Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Ula C. Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0008
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of receipts for household accounts of Ula C. Adams, who lived at 5810 Waterman in St. Louis. Also includes a diary written while she was a girl, dated January 19, 1893, to August 9, 1896; receipt of Mullen Ambulance Co., 5165 Delmar Blvd., that includes an image of two ambulances, circa 1932-1943; business card of Walter Rielau, hardwood floor contractor, 3843 Fillmore Ave. (formerly 3134 Gurney Avenue), circa 1928.
Dates:
1875-1959
William Glasgow Bruce Carson Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0245
Scope and Contents
The collection is a compilation of correspondence and documents belonging to five generations of the of William G. B. and Elizabeth Carson family. It is comprised primarily of the correspondence, diaries, and personal papers of William G. B. Carson and his wife, Elizabeth. There is a smaller amount of research and writings belonging to William G. B. Carson and to his son, William C. Carson. The earliest, and significantly smaller amount of papers, are from Carson’s...
Dates:
1818-2016; Majority of material found within 1923-1978
Robert L. Christmann and Sidney R. Feiner World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3215
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a diary, military papers, notes, newspaper clippings, and a letter relating to two St. Louisans who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II: Robert L. Christmann and Sidney R. Feiner. The materials date from 1942 to 1946 and are arranged alphabetically.
Robert L. Christmann kept a diary from January to November 1942 (The Everyday Diary). His girlfriend, Lorraine C. Croissant, gave...
Dates:
1942-1946
Gorrell Starke Clinger Diaries and Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: A3263
Scope and Content
The collection is comprised of 96 volumes including mostly diaries and nine scrapbooks dating from 1901 to 1965. There are no diaries or scrapbooks for the years 1904, 1905, 1908, 1918, and 1932. The diaries for 1922 and 1923 and the 1955 scrapbook are incomplete. The collection is arranged chronologically.
The diaries are a combination of daily activity journal and scrapbook. They include Gorrell’s daily notes on her activities and also many pasted newspaper...
Dates:
1901-1965
Cox Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0336
Scope and Contents
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
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Dates:
1818-1940
John V. Hogan Diary
Collection
Identifier: A3089
Scope and Contents
John V. Hogan kept a diary between January 1 and December 31, 1868. Entries included activities for each day of the year spent either in St. Louis or travelling to New Orleans for their honeymoon and to New York. There are also notes and lists on the front and back covers and on the end papers. Hogan listed receipts and expenses for each day.
The diary documented the Hogan’s wedding in Illinois and their honeymoon trip to New Orleans in January 1868. John described their...
Dates:
1868
Nancy Mitchell Neill Diary
Collection
Identifier: A3166
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one bound diary, Date Book 1932, written by Nancy Mitchell Neill when she was fifteen and sixteen years of age in 1932. Cards and letters dating from 1932 to 1933 that were folded between the diary pages have been dated according to their locations among the pages, if they were undated, and placed in a separate folder for preservation. Items in each folder are arranged chronologically.
The first entry in the diary is dated...
Dates:
1932-1933
Henry Schaab Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3083
Scope and Contents
The collection contains documents and a scrapbook pertaining to Henry Schaab, his descendants, and their business, Schaab Stove and Furniture, that was located on South Broadway in St. Louis for over a century. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Documents date from 1844 to 2006, with the bulk of the items dating from circa 1876 to 1967. There is a gap from 1968 to 2005.
Frank L. Schaab’s descendants prepared a scrapbook of the history of both the Schaab Stove...
Dates:
1844-2006; Majority of material found within ca. 1876-1967
William F. Wright Civil War Diary
Collection
Identifier: A3132
Scope and Contents
The diary contains daily entries beginning on May 27, 1861, in Iowa and ending on December 25, 1861, in St. Louis at Benton Barracks. The pages are numbered from 1 to 119; misnumbered pages resulted in no page 63. There are two entries for December 25, one of which is out of order on page 93. The diary’s binding has failed, and the pages are loose.
Wright’s friend Henson Thomas wrote two brief diary entries on July 2nd and August 7th on the endpaper in the back of the volume. On...
Dates:
1861 May-Dec