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‎1933 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE IN THE OREGON BACK COUNTRY AND HER 1965 DIARY WHICH SHOWS LITTLE HAS CHANGED OVER 30 YEARS‎

‎PEDEE AIRLIE OREGON POLK COUNTY PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Good. 1933. On offer is an interesting archive of two 2 original diaries: a 1933 manuscript Depression Era diary handwritten by a then school age 17 young woman who lived in the country around the Pedee and Airlie areas of Oregon which is in Polk County Oregon and the same woman in a 1965 diary. Remarkably little has changed over the 30 years! While she does not specify her name anywhere there is one particular clue when she mentions "Grandpa Condron" that will assist local collectors in fleshing out her identity. The diary also offers researchers and historians of the place and time with the interesting perspective of how primitive in many ways the Pacific Northwest. As one online source provides: "Small town similar to Airlie were dotted along the railroad lines of Oregon from the 1880's onto the 1920's. They were comprised of several small merchants a few modest agriculture or time related mills or enterprises a standardized railroad station and a post office. The railroad from Monmouth to Airlie was abandoned in 1927 and the community was virtually abandoned during WWII when the surrounding land was incorporated into Camp Adair. Today it is a crossroads best known as the site of the Airlie Winery." Other places mentioned are Bald Mountain Lewisville Dallas Kings Valley and the Cherry Grove Schoolhouse. The diary is a little over 2/3rd full of handwritten entries. About 100 blank days and most of those are in the fall. But this is a great vintage diary showing just how hard this young girl worked on the farm and also what her social life was like living in the country of Oregon in the 1930s. Here are some snippets: 1933 "January 28th Didn't get up very early. Leo and Jim went to help dig the grave. Theda went over to Aunt Eva's with them. Jim took mamma's quilts to the store. I worked on some back school work but didn't get it done. Mama swept the upstairs. I got my wood in. Jim and Leo went to the store in the evening. They brought mamma's quilts back. The red bed spread had a ribbon on it." "February 28th Theda and I walked. She stopped at Kearns. The girls and mamma rode in the truck with Jim. Mamma and Theda went to the Holiness meeting in Dallas with Joe. Mamma and the girls saw the baby this morning. I didn't. We walked home tonight. We are to go to prayer meeting with Joe. 22 went in his truck to prayer meeting. 23 came back as his dog followed him. Had a Sunday school meeting." "March 6th We walked to school. The committee decided to write the principle at Kings Valley to see if they could come to a party March 24. Will write letter tomorrow. We walked home in the rain tonight. We stopped at Freda's. Delsie gave us a tart. She gave us some onions and some butter. Mamma is to make them some bread. Old Lady died. Grandpa Condron gave her to mamma when she was married. Lady was 2 years old then." "April 12th Eva was down before the boys were done with breakfast. Karen was along. Grace went to school with us. We walked to Bill's got a ride with him from there. I worked on the puzzle. I finished the puzzle tonight Indians hunting buffalo. We practiced Easter play on stage at last period. Mr. Bradley took Lyle home after he got hit on the nose with a baseball. Madeline found some Lady Slippers." "April 23rd Jim took us to S.S. and church. I played. I had 5 in class today. Mr. Fogg preached from Obadiah 17-21. After church we went up above the Cherry Grove Schoolhouse. We ate dinner there and left the car. We walked up to the Haite place and got some daffodils. Grandma went with us. Cliff brought us home. Passed Rex and Beverly going home. Victor and Nettie took Letha to town." "May 12th I took some of Mrs. Grazon's papers to school for advent event. I almost didn't get my thought copied in time for class. Mr. Brady assigned us poets to write about. Mine are Harriet Monroe and Harold Monroe. We stopped at Freda's. I got the puzzle of Beth's. I went up to Aunt Eva's and got some papers for Endeavor Party. Proff bawled out Helen and Gordon. Mrs. Grazon stopped and we went to 4th conference. Mr. Gate's led. I played piano." "May 21st Jim took us to S.S. and Church. Neva played for Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Newport a neighbor and his daughter were here today. Then Mr. Smith preached. The girl surely could play and sing. She played a banjo or something. Burt was down. May had dinner started when we got home. Theda Cloe Harriet Blare and the children were over. They brought two birds. Put Theda's jigsaw together. May didn't feel good. Fine day only cold wind." "June 8th Trip to the beach Awake probably 5 minutes before alarm went off at 4:00 o'clock. I got up to shut off alarm but couldn't. Aunt Eva got up. It sure is raining. She got me a breakfast then got my things and went to schoolhouse. Couldn't' get in. Kearns wouldn't' take truck. Got Mr. Kearns car. Didn't leave till 7:00 o'clock. Got there 10:25. Had to get glass house opened. Wind sure blue. Went to Lighthouse but couldn't get in. Went to dock and went through lumber boat "Tillamook". Most of them went in swimming in the Nest. I think she's talking about the Nestucca River Got home. Went with Neva Reva Cleo Billie." "July 14th Planned to go to Maud's. Leo cutting hay. Freda going to Dallas so we went along. Carny and Wilbur trial going off but didn't go in. Freda went for cherries but didn't get any. Stopped at Clay Bushes but Nell was picking cherries. Went out to Frank Bushes. Had 2 blowouts or flat tires coming home. Newbury Cream man and Mr. Maldony helped us fix them. Had no pump or jack. May was here all day. Bill and Freda stayed for supper." "August 18th Girls came in and said Leo is going over to Arnold's. Theda said for us to go ahead to the picnic. Mother and us went. Theda stayed. Lucile was home. Picnic at Ritners Grove by white bridge. Mr. Wills was out. Had a good time. They swam in afternoon. We came home early when Jim came. Arthur Good and family Ruth Jack and Gerald went out to visit May. They were here almost till dark as they went home. I didn't go out. Had my overalls on. Emma and George were playing. Later started the jigsaw puzzle. Didn't get finished." "August 22nd Freda told me as I went to look for a heifer that she was going to town. Madeline stayed and came up with her. I found the cows. We milked them. We went to town Independence and Monmouth with Freda. Sure saw some poor people. Stayed at Nell Bushes good share of time. Virgil went back to Portland but Emma stayed. John is to take her back. Maud came down to go to prayer meeting at Chet and Eva Burbank's. We helped milk. Started walking. The girls went on. Trueax's went in their car. Going to make 2 trips. Grazon's picked us up. We rode over to Cockel's. Bill not in and mamma Eugene K and Maud went with him. We all rode back with Grazon's. Theda and girls went down with Trueax's. Bobbie A. stayed all night." "October 7th Got up and left about 20 to 7. Got up to May's around 8 took my time. Didn't meet any cars. George and girls came about 9:00. We had trunks chest and most of load on when Burt came. I sent horse back with George behind wagon. We packed more and had our dinner. They got back around 1:00. Two boys above were along. Got loaded and left about 3:00. We left 5 T's with goats. Walked from Wiser's with boy's sister. Got home about 5:00. Sure tired. Worked some on biology. Some went to bed. Big dance at Peedee. Bill came up to see Jim. He had left." She does a super job with names throughout: Clark Cormack Grazon Betty Kearns Nelda Trueax Williams Brady Charley Burbank Poole Fogg Skelton Lacey Laura Hosmer Roule Cooke Osborn Wells Simpson Beeson Baker Morris Bennett Metland Bertha Willet Delsie Vanden Bossche Willamette Dyer Coleman and more. The diary is 4" x 5" and overall G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DEPRESSION ERA WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PACIFIC NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY OREGON AIRLIE DALLAS CONDRON AIRLIE WINERY OREGON GENDER STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORYantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001579

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‎1935 - 1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING STUDIOUS SKIRT CHASING SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE STUDENT WHO LIVES A LIFE OF FUN AND SUN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL‎

‎SEAFORTH CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA. Good. 1935. On offer is a super original January 1935 - May 1936 manuscript diary handwritten by a young South African college student who writes of the almost idyllic life. School aside there are trips with friends and family outings and games and nary a worry. While the author is unidentified there are numerous clues which should help local researchers and historians revealing him at some point. A resident of the Greater Cape Town area there are frequent mentions of local places: Seaforth his most common reference and likely closest to home Cape Point Constantia Salt River Fire Station and his numerous friends and family are all named. However when he meets a new girl he some times use a shorthand mark to refer to his activity with her. The diary is an experiment and being the very pragmatic he lays out his reasons and method for approaching the experiment. He loosens up and details in a neat hand his life and times: his love affairs yearnings career travails and leisure activities including the beaches parties rugby games movies and books seen and read. The final entry states he has passed Part II of his studies and in August he and his father depart for England where the young man will complete his education and father begins his 6 months leave. The 8 x 10 inch stiff card cover book has 85 pages of narrative and save for some general ageing and a stain or two is overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA SOUTHERN AFRICA CAPE TOWN FALSE BAY SEAFORTH CAPE POINT CONSTANTIA SALT RIVER FIRE STATION AFRIKANER AFRIKAANS AFRICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0002229

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‎1936 - 1937 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL DIARY OF TWO LONG CAR TRIPS TAKEN IN GREAT DEPRESSION AMERICA THROUGH SMALL TOWNS BIG CITIES AND NATIONAL PARKS A RELIC OF CAR TRAVEL BEFORE THE EISENHOWER INTERSTATE SYSTEM‎

