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WILLIAM LECH AND SONS: 1910 - 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEDGER BOOK OF A PRE CONFEDERATION 146 YEAR OLD FAMILY BUSINESS IN PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO DETAILING A CLASSIC CANADIAN AND FOUNDATIONAL BUSINESS	UNIDENTIFED: 1918 ORIGINAL NORTH-WEST OREGON MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING WOMAN WHO MANAGES TO KEEP A SENSE OF GRACE AND HUMOUR WHILE SHE AND HER SISTER DEAL WITH HARDSCRAP LIVES AND THE DARK BACKDROP OF A TERRIBLE WAR	KATHERINE NEARY JOHNSON: 1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD DRIVING WESTERN NEW YORK WOMAN TRYING TO WORK HER WAY OUT OF THE DEPRESSION
ELIPHELET COFFIN [?]: 1759 SUPER, ORIGINAL COLONIAL ERA HAND WRITTEN LYRIC COMPOSITION 'THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC' THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S VICTORY OVER FRANCE AND MAY VERY WELL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	JOHN BARTLETT MESERVE: 1930s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF NATIVE INDIANS OF THE SOUTH EASTERN USA WRITTEN BY A NOTED HISTORIAN AND JURIST OF OKLAHOMA	JOHN CLARK: 1861 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED MERCHANT AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE NEAR FORT EDWARD
MILTON DILTZ HOLTON: 1909 ORIGINAL, MODEST, GROUP OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A KENTUCKY MAN WORKING IN THE MINING TOWNS AND CAMPS OF THE NEVADA - CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS	ODESSA McCLISTER (nee ARNOLD): 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	UNKNOWN: 1945 - 1946 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INSIGHTFUL, ERUDITE SCOTTISH SIGNALMAN ON HIS WAY TO AND WHILE SERVING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND JAPAN
H.R. HOBSON, LT. [JG]: c1917 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I NOTEBOOK DETAILING THE NEVER ENDING WORK OF A SHIP'S ENGINEER	MARGARET (MARDI) BURNHAM: 1931 - 1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ILLINOIS WOMAN, GRAND DAUGHTER OF AMERICA'S MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECT AND AFFLUENT MEMBER OF CHICAGO'S CULTURAL AND BUSINESS ELITE UNAFFECTED BY THE GRINDING YEARS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION	RITA ZUCCA aka AXIS SALLY: 1940s SUPER GROUP OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO THE HIGH CRIMES AND TREASON OF THE NOTORIOUS PROPAGANDA TOOL OF THE ITALIAN DICTATORSHIP 'AXIS SALLY'
SAMUEL EDWARD WARREN: 1852 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED AND RENOWNED MASSACHUSETTS AUTHOR, EDUCATOR AND ENGINEER	LYDIA A. WALBRIDGE [nee GRAY]: 1857 ORIGINAL, WHIMSICAL PRE CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POETRY, ESSAYS, PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS BY AN INSIGHTFUL, LITERATE BOSTON WOMAN	HATTIE CARNES: 1869 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT YOUNG GIRL WHO IS THE NIECE AND WARD OF HER FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTIST UNCLE
UNKNOWN: 1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEAR PHILADELPHIA WOMAN IN THE YEAR OF AMERICA'S CENTENARY	CAPTAIN CHARLES H. BACON: 1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOG OF A NOTED NEW ENGLAND SEA CAPTAIN WHOSE CARGO IS HELPING BUILD AMERICA'S GREAT CITIES	GEORGE A KIMBALL: 1876, 1878 + 1880 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A CITY ENGINEER BUILDING ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND IN THE HISTORIC CITY JUST NORTH OF BOSTON KNOWN AS THE 'CHICAGO OF NEW ENGLAND'
LUCINDA HARDING: 1881 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OLD COLONY MASSACHUSETTS MATRIARCH	AMBROSE EPPERSON: 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A SOON TO BE SUCCESSFUL LAWYER, ANOTHER IN A LONG LINE OF LAWYERS, PLYING HIS TRADE IN LINCOLN NEBRASKA AND ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT	ALICE GOODRICH: 1879 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A MAINE WOMAN DETAILING DAILY LIFE IN A SMALL FARMING VILLAGE
