‎Biographie‎

‎WILLIAM L SANDER‎

‎1931 ORIGINAL BITTERSWEET MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CELEBRATED BUT ILL FATED ROCHESTER NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER WHO WORKS HARD HAS A CHERISHED LIFE BUT SADLY DOESN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEAR‎

‎Rochester New York. Good. 1931. On offer is an interesting diary detailing the last year in the life of a 1931 Rochester NY police officer. What makes this especially interesting is that mid-way through the year as his health fails his wife takes over keeping the daily journal. The diary is a hardbound book 6 1/2 inches by 4 3/4 inches with about 210 pages. There are 180 pages of diary entries and they are 100% complete. The binding is loose but otherwise the book is in good shape. The handwriting is quite legible. The author of the diary is 'Will' a police officer in Rochester NY. His wife is always referred to as 'H' but there is an entry where she is identified as 'Harriet'. The diary chronicles the last year of Will's life. That he is ill is made clear from almost the first page. Each daily entry has a note about the weather and a reference to how he is feeling. Over the months the reader can see a slow but steady decline. Included in the entries are many references to friends. There are also references to local events in the city. There are frequent tidbits of domestic life. These entries can give a sense of the diary: "Cold and getting warmer. I did not feel as well all day but H cured her Glick and Goldman gave us a call After supper harry and Celia were up left at 10:30 PM Quiet Cold 12 above Had a bad night" Jan 24 "Cloudy 36 above No change in temp. I don't feel any to good. Renaud and Wilson were up brought Bananas and loco nuts had a poor night. Feel weak. Sick spells" Feb 21 ". H Dink and H Sander called 11 to 12:45 am After dinner Dink came back with a new Patent 5 Gal can of Beer. The Harry Goldman came instead of Glic. We had a little party. Had a bad night. My water bothering me. Hay 9:30 PM" Mar 14. There are many margin notes recording doctor visits. On April 2nd he comments about his friend: Glick had another stroke. His entry for May 1 ends with the simple statement I retired at 9:30 PM . There are references to the wider community: "Thousands of men out of work and nothing in sight" Feb 12 " . Lots of sickness about" Feb 13 "Eastman Kodak Explosion . 5 killed" Sept 11. On Feb 17 he celebrated his 34th anniversary on the Police Force: ". Renaud and Wilson called. They brought a boquet of flowers ordered by Harriet for me on my 34 th anniversary of the Police Dept & Deputy Chief H T Copenhagen sent me a beautiful basket of flowers". In June the entries change as Harriet begins to take over writing them. It is clear that his health is failing. Most daily entries have a comment about how he is feeling and they range normally from fair to poor. "Will very sick. Cecilia came at 9 PM Elmer called for her at 9:30. Called for priest in morning" Oct 23. As the days slowly spin into November he is getting weaker by the day. In one margin note she comments that 124 times Doc called in 1931. Finally this entry: My Dear sweetheart died at 10:50 PM Nov 13 He was 9 days shy of his 61st birthday. Harriet was 50. Beginning Nov 14th each day from then on was numbered - counting now the days since he had passed away. Only on Christmas Day does she refer to children: ". Thank God for the kiddies . 6 weeks Billy is dead" Dec 25. The diary ends with this poignant note: "This was an aweful year for me - losing my best pal" Dec 31. This diary is a very good look into the life of an ordinary working man as he deals with his declining health. I also gives a very good look at the web of friendships and how they sustain and support him and his wife. It is an excellent reference work for a social historian or a researcher into early 20th century Rochester NY or the Rochester Police Dept.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY 1930S GREAT DEPRESSION POLICING UPSTATE NEW YORK DECORATED OFFICERS PATROLMEN BICYCLE COPS BEAT COPS STREET COPS PEACE OFFICERS ROCHESTER NY ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICEMEN URBAN HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROCHESTER DIARY WILLIAM L. SANDER HARRIET REISIG SANDER DIARY AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008035

‎ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON‎

‎1888 - 1929 FASCINATING ORIGINAL GROUP OF 15 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF AN EDINBURGH MINISTER‎