‎YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEW ENGLAND CANADA. Good. 1936. On offer is a lovely little original handwritten travel diary of two pre-World War 2 trips. The first through Yellowstone National Park and the second taken a year later through New England and Canada. Written on the first page is the title “1936 Our Trip to Yellowstone Aug 1-16-1936.” This trip takes up the majority of the book and contains roughly 45 handwritten pages. The next trip is about half the size and is titled “1937 Our Trip to New England & Canada.” This tiny diary contains a treasure trove of early automobile information as well as lovely information and imagery of Yellowstone Park. The author describes in excellent detail what it was like to car camp in Yellowstone in the 1930’s. This involves the usual hikes through the beautiful scenery but also more exciting encounters with wild animals and bears. There is also a fascinating section where the author drives through the Great Plains and mention how everything is" gone" & there are grasshoppers everywhere. This is the effect of the terrible dustbowl or ‘Dirty Thirties’ that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. There are some sections with pretty detailed writing that discuss the horrible drought destroying the region and the people who worked the land. The author mentions that they begin their journey by leaving the town of ‘Nadine’ in heavy fog and then stop soon in East Liverpool where they continue to drive across the United States. I have been unable to identify where ‘Nadine’ is but East Liverpool is located in Ohio leading me to believe that the author was probably from somewhere in midwest maybe Ohio or Pennsylvania. The unknown authors write comments about each town and fellow travelers along the way. The trip covers “4735 miles before we touched the route we started.” In 1937 the author and same travel companions drive through New York Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and Canada stopping at small towns Watertown NY; Old Orchard Maine and big cities alike Boston Montreal. They also spend much of the journey travelling through and camping in various parks such as Acadia National Park in Maine the Finger Lakes in New York and Franconia Notch in New Hampshire. Over the course of 12 days “we covered 2866 miles on this trip.” Both the first and the second trip have a few pages at the end of money expended on the trip. The diary is written is a small three ring binder and contains approx 100 single sided pages of entries. The cover and spine are soft black leather and free of any major wear or damage. The pages within are in good condition without significant age-toning or rips/tears. The handwriting is legible and readable throughout in black ink. It has faded at points but only a little bit and does not affect the legibility of the content. TEXT: “Aug - 1936. The main highway here is one way traffic. I can reach out & touch trees either side of the car.Have passed the Black Hills now and are in Wyoming. Don't know where all the heat disappearing too. Sunday has been our only hot day to drive. The air here is very cool. Ralph has had his sweater on all day.The county is a little greener and creeks are almost full. Now we're crossing the Big Horn Mts. They reach higher than the clouds.Ralph & I laid down for an hour I had a headache. No Coffee or tea for breakfast. Harry washed and went out to buy cards. As soon as he came back we got up and washed wrote the cards and mailed them and went out to the bears being fed. These are all wild bears and the people are in a fenced area and the bears are loose. 21 black & Grizzly bears came in while we were there a Park Ranger gives a lecture while the bears are eating. Very interesting there are 1000 of these bears here.The scenery is very tiresome here all plains everything gone grasshoppers everywhere. We crossed the state of Missouri today St Louis is a very dirty city and the smell is nothing to brag about. The cattle has all been shipped out of South Dakota due to the drought there is nothing to eat or drink.It's now starting to rain crossed Cheyenne River the few trees in this state have barely a leaf on them. No concrete roads in S.D. all dirt. gravel & a few bituminous. The Cheyenne River is a fairly good size river but has no more water in it than a sandy creek at home.”; Aug 14 - 37. Got started again and went to the Delaware Water Gap which is very scenic from there to the Bushkill Falls where we had a lot of steps to climb.we are staying at Middletown NY.The palisades are just as beautiful as Mother told me they were. It is a very pretty spot of the Hudson River.The signs in Boston are the hardest things to find. We were on Route 1 and suddenly found ourselves on 1A.Harry driving most of Boston but it never bothered him any.44 miles of hard city driving. Everybody mad. Such a day.I found a beautiful starfish alive and Ralph wanted to bring him home but was afraid the perfume would get too fragrant.We intended to get up this morning at 4 AM to see the sunrise on Mt. Cadillac but between 2 and 3 this morning we had a sever thunder storm with hail about the size of walnuts.Left N.Y. at Rouses Point and crossed into Canada. Went on to Montreal.All of Canada everybody and his cousin ride bicycles.” OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK INTERWAR AMERICAN TRAVEL CAR CAMPING MONTANA WYOMING IDAHO PRE WORLD WAR II NATIONAL PARKS PRE EISENHOWER INTERSTATE SYSTEM TRAVEL DUSTBOWL DIRTY THIRTIES ACADIA NATIONAL PARK FINGER LAKES JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES GREAT DEPRESSION ERA AMERICA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0009143

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‎1936 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA LAKE OF MEADOWS PENNSYLVANIA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WOMAN WHO STARTS THE YEAR UNDER THE PRESSURE OF A FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN HIS DEATH‎

‎LAKE OF MEADOWS PENNSYLVANIA BINGHAMPTON NEW YORK. Very Good. 1936. On offer is an interesting original Depression era manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified woman who lives in or near the Lake of Meadows Pennsylvania area but she does write quite a bit about going to Binghamton New York. There are many many clues as to her identity which local historians and collectors should assuredly be able to confirm. It also appears that her family owns a group of cottages on the Lake and rents them out in the summer. The diary has a few entries for 1935 all of 1936 save for 16 days and there are 3 entries for 1937. At the outset we learn that her father is heading in for surgery. After some ups and downs we learn that on February 20th 1936 he dies from heart failure. After that she spends much of her time working on the cottages traveling to Canada for vacations and then in the fall having to repair one or several of the cottages as they had a fire. Plus they get a good deal of property damage during the big flood of 1936 and many of the entries are about this event. Though the diary is a small pocket size diary measuring about 2 ¾" x 5 ½" her writing is small and she paints a super picture of her life and times. Here are some snippets: 1935 "December 29th - 31st Papa was examined at hospital Sunday. Yesterday took x-rays to Parks….Decided to go to hospital tomorrow….Leon took papa and Mrs. Picket to hospital. I stayed with mama. Cleaned Mrs. Pickett's room. Cold and snow everywhere….Papa operated on for ulcers of the stomach. Leon came to take mama and me to Sayre. Left at eight. Were there at 9:00. Operation lasted until eleven……Operation successful." 1936 "January 28th Ironed in the morning. Mary Pratt came in afternoon. King Georges funeral broad casted from 4 o'clock until 9. Very cold snow all day." "February 16th Took Grace and Laura May with us when we went out home. Girls rode down hill. Papa gradually loosing." "February 20th Papa died at 11 o'clock tonight. Heart failed. Mr. Ryan took me out. Walked up the glen. Called power of attorney. Left at 3 o'clock. Roads very dangerous." "February 23rd Wilson and several called. Flowers begin to come. Uncle Stewart and Stanley took cement to cemetery. Stanley got cement of Raymond. Leon took Uncle Stewart Helen mama and I to Athens to see papa at the undertaking rooms." The next several days are about the funeral "March 11th & 12th Leon and I went to Lake of Meadows to see about cottages. Snow banks still quite high around Warren Center. Water over roads……29 inches of water in cellar. Fire out. Pretty cold and freezing all day." "March 15th & 18th Water in church basement. No SS or church. Services were broadcast from church. Went out home. Took Grace. William Rogers and Bowen called….Rain. Iona and I moved all day. Men moved feed to second floor. 7 inches water on our house floor. Everything flooded. No telephone." "March 20th & 21st First train thru at 9 o'clock. Track still covered with water. Manning's went home. Took John up to Glovers in boat. Rowed up as far as Glovers….Began scrubbing water off of floor. Whole neighborhood is helping at store yesterday. Gave away tons of feed. 5 feet of water in basement. Rain all day." The rest of March and part of April are spent recovering from the flood "April 26th & 27th Cold. After dinner went out home and to lake. Cold. Lots of work to be done. Summer out home. Brought back car load of quilts and bedding to be washed….Began washing Lake bedding linen and blankets. Clear and cold. Sam begins work for $.25 per hour. 5 Quilts 9 blankets 10 sheets etc." "May 13th Ted a tramp ironed in morning. Went to Towanda to acknowledge Alger's will. Went to Nat Walkers home at Athens. Leon took treatment of Dr. Bixby. Came home. Helen Leon Mattie and Minn Thompson here." "June 4th Aunt Lottie gave us Spirea. Jack and I went to Lake. Cleaned recreation hall. Leon is building porch. Took over Spirea." "June 26th Anna Jack and I went to Lake. Worked in guest house and cooks part. Leslie is painting kitchen. 17 Baltimore folks came." "July 3rd & 4th Drove until ten last night. Near Watertown. Crossed St. Lawrence at ten. Lunch at Perth. In Morrow Camp at Snow Road at dusk….Leon and the girls fished. I read and slept. People from Cortland came to fish….Stayed in camp all day. Read newspapers. Several callers. Lots of fish. Cross Lake is at its best today. Very warm." "July 19th & 22nd Lots of campers here. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow came. Visited all afternoon. Mrs. Morrow brought rolls. Made over 100 for her family. Felt very dizzy. Could not walk or talk. Stayed in bed all day. Leon and Iona did my work….All alone all day. Fell slightly better. Can begin to see. Iona and Don read to me. Leon caught nice fish. Cloudy. 6# Bullheads." "August 16th 17th & 18th Left Quebec at 7. Crossed big Quebec Bridge. Drove to Sk____ etc. Many interesting sights. Clear. Along St. Lawrence River all way….Gaspe Pen. Drove over steep mountains. Along Atlantic Ocean to Gaspe. Dog carts. Cod fishing all french….Stopped at Perce. All natives are French. Had nice cabin by the ocean. Food not unreasonable high. Cooked our own meals. Iona and Leon went cod fishing. Hired boat guide." "September 6th Took Eva and Grace to Lake of Meadows. Stayed for supper. No one in cottages but several callers during day. Boys have finished the gates." "October 4th 5th & 6th Grace was down to dinner. Leon took crowd of girls for ride. Went out home to birthday dinner. Iona went to league. Fire alarm at eleven….Cottages at Lake of Meadows burned last night. Tried all morning to get insurance agent. Leon came up. Leon Jack and Mr. Cowen went to Lake last night….Fair and warm. Iona gave me two pretty pink glass table servers for my birthday. 52 years and nothing accomplished." "November 3rd & 5th Roosevelt and Landon election went contrary to all predictions. Nearly whole nation went Democratic. Liquor element. WPA works evidently put him in. Strong feeling of ease……Leon went to Rome for deeds. Went out to look over papers. Papa went to Seminary 1881. Married 1882. Was interested in temperance as a boy. Oration printed in paper." "December 1st - 3rd Busy days. Most excitement about Edward VIII of England and Wallis Simpson of Baltimore. She a twice divorcee. Sister to Baldurn's . Talk over radio. Bishops denounce marriage. News bulletin flash. Every few minutes about the King. More excitement than the Chinese war." Overall VG.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF THE LAKE OF MEADOWS PENNSYLVANIA BINGHAMTON NEW YORK DEPRESSION ERA DEPRESSION AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001617

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‎1937-1941 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE MIDDLE AGED WATERVILLE MAINE MAN‎