NOT IDENTIFIED: 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALL AMERICAN TEENAGE BOY DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES AND EVEN GREAT GRADES IN LATE 19th CENTURY CENTRAL MICHIGAN	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1915 - 1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING A TROVE OF GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WATERLOO ONTARIO AND LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA BY A VERY SOCIAL TORONTONIAN	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF THEOLOGY, THEOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY AND ESOTERICA HANDWRITTEN BY AN UNKNOWN RECHABITE
DR. WILLIAM WORTHY: 1910 - 1915 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT LEDGER BOOKS [2] DETAILING A BUSY URBAN OBSTETRICS PRACTICE HANDWRITTEN BY THE NOTED AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN, ACTIVIST AND FATHER OF A ONE DAY HIGH PROFILE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN EARLY 20th CENTURY ROXBURY	MILLIE MCMILLIN: 1919 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST WWI DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VIVACIOUS AND VACUOUS OMAHA GIRL DETAILING A FUN LIFE ALL THE WHILE THE CITY FACES VIOLENT TROUBLED TIMES, MUDEROUS LABOR STRIFE AND A CHILLING REFERENCE TO RIDING AN ILL-FATED ROLLERCOASTER	UNKNOWN: 1935 SUPER, ORIGINAL SCANDINAVIA THROUGH RUSSIA MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED, ERUDITE BROOKLYNITE
UNKNOWN: 1911 VERY UNUSUAL, ORIGINAL HUSBAND AND WIFE TANDEM TRAVEL DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A PAIR OF TRAVELING SPOUSES TOURING THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1881 - 1884 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD TOILING EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN RICHLY DETAILING A FARM FAMILY'S LIFE AND THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN	DR. JUDGE A. WACHS: 1940s SUPER, FASCINATING PRE INDEPENDENT STATE OF ISRAEL BRITISH LEGAL VOLUME PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT INSIGHT INTO THE BRITISH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM REPLACING THE ELABORATE NOW DEFUNCT OTTOMAN EMPIRE'S LEGAL SYSTEM
NOT IDENTIFIED: 1928 ORIGINAL FAMILY TRIP DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN DESCRIBING AN IDYLLIC TIME OF FUN, FRIENDS AND FROLICKING FROM NEW YORK TO SCOTLAND	D.W FARNSWORTH: 1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL FATED SAILOR ABOARD A TWO MASTED MERCHANT BRIG PLYING ITS TRADE BETWEEN MAINE AND THE CARIBBEAN	NATHANIEL JOHN RUTHERFORD: 1914 - 1916 SUPERB, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT REGIMENTAL [RAMC] DIARY AND SIGNIFICANT RECORD OF THE 6 DIVISION BRITISH ARMY MEDICAL CORPS' 17 MONTH DAY TO DAY GRIND AT THE FRONT HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGLISH MAJOR WHO WOULD GO ON THE AUTHOR BOOKS ON HIS SERVICE
BETSY ALLEN: 1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT INTRACONTINENTAL TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN TRAVELING FROM NORWICH TO NEW YORK TO CLEVELAND TO PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK ALL BY THE CANAL NETWORK ESTABLISHED IN THE PRIOR 20 YEARS	LEWIS LAWRENCE: 1873 & 1877 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A MANHATTAN MAN DETAILING HIS LIFE AND TIMES	C.J. JOHNSTONE: 1877 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY TITLED 'DIARY OF A GERMAN TOWN' DETAILING THREE ENGLISH JESUS COLLEGE STUDENTS TOURING GERMANY IN AND AROUND BOPPARD
CHIEF OFFICER et al: 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MERCHANT SHIP'S LOG AND SUPERB RELIC OF MERCHANT MARINE COMMERCE FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SHIPPING COMPANIES	CHERRIE ELLI BARROW: 1939 - 1943 ORIGINAL 5-YEAR MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG FEMALE STUDENT DETAILING LIFE IN A TENNESSEE COMPANY TOWN CHURNING OUT DUPONT'S FAMED REAL SILK	ANNA ELIZABETH LEE: 1959 - 1966 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LATINO LOS ANGELES SENIOR JUST PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE U.S. POLITICAL WORLD IS ROCKED AND HER MOTHER BEGRUDGINGLY ACCEPTS HER WHITE AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT BOYFRIEND
WILLIAM WADELL: 1943 - 1944 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF WORLD WAR II SERVICE, ALLIED COOPERATION AND ONE OF THE TOUGHEST, MOST GRINDING JOBS IN THE WARTIME NAVY BY A US NAVAL RESERVE LIEUTENANT	UNIDENTIFIED: 1940s ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT BRITISH WWII AIR SEARCH AND RESCUE MANUSCRIPT DIARIES [6] TITLED 'THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF No. 284 SQUADRON' HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGLISH PILOT	UNIDENTIFIED: 1947 - 1949 ORIGINAL, HISTORICAL AND SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN TRAVELER IN POST WWII SPAIN UNDER THE HARSH, BRUTAL RULE OF FRANCISCO FRANCO
WILLIAM ROBERT KING Jnr. and Snr: 1909 - 1921 + 1949 SUPER GROUP OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN [7] AND ONE BY HIS NOTED FATHER AND FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA	WILLIAM TIMMONS: 1935 - 1937 SUPER GROUP OF FOUR [4] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY AN IRISH IMMIGRANT AND FAMILY DETAILING A LIFE OF INCREDIBLE LOWS AND HIGHS: A WIFE DEAD 2 YEARS, 7 CHILDREN, UNION AND LABOR STRIFE AND THEN A THUNDER BOLT OF A LOTTERY WIN	CAROLINE L. CARR; FRANK T. CARR; HELEN F. CARR: JOHN H. COLLINS: 1868 - 1900s SUPER ARCHIVE OF FAMILY DIARIES DETAILING OVER 30 YEARS OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND TIMES
GERALDINE BROWN: 1952 ORIGINAL, SAD, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF A MAN SLOWLY, INEXORABLY DRAGGED DOWN TO HIS DEATH BY ALZHEIMERS	EDWARD RISCHMANN: 1918 SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST HONOURED SOLDIERS OF WWI RETELLING THE ACTION THAT LED TO HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND WHOSE VERSION DIFFERS FROM THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CITATION	JOHN MARSHALL MARTIN: 1914 ORIGINAL, CHARMING LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY A FORMER CONFEDERATE COLONEL WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE THE LAST MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS
BEATRICE C. STAINS: 1864 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA CYPHER BOOK OF COMPLEX MATHEMATICS WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON ASTRONOMY	PHILIP G. PEABODY: 1915 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY BOSTON FINANCIER, PHILANTHROPIST AND EARLY SUPPORTER OF THE NAACP TRAVELING BY SHIP DURING THE DARK EARLY DAYS OF WW1	UNIDENTIFIED: 1936 SUPERB, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A COLLEGE AGE AMERICAN WOMAN ON A DETAILED TOUR OF SPAIN AS THE COUNTRY IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE INTO CIVIL WAR
GEORGE ROBERTS: 1875 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT LETTER DETAILING THE SAVAGE RESULTS OF PESTILENCE ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO HANDWRITTEN BY A CLEVELAND MAN SEEKING A BETTER LIFE	WILLIAM SAIN: 1940s ORIGINAL GROUP OF WWII ERA LETTERS OF LOVE AND YEARNING AND A COMPETITIVE SUITOR HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD WORKING STAFF SERGEANT OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS	TIMOTHY MERRICK: 1881 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING THE MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES OF AMERICA'S FIRST PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CITY AND MODEL FOR THE LATE 19th CENTURY VISION OF A MODERN URBAN METROPOLIS
OLIVE WHIPPLE PEABODY: 1900 - 1904 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF NINE [9] MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS HANDWRITTEN BY THE YOUNG ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF A BOSTON FINANCIER AND PHILANTHROPIST AT THE START OF THE 20th CENTURY	OLIVE PEABODY: 1908 SUPER, ORIGINAL TZARIST RUSSIA MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN AND COMPILED BY THE YOUNG ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF A NOTED BOSTON ATTORNEY, FINANCIER AND HERO OF THE NAACP	SARAH A. REED: 1909 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED ACTIVIST AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE ORPHANED AND HOMELESS REMEMBERED TO THIS DAY IN HER HOME TOWN
CAPT. AUGUST C. WAHL, MATE PASHLEY, et al: 1930s SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG DETAILING THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS	RUTH ASCHNER: 1940 SUPER, ORIGINAL PRE-STATE OF ISRAEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG IMMIGRANT GIRL DETAILING A FULL AND COMPLETE LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND WHILE THE DARK, DESTRUCTIVE BACK DROP OF WWII LOOMS	SHLOMO [a JEWISH LEGION MEMBER]: 1919 SUPERB, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEWISH LEGION MEMBER, LIKELY FROM HOLLAND, DETAILING THE ASPIRATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS OF A ZIONIST ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLED AND CONFLICTED POST WWI AREAS ON EARTH
GEORGE A. WHEELER: 1869 ORIGINAL, HOMEY ROCHESTER NEW YORK AREA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DESCENDENT OF AN ONTARIO COUNTY PIONEER	MARY BELLE HICKS [?]: 1872 ORIGINAL ONTARIO COUNTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ERUDITE UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN	KATHERINE SAGE: 1925 - 1929 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A WEALTHY LOS ANGELES MATRON BESET BY PERFECT DAY AFTER PERFECT DAY MAKING ONE WONDER HOW SHE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE LOOMING GREAT DEPRESSION
ABRAHAM GREENBERGER: 1950s SUPER, ORIGINAL EARLY STATE OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES TRAINING NOTE BOOKS MAKING FOR AN UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE HISTORY OF WEAPONRY AND ARMS THE YOUNG STATE HAD TO SCAVENGE FROM POST WAR EUROPE	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DELIGHTFUL, INTELLIGENT ALL AMERICAN GIRL NEXT DOOR DETAILING A BUSY LIFE AND HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE	ARTHUR FENTON: c1915 ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ROYAL NAVY DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER RESERVE SIGNALMAN
JAMES FLETCHER BLACKINTON: 1844 ORIGINAL, CHATTY MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING BROWN UNIVERSITY SOPHMORE	ISSAC DAVEY: 1850 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GREATLY RELIEVED FATHER THAT HIS DAUGHTER SURVIVED THE DEVASTATION OF THE BELLE OF THE WEST DISASTER	LT. BYRON F. DOENGES: 1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA
VERNIE FLINT: 1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ELDERLY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE OF TOILING EVEN IN A HOME BEREFT OF CHILDREN	THOMAS J. CRAVEN: 1918 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TEENAGER, SON OF A WEALTHY INDUSTRIALIST, ATTENDING THE GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY AS HE PREPARES TO GO TO WAR	SIDNEY W. BABCOCK: 1918 - 1919 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE SERVICE OF A 22-YR OLD PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT SOLDIER FROM NEW YORK TO ST. MAXIENT
NOT IDENTIFIED: 1924 CHARMING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF AN IDYLLIC CAR TRIP UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD	WILLIAM C. BELLER: 1931 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT, ONE DAY Ph.D, PIONEER AND PATENT HOLDER, LINGUIST, PLAYWRIGHT AND BELOVED PATRON OF THE BRONX HISTORICAL SOCIETY	HARRY W. SNYDER: 1942 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND PHOTO ALBUM DETAILING THE BEGINNING OF PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT HAND WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY AN ERUDITE AND KEEN EYED AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE
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