLIDAYS	G.H. DUDLEY: 1885 ORIGINAL NINE PAGE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION REFINING COMPANY IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO HIS CORPORATE BANKERS IN CINCINNATI OHIO
UNIDENTIFIED: 1944 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH SOLDIER ON LEAVE TOURING COPTIC CHRISTIAN MONASTERIES IN EGYPT ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ONE DAY FAMOUS NEW ZEALAND FRIEND AND HERO OF THE GREEKS	CADET LOUIS G. RUGGLES: 1901 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CADET IN TRAINING ABOARD AMERICA'S NOTED TRAINING SHIP THE USS ENTERPRISE AND WHO WILL GO ON TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AT SEA IN WORLD WAR I	MARJORIE MABIE: 1908 - 1913 + 1929 GROUP OF EIGHT [8] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A LOVELY SMALL TOWN GIRL OF A WELL KNOWN FAMILY LIVING IN WHAT WILL ONE DAY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TOWNS ON THE PLANET
MICHAEL KARNER, KONDITOR: 1907 SUPERB, ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL WITH 100s OF DESSERTS, CONFECTIONS, BAKED GOODS AND EUROPEAN PASTRY RECIPES, PLUS ICING DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS: A MASTER BAKER AND KONDITOR'S TREASURE TROVE	L. W. BEARD: 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REQUESTING PRIME FARMING LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTLING AND COLONISING NORTHERN FARMERS INTO ALABAMA	K. L. KLOPFER: 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
FRANK P. GAGE: 1946 ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A WIDE EYED MASSACHUSETTS MAN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TREASURE ISLAND IN THE BAY	MARY EDITH RUSK: 1893 - 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, A DEDICATED DIARIST WHO DETAILS HER FATHER'S LAST DAYS OF PAIN MERE WEEKS AFTER THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR AND MUCH MORE	JEREMIAH GOULD [?]: 1849 - 1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, INTROSPECTIVE INDIANA SURVEYOR DETAILING HIS LIFE AND FAMILY HARDSHIPS OF TRAGIC ILLNESS WHO STILL SEES THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD WHILE VISITING THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE EXPOSITION
J.P. WILSON or J.D. KING [?]: 1909 - 1927 ORIGINAL GROUP OF EIGHT [8] MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS AND LEDGERS OF A BUSY RURAL ALABAMA DOCTOR	UNIDENTIFIED: 1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A GREAT FALLS MONTANA SINGLE DAD WHO WORKS HARD TEACHING HIS SON THE MANLY ARTS OF SHOOTING, HUNTING, TREATING SKINS AND READING BOOKS	UNIDENTIFIED: 1685 ORIGINAL ANCIENT ENGLISH ROYAL WARRANT HANDWRITTEN A MERE FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF CHARLES II AND IN THE NAME OF THE NEW KING JAMES II GIFTS AND LARGESSE ARE SHOWERED ON HIS FAMILY AND RETAINERS
WILLIAM ROUSY: 1841 ORIGINAL STAMPLESS MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY HIS ELDER BROTHER FILLED WITH ADVICE, ADMONITIONS [AND WARNINGS AGAINST INTERCOURSE] TO A NEWLY MINTED MIDSHIPMAN ON THE SLOOP OF WAR CYANE	C.B. PENDLETON, CAPTAIN: 1853 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER AND HANDWRITTEN RELIC OF SEA FARING COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN BY A CAPTAIN VERY SOON TO BE NOTED IN DISPATCHES FOR HIS GALLANT SAVING OF PASSENGERS AND CREW IN THE 'SAN FRANCISCO' SHIPPING DISASTER	UNIDENTIFIED: 1940s to 1950s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 350 HANDWRITTEN FILE CARDS EACH WITH THE LYRICS OF POPULAR SONGS OF THE ERA FROM BROADWAY, MOVIES AND RADIO