‎WATERVILLE MAINE. Good. 1937. On offer is the fascinating original handwritten 5 year manuscript diary of an unidentified middle-aged Waterville Maine man who is married to Bertha and they have children Virgil Palmer and John Virgil and Palmer are the oldest who work as men do John obviously youngest travels everywhere with Bertha. In many ways this is an extraordinary diary as our author was no doubt obsessive-compulsive writing on nearly every inch of free papers facts and notes of information. Nearly every single day for 5 years save 1941 is filled in very small but legible cursive handwriting. Our author notes everything of the family activities work visits and visitors. So dedicated is our writer that even when he is terribly ill as evidenced by his handwriting he rarely falters. In 1939 his handwriting changes with such dramatic effect we at first believed other hands had taken over the writings but research now suggests that it is his writing but so distressed by illness it is a wonder he can continue. A handwriting analysis of this man would be most interesting. He also mentions many many names including: Alice Bowman Ernest Eldridge Dr. Whitney Ed Bowman Clyde Blake Harold Sawtelle Mr. Mathers 'Peddler' Williams Mahlon Brown Mrs. Hastings Morse Dick d.2.18.39 Charlie Branch Kenneth Eldridge Estabrook and Lathrop boys and places include: Portland Waterville Winslow Clinton Advent Church Benton. Local events such as "Barton Wrigley died in the insane hospital with pneumonia 2.20.37" or that "Dr. E. Fisk died in Titusville Florida and returns to Waterville for burial" will provide local historians collectors and genealogists with a treasure trove of data. G. ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; GRAPHOLOGY FARMING OBSESSION COMPULSIVE OCD PSYCHOLOGY HANDWRITING RURAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Archive Lot Americana MAINE DAYTON GOODWIN MILLS FARMING RURAL ECONOMY ECONOMICS scrivenery Scrivening Chirographyantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 000972

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‎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

‎GREAT FALLS MONTANA MT. Very Good. 1938. On offer is an interesting original 1938 manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified man living with his son Bob in Great Falls Montana. While the author is unknown there are many clues that would undoubtedly allow local researchers to learn his identity. His birthday is on January 21st and a casual reading suggests he is a widower or divorced as there are many mentions of his son but never a mother. A woman named Sue sees the boy a fair bit but her role is never detailed. He and son Bob 11 years old on April 2nd spend many of their free times hunting working on cowhides trips to the Falls hunting bullets at the Sand Hills target shooting and more. They are prodigious hunters and spend time dressing their kills and prepping or storing for food. Besides the everyday labours of rural living the writer has a job perhaps with a food or farm co-op as he mentions a call from the Spokane office and being asked to sell all their wheat he also calls on his tenants which we believe refers to tenant farmers. A very dedicated father inside the home too. He reads to Bob nearly daily to help him prepare for book reports goes to the library with him and attends church run father and son banquets. A dry wit runs throughout the diary: he hurts his hand burning brush and reminds himself to not play with fire. He also can descend into poor form mentioning playing Chinese Checkers in a not so kind manner. The diary also details a three week summer trip to the state of Washington staying around the Seattle area. Here are some snippets: 1938 "January 3rd Not too much in the lSue of work this day. Pascal getting ready for a trip to California. He decided to leave tonight. Cleaned a small turkey which had been hanging in the cold room since December 19th when I returned from Valier with 23 of them. It didn't smell too good. Hope it tastes better. Will see tomorrow night. Bob went out to the Christmas tree fire they had a swell one. I played old Sal for awhile. I've chased gums and so to bed." "February 7th There was a little snow not much. Temperature hangs around zero. This walking busSuess is rather hard on the dogs and my left from knee to ankle are sore. Too bad I don't have the ambition to make myself walk about half the time. Shoveled the walk but didn't' do any great job just made a path." "March 27th Almost finished raking the lawn but still a lot of wind today. RMA and I went up on hill where the old well rig used to be and had a swell tumble weed fire in the coulee to the east. We figured out how to get the car up on the high butte to the northeast and drove up there. It was too windy to have much fun rolling rocks." "April 3rd Nice day. Did some work on the yard and built a fence to keep people off the back lawn. We went for a ride in the afternoon. RMA Ray and Margie were quite busy in their meetings of the "Bloody Three" which is a three way organization they have formed. Guess it is from reading Tom Sawyer but suppose it's good for them and don't think they will commit too many murders before they think of something else." "April 10th RaSued some in the morning. We overslept and RMA missed going to Sunday School. Spaded the bed by the side of the house and cleaned the one in front. Went for a ride in the afternoon and passed by the pistol range where we picked up a swell mess of bullets. Two policemen were shooting." "May 26th Pretty warm today 81 degrees. Pascal and Hattie went to Big Fork to bring back MaxSue whose school will be out tomorrow. They expect to get home Saturday night. I went out North to Marm's also saw Fiedler and brought in a load of pastes. In the evening we went out for a little ride to see the ACM tulips; they were real pretty." "June 10th Pascal went to Big Sandy to pick up Fred Bydeley who came that far with Skie. They got back here about five. We went on the picnic to Big Falls to celebrate school being out for the year. It was nice there and we drove on down to Morony Dam and then back home. Came on back down town and visited with Fred tell about 10:30." "July 10th & 11th Went up to Johnson's for dinner a darn good meal but of course we were late. There was a little hail storm there in the afternoon. Left there at 6:30 and went to Glacier Park station where we got a cabin for the night….Up and at em early. Left at 6:20 A.M. and drove to Belton then up by Lake McDonald and over Logan Pass. Went to Babb and then into Cardston for lunch. Back the same way to Browning to Valier and home. Damn tired." "July 26th Got up early and John and I made the trip north. We went to the Torrison then out three and over Berubes and to Christians. The roads were rough and somewhat muddy in spots but we had a nice trip. Picked some wild red raspberries at Berubes." "August 9th Roy and I hit the deck at 4:00 A.M. and went for razor clams. It was swell digging got the limit. Father's wife passed away at 10:30 A.M. We cleaned clams and watched the chicks but didn't bother them any. Left at 3:10 P. M. went down to Jim's six miles beyond Tumwater. Had a little visit with him and brought Emma back to Forks. Got there at 10:15 P.M. Prims arrived in Great Falls today at noon. Letter from Pa 8-14-38." "August 20th & 22nd Mr. Young and I went to Everett and saw Don Currie and the Merrill property. Went to Bellingham and saw the Moody place and the Wattam house. Had dinner at the Bellingham Hotel and met les Walton there. Of course saw Bill Follis. Got back to Seattle about 11:00 P.M….Went with Mr. Young. RMA and Sue over to Bainbridge Island. Mr. Young wanted to see his dentist and we there prowled around the island while he was there. Got back to Seattle about 2:00. Sue and RMA went on their way and Bradley and I circulated around the town. Went out to Little about 9:00 and then home or rather to the Hancocks." "September 25th Some wind today. Not bad but the most we have had for sometime. Went out to Mrs. Marm's and bought 5 pigs for Hi. Went over to Fiedler's and to the Hale and Frisbee places. Got the remains of the old copper kettle and made a plate for the bathroom floor. We all went for a ride out to Highwood. Got ice cream and mailed some letters." "October 6th Worked some and listened to the World Series game between the Cubs and Yanks. Yanks won 6-3 Damn it. Went down to the Elmore Hotel to locate Paul Dean. Ive wanted him over to dinner." "November 7th A heck of a day all in all. Sue came down in the morning to get her hair fixed and bought a dress. In the afternoon she came back and got gloves and a hat but the dress didn't get delivered. Well we did get off to the Civitan Banquet where we had duck and a swell time. Dr. Larson was good as well as De Schoen and Crouch. All of them were real nice to us. RMA stayed at home with Ray and at Lovitt's. Maybe it was a good experience for him. Pascal got back this evening." "December 24th We didn't do too much today. Sue and Bob came down in the afternoon and Sue went to The Liberty. Bob and I went home and had some lunch then out to the Sand Hills where we shot bottles. Bob missed one and I missed two. We hunted for bullets and then went to the police pistol range. Then got Sue from the show and home." Researchers and historians of the time and place will be pleased that our author mentions many many names of those he interacts with: Walt Sells Eppe Herbert Shane Alice Fay Lewis Rouse Torkelson Borthwick Jessie B. Miller Paul Hobitzan Parker Pritchard Christian Young Fred Bydeley Archie Campbell Sam Crockett Jacob Johnson Latta Marm Fielders Frisbee Hale George Wilson and more. The 4" x 7"book is overall VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GREAT FALLS MONTANA SEATTLE WASHINGTON SAND HILLS HUNTERS TRAPPERS MORONY DAM CARDSTON HUNTERS HUNTING RURAL LIFE WHEAT SELLING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0002368

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‎1939 - 1941 Original Manuscript Homefront Diary Handwritten by a Young Southwestern Ontario Girl-Next-Door Detailing a Life of Bake Sales Cutting Hay and the Very Occasional Brutal Murder‎

‎RAWDON TOWNSHIP ONTARIO HASTINGS SPRINGBROOK. Good. 1939. On offer is an interesting and rather charming original handwritten diary kept by a farm woman in Springbrook a tiny farming community in Hastings County Ontario during the initial years of WWII. Written in a simple school child's notebook the mostly pencil entries cover the period from May 1st 1939 until Oct 25 1941. The book is in good condition. There are 64 pages and it is 100 % complete. The entries are brief but give a clear look into life on an Ontario farm at the outset of the war. The long days and hard work are evident from virtually the first page. The part of Ontario where she lives is difficult farming country and life would have been hard. Yet despite the difficulties this woman had a solid circle of friends and family. These relationships come alive in the pages of this notebook. I mended set up hay. Ellen in a while. We baking July 11 1939 Russel Reed here drawing in hay. I painted bottoms shelf of cupboard chair bottoms and pump. July 15 1939. I washed Orris her husband started to cut his timothy hay south of barn well driller came again -struck rock this time July 17 1939 cider mill real busy. I swept house cleaned up . kids home - Teacher convention. Dug rest of potatoes on farm pulled beans Orris ground Ray's cider. I made pumpkin pies cakes. Went to town. Lois got her hat and sox etc Oct 7 1939 Our anniversary here at Springbrook. All went to church a.m and p.m. Mr. Wood is our minister Oct 29 1939 April Fools I washing and ironed piled wood Velma and I went to Hall for music concert April 1 1940 I cut potatoes - 3 bags. put more nuwall on upstairs ceiling. ready to paint floor now Apr 23 1940 Virtually all entries revolve around life on the farm and interactions with local people. She does note outside event such as when she simply stated on Sept 3rd War declared. Six months later she noted the arrest of a neighbour for the murder of another farm couple: Fred Thain confessed that he murdered Mr. and Mrs. Wellman. Feb 3rd. That entry is sandwiched between a comment about getting a letter and 2 loads of wood being drawn. On the 6th she noted she purchased some items from the murdered couple's home confirming that she lived in the vicinity Springbrook is about 6 miles away. For a researcher into gender studies or social history this is an outstanding look into the life of a farm wife in early 20th century Ontario. Her day begins early and continues through a non-stop succession of tasks and jobs until her day is done. It is a busy life but a sense of accomplishment comes through and there is no doubt that she is part of a close community.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RURAL LIFE IN ONTARIO RAWDON TOWNSHIP ONTARIO HASTINGS COUNTY ONTARIO SOCIAL HISTORY GENDER STUDIES SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO SPRINGBROOK WAR YEARS CANADAIN HOME FRONT CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0009192