‎Scotland. Good. 1888. On offer are 15 detailed diaries of a Scottish minister's wife at the turn of the 19th century and extending into the first quarter of the 20th century 1888 through 1929. Comprising about 200 pages each these leather-bound volumes are in very good condition. They measure about 5 inches by 3/34 inches. Most of the annual diary entries are 99% complete. Several are 33-50%. There are additional notes in the Memoranda sections. The entries are brief and her handwriting is very tight but fairly legible. The 1923 volume contains an insurance policy attached to the inside rear cover. It was issued by the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Company Limited. Ocean was incorporated in 1876 and through mergers continued in business until 2005 when it was wound up. The 1929 volume was printed by Letts & Co the firm that invented the world's first commercial diary more than 200 years ago. Under a red-sealed ribbon it contains 2 unique sales offerings. One is an accident insurance policy which notes it is not necessary for the . policy or the diary to be on the person at the time of accident. The 2nd insert offers an anonymous mailing forwarding & redirect service. The firm British Monomark had been established only 4 years previously and remains in business today as one of the UK's largest mail forwarding and virtual business service providers. The other interesting feature of this 1929 volume is a folding memo tablet attached to the rear cover. It can be used as a mini whiteboard as its polished surface can be erased with a damp cloth. The volumes for 1924 1925 1927 and 1928 are Edinburgh Diaries manufactured by George Waterston & Sons. They contain a very extensive information section including the usual lists such as Postal rates MP's and UK and Scottish holidays etc. Additionally there are some unique sections such as an extensive Gardening Kalendar Game Laws Terms Tide Tables for Principal Scottish Ports and a detailed listing of the Members of the Royal Family. The author of the diaries is unknown. From context we can gather that her husband 'A' is a minister possibly Church of England. There are a number of references to locations that lead one to believe they live in Edinburgh. Her entries recount personal events and happenings within her community: "Went into town in the afternoon and accomplished all my errands which were numerous. Called on Mrs. Mrs also on Miss Gibson" April 27 1888. "Stopped at Britismans a cod fishing station. 31 millions caught this year . "July 4 1888. "Lunched with D McGregor and Lady Jane Dundas and Lady Caroline Charteris. Aunt Helen had baptism . " Mar 5 1889. "Left Edinburgh at 10:30 for Abington where the 4-in-hand coach awaited us. The party consists of Mr & Mrs Thomas Leadbetter Miss Thomas Ball P & E and us. Lunched at Leadhills down Menock Pass past Canonbridge to Thornhill. Called at the Rogersons" May3 1889. She notes with a great deal of tenderness: ". Tonight at ten minutes past eleven our little girl came to us - our first born. How strange it all seems! God be praised" Aug 7 1889. "Percy left this morning. Mary at Creigs. A left this morning for Balmoral with P who was going across to Fife ." Sept 21 1889. "Meeting about various messages in the morning Shopping with E in the afternoon. Made calls in connection with the projected mission. Harry Parker came in at night. Called on Mrs. Williamson" June 8 1891. "At Graham Park Mission all day decorating the hall." Dec 23 1892. Many entries note shopping excursions and lunches with friends. She helps out with church events and bazaars. She has a very busy social life as would befit someone who is married to a minister with some standing in his community. The diaries contain a section for noting who visited the date of their visit and when the visit was reciprocated. There are many entries over the time period. Her cash accounts are sporadic but do note costs of various items plus her donations to various causes. Twenty five years on her life is still focused around family her very busy social life and church activities. "A went to 's funeral and took the service. I had no black or dark clothes so I sent flowers. I called upon Mrs . Fresh but cold. ." Aug 13 1924; "Went hunting for carpets for Joppa Home in the morning."Apr 14 1927. Joppa Home was a home for unmarried mothers and their babies. This is a superb resource for a social historian looking at the role of women in a society with a highly defined structure. This would be especially the case for Victorian Scotland. The author is a very literate educated woman who diligently records her daily life over a period of many years. Church historians would find the many notes of churches and church events an excellent research reference.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY 1880S 1890S 1900S 1920S CHURCH OF ENGLAND VICTORIAN EDINBURGH ROLE OF WOMEN IN VICTORIAN SCOTLAND CLERGY IN SCOTLAND OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE COMPANY LIMITED LETTS & CO DIARY BRITISH MONOMARK INSURANCE POLICIES IN 1920S E GEORGE WATERSTON& SONS EDINBURGH DIARIES; LADY CAROLINE CHARTERIS SOCIAL LIFE OF WOMEN IN VICTORIAN EDINBURGH WOMEN STUDIES CHURCH HISTORY ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN SCOTLAND 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008030

‎CLARENCE H WILLIAMS‎

‎1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD WORKING ENTREPRENEURIAL LE ROY NEW YORK MAN‎

‎Le Roy New York. Good. 1896. On offer is an interesting little diary from 1896 that details the efforts of a young man to start his own business. The volume measures 4 inches by 2 1/2 inches and contains 92 diary pages several memoranda pages and a number of information pages. It is in good condition and all pages are intact. The diary is about 60% complete and the handwriting is legible. The author is Clarence H Williams and he lives in LeRoy NY about half way between Buffalo and Rochester. There is little biographical information but context suggests that he is a young man who is now living on his own. Right from the outset we learn that he is trying to establish a viable small printing business: "I sent 26 boxes of goods away today" Jan 7 "I went down and run 1000 books tonight. I earned about $1.30 today. So today aint bad" Jan 11. However he doesn't rely only on his small business. He purchases chickens to run a poultry business Jan 11 and engages in other activities such as cutting wood with his father. He bought a Simplex Typewriter to help in his printing business noting: ". I have got 814 words of my advertising piece written" Jan 19. It is slow going and despite some thoughts of quitting he persists. In April he notes: "I drew a check for $3.10 from the firm."May 1. The diary is blank between May 29 and Aug 10. During that time it seems he was working to build a circular saw and he notes on Aug 11: ". My circular saw works tip top. " Aug 11. Keeping in line with his continual searching out information for new ideas and businesses he refers to another 'how to' book he has received: ". I bought a book called Picture Making in the Studio last Monday and I just received it today." Aug 15. He comments about looking for work but when he gets an offer its not a lot: "Mr. Hooker wants me to do his chores this winter but I don't know about it. There is only 50 ¢ a week in it." Oct 10. The year ends much as it started - with Williams struggling along with his small printing business some chickens and work that he finds around the area. For a historian looking at life in turn-of-the-century rural America this little diary is an excellent resource. Not only does it detail Williams daily efforts but if mentions a number of other local and regional business as well as many individuals - each of whom can be followed up on to build an even more detailed picture of life in rural up-state New York.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1890S CH WILLIAMS; CLARENCE H. WILLIAMS LEROY NEW YORK; LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA; UPSTATE NEW YORK IN 1890S; LATE 19TH CENTURY HISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENTREPRENEURSHIP GILDED AGE AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008032

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1932 ORIGINAL CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A KEEN WOMAN DIARIST RECORDING HER AROUND THE WORLD OCEAN TOUR ABOARD THE NOTED AND ONE DAY STORIED CUNARD SHIP RMS FRANCONIA‎