JOHN WYCH: 1857 ORIGINAL ANTE BELLUM MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA MAN IN A FINANCIAL PREDICAMENT FROM THE LOSS OF HIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BY FIRE	LIEUTENANT (JG) G.H. PENN: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG AND DIARY OF AN AMERICAN ARMY LIEUTENANT FOCUSED ON WINNING ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC FIGHTING AN ENEMY MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE JAPANESE	ARCHIBALD [ARCHIE] M. MCLAUCHLIN: 1858 - 1876 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 17 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A NORTH CAROLINA MAN NOW LIVING IN ALABAMA DETAILING TO HIS SISTERS AND BROTHER ALL ABOUT HIS LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
MORVEN M. JONES: c1870s ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR DIARY DETAILING THE BRUTAL TREATMENT AND SCANDALOUS TRIAL OF 3 UNION OFFICERS HANDWRITTEN BY A KEY PLAYER & MUCH MALIGNED MIDDLE AGED UNION ARMY OFFICER, ATTORNEY WHO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAD THE EAR OF PRESIDENTS	UNKNOWN SCRIVENER: 1750 SUPERB ORIGINAL FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC BOOK OF PIETY, PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS HANDWRITTEN IN A STUNNING CALLIGRAPHIC HAND	UNIDENTIFIED: 1915 + 1917 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DOSAGE LOGS OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH NARCOTICS AND A SIGNIFICANT LOOK AT EARLY 20TH CENTURY DRUG TREATMENTS
ENSIGN CARL HOLBROOK: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 30 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA OF AN ALABAMA ENSIGN AND BOY NEXT DOOR WHO WRITES HIS MOM IN FORT PAYNE	DR. O.L. CHASON, DR. JOHN M. MCKEE, HARRY SEALE et al: 1966 ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT AND TYPED LETTERS REGARDING A NOTORIOUS DOUBLE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN MOBILE ALABAMA IN THE 1940s	DR. BRYAN C. (B.C.) WEST, JR., YALE L. SAFFRO et al: 1980s ORIGINAL GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND HAND MADE DRAWINGS BY 29 WORLD WAR II AIR FORCE ACES FROM BOTH THE EUROPEAN THEATER AND THE PACIFIC
FOREMAN LEROY ALPAUGH, USMC: 1917 ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK COMPILED WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY A UNITED STATES MARINE SERVING AT GUANTANAMO DURING THE SUGAR INTERVENTION	E. POTWOROWSKI, G. WEETMAN, B. POISSON: 1964 ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA GUIDE TO HIKING, CAMPING, CANOEING, ROCK CLIMBING AND MOUNTAINEERING AROUND MONTREAL CANADA	SARAH ?: 1888 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT LETTER HOME TO HER SIBLINGS IN NEW YORK STATE DESCRIBING HER LIFE IN POMONA CALIFORNIA 'NOW WITH 3 HORSES'
UNIDENTIFIED: 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY CAPABLE WOMAN SUFFERING THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF A LOVE TRIANGLE WHILE DEATH RAINS FROM THE SKY DURING THE SUMMER OF THE BUZZ BOMB AND HITLER'S V1 CAMPAIGN TO TERRORIZE ENGLAND & BREAK BRITAIN'S SPIRIT	EMMA FREIDA GERZ: 1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENIGMATIC YOUNG LOS ANGELES WOMAN TRYING TO BECOME A STAGE ACTRESS ONLY TO BE OUTRAGED WHEN SHE IS CAST AS A 'NEGRO MAMMY'	ROY NEWELL: 1916 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A BUFFALO MAN'S TRIP TO DUNNVILLE ONTARIO AND A RETELLING OF HIS SCARY TIME IN THE BANANA ROOM
MIDSHIPMAN ALEXANDER SHARP: 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	JAMES LEE: 1840s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WHO EXPOUNDS ON TEMPERANCE, THE NORTH POLE AND A DIARY OF HIS SURGERIES AND CASES OF INTEREST	LOUISE VANN: 1947 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LIVELY, CHARMING NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN'S COLLEGE SENIOR WHO HAS A WHIRLWIND SOCIAL LIFE