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‎1939 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DETAILED 5 YEAR DIARY OF A YOUNG MOVIE LOVING JEWISH TEENAGER FROM THE BRONX NEW YORK GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STARTING COLLEGE AND LIVING A FAST-PACED VIGOROUS LIFE‎

‎BRONX NEW YORK NY. Good. 1939. On offer is a detailed and intriguing document the five-year diary of a young Jewish teenager passionate with theater movies and art. The diary starts in the beginning of 1939 and continuing to the end of 1943. Beginning when he is a high school sophomore the diary traces the life of as he graduates high school and begins college at Fordham University in the Bronx New York. For the most part every day of the five-year diary is filled in with the exception of the first half of 1940. The entries for 1940 start up around May and from then on almost every day has an entry filled in. The diary does an exceptional job of elucidating the life of a teenage boy growing up in the early 1940s. He sees lots and lots of movies goes to concerts and plays and he studies and groans about school teachers his parents and his friends. He also makes frequent trips to Brooklyn Manhattan and Queens. Most days include at least one title of a movie that he has seen. Many entries look like these: “Went to Fordham and saw The Gay Sisters and Spy Ship. The Gay Sisters was swell. Just what I needed. Did some German homework.”; “Yom Kippur. Went to Fordham and saw Dive Bomber. Very beautiful in technicolor. Bessie and her sisters were here when I came home. Midterm tomorrow.”; “Went to Museum of Non-Objective Art with Chells and heard a faculty lecture by John Lennhower. Marvelous afternoon. Went shopping. Bought tickets for Rosalind.” He comments little on things going on in the world around him but for a document of the quotidian and everyday life of a Jewish kid during WW2 America this diary is of exceptional value. The book also contains some memoranda at the end of the it with lists of presents received and given birthdays and a “canary record” which documents the death or escape of four canary birds owned by the author. In addition to the diary there is also contained numerous ephemeral items including five pay stubs from movies plays and the 1940 New York World’s Fair newspaper clippings and a program from the July 1939 concert of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra a newspaper clipping of a picture containing Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the musical “New Moon” and a newspaper clipping of a picture from “Pride and Prejudice” being performed at Radio City Music Hall in August 1940.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BRONX BROOKLYN QUEENS MANHATTAN NEW YORK JEWISH TEENAGER NEW YORK CITY YOUTH HIGH SCHOOL HIGHSCHOOL COLLEGE FORDHAM FILMS CINEMA MOVIES DIARY RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL EPHEMERA PLAYS THEATER 5 YEAR DIARY NEW YORK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0009014

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‎1940 - 1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT GERMAN HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF A HIGH RANKING OFFICER COMMANDER OF A PANZER DIVISION AND PARTICIPANT AT THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD‎

‎Würzburg Germany. Very Good. 1940. On offer is an extraordinary original manuscript German home front diary handwritten by the young daughter perhaps 18 or 19 of an officer who would soon become a Colonel-General and one of the Nazi elite. Research suggests that this man may have been Hermann Breith or Josef Harpe but local researchers will certainly have enough clues to be certain in the future. Collectors and historians will agree as to the utter uniqueness of this World War II home front diary. Beginning March 24th 1940 and ending on June 19th 1944 when the woman is drafted into a FLAK Anti-Aircraft unit. The book's upbeat floral pattern of the small square journal hardly belies the backdrop of the horrible War years and the suffering the likes of her father perpetrated. Entries range from the banal to the historic: March 17th 1942 she records: "Father is promoted to General Oberst". A later entry notes when her father is ordered to Hitler's Headquarters and many many more references to life within the 'military life'. Her last entry records being drafted into anti-aircraft service as increasingly elite layers of society were eventually stripped of their status and forced to participate in the War and many such women were near the end. She mentions dating a pilot wearing a Spanish Cross denoting service in the Luftwaffe. These people obviously lead a very elite life. Lots of political discussion and we read of the Nazis sending agents to give political classes and much more. It has entries for almost every day with 100 pages filled in front and back. Here are some snippets: "My Diary" from Easter 1940" March 24 1940 "Easter! Daddy is on vacation! Coffee with lots of Easter eggs. Purzi shot a duck. Laid in the lounge chair in the sun. In the afternoon we played board games. Dad showed pictures from the Front. In the evening we sat and chatted." May 10 "War has begun in Holland Belgium and Luxemburg. German troops marched into these countries. Germany will definitely win!" May 17 "Did train station service" - Provided soldiers with tea from 4:30 - 8 pm." May 21 "Train station service from 4 - 8 pm." May 29 "Went into the city and sent my soldier a package by field postal service." June 5 "Had to stay in bed. Big victory at Dünkirchen. Bells were ringing flags were waved. Dad was made general of the Panzers!" June 6 " Fever is gone but had to stay in bed anyway." June 7 "Was allowed out of bed but not quite feeling well yet." June 10 "Back to school today. Italy declared war on France today. Narvik Norway ultimately subdued by the Germans. A great victory day!" June 13 "2:30 - 9:30 Train station service Served coffee to 3 troop transports. The mountain hunters were very nice." June 14 "German troops have entered Paris! Got a letter from my soldier from the field." June 17 "France wants a ceasefire. Heard a special broadcast announcement in the city. Bought a birthday gift for Mom in the city." June 22 "Ceasefire signed" June 24 "Ceasefire signed by Italy in the evening. At 7:35 in the evening the German "Reichsregierung" learned of the armistice. 6 hours at later at 1:35 am there was a ceasefire. Experienced the solemn moment at night by the radio. Bells ringing "Now Thank We All Our God." June 25 "School holiday - went with my class to visit the wounded." July 1 "Last vacation day. It was a wonderful vacation. The war in Russia is proceeding very successfully." 12 Sept 1940 "Wrote to dad in the afternoon. Gila had night-shift and there met Oberleutnant Baumann Stukka-flyer with a golden Spanish cross EKI-I." Spanish crosses awarded to veterans of the Spanish Civil war from July 1936 - April 1939. Oct 28 "Air-raid alarm. Not in school because of a cold." Nov 13 "In the evening there was a very interesting presentation about the German colonists in Brazil with slides at the Academy." Nov 29 "Was sworn in as a Party member in the evening." Jan 30 1941 "Great celebration day. The Führer speaks. Germany will definitely be victorious." March 14 "Received orders to the R.A.D. To Krautheim/Jadst Take courage the thing will go wrong! Roasted in the sun. Prepared for orals. Sewed overshirt." March 21 "Got my marks at 5 in the afternoon. I am free of orals! Got a gold bracelet from Mom and from Grandma a ring. Thank God I've got my diploma! We are going to Munich. Mom has reserved rooms at the Regina Hotel." March 29 - April 2 Descriptions of what she saw and did in Munich. On March 31st she describes going to see an opera La Traviata - "fantastic music" and when they returned to the hotel suddenly her father was standing before them. He departed early in the morning on April 2nd. April 4 "Travel to the R.A.D. Arrived at 5 pm at the camp in Krautheim." April 5 "Sewed tags into clothing. The girls are very nice. Letters from Mom and Jochen." April 6 "Proclamation by the Führer. War with Yugoslavia has begun. Wrote to Mom. The first Sunday in the camp. Wrote to Dad." April 9 "5 important things during political schooling! … through Yugoslavia 20000 prisoners and generals. Saloniki Thessaloniki was taken a part of the Greek army capitulated. A very happy day. Worked a lot in the garden. The feeling of togetherness is especially strong." April 20 "Swore my oath to the Führer Received a pin. A morning ceremony in the City Hall for the Führer's birthday. In the afternoon a book fair." April 23 "In the evening Dad called unexpectedly/suddenly. He was coming from Yugoslavia. Great joy! Got a package from Mom and letters from Gi. And Jochen B. Packed my suitcase." April 24 "An early bus at 7 am to . Arrived at 11:30 in Würzburg. Great reunion joy!" May 5 "Was D.U. Excursion to Stüppach with the comeradeship fellowship In Grünwald looked at a Madonna. Wonderful colour composition. In Hirschen I ate 4 fried eggs with lots of butter without stamps. In the evening heard a magnificent speech by the Führer in Asanstadt. At night we returned to camp and had a beautiful supper served by the leaders feminine." April 5 "Got up at 5:50 again. As of today we will have 8 hours external duties. In the afternoon the section leader female from the district came for inspection. Big excitement in the camp! In the evening Mr. Greusch the examiner checked our blankets. A big trouble box! Received letters from Mom and Wilma." April 7 "Cleaned garden tools early. Listened to a newspaper report. Sang a lot of canons rounds. During the external duty in the afternoon the Colonel Field Master from and asked me how I like it. After I heard that Molotow in Russia is deposed. Wrote to Dad." May 13 "Hess landed in Scotland! Great excitement!" June 22 "A pity! Toiled in the kitchen the whole Sunday! Russia declared war against us. A difficult struggle is looming for us. Wrote Mom a letter. June 26 "Early 6:52 am departure for holidays. Wonderful! Arrived in W. Würzburg at lunch time. Evening with Gila Hellwig and Lieutenant Mark in Charlott. Very nice." July 2 "Back in camp. Assigned to garden duty. In the evening we played the grammophone. July 3 "In the evening a serenade by 10 soldiers. We all listened on the balcony." July 4 Big fight in the camp. Heavy duty lecture." February 19 1942 "Early in the morning the news came on the radio that Dad was honoured with the oakleaf by the Führer. Wrote immediately to Dad. Got a letter from Hilde B." February 21 "In the night a air-raid alarm. Cleaned the operating room until 1 am. During the alarm the doctor performed a c-section." March 3 "Dad became Colonel-General." April 1 She has returned home: "In the morning for the first time in a long time I slept in. Unpacked my suitcase. In the evening sat cozily and told of my adventures over red wine and cookies. Dad told about Russia. After three hours there was an air-raid alarm." Jan 30 1942 "The Führer spoke at 5 pm. The last time I worked in Susi's room. Wrote to Mom. Big Fight with Mrs. Doctor about the serving of dinner. Mr. Doctor has been drafted." July 1 1942 "Special announcement at 10 in the evening: Sevastopol has fallen. The strongest fortress in the world was defeated by our soldiers. Colonel General v. Manstein is promoted to General Field Marshal. Field-Marshal General" December 20 1942 "Dad arrived from Russia. Mom picked him up at the train station. Very joyful reunion." February 1 1942 "In the afternoon the rumour runs wild in the lecture hall that the "nurses aid exam will already be at the end of March! That would be a big letdown. We laughed terribly. Wilfrid and Ulla picked me up from the Julius Hospital…. We all sat under the high fence. In the evening we listened to "Something for Everyone". Mom was invited to Mrs. Heglmann's for tea in the afternoon. In the evening Gisi called. A letter from Dad finally arrived after we hadn't heard anything from him for 14 days. Things look very serious in Stalingrad. A part of the Paulus Army had to surrender." February 4 "We've had to ultimately surrender at Stalingrad. One of the greatest heroic deeds of world history ended there. From now on everyone in the homeland feels more than ever how serious this war is for us. Theatres are closed. Finally got mail from Dad and Gisi. In the evening I went home with Hanna Meyer…." April 18 "Two Air-raid alarms at mid-day." April 19 "In the early evening heard a speech by Goebbels in the radio. For the first time heard a lecture by the Gailer. As a final experiment he demonstrated "At the risk of a life" centrifugal force. In the afternoon I practiced in the laboratory." April 20 "Führer's Birthday. Flags everywhere. In the evening Mom and I toasted the Führer with wine. In the afternoon we examined blood and I was at the X-ray for the last time. Vacation starts now but there's still a lot to learn before the exam." Then later near the end she reports: "Integration orders draft notice from the Wehrmacht out of Nürnberg. At 10 am I am to report there…." Roughly 4 inches by 4.5 inches and 1 inch thick. Overall VG.; German Language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF STALINGRAD HOME FRONT FLAK ANTI AIRCRAFT EASTERN FRONT GERMANY VS. RUSSIA SOVIET UNION WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR TWO WW2 WW II HOLOCAUST THIRD REICH GERMANY NAZI GENDER STUDIES WOMEN STUDIES WOMEN IN WAR FEMINISM HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY BRITAIN BRITISH BRITISH EMPIRE RAF World War I WW I TRAVEL GERMANY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT Hitler Jugend Sonnenwende League of German Maidens League of German Girls Hitler Youth Bund Deutscher Mädel Brieth Harpe Panzers . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0001313

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‎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

‎ENGLAND - MEDITERRANEAN. Fair. 1943. On offer is a most unique and rare collection of notebooks detailing the adventures of an RAF squadron in WWII. The collection consists of 6 notebooks containing a total of about 300 pages. It is 100% complete. The notebooks measure 8 inches by 5 inches. They are flip-top design and several of them have damage to the spines. Many pages are loose but all are present. The handwriting is legible. The author of the journals is unknown. Entitled The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of No. 284 Squadron the volumes follow the squadron from shortly after it was stood up in May 1943 until it was stood down in Sept 1945 and then the demobilization process ending in May 194 when he was discharged. 284 Squadron was an Air Search & Rescue squadron formed at Gravesend on 7 May 1943 from various detachments of other ASR squadrons. 284 was then transferred to the Mediterranean. Leaving in June it arrived at Hal Far in Malta in July and immediately began operations with its Walrus amphibious planes. In August. the aircraft moved to Sicily. In September the squadron relocated to Southern Italy although it continued to operate around Sicily until November. It also covered the seas around Sardinia Tunisia and the southern coast of France. Vickers Warwicks a much larger plane were added to the squadron in March 1944 The following September the Walruses were transferred to No 293 Squadron but 284 received Hurricanes in their place. The squadron disbanded in Corsica on 21 September 1945. The squadron reformed on 15 October 1956 at Nicosia in Cyprus. The squadron was disbanded in 1959 when it was re-numbered No 103 Squadron. He keeps a daily record of what is happening in the squadron noting weather administrative and personal details and actions against the enemy. ". this afternoon just before tea time Jerry was out. The guns blazed away and he cleared off dropping nothing. " Dec 2 1943; "A horrible day until just before tea time when it cleared up. We had given up all hope of the Hudsons arriving but they lobbed in just after tea and we take off tomorrow at approx. Nine. ." Mar 13 1944. The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built for the Royal Air Force. ". Received another batch of mail including a marvellous letter from my darling. . Saw a Beau crash on landing The Bristol Beaufighter was a heavily armed night fighter and anti-shipping strike aircraft . just before tea and without any warning all the guns blazed away including a destroyer in the harbour. A Jerry was now in the clouds. The din was terrific and there was no time to reach our so we stayed indoors and watched guns on all sides blazing away. It was all over in a few minutes and Jerry made off without dropping anything." Nov 25 1943. His last entry is May 18 1946: "Great day. Through the demob machine and finished by 12 o'clock . Across to Waterloo and caught the 6 pm to home. Arrived home at 10:15 pm when the person I love but was waiting at the station for me. My wife." May 18 1946. For a historian this is a fabulous collection. It follows not only the career of an RAF pilot but also his squadron through the most intense years of the war. It is rich in details. A military historian would find this an excellent corroboration of the movement of other units. It paints a picture of both a constant operational tempo and the day-to-day experiences of this young Englishman at war. A reader will see both the war unfolding on his pages and the very human experiences he went through.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY; 1940S; WW2; SECOND WORLD WAR; 284 SQUADRON; RAF; AIR SEARCH AND RESCUE; WALRUS AMPHIBIOUS PLANE; VICKERS WARWICK; BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER; HURRICANE; MILITARY HISTORY; BRITISH AIR FORCE IN THE WW2; AMPHIBIOUS PLANES IN THE WW2; MILITARY UNITS AND FORMATIONS ESTABLISHED IN 1943; ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS; MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF WAR; ITALIAN CAMPAIGN WW2; BRITISH AIRCRAFT DURING WW2; AVIATION HISTORY; TWIN-ENGINED AIRCRAFTS IN THE WW2; SINGLE-ENGINED AIRCRAFT IN THE WW2; BRITAIN IN THE WW2; MALTA AND RAF; AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0008175

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‎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

‎OREGON . Very Good. 1940. On offer is a sensational original archive of 500 index cards and 4.5 x 7.75 inch softback faux leather 6-ring binder pages all meticulously filled out with the lyrics of songs including some from Broadway from the 1940s and early 1950s. The many hours of painstaking work to fill an index card for each and every song betrays a clearly obsessed and dedicated fan of the music of her times. Music historians will find a true treasure trove. Here are a few of the tunes: Heaven Help this Heart of Mine For All We Know Aren't We All I'll Take an Option On You You've got Something there By a Waterfall Try a Little Tenderness when My Dream Boat comes Home Rolling In Love So shy The Donkey Serenade Moonstruck Paper Moon Let's Sail to Dreamland and of course many many others! Included are two handwritten pages with the song lyrics to Love Locked Out Temptation Inka Dinka Do Your Gonna Love Your Gal Our big Love Scene and Big Rock Candy Mountain. While we are uncertain of the origins we did acquire this from the family of the writer based in Oregon. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 4 X 6 INCHES APPROX.; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF POPULAR SONGS LYRICS MUSICOLOGY 1940S 1950S WAR YEARS POST DEPRESSION ERA POPULAR MUSIC BROADWAY SOUNDTRACKS AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC SONGS FROM MOVIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS ARCHIVE JOURNAL LOG SOCIAL HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0002373

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‎1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II TORONTO HOME FRONT DIARY OF A WEALTHY WASP MATRON DEDICATED TO WORK AT THE RED CROSS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT‎

‎TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA. Good. 1942. On offer is an original manuscript look at life on the home front in World War II era Toronto Ontario Canada through the diary entries and observations of an unidentified woman of some means. Typically of an upper socio-economic distinction prevalent in Toronto of the 1940 our writer is obsessed with hockey games working at the Red Cross most days attending luncheon with Lady Eaton diplomatic events at Queen's Park Granite Club teas and other social events at important clubs throughout the city Bank of Toronto Lady's Club events Landseair Club shopping in Buffalo the Royal Alex volunteering at St. Johns Ambulance King Edward parties travel to Vancouver parties for Members of Parliament CNIB luncheons and much much more from 1942 to 1946. Some damage to the binding but overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: WOMEN STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANTS WASP LANDSEAIR CLUB RED CROSS WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 HOME FRONT HOMEFRONT CANADA CANADIANA TORONTO ONTARIO CANADIANA WRITER HOLOGRAPH SIGNED PERSONAL MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH TRAVEL PERSONAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001496

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‎1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II FLIGHT TRAINING DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING AMERICAN SERVICEMAN WHO LONGS FOR AS MUCH AIR TIME AS POSSIBLE‎

‎SUN VALLEY CAMP SUNBURY PENNSYLVANIA. Good. 1942. On offer is a fascinating manuscript relic of World War II pilot training and home front activity being a handwritten diary and journal of an unidentified American serviceman. In a beautiful inscribed September 30 1942 as a gift leather 9 x 6 inch book with gilt stamped cover and spine treatment and 5 bands on the spine the author in precise hand writes from October 3 1942 through to June 1 1944 the mundane personal needs such as being robbed having his tonsils out a party at the White House and of course his pilot training at Sun Valley Camp in Sunbury Pennsylvania and then to New York Scranton Waco Texas and back to Sunbury then Camp Upton. We also note that he mentions his 6th anniversary June 24th 1943. Here is a snippet: "Arrived at "Sun Valley Camp" in Sunbury Pa. at six this evening. It was a beautiful day and altho' war regulations required a 35 M.P.H. speed the driving did not seem tedious. Of particular note was the booming war industries enroute and the mile long freight trains bearing tanks guns and other war material. The camp was formerly C.C.C. and in it's day it won the prize for being the best in the country. The mountain slopes from the back of our barrack and a beautiful ski run ends at the door. Sunbury is typically small town nestling in a valley between two branches of the Susquehanna River and completely surrounded by mountains. The valley is ideal for flying with many large level fields suitable for emergency landings. Lex Hart and I wandered about town this evening a bit. The prospects for any activity at this time seem remote - time will tell. We may fly tomorrow - weather permitting - from now on we live for the weather." The book ends with a note: "Back to Gulfport after a perfect furlough. Nothing new and no idea what cooks."; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT TRAINING SUN VALLEY CAMP SUNBURY PENNSYLVANIA USAF WORLD WAR II WW2 WWII AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0001900

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‎1943 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LONELY WIDOWED DENTIST WHO SHARES HIS MISERY DAILY ROUTINE AND KEEN OBSERVATIONS WITH PEN AND PAPER‎