‎NEW YORK NY AT SEA ABOARD SHIP. Fine. 1932. On offer is superb handwritten account of a 1932 world cruise. The writer a woman sailed from New York Jan 9th 1932 aboard RMS Franconia an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. The Log Book measures approximately 8 1/2 inches by 6 inches. It is 2-hold punched and bound with string. The Log Book's first 6 pages are filled with autographs and contact information of people from the United States England and Germany The next section is a pre-printed information section with pages showing itinerary currency exchange rates in effect at the time nautical terms and general information. The third section consists of 46 double-sided pages of handwritten comments. The entries consist of general society with comments about fellow passengers and extensive observations about the various ports of call but elevating the diary are a number of historic moments captured by the writer and while entries are undated the year becomes evident with the momentous times the they follow given the itinerary of the ship's cruise plan. The handwriting is clear and legible. We know the writer was a woman from this entry: ". at dinner I wore my black lace dress. "p 2 "Most of the cruise people were still out on the Grand Corniche and we did not see them until the next day. Some of the younger set put on lovely evening dresses and went back to the Monte Carlo Cabaret and night clubs of Monaco." p 1 "The National Museum was especially interesting owing to the comparatively recent excavations where some beautiful pieces of statuary had been found on some of the islands and even in the sea" Athens p 3-4 "We visited all the different temples tombs gates and gymnasiums scheduled the outstanding high spots being the Acropolis and Hill. Mr. L took is to the Byzantine Church which he said was perfect in its architecture . We sailed at 7 o'clock that night after another cold fifteen minutes ride on Phaleran Bay to our ship. We are to arrive at Haifa tomorrow. "p 4 "We did little shopping in Bombay buying two star sapphires a small rug . " p 10. Included in the Log Book is a printed passenger manifest for this cruise including the names of the key Cunard staff on board. Other excerpts will detail the significant historic moments when her their trip made port in Shanghai: 1932- Off the Coast of Italy I saw Vesuvius with it's plumy vail turned to gold by the mourning sun. I had never seen it''s full outline before it was most beautiful & to the West was the big yellow moon just going off duty from it's night vigil. There was a large Chinese boat on our right and as I turned an English fraighter on our left. 1932 Haifa - Jerusalem We are to arrive at Haifa tomorrow & travel by special train for Jerusalem where we are to spend two days in & around the Holy City tonight there is a clear sky but the sea is a little rough. 1932- Egypt Long after leaving Cairo we came into a very dismal country & soon into the desert. On our right in the distance was the Egyptian mountains this was all very interesting to us. Suez is small with quite a few modern houses. Our train passed through the very center of the town. Last Saturday night we were scheduled to have a fancy dress ball but for some reason it was post postponed for some reason until Wed night. They paraded twice through the social hall and I think the prizes were fairly given. The first ladies prize went to Gloria Baker who they say is only 11 years old. She took the part of Cleopatra dressed in a beautiful Egyptian costume of white & silver. She is quite grad looking & is the daughter of the second Miss Alfred Cousins Vanderbilt. 1932- India The Hindus cremate their dead in this way this place looked like a vacant lot in some out of the way alley with huge wood yard cut with rather small pieces were kept for cemetery purposes. There was a small lot were the earth had been turned up in many places for children under ten years old were buried and the sod was turned over until they were mixed thoroughly. We drove to quite an imposing burial place up high with beautiful doors of stone & a glorious white" tombs of silence " a body with a white covering shoulders of six men was being carried up the steps we had to wait until they had disappeared when we reached the top just across from us was the tombs where vultures were sitting massed together like a squirming black pall noisily chattering just as human beings over a voluptuous satisfying meal. In less than 15 mins that body had passed us had been devoured. 1932 - Singapore We entered the causeway to Singapore arriving at 12:55 at the famous Raffles Hotel where we sat at table with Madam & where we had a million dollar cocktail- which was not so good. I bought a very pretty jade ring set in silver for $ 1.25 We had to pass the customs officers at the end of the Causeway on our way to where Balorne at the wharf. 1932 - Siam We saw the Kings palace & in part of it the King who comes to America for his We saw the Royal white elephant of his father & also a white monkey. Mr & Mrs Higgen's were standing together when our auto companion came up and asked us to come & see an opium place for incurables. We found all or many of the cursed people invading this den that was at the end of a long building barn like. We saw rows of pipes and near each man was a glass tube & other things. We didn't understand them. 1932 - Saigon At Saigon I was able on account of the little French I knew to get our car immediately we get our seats on a splendid boat in the center are reclining chairs where most of us went to sleep. They say drinking on the Ankor boat was heavy. Mrs H also took a mighty drought of whisky & soda. 1932 - Off the coast of Shanghai China Our boat was to sail promptly at 5 pm for Shanghai I think - on account of the war - we were as much excited at reaching Shanghai as when we were to land at Bombay. Before dark April 5th we came into the yellow sea. We encountered wind rain & lighting we had a rolling sea & a number in the waiting room thought they would have to retire with mal de mers while in here there was a big noise & some show of excitement. It seems the sea had burst in a the gangway D deck starboard some said dining room stewards looked odd in their dinner clothes - their trousers rolled up in their bone feet mopping up a great quantity of water. 1932- Shanghai The wide Yangtze rises so wide in places you cannot see land. But here it was full of all kinds of war ships of foreign countries many waving our handkerchiefs & hats at our own stars & stripes on a big grey monster. We passed. We passed destroyed sections where some said bombs were dropped from Japanese airplanes the term was shot into from vessels the native boats & shipping craft were very picturesque. Many of us felt we were in the midst of war. Especially when we got into our automobiles & drove by barricades of sandbags piled up 4 or 5 high & barbed wire fences & entrapments. For a social historian this is an excellent window into a long-gone world - a world where people unaffected by the global depression had the money and the time to enjoy a leisurely cruise and indulge themselves. In seven short years as the world descended into world war RMS Franconia would be requisitioned by the Royal Navy and refitted as a troopship.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY 1930s GREAT DEPRESSION CRUISE SHIPS CRUISE LINES RMS FRANCONIA; LOG BOOK; PRE WORLD WAR II CIRCUMNAVIGATION CUNARD LINE; CARNIVAL CORPORATION PLC TRAVEL DIARIES OCEAN TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE LUXURY CRUISES IN 1930s DIARY 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008040