BETTIE G. HICKS: 1878 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA FRIEND OF THE MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY REPORTING ON THE STATE OF FAMILY INTERESTS NOW THAT ARCHIE HAS PASSED	HOWARD P. DUNHAM: 1927 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEAR 'ZELIG' LIKE CONNECTICUT MAN WHO WORKS AND SOCIALIZES IN THE UPPER ECHELONS OF CONNECTICUT POLITICS	JAMES S. QUINN: 1934 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GRAND MANAN NEW BRUNSWICKER WHO REGALES HIS FRIEND WITH TALES OF WHALES AND RUM RUNNING ROCKEFELLERS
UNIDENTIFIED: 1854 ORIGINAL NAIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY FILLED WITH THE DAILY DETAILS OF LIFE IN EAST BOSTON HANDWRITTEN BY A ELDERLY WOMAN WHO STILL REMEMBERS THAT HER FATHER WOULD HAVE BEEN 112 HAD HE LIVED	CAPT. LOUIS MCKEEHAN: 1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CRITICALLY TIMED TRIP TO WAR TORN ENGLAND BY AN AMERICAN PHYSICIST WHOSE DETERMINATION AND OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKING WILL PERFECT THE ART OF TORPEDO WARFARE	MRS. ARCHIBALD [ARCHIE] M. MCLAUCHLIN: 1870s ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] PARTIAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS OF LIFE, DEATH AND THE LEGACY OF HER HUSBAND
to GEORGE NEUMANN: 1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 100+ LETTERS SENT IN THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO AN EXEMPLARY AMERICAN WHO MADE IT HIS SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II TO LIFT THE SPIRITS AND FEED THE SOULS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SERVICEMEN WHO GAVE THEIR ALL	RICHARD J. O'FARRELL: 1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A NEAR DESPERATE IRISH IMMIGRANT BEGGING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM A FELLOW COUNTRYMAN	JEROME B STILSON: 1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR LETTER SHOWING THAT WAR ALONE CANNOT STOP PROGRESS OR COMMON COURTESY AS THE MAN IN CHARGE OF BUILDING THE BALTIMORE COURTHOUSE PROVES
WILLIAM WILSON: 1848 + 1849 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE MAN WHO HAS A GRASP OF BOTH THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF THE DAY	LYMAN REED: 1858 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REVEALING A CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY RELATED TO POTATO ROT BY A BALTIMORE AREA NATURALIST	JOHN B: 1900 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING A MASSIVE BLAZE IN BALTIMORE CITY
HENRY PERKINS GODDARD: 1885 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB OF BALTIMORE ON ONE OF THE MORE ECCENTRIC VISITORS TO HIS HOME	GEARY BEAM: 1887 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ITINERANT NEAR ILLITERATE THOUGH WONDERFULLY DESCRIPTIVE TRAVELER	LIZZIE [ELIZABETH] MORRIS: 1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR [2] OF LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE SISTER TO HER NEW YORK BROTHER WHO AMIDST THE BREEZY FAMILY TALK VOICES CONCERNS OVER THE ELECTIONS AND THE MOBS
CRAWFORD R. BUELL: 1972 ORIGINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT: LONG WALK RECOLLECTIONS BY NAVAJOS BY NOTED HISTORIAN PLUS HIS EDITORS COPY	DR. F.E. GORDON: 1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A SOUTH CAROLINA MAN NOT HAPPY WITH THE LESS CIVILIZED, LESS HOSPITABLE ALABAMA WHICH HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE HIS NEW HOME AND MEDICAL PRACTICE	GEORGE SHAPLAND: 1788 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DUAL PURPOSE BOOK: CIPHERING AND COMPLEX MATHEMATICS WITH NAUTICAL AND NAVIGATIONAL EXERCISES AND OBSERVATIONS HANDWRITTEN BY AN ADVANCED SCHOLAR BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED
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