‎SIOUX CITY DES MOINES IOWA. Good. 1943. On offer is a fascinating original 1943 manuscript home front diary handwritten by an unknown 62 year old Iowa widower who misses his wife terribly; writes of her each month on the day of her death; mentions and sometimes rails at the WPA civilian blackouts rationing board Des Moines Negro Squadron air base nearby likely the Des Moines Air National Guard Base and the Colored Air Base baseball team whose games he attends. He also mentions letters from servicemen who cannot say where they are a serviceman's death in Africa furloughs all interspersed with his daily life of work boarders and sons. The very well filled diary which is actually a 1940s appointment book is legible with some practice as he used a pencil for the most part but we note that much of the man's loneliness and frustration with life can be summed up on Nov. 14th 1943: "We got the Japs why don't they just surrender" While the name and exact locale are not specified local historians and researchers should find enough clues to identify the writer: the book was for dentists and the back cover shows an advertisement for the Tri State Dental Laboratories in Sioux City Iowa likely he was given the book by the company; he mentions Des Moines frequently; his wife's name was Ethel and sons are Pete and Dick. The writer's birthday was Aug. 6th and in 1943 the date of this writing he was 62 years old thusly born in 1881. His wife died on July 18th 1941. He also had a sister named Mabel. The 6 x 8½ inch book is overall VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF IOWA WW II WORLD WAR II WW2 WORLD WAR TWO AMERICAN HEARTLAND THE CYCLONE STATE CORN BELT RATIONING NEGRO SQUADRON DES MOINES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE DENTISTS HOME FRONT WIDOWERS GENDER STUDIES MEN'S STUDIES AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0002207

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‎1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE SAILOR WHO FINDS LOVE IN SHANGHAI WHILE SERVING IN THE EMPEROR'S NAVY‎

‎ISHIURA JAPAN SHANGHAI CHINA NAGASAKI. Good. 1943. On offer is an exceptional rare Japanese language sailor's diary. Dated December 31st 1942 through June 25th 1943 the 22 year old writer begins in Ishiura Japan then to Shanghai and ends at Sasebo Nagasaki Japan. This diary gives a one of a kind insight into a sensitive Japanese man who finds love during the War with a Shanghai girl writes poetry and strives to be an excellent soldier for his superiors. Here are some snippets: "December 31st 1942 I'm thinking about 1942 passing by. I'll never forget this year that I joined the navy. This strict army life; this must be a real man's life. I swear to myself that I'll do my best to be a good soldier next year. January 14th 1943 The characteristics of a sailor 1. Protect the life of superiors without question 2. Cheerful and simple all times 3. Tough but friendly. January 15th man's life how to cultivate / train man's mind There is sadness about parting. We have to bare some insults. Sometimes we can't say or do when we want to. It's regretful and frustrating. …. We have to embrace these pains and that is how to cultivate our mind. Feb 5th Leaving for Shanghai I've been longing. Feb 12th It's nice to stand on the ground and breathe the fresh air. Feb 22nd I'm filled with faith of winning. Feb 28th I can't get rid of ---he doesn't write girl's name's image. Languages are different but hearts are same. I miss her when I'm away from her. I thought I would want to love her as much as I can I am allowed to. February of 1943 passed by like a dream I'll try my best on March too. March 6th I hurried to ---some place's name. I miss even the sweet name Rose. We don't understand words but understand our hearts each other. March 12th I received a comfort bag. A sweet comfort letter. A cute doll. March 13th The letter from Fumio-san. I'm so glad hear that he became a father. March 30th A mother and soldier A plum tree and soldier Heartless dreams Katakana faith Parting Ship Nights in China Streets in Shanghai April 6th Noriko san's letter I've been waiting for so long was finally delivered. I think of the memories and I swear once again that I will love her forever. That's what man does. May 19th It's been boring without any landing. That's one kind of order Hahaha May 22nd There is no news no radio newspaper. Meaningless life…June 15th It's been very hot. It's decided to leave Shanghai on 18th. Good bye Shanghai my second home country. June 17th I went to ---- to tell permanent bye to sweet ---. Our countries are different but hearts are same. June 23rd Our country's mountains and lands I haven't seen for an year. It's great to see a fighter Japan. My mother land that gave birth to me. We have to win for our country. I'll give up my life any time for my country. We are landing at Sasebo port at 2:00. June 23rd The enemy ship appeared. June 24th We left the port and anchored inshore. June 25th We left a port sea is calm. We are planning to anchor inshore of Roku-island." A more than casual reading by a fluent reader will we surmise reveal even more interesting writings. Overall G.; Japanese Language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; SHANGHAI JAPANESE NAVAL MARINE WARSHIPS BATTLESHIPS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA WORLD WAR II WWII RED SUN HIROSHIMA ATOMIC WARFARE ATOMIC BOMB A-BOMB NUCLEAR BOMB JAPAN NAGASAKI HIROSHIMA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001178

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‎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

‎WADI NATRUN EGYPT 1944. On offer is a sensational historically significant 25 page manuscript diary handwritten by an unidentified British soldier likely an Officer during WWII while on leave. He was in Egypt and spent several days touring a number of Coptic Monasteries in the Wadi Natrun area and does a super job detailing the tour he and his friend Arthur Helm who we believe became a noted New Zealand explorer and author and was also a hero to the nation of Greece for his contribution to the war effort there in 1941 and the failed Crete campaign. A massive memorial in New Zealand was inspired by Mr. Helm's efforts and their camel 'George' took. Readers whether historians or researchers will treasure his narrative style and his descriptions of all he saw especially given the fact that there were once as many as 300 Coptic monasteries in Egypt and now there are but a handful. That said we note a homophobic slur that reflects the times and attitudes of many. Here are some snippets: "A Night in a Coptic Monastery: Friday 31st March 1944. I am writing these notes by the light of a candle in the guest room of the Coptic Monastery of Deir Syrins in the desert depression of Wadi Natrun half way between Cairo and Alexandria Egypt. It is 7 o'clock and everything is still except for the low moaning of some monks chanting in the Eastern fashion at the other side of the monastery. There is a half moon and from the window of the guest room the monastic buildings present a fine scene with their white walls bathed in the silver light." "With my New Zealand friend Arthur Helm I left Cairo at 9 o'clock this morning. We were quite lucky in getting lifts and by 11 o'clock we had hitch hiked to the Halfway House half way to Alexandria. From here a road leads down to the Wadi Natrun Salt and Soda factory and here again we were fortunate as we had only been walking for about five minutes when factory lorry overtook us and gave us a lift." "The lorry dropped us at the Egyptian Frontiers Administration Police Post and here we changed from our battledress and blue uniforms which we are still compelled to wear in town and changed into K.D. shorts and open neck shirts. We were armed with a "guide" by the police to show us the best way through the sinking sand of the Wadi and carry our rucksack in the form of an old and withered old native. So we loaded the rucksack on to "George's" back and set off without further delay as fast as possible in the direction of the monasteries of Anba Bishoy and Deir el-Surian which stand together about five miles from the Police Post. The rucksack incidentally was fairly heavy as it contained my three cameras and a tripod as well as a pair of pajamas and a toothbrush!" At the Anba Bishoy monastery they are taken to the guest house. "The monk who took us round spoke a little English. He was an awful "sissy" and an obvious homosexualist which probably explains why he went into a monastery." "After spending about two hours looking round and taking photographs we returned to the guest house for our meal. We were somewhat dubious what sort of food it would be but we had decided to try as much as possible. It consisted of Halawa olives and coarse bread. Halawa which is made out of a certain seed and oil. I am very partial to but the olives we both found pretty difficult to get down. However we made a good hole in the pile in the dish so not offend our guests and entered it bravely all in the cause of science. The meal over we packed the cameras into the rucksack. Woke our native George from his slumbers and prepared to move on to the next monastery Deir Syrianus. This is only about quarter of a mile from Bishoy and a walk of five minutes brought us to the door. There was a pitcher of water in front for the benefit of the Bedouin which two monks were in the process of filling so they took us straight inside the monastery and the lengthy bell ringing process was eliminated. Here again we were ushered straight to the guest room and went through the usual coffee drinking process. Syrianus is rather more opulent than Bishoy and the guest house is more pretentious. Opening from the central reception ball were four rooms each with a large four poster bed two of which were offered us for the night." "In a small room in the Kasr I came across a pile of old books all hand written in Coptic and Arabic. They were all in a heap and did not appear to be wanted but the monks would not let me take any away!" "I am just completing these notes now before trying the bed. This looks good enough in itself although I expect a few visitors. I have just opened a widow in the room and judging from the effect on the hinges it is the first time it has been opened for years." They set out on foot to the Deir Baramus Monastery an hour and forty minutes away a good meal later and back to Cairo to the Frontiers Police Post. "We reached the Police Post at 3:15 doing it in an hour and 25 minutes. We changed into our official clothes had some tea with the Egyptian police which we could not refuse but which we were reluctant to take as our time was getting short and then began the last part of our trek from the police post to the Halfway House on the Alex-Cairo Road. This we reached at 4 and within five minutes we had got a lift on an American Cairo bound lorry. We did the journey sitting on a pile of packing cases in just under two hours; we reached Cairo at 10 to 6 and I was just in time to get on duty at 6 o'clock although in a somewhat hot and dusty condition!" The 5" x 8" pages are overall in Good condition save some turned corners. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0002355

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‎1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LOGBOOK OF A KEENLY OBSERVANT US NAVY SEAMAN WHO RECORDS THE KAMIKAZE ATTACKS DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA‎

‎ABOARD THE USS CUYAMA. Good. 1944. On offer is a super original 1944 - 1945 manuscript diary of a United States seaman aboard the USS Cuyama. The unidentified author was involved in the Invasion of Okinawa and documented kamikaze attacks on a Hospital Ship and other supporting navy ships making for rare first person account of kamikaze attacks on US Navy ships during the Okinawa Campaign. Using a 'Serviceman's Address Book' the writer uses some of the pages for addresses some noting the history and milestones of the ship reckoning his pay and savings but most importantly to researchers and historians of the era he dutifully records 'My Navy Career' noting the highlights of service against the enemy. The sailor writes in terse language: "Suicide dive bombers attacked our hospital ship set it afire killed many men who were patients made three runs over our ship had hell scared out of us." "Have to see it to really believe it our men are very quiet thankful we were not chosen as the target". "God has spared our lives once more miraculously missed a mine by a mere 50 to 100 feet we all must still have a purpose in life to fulfill." History of Cuyama: USS Cuyama AO-3 was a tanker of the United States Navy launched 17 June 1916 by Mare Island Navy Yard. Cuyama began her war service by carrying cargo between Pearl Harbor and San Pedro Calif. from 27 December 1941 to 1 March 1942. Between 15 March and 29 June she delivered fuel in two voyages to Efate Noumea the Tonga and Samoan Islands. She cleared San Pedro once more 25 July loaded men cargo and equipment at Seattle Wash. and arrived at Kodiak Alaska 11 August. She operated in Alaskan waters fueling ships and occasionally voyaging to Seattle for replenishment and repairs. Cuyama cleared Seattle 17 February 1945 delivered cargo to Eniwetok Saipan and Guam and arrived at Kerama Retto Okinawa 21 April to fuel the ships engaged in the occupation of Okinawa. She splashed a suicide plane 13 May and bombarded a Japanese-occupied cave on Tokashiki Shima 7 July. Returning to Ulithi 31 July she sailed on to Leyte where between 5 and 30 August she fueled ships preparing for the occupation of Japan. Between 12 September to 6 November Cuyama fueled ships at Jinsen Korea then cleared for San Francisco arriving 27 November. Cuyama was decommissioned 12 April 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 1 July 1946. Cuyama received one battle star for World War II service. There are 46 pages of handwritten entries and the book proper is VG.; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF USS CUYAMA KAMIKAZE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA WAR WITH JAPAN WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES NAVY USN SAILORS US NAVY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001713

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‎1945-1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND LOGBOOK OF THE FIRST VOYAGES OF THE U.S.S GENERAL H.F. HODGES AS IT BRINGS TROOPS BACK TO AMERICA FROM MANY DISPARATE PARTS OF THE WORLD RAVAGED BY THE WORLD WAR‎

‎ABOARD THE U.S.S. GENERAL H.F. HODGES AP-144. Very Good. 1945. On offer is a diary and logbook of a crewman on the maiden voyage and many others of the U.S.S. General H.F. Hodges AP-144 in 1945 and 1946. The diary begins on April 6 1945 the day the ‘General H.F. Hodges’ was commissioned. The next day sets the scene for what will come in the rest of the diary: “April 10. As a member of the crew I was put in the 2nd division. We loaded and then went to a few other docks. We went out on our shake down. That was various drill and mostly to get aquainted with the ship and the fellows. We went to San Diego and made Liberty. I made one Liberty in Mexico. Boy what a place that was. From there we went back to Frisco. We loaded again.” On May 10th the ship begins its maiden voyage after taking on troops and a contingent of 42 nurses. Over 3000 troops were on board for this first trip. THe ship heads west towards Indonesia in support of the accelerating push toward Japan in the last few months of the War. The author writes of the ship crossing over the equator and the line-crossing ceremony that follows. The voyage seems mostly simple and easy. The author writes of boxing and wrestling to amuse the troops listening to records and watching movies. At the end of May the ship arrives in Hollandia in Indonesia where the author has some shore leave “got mail. Had 3 cokes.” Then onto Manila where most of the troops on board departed. The author stays with the ship as it picks up troops returning home and casualties of the war “some looked good others not too good” in Tacloban and Biak. The ship sails back for San Francisco on June 18th and the maiden journey ends on July 4th where the author writes of a huge Independence Day celebration. A few days later the second voyage begins as the ship leaves the U.S. for for New York via the Panama Canal “Sure was a sight to see. They really got things down pat.” The ship leaves New York and departs for Naples on a troop rotation voyage. On August 14th as the ship is passing through the Strait of Gibraltar the ship received the news that the war was over. It returned to Boston in late August with passengers from Naples then made two long voyages through the Suez Canal to India bringing home American troops returning back to America when she reached New York on Christmas Eve. The author writes of leaving Boston arriving in Port Said going through the Suez Canal “It took 10 hours to get through” arriving in Calcutta “People live the same. All dirty. The married woman have a red dot between their eyes.” rounding the Cape of India going back through the Suez Canal and returning to New York. The second voyage to India goes roughly the same. After the end of the author’s fourth trip he writes that the ship is moved to Yonkers New York for repairs. It moves back down to New York City at the end of January and the author departs on his fifth and last trip with the U.S.S. General H.F. Hodges going Ceylon and India continuing by way of the Pacific Islands back to the United States and arriving back in Seattle at the end of March 1946. The ship is decommissioned in April and then “transferred at 0900 to Operating Base” in May. On May 10th the author leaves for St. Louis presumably his hometown. The last entry of the book comes on May 15 1946: “At 1530 was Discharged.” The book is in very excellent condition with no dog eared pages no tears and the cover is clean with 4 firm corners along with a tight spine. There are roughly 150 pages in the whole book but only the first 27 pages have writing in them with 14 pages total written in. The handwriting is clean and extremely easy to read throughout and shows no smudging and little fading. The title page reads: “U.S.S. General H.F. Hodges. AP-144. Commissioned 6-April-1945. 50174. Manufactured by the U.S. Printing Office.” On the back page there is a log of the 13 places outside of the United States that the ship docked during the time in which it was commissioned as well as the dates in which the ship was in that port. The book is in very good condition with no dog eared pages little sign of any wear or tear and the cover is clean and with a tight spine. Overall. VG. Sample text: “May 19. I was initiated into the Royal Order of the Shellbacks. It is a world wide thing. They go for it in a big way. They dress all up in costumes. You are called up before the judge an he reads your sentence. Then they send you to the paint and you get a paint job. Then to the stock and cut your hair. What a hair cut. From there you are sent to the cleaners. Then they put you in a chair and maybe cut your hair or put oil an grease all over you. Then they throw you back in a tub of salt water and ducked you until you yell shellback. Then you crawl out and they dose you with a hose to help you a little. You are then a Shellback. Before you are called up they make you do all kinds of things. They call you a Pollywog. The ship an men received the Golden Dragon that is for crossing the date line and equator at the same time. We skipped from Sunday to Tuesday.”; “June 6. Manila. Got 4 hours Liberty. Things sure is a mess. The people are poor as hell. I bought a few things. All of the buildings are blown to pieces or are all shot up.”; “July 4th San Francisco. We arrived in Frisco at 2300. Anchored out. Tied up at the dock at 0800.All the troops were off by noon. They cried and kissed the ground when they got off. Went back out and anchored. Loaded a few supplies. Made two Liberties. The fellows really spent the money. This was the Maiden Voyage and all went well. Some of the fellow are over the hill. Joe Brock is one. ‘End of Maiden Voyage’”; “Aug. 14. We arrived at the Straight of Gilbralter. On the starboard side was French North Africa. On the port side was Portigual and Spain. You could see the Rock good and plain. Got the news that the war was over at 2400. The fellows really had a big time.”; Aug. 17. We passed the Isle of Capri at 0700. We arrived in Naples Italy at 0930. We got Liberty. Had a fairly good time. More whores than anything else. Bought a few things. Started loading the Doggies gear. The cities wasn’t bombed too much just along the water front.”; “ Sept. 21. Arrived at Port Said at 1000 in the morning. Took on oil. And at 1700 started through the Canal. It took 10 hours to get through. Suez Town arrived at 0500. Left at 0700 through the Red Sea. I got a few things and best of all some mail.”; “Nov. 29. Arrived in Karachi India at 1900. Got 3 hrs. Liberty. Loaded the 30th. People live as poor as all the other places.”; “Mar. 2 1946. Arrived at river. Anchored out. Started up river at 1000. Tied up at 1600. Made Liberty. Saw burning bodies.” Background: USS General H. F. Hodges AP-144 was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Harry Foote Hodges. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General H. F. Hodges in 1946. She was launched 3 January 1945 under Maritime Commission contract MC #711 by Kaiser Co. Inc. Yard 3 Richmond California; sponsored by Mrs. Hodges Dickson; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 6 April 1945 Comdr. C. H. Hilton USCG in command. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service MSTS as USNS General H. F. Hodges T-AP-144. She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS James before being scrapped in 1979.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORD: HISTORY OF U.S.S. GENERAL H.F. HODGES AP-144 WORLD WAR TWO ERA TRANSPORT SHIPS GENERAL G.O. SQUIRE CLASS UNITED STATES NAVY TROOP SHIP U.S. NAVY IN WW2 USN LAST MONTHS OF WWII MAIDEN VOYAGE LINE CROSSING CEREMONY SERVICE DIARY AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR SHORE LEAVE MARINE NAVAL SHAKEDOWN CRUISE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0009123

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‎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

‎SPAIN. Good. 1947. On offer is a rare journal of first-hand observations of daily life in Franco's brutal dictatorship. This 3-ring binder measures 7.75 inches by 5.75 inches and contains 146 pages. It is approximately 50% complete. The hardbound cover is in good condition and the pages are intact. The handwriting is legible. The author of this journal is unknown. From context he is an American living and travelling in Spain between 1947 and 1949. The journal is organized using A-Z tabs with an article or prose piece behind each tab. Some are very pertinent to daily life and others are of a more philosophical nature. A number are dated. Life in Spain in 1947 was a very harsh experience under the brutal dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. Franco had come to power after a bloody 3 year civil war that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Spaniards. At the time this journal was written tens of thousands were still held as political prisoners. These years have become known in Spain as the 'anos de hambre' or the 'hunger years' in which tens of thousands more died of starvation. Many of his comments hint at the privations of the people: "I had been angry at the chica for spending so much money a sly thieving wench I said to myself and went poking into all the cupboards and drawers to see what was becoming of all my flour and my sugar - and far back on a pantry shelf I found a jar full of cigarette stubs. She was saving them from my ashtrays. I think I realized then what a difference is there between the life of the common people here and in the United States" Tab D; . I didn't see Madam Moya because I forgot it was the day for our section to be without electricity …"Tab C. His descriptions of daily life can be quite evocative: "Sometime in the early morning the garbage man with his donkey cart arrives in front of my building. He has a big old grey burro and evidently he has taught it to give out with one of the most long drawn out suspenseful brays I have ever heard for it comes out the same time every morning. It starts with the usual 'hee' then a 'haw' that notches along for about ten minutes so that one is sure he will choke before he is through. He only ends up with a little squeal. ." Tab Y; "The Reformation that swept Europe in the 15th century apparently passed Spain by almost completely . Today the Church is as medieval and corrupt as it was then. ." Tab R. He makes numerous references to literature and philosophy whether The Atlantic Monthly Tab Q Aldous Huxley Tab N or Don Quixote Tab V. For a researcher of this period in Spain's history this journal offers an excellent window into daily life in the dictatorship. It is well-written by a very observant outsider American and offers a fascinating perspective on these dark days. It would be many decades before Spain would emerge from this dark period and take its place among fellow Europeans in the European Union. That grim time still casts a shadow over Spain as evidenced in its politics and social organization today.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY; SPAIN; POST-WAR EUROPE; SPANSH CIVIL WAR; FRANCISCO FRANCO; FASCISM IN SPAIN; LIFE UNDER FRANCO; HUNGER YEARS FRANCO; LOS AÑOS DE HAMBRE; FRANCOIST SPAIN; MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN SPAIN; POST-WAR SPAIN; URBAN LIFE UNDER FRANCO; AMERICANS IN POST-WAR SPAIN; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0008176

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‎1950s ORIGINAL POLICE OFFICER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF HANDWRITTEN ORDERS PROCEDURES ARRESTS RECEIPTS AND FINES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA‎

‎REPUBLIC OF MALTA. Very Good. 1920. On offer is an original fascinating c.1950s manuscript notebook handwritten by a police officer in the Republic of Malta. Procedures arrests fines orders receipts all attest to this policeman's hard work and dedication. The 6 x 4 inch book has 30 pages of notes mostly in English but some in we believe the Maltese language. VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MALTA MALTESE POLICE WORK POLICE PROCEDURE POLICE POLICY EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND COUNTRIES REPUBLIC OF MALTAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001952

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‎1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK DIARY OF ONE CANADIAN SOLDIER'S WORK LAYING MINEFIELDS BUILDING RAFTS AND DODGING MORTARS WITH THE FAMED VANDOOS IN KOREA‎

‎KOREA. Very Good. 1962. Manuscript. On offer is a super manuscript relic of Canada's Korean War participation being a handwritten day book diary pages of a soldier with the famed French Canadian regiment the 'Van Doos'. The 2-ring 6 x 4 inch pages record terse fact filled sometimes intimate personal notations of this soldier's duties and life in the Korean Theatre. Some pages are missing but from April 2nd 1952 through November 3rd 1952 he notes 216 days in Korea at this point this serviceman provides an intimate picture of a support soldier laying cables building rafts laying out minefields and many times under attack. June July August and September are the most filled months and in roughly 137 pages one reads the day to day mundane and of course the definitely not mundane entries - how he was driving a jeep with a Sergeant and a military officer and the jeep was under mortar fire and it rolled over down an embankment. Other entries include: May 17th 1952 29 years old; check Vandoos reg. 2000 mine A/P minefield. Got shelled in the valley. 18 - 75 mm came in on us in ½ hour. No casualties; received letters from patootie. Wrote letter to patootie; started booby trap MF mine field; Sgt. Jackson went to battle school in Japan; attended class…pontoon raft demonstration at Widgeon bridge; June 25th 7th Wedding Anniversary; mention of Operations Buster and Buckingham Noahs Ark; went over to Sgt's mess a HQ. Tied one on; constructed & operated close 50/60 raft all day; buffet lunch @ Vandoos HQs; took 5 L/Cpls up to Black Watch; almost got clobbered by a heavy mortar which landed 25' behind jeep and much more. One online source provides: BACKGROUND NOTES: The Royal 22e Régiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions two Primary Reserve battalions and a band making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army. The ceremonial home of the regiment is La Citadelle in Quebec City where the regimental museum is housed. The regiment is nicknamed the Van Doos an anglicized mispronunciation of vingt-deux "twenty-two" in French. The regiment's regimental headquarters is located in Quebec City with all three of its regular battalions stationed at various bases in the province of Quebec. The regiment serves as the "local" infantry regiment for Quebec. During the Korean War 1951-1953 the regiment expanded to three battalions each serving in turn as part of the Canadian brigade in the 1st Commonwealth Division. Thus the "Van Doos" represented one-third of Canada's infantry contingent throughout the war. Overall in very good condition save for one page chewed as noted by 'Kibbles'.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: CANADIANA FRENCH CANADIAN REGIMENTS VAN DOOS VANDOOS 22ND REGIMENT KOREAN WAR SEOUL PYONG YANG OPERATION NOAHS ARK OPERATION BUCKINGHAM MINE FIELDS BLACK WATCH CANADA Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001450

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‎1966 - 1972 ORIGINAL COMMUNIST CADRE'S HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL DETAILING THE BEGINNING MIDDLE AND END OF MAO ZEDONG'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION FOR ONE CHINESE VILLAGE‎

‎XiangLing Brigade SunZhuangZi Commune HuaiLai Co. Very Good. 1966. On offer is a significant historic original manuscript relic of the Cultural Revolution era in People's Republic of China. The 250 page village Cadre log book is dated through 1966 - 1972 peak time of Mao Zedong's push to change the face and fabric of China. As one online source succinctly sums up the times: "People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong then Chairman of the Communist Party of China its stated goal was to enforce socialism in the country by removing capitalist traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society and impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The most important yet naturally unstated reason for the revolution was the return of Mao Zedong to a position of political power after he lost most of his political influence after his failed Great leap forward." This log book was faithfully filled much like a diary or journal recording this village's work efforts and output notes on meetings political movement affairs critical notes in multiple hands in different sections from 1966 - 1972. Besides the manuscript writings there are some charts lists columns of figures plus a number of ephemeral inserts that appear to be receipts and the like. This manuscript uniquely details for historians researchers and collectors the requirements the observances and functions demanded of the village. The book proper is filled with coarse paper sandwiched between two covers with cord holding all together. Approximately 13cm x 19.5cm no missing pages. Overall VG. ; Chinese Language; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION CULTURAL REVOLUTION MAO ZEDONG MAO TSE TUNG GREAT LEAP FORWARD MAOIST SOCIALISM COMMUNISM COMMUNIST RED CHINA CHAIRMAN MAO MARXISM-LENINISM MAOISM CHINA CHINOISE CHINESE SINO POLITICS GRASSROOTS SOCIALISM PROPAGANDA POST FIVE YEAR PLAN 5 YEAR PLAN GANG OF 4 GANG OF FOUR LIN BIAO BEIJING PENG LUO LU AND YANG ZHONGFA 267 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito XiangLing Brigade SunZhuangZi Commune HuaiLai County HeBei Province. . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001554

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‎1967 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DAIRY OF ONE YOUNG MAN'S SERVICE AS AN ELECTRICIAN'S MATE ABOARD THE STORIED USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON IN VIETNAM‎

‎USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON VIETNAM MEKONG DELTA. Very Good. 1967. On offer is an interesting manuscript 1967 Vietnam War diary handwritten by an unknown Electrician's Mate while serving on the USS Richard B. Anderson from April 29th 1967 through to September 4th 1967. Intriguingly the next day's date is written but there are no further entries. The book over its 140 or so entries details life on a hard working ship from "routine" shipboard life as well as touching personal notes regarding his wife and birth of his son plus the horrors of war: he writes of a pilot who was shot down thirty miles south of Hanoi and how the VC quickly surrounded him and basically used him as "bait" as they knew rescue attempts would be made. Unfortunately the entire crew of Big Mother 67 was lost in an attempted rescue. The ship was involved with Search and Rescue SAR operations and had just refuelled the ill-fated chopper. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Richard B. Anderson earned four battle stars for service during the Korean War and eleven during tours off Vietnam. She was awarded the Secretary of the Navy's Meritorious Unit Commendation three times in addition to the Humanitarian Service Medal and her personnel earned the Combat Action Ribbon five times. Included is shoulder patch of the USS Richard B Anderson. The standard Navy log book is overall VG.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON VIETNAM WAR US NAVY SAR OPERATIONS SEARCH AND RESCUE BIG MOTHER 67 NAVY NAVAL ELECTRICIANS MATE MARINE MARINERS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0002006

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‎1970s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND SQUARE DANCING CHOREOGRAPHY‎

‎USA AMERICA. Good. 1970. On offer is a charming unique manuscript notebook circa 1970s of Square Dance Choreography handwritten by an unknown writer in composition notebook including some ephemera including: four printed publication sheets 'Callerlab Programs' from 1979 American Squaredance Sandusky Ohio 'Grenn 13007 or 12053' of Bath Ohio and two sheets are from 'Square Dance Callers Assoc. Torrance CA. The manuscript notebook contains some 100 pages some of which are headings only as if the book was a work in progress and is overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SQUARE DANCE SQUARE DANCING CHOREOGRAPHY CALLERLAB PROGRAMS AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001848

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‎1996 - 1998 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS OF A YOUNG MENTALLY DISTURBED WOMAN WHO PAGE BY PAGE REVEALS HER SELF MUTILATION MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES AND THE VOICES TELLING HER TO DO TERRIBLE THINGS WHILE SHE MANAGES HER CO-WORKERS‎

‎Providence Rhode Island RI. Very Good. 1996. On offer are the riveting 1996-1998 handwritten diaries 2 of a self-destructive drug taking mentally ill and maybe deaf woman we believe to be 19 or 20 years old. She lives in Providence Rhode Island. At one point she signs her name but we will not reveal what we believe it to be as these books are less than 15 years old. These books are an unbelievable probing in-depth look into the mind of a profoundly disturbed woman who is very bright well read well written but extraordinarily troubled. She lays it all out in these journals. Here are some snippets: "April 13th at dad's doing illegal things; spoke to Dr. F_____ gave me 60 paxils; got a note too for blowing off class I should make a copy; still confused to exit my life or go on. It's 50/50; May 16th In Butter woman's partial program; was on 4th on suicide watch. Tried to OD on Paxil 2x; Missed finals. Life really does suck; Memorial Day I made two straight men kiss each other. Matt/Tom had a 3some. No sex. Ran around naked tripin on life. Hung out a window. 4 stories. Should I let the hands go; June 5th I think I need to go back in the hospital. I have too many overdue library books $114 worth and 2 more." Other entries point to getting help from a therapist Sue and the likely hood she has multiple personalities is detailed. She seems to name one Melissa and another named Malice. Later Dr. F______ believes she needs a shrink and Sue cannot give her what she needs. Shockingly she tells another story: 'Hung out with my sister Chriss last night got high watched a movie enjoyed myself. I proud of her not many people give her credit for her accomplishments. She was a deadhead jailed for 2nd degree manslaughter abused physically/mentally by our mother and her divorce. Now she has 3 beautiful kids awesome dead head husband…' In another shocking entry: Dave - he's a shady character. He has a psychotic sense to him. He says I am twisted and evil and he is god's messenger. Why is it important for him to be in the book Why does he love to play. The games that I crave he is craving. He wants to eat my death….He is sick. I am just crazy.' 'I found my old dissecting kit…can't help but want to cut myself….Saw Sue. I switched during the session. I don't think she noticed.' Later in the second book our writer reveals she understands very well about her other personalities and then in another shocker after all the others she reveals that only one of her personalities is deaf! She goes on to revel that her bosses are impressed with how she handles work all the while she is hearing voices. She even begins to call her inner personalities 'the kids' and she writes in her diary that she wishes one of the others would clean the room and pay the bills because she is sick of it. As the second book progresses her mental state declines. She moves near Boston and suggests that if Melissa finds out she will be pissed. She burns some pages with a cigarette it appears she has torn out some later pages but near the end the writing gets more chaotic and then stops with the last paragraph referring to going to wrapped in blanket with fearlessness and a teddy bear for a pillow and then to sleep. Sadly we think this was her end. Journal 1 is about 100 pages and nearly full. Journal 2 is about 120 pages and about 70% full. VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; MENTAL ILLNESS PSYCHIATRY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER CUTTING SELF MUTILATION GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER SUICIDE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ALS ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES CIVIL WAR ERA WAR BETWEEN THE STATES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT GENEALOGY CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001041