‎ETTA MAY HALE‎

‎1934 - 1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A TEENAGE NEBRASKA GIRL TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE TRICKY WATERS OF BOYS AND DATING AND A THOUSAND OTHER MATTERS‎

‎Nebraska U.S. Good. 1934. On offer is an excellent 5 year diary simply chock full of the details and minutae of a young girl growing up in the 1930's in mid-western America. The diary is a leather-bound volume measuring 5 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches. It contains 365 pages plus memoranda pages and covers the years 1934 through 1938. It is essentially 100% complete. The cover is in good condition and the pages are all intact. The handwriting is legible. Etta May Hale was born in 1920 and this diary records her teenage years from the time she is 13 until she is 17/18. She grew up in the Great Depression and Nebraska was hard hit in that economic catastrophe. Etta May married and moved at some point to Denver CO where as Etta May Russell she passed away in 1995 at 74 years of age. It would be tempting to suggest that she married one of the boys she mentions in the book Jean Russell but obituary records indicate that he married someone else and never left his hometown of Weston MO. From her entries it's clear that her family was not affect to any great extent. While no details are provided there are passing references to her father and his office. "Dad moved the office downstairs in the Memorial Building . The room sure is large" Feb 28 1934 "Sis has been working at the office" Feb 2 1934. As well money was simply not in short supply. It seems from context that she clearly comes from a very comfortable middle class family. There are many descriptions of purchasing trips for example a bedroom suite in Omaha about 100 miles away clothing such as a new suit and tickets to many plays and movies. The list is long: new "swagger" suits a bedroom suite casual and formal dresses white string dress red sport suit darling green taffeta formal hats and shoes pretty pair with brown leather heels white canvas brown kid and suede winter shoes prom shoes brown school oxfords cute white Swing strap pair black suede shoes silver sandals black oxfords and even a fur coat in 1937. There are periodic references to cleaning the house but nothing more detailed than that. She seems to do well at school being exempted at times from exams. The vocabulary and diction used in her entries indicates that she would be likely a good student. As one might expect from someone her age her diary is filled with the innumerable goings-on of a busy teenagers life. Many of her entries deal with her social life especially with boys. As with many young people their social life especially with the opposite sex is paramount. She is continually discussing this boy or that boy and navigating the tricky waters of dating - fairly successfully. She participates in activities with 2 Masonic youth organizations - Job's Daughters and De Molay which suggests her father is a Mason. Her social life is very active - dances movies plays meeting friends - its a constant whirl. The real value in this diary though is her meticulous recording of details such as movies seen items purchased. For example: 1933 Tugboat Annie Papa Loves Mama Peg O' My Heart The Strangers Return Three Cornered Moon.1934 The Kid from Spain I Loved a Woman Mr. Skitch Lady Killer Havana Widows Bitter Sweets Frontier Marshal Dinner at Eight S.O.S. Iceberg Jennie Gerhard are just a few of the over 250 movies mentioned in her diary. This alone indicates that money is not a concern for Etta. Many locations are noted as the family has sufficient money to travel around visiting sites and dining out. Places mentioned include Marshall's the great department store in Chicago the Chicago World Fair President Ulysses S. Grant's home in Galena IL many visits to Omaha among some three dozen places mentions. In what has to make this diary a goldmine for local historians and genealogists she records full names of people she knows and with whom she interacts. For example: Carroll Boyd Jean Russell Benner Jane Porter Billie Scott Elmer Gregory & wife Lulu Luke Gregory Frank & Arline Marqua Vera Fleming Gertrude Roberts Anna Keohane Jack Kyle Helen Jean Porter Mildred Kotas Ruth Dunesing Kathleen Beard Betty Aldrich Clarice Hutchison Marguerite Adams Mary Bitterbush Sara Frances Turner Marion Boyd Mary Virginia Brockway Bill Boyd Roberta Roberts Grace Anderson Ethel Tignor Richard Haff George Craig Dwight West Dorothy Smith Beverly Sidylitz Kathryn/Kate Faunce Dorothy Pooley Ellsworth Hall Merrill Rosenberger Harold Neimann Bud Cowles James Chapin Lois Hail Winston King Mary Jane Davisson are just some of the over 100 individuals by their first and last name. Thus this diary becomes a powerful cross-referencing tool. A social historian would appreciate the day-to-day detail she records of the comings and goings of her and her friends. No doubt this could prove to be an interesting contrast to the grim lives of many Nebraskans as they suffered through the Depression.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 1930s 20TH CENTURY UNITED STATES ETTA MAY HALE; ETTA MAY RUSSELL; URBAN HISTORY OF NEBRASKA CITY; NEBRASKA; MID-WESTERN AMERICA THE GREAT DEPRESSION; GROWING UP IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION YOUTHS TEENAGERS WOMEN STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008037

‎STELLA MAE WHITE‎

‎1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 30-YR OLD HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS WOMAN WHO ENDS UP IN WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA‎

‎WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA. Good. 1944. On offer is an interesting diary written during WWII in California. This five-year diary contains 365 pages and is about 10% complete. The diary measures 5.5 inches by 4 inches. The leather cover shows signs of wear but is intact as are the pages within. The handwriting is in ink and is legible. Stella Mae White was born in Strong Arkansas in 1913. She was 30 years old when she began this diary in January 1944. She moved to Wilmington CA in June 1944 to be near her fiance Gilbert Salmon. They were married in January 1945. She and her husband had 2 children. She passed away in June of 1968 at 54 years of age. Her husband passed away six months later. Casual research did not uncover any additional biographical date. There are very few entries for 1944. All of her entries are very brief. She notes on January 1st that Gilbert had called her. The next entry is June 5th: "Well I am leaving today at 5 P.M. for Calif but I don't want to go without Billy but he won't go so Ina Faye and I will go."June 5 1944. She returns home in August until September when she leaves for good for Wilmington where Gilbert is working in war industry: "I left for Wilmington Calif today. At 5 A.M. I sure hate to go in a way and in a way I don't." Sept 11 1944. In December they take a day trip to Mexico. The remaining entries are for Christmas where she notes that although her husband had the day off she did not. The entries for 1945 are more extensive. January 13th 1945 was certainly important: "Gilbert and I were married tonight at 8 P.M. by the Rev. John C. Derfelt. Mrs. Jack Sweet went with Gilbert and I". Jan 13 1945. Although there are many gaps in her entries she notes that they secured a small apartment and that she sets about furnishing it. Many of the entries record working times for her and Gilbert. They both work 10-11 hour night shifts. She notes that she misses hearing from her mother: ". Wish I could hear from mama or sis". May 27 1945. Although the entries are sparse and brief they give a researcher a brief glimpse into what life was like for millions of working-class Americans in those years.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY 1940S WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR UNITED STATES WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES HARBOR REGION STRONG ARKANSAS UNION COUNTY WARTIME CALIFORNIA STELLA MAE WHITE; STELLA MAE SALMON GILBERT SALMON AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008056

‎GLORIA LEE BIGEWET‎

‎1948 ORIGINAL LARGE ARCHIVE OF DIARIES 2 PHOTOS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING A SENSATIONAL POST WWII EUROPEAN BICYCLE TOUR HAND WRITTEN BY A HARD CHARGING AMERICAN GIRL WHO DOES A SUPER JOB DESCRIBING ALL SHE SEES‎

‎St. LOUIS MISSOURI. Good. 1948. On offer is a fabulous archive of a trip through Europe in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The archive comprises hundreds of letters notes photographs and ephemera. The centre-piece is a folio size scrapbook measuring about 15 inches by 10.5 inches. The scrapbook cover has separated from the binding. There are 100 pages and it is about 20% complete. There are two diaries which are used to record the trip experiences only. The first diary measures about 5 inches by 3 inches. It contains about 180 pages and is about 40% complete. The cover and binding are intact and the handwriting is dense but readable. The second diary measures 6 inches by 4.5 inches and contains 365 pages. It is about 13% complete. The spine is broken and the front cover attached at the back of the binding has separated from the body of the text. The handwriting is dense but readable. There is a packet of over 5 dozen letters. A second package contains over 100 items including numerous black and white photographs cards notes etc. In 1948 Gloria Lee Bigewet was able to participate in an American Youth Hostel cycling trip in Europe - specifically France Italy and Switzerland. This was a tumultuous time in Europe. The most devastating war in history had just ended with death and destruction on an almost unimaginable scale; the Iron Curtain was descending over eastern Europe; the Berlin Airlift was underway. Casual research has found almost no biographical information for the author beyond the fact that she married Harold J. Becker in 1950 had 2 daughters and was later divorced. She left St. Louis May 31st 1948 for New York City to board her ship - S.S. Marine Tiger which sailed June 3rd. The scrapbook contains numerous black and white photographs of varying sizes depicting the students who went on the trip. They include a large photo of the Roman Colosseum and numerous other locations in Europe. There is the American Youth Hostel flag which she flew from her bicycle boarding pass packing guides itineraries a list of all participants on the trip and cards and letters: "You can see over the whole city and it's a beautiful but sad sight. Sad because the houses are almost completely destroyed. Piza was one of the hardest hit cities during the bombing raids and you can sure tell it. By the way I managed to take a very effective picture this morning of the ruins or rather just part of them . " letter home from Piza June 29 1948. There is a complete copy of the on-board ship's daily newspaper - the Tiger Rag. There is also a lengthy newspaper article Workings of the Black Market in Paris explaining the how of the black market operates in practice. There are also quite a number of items such as tickets program descriptions etc that are tucked into the pages of the scrapbook. The first diary covers the months leading up to the trip. It is full of the typical events in the life of a busy teenager. It also contains references to the man she will eventually marry: "Bill called. Becker came over at 4:30 and fixed my bicycle put lights on and stayed for dinner. After dinner we walked out to the park and rode the electric boats and talked a long time. He told me how much he'll miss me. Oh! I think he is so wonderful and nice - I really like him so much!" May 25. This diary ends on May 30th with her saying goodbye to friends before she leaves. Included in the diary are 2 postcards from France showing a hotel in Artenay Loire and the great Chateau of Chenonceaux. The second diary deals specifically with the 16 days of her trip. It is well-written with a very good eye for detail. she comments on daily 50 mile bike rides the scenery and surrounding countryside train rides hotels hostels cute boys she met the food she ate and places that she visited. ". From there we met Goodie Betty W and Marge at the Academy of Fine Arts and saw Michelangelo's statue of David. It's magnificent. And then we visited the church across the street which also has a museum. . Went window shopping. . After dinner soup and some meat sauce and some fish concoction Jack and I walked to Diurno Square ." July 9. Awoke at 8:30 and washed dressed etc. Getting ready for church. I'm going to Notre Dame Cathedral for services this morning ." Aug 1. There are over 5 dozen letters in one packet including letters from her to her family letters from her parents and friends such as Harold. There is a delightful letter dated June 3rd to her from her mother and father: "My Darling Babe . When I arrived home from Council this afternoon . there was a slip of paper from the post office stating that there was a letter there awaiting me with five cents due. .I was so thrilled when I read your interesting letter that I had to re-read it three times ." her mother's comments. It is lonesome now but your mother and I are more than happy that you are able to get a world wide experience and first-hand knowledge of the other side of our big world. As you know you are our pride and joy ." her father's comments. The letters provide other glimpses into what is happening at that time. For instance the letter from Harold dated June 12th notes that the Freedom Train came in to St. Louis. This train crisscrossed the United States in an effort to celebrate America and her ideals. At each stop it displayed Americana and related historical artifacts. The remaining packet contains over 100 additional photographs postcards notes and other ephemera. Quite a number of the photographs are annotated. For example one picture has the notation: "Gloria Lee - sitting at a cafe in front of the gallery del Lanzi - Florence Italy July 1948". A note records the following observation: "Fields of scarlet poppies right up to the track; lots of farmland in all different shades of green with poppies intertwined. . faces all weather-beaten. Women manage to buy rouge & lipstick .". This is a superb collection of material. It is a treasure trove for a historian researching the years immediately following WWII. From a European perspective it gives first hand observations of life as they cycle through these countries. For a researcher studying post-war America the letters provide a wealth of detail in the letters between Gloria and her family and friends and the society in which they lived.; Document Archive; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GLORIA LEE BIGEWET 20TH CENTURY 1940s POSTWAR EUROPE POSTWAR FRANCE ITALY SWITZERLAND UNITED STATES MISSOURI ST. LOUIS GLORIA LEE BIGEWET; AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTEL; EUROPE AFTER WWII; AMERICA AFTER WWII; BICYCLING THROUGH EUROPE BICYCLE JOURNEY CYCLING TRIP BERLIN AIRLIFT; FREEDOM TRAIN; LETTERS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS POSTCARDS EPHEMERA SCRAPBOOKS SOCIAL STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008058

‎FAIRMAN R DICK‎

‎1919 ORIGINAL GROUP OF NOTEBOOKS AND EPHEMERA DETAILING ONE MAN'S SERVICE DURING AND AFTER WWI AND BEYOND‎

‎PHILADELPHIIA U.S. - FRANCE. Good. 1919. On offer is a fine collection of WWI notes and documents regarding the service of a US Artillery officer who served in France. The collection consists of 2 small notebooks a large photograph letter of commendation and a typed 10-page description of a 1925 tour of French Battlefields. Each notebook has 68 pages and measures 5.5 inches by 4.5 inches. They are 20% and 100% complete respectively. The battlefield tour document measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. There are 2 black and white photographs presumably of the author - one in uniform aboard a ship and the other dated 1967 and of him with a young boy. Fairman Rogers Dick was born in Philadelphia in 1885 and passed away in 1976 at the age of 90. From 1908 to 1915 he worked with a number of investment firms on Wall St. and then he organized his own firm Dick Gregory Inc. In 1917 he joined the Army and during World War I he rose to the rank of major with the field artillery in France. After the war he joined the firm of Roosevelt and Son with whom he remained until 1933 when he formed another company Dick and Merle-Smith. He retired in 1946 but stayed active with the firm as a consultant. He qualified as a pilot in 1916 and became a member of the Early Birds of Aviation a group of pre-World War I flyers. Dick was a recognized expert in railroad regulations During the 1930's he was an expert witness in many landmark cases involving federal regulations of railroads. Dick once served as chairman of the Research Committee of the Transportation Association of America. In 1956 he served on a transportation task force for President Dwight Eisenhower. He served with the 306th Field Artillery of the 77th Division U.S. Army. The first notebook has very few entries and appears to be a record book of mess dues and mess alcohol purchases. The second notebook contains many notes that would be expected of an officer in a field unit. For Example: "B.A. will draw all shell in A B C D; Will be dumped at 8:30 See Polock; . Horses will not be watered Sunday a.m.; guns will be hauled out Sat P.M. ."; "Special detail in a.m. Rode with major Fitz in p.m. Talked with Pete Bowditch at in p.m. Says we might be here a year" Jan 10; "Inspected 304 wagons in a.m. In p.m. went to Boudreville and took command of 3 rd Bn. I am not very comfortable over there. Walked an hour." Feb 2. The Battlefield Tour report is very interesting. It is clearly moving in placed for him: ". The Argonne was the least changed of any section I saw but in one respect even it is changed. The scattered graves of French Germans and Americans have all gone. They have been gathered into cemeteries. You see them here and there along the old front the battalions of the dead the crosses row on row and the flag flying over them." p 9 . There is frank assessment of the future as well: ". The road down through the ravine is well open but the concrete shelters were merely heaps of stones. They had been dynamited by the French. Apparently they were getting ready for the next war and they face the wrong way for the French and the right way for the Germans so they had to go…" p 9. A military historian would find this an excellent collection to review. It can serve to cross-reference other data. The first-hand account of the battlefield some seven years following the end of the war provides both detailed information about the movements of the 306th Field Artillery and a unique assessment of what happened in the immediate years after the war.; Document Archive; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF AEF EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1910S WW1 FIRST WORLD WAR GREAT WAR FAIRMAN R. DICK; 306TH FIELD ARTILLERY AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES WESTERN FRONT AMERICA IN WORLD WAR 1; EARLY BIRDS OF AVIATION; PILOTS FRANCE FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER; EDWARD "PETE" BOWDITCH JR. TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MILITARY HISTORY WARTIME PHOTOS LETTER OF COMMENDATION AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008052

‎M HENSLEY‎

‎1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED WELL READ AND EDUCATED YOUNG WOMAN TEACHING IN THE BURNSVILLE AND ASHEVILLE AREA‎

‎ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. Fair. 1936. On offer is an interesting diary of a young woman living in the far western reaches of North Carolina's mountainous Appalachian region. The diary is in fair condition. The spine has broken but all save the first page remain sewn in. The diary measures 5 1/2 inches by 4 inches and has 356 pages. There are entries for all of 1936 and the first 2 1/2 months of 1937. The handwriting is fairly legible. The only identification of the author is the inscription M. Hensley on the frontispiece. From context we learn that she is a young woman who lives at home and teaches in a local school somewhere close to Burnsville NC. Her life is taken up with activities involving her teaching and some socializing with friends. She makes frequent trips to Burnsville for education activities and goes to Asheville with friends for shopping and entertainment. She reads extensively e.g. Pearl Buck's The Exile enjoys listening to classical music on the radio piano concert by Mozart Metropolitan Opera Company broadcast of Carmen and seeing performances in Ashville such as Tale of Two Cities and Mutiny on the Bounty. She is certainly aware of things happening in the wider world. For example: ". news of a new kidnapping case 10 yr old Chas Mattson." Jan 5 1937. This refers to the famous Mattson child kidnapping in Tacoma WA in December 1936. It was news across the United States and ended unfortunately in the murder of that child - something she noted in her Jan 15th entry. "Read an account of Bruno Hauptmann's execution. I was among one of the many Americans who hoped in vain for a reprieve. The sensational crime is unsolved to my mind." Apr 4 1936. The 'sensational crime' that she is referring to is the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son in 1932. "The world is all agog over the abdication of King Edward. Ah romance is still alive in the 20th century. Or is it really romance - no-one knows save the abdicated King" Dec 10 1936. One of the most poignant series of entries occurs in April 1936 when she learns of the sudden death of a very close friend: "A letter from Dan brought the dreadful news - the breath-taking news of Emma's sudden death. I am unable to realize it. I can't comprehend it. I rebel against her being taken from me - who loved her as devotedly - my dearest of friends! Why!" Apr 11 1936. "Wretched day. How miserable I feel - I walked 3 miles - Oh Emma if you could only come back to me! How I love you darling. How can I go on without you - my heart is broken so" Apr 12 1936. The raw emotions and feeling lift off the page and transform this diary from a dusty recollection of words from years gone by and breathe life into this indistinct image of a young school teacher in rural North Carolina. A social historian or a researcher into women's studies would find this diary quite valuable in examining life in a small rural area of North Carolina particularly as it was written by an educated and observant young woman.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF M. HENSLEY 20TH CENTURY 1930s GREAT DEPRESSION UNITED STATES NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE NC BURNSVILLE NC; BUNCOMBE COUNTY YANCEY COUNTY APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; MATTSON MURDER CASE; LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING; ABDICATION OF KING EDWARD; DUKE OF WINDSOR; TEACHING IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA; WOMEN'S STUDY SOCIAL STUDY AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008055

‎ESTELLE MANDELBAUM, LENNY PITT [LEONARD PITT]‎

‎1940s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING BRONX JEWISH GIRL TO AND FROM HER BEAU AND FUTURE NOTED HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR LENNY PITT GOING TO SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES‎

‎NEW YORK NY LOS ANGELES CA. Good. 1947. On offer is an absolutely fascinating collection of letters written in the immediate post-war years in New Your City. The collection contains 142 pages. The letters are of varying sizes. Most are handwritten and the writing is legible. Several are typed. The letters are in good condition. The letters are mostly written by a young Jewish girl named Estelle Mandelbaum who lives in the Bronx. The letters were written between 1947 and 1950. Context indicates that she is a young woman and the letters span high school completion and studies at Brooklyn College. Most of the letters are written by Estelle to her boyfriend a young man names Lenny Pitt who has moved to Los Angeles to attend California College. Several letters are also correspondence between Lenny and another friend Jerry Mintz. Research suggests Lenny Pitt may very well be Leonard Pitt noted historian and author and as such these letters make for a rare and fascinating look into the formative late teenage years of this noted academic. The letters are funny sometimes insightful profane and very much stream-of consciousness narrative. "Dearest Estelle - Hello. I wish I could explain how elevated I feel before my feelings run out. . I wish you were here. Or me in New York. I miss you. I don't know what love is. I'm too afraid to think logically about it or to let myself fall in love. I miss you though. I would want to be married to you at this moment." undated letter from Lenny to Estelle: "Most important is that I have needed you more strongly sanely and deeply since I have gone to school than ever before. Emotionally. Right now I have just finished reading some love poetry that I connected with you and they have made me sick with need for you physically for the first time." undated letter from Estelle to Lenny. Much of the writing has that earnest quality that comes from first exposures to ideas and attitudes in a College setting. ". I'm glad you finally recognized that you must become independent from your family. It's more important than anything you've said so far. We were discussing middle class parental attitudes towards children in English a few months ago. And it made me see a lot of the fragments I had discovered in a sensible pattern. It made the desire for separation from them logical to me and I realized it was right and necessary for me if I didn't want to cripple myself completely. It's a little comical that I actually felt guilty for not loving my parents after their suffering sacrifice and work . But actually it's the child who sacrifices to the parents and is tricked and shamed into it usually ." undated letter from Estelle to Lenny. One of the letters paints a disturbing picture of the racial discrimination that Black Americans faced and another passage immediately calls to mind the antics of Corporal Klinger in M.A.S.H. In that exchange between Jerry Mintz and his friend Lenny Jerry writes: ". This Miami is a stinking corrupt stupid hole. In order to work at Miami Beach the negroes have to get a special police permit - with their picture on it - a blood test - nobody says 'negro. They're not allowed to live here. In the liquor stores and bars in the negro section they keep stocks of cheap calico dresses and pairs of old shoes. The colored kids come in and they get a couple of pieces of the shit. This is so parents won't spend any money for clothes for them and will spend their money for drinks. Very disgusting low place. I took a leave of absence in the middle of the term in school - but I'll go back - if the fucking army doesn't grab me first. I'm finding ways to get out - rabbinical student - bed pisser -sleep walker ." undated letter between Jerry and Lenny. The letters pull back the curtains on the secret life of a young Jewish girl who is full of hope and promise despite the demons she must tackle daily that are attributed to her mother who would curse her out in "Jewish".; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 1940s 1950s 20TH CENTURY POST-WAR AMERICA LENNY LEONARD PITT UNITED STATES NEW YORK CITY IN 1950; BROOKLYN COLLEGE; CALIFORNIA COLLEGE; FLORIDA; PSYCHOLOGY IN 1950; RACE RELATIONS IN MIAMI 1950; GROWING UP IN POST WAR AMERICA WOMEN'S HISTORY YOUNG PEOPLE POSTWAR JEWISH YOUTH PARENT-CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008065

‎MRS RICHARD H GOTT‎

‎1963 - 1965 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN AND HER 'FULBRIGHTER' HUSBAND BASED IN AUSTRIA SEEING THE SIGHTS OF CROATIA SERBIA GREECE AND THE BALKANS‎

‎SERBIA CROATIA GREECE THE BALKANS CALIFORNIA. Good. 1963. On offer is an interesting account of a young woman's travels through the Balkans and Greece in the early 1960's. The notebook holds 148 pages and is approximately 48% complete. Also included is very detailed account of a visit to her home two years later by a close friend. The notebook measures 6.25 inches by 3.5 inches. It is in good condition and all pages are intact. The handwriting is clear and legible. The author who is unidentified is a young American woman living with presumably her husband Dick in Lienz Austria. Quite likely he is there on a Fulbright Scholarship as she records meeting another "Fulbrighter" en route Apr 10. In notes made 2 years later they are married and living in California. The 37 pages of entries detail a driving trip they took from Lienz to Athens in April of 1963. While Dick drove she observed and made notes each day. Much of it reads as a typical travelogue but there are many interesting observations. Driving through then Yugoslavia she notes: ". People were plowing fields spreading fertilizer sowing washing clothes in ponds etc. The oxen and horse carts look quite primitive. The road from Zagreb to Belgrade was concrete but very bumpy. Few cars Russian-made trucks. The men wear blue berets or black square hats the women long black clothes and scarves. ." Apr 6. The road conditions certainly seem quite poor and at one point: ". finally took off over a bridge thru a field up the bank & and back to the Autoput to Skopje - good little car ." Apr 7. They meet celebrities along the way and folks who have had experiences in America: "I took a bath while Dick went to the bar for a scotch. . He talked with Richard Widmark who coincidentally we also saw at the Walterspiel in München in'60. ." Apr 6. "Stopped at bar for a martini. . Looked up next to us only to see Sidney Poitier. ." Apr 14. "Our guide was good. He had been on David Brinkley's show a while back ." Apr 9. She provides detail on the places they visit. They booked several tours in Athens: ". We visited the Propylaea Temple of Wingless Victory Parthenon Erechteum sic The Peropolis . The whole trip was fascinating the city be autiful the people very friendly the crafts and souvenirs tasteful. . From there we went to the Theatre of Dionyseus drove past the Agora & the Stoa." Apr 9. In other towns in Greece the entries are similar - account of drive details of what they ate and a listing of places they see. They return to Lienz on Apr 16th and she ends with this comment: "Back in the old routine - classes for Dick at 8 and 9. Fini. "Apr 17. Two years later in 1965 in another section of the notebook she records a 7 week visit to their home in Berkeley CA. Her friend is simply identified as "Lillie". Dick by this time is working: "Got up with Dick at 6:30 & he left for work at College of Marin at 7.15. ." July 26. The College of Marin is highly regarded 2-year college in Marin County CA. Over the seven weeks she describes shopping trips with her friend details of meals they eat and places they visit: "Slept late. Had breakfast on sundeck - sausage eggs pancakes cantelope. We then drove to Tilden Park The Botanical Gardens and to Jack London Square & the Bret Harte Boardwalk. We returned home - sat on the sundeck and munched and drank. Then we cleaned up & went to S.F. for a Japanese dinner at our favorite place. Parked the car in a lot rode the trolley to North Beach had Irish Coffee at Enricos where we were almost shortchange $10 visited Keane Gallery and took in a show at the Moulin Rouge . returned about 2:30 am." July 31. Travel writers and geographers would be interested the descriptions of life and surroundings in the Balkans of the early 1960's. Especially from a comparative perspective. Social historians and researchers would find her descriptions of suburban life in California valuable when looking at lifestyles in the mid-1960's - a time of tremendous cultural change in the United States.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY; COLD WAR; EARLY 1960S; SOUTHEAST EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; BALKANS IN THE 1960'S; TITO'S YUGOSLAVIA; GREECE; AUSTRIA; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP; LIENZ; ATHENS; RICHARD WIDMARK; SIDNEY POITIER; COLLEGE OF MARIN; TRAVEL JOURNAL; TRAVELOGUE; CAR TRIPS IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE; AMERICAN TEACHERS IN EUROPE; RICHARD H. GOTT; 1962 FULBRIGHT RECEPIENTS; AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008062

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1948 - 1949 BRIEF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LIFE IN POST WAR MILWAUKEE‎

‎MILWAUKEE WI. Good. 1948. On offer is a beautiful padded leather diary dating from 1948. Measuring approximately 8 inches by 6 inches it has 365 pages plus a number of memoranda pages. The diary is about 15% complete. The padded leather diary is a deep green colour and shows some wear. The pages are intact and the writing is legible. The author of this diary is unknown. The entries are sparse but context suggests that she is a young woman living at home as there are brief references to her mother and father in several entries. She is not working. From her comments it appears that she experiences a lot of anxiety to the point of seeing a doctor: "Dr. Purtell: No neurosis. Indecision over George led to anxiety and feeling of futility which caused feeling. Afraid of feeling because of what unknown neurosis I thought it stood for. . " Jan 30. She delves into these feelings at length over the few entries in the diary and a reader can see her struggle to feel happier and more fulfilled. Although we don't see how the year ends the few entries later in the year reflect a more upbeat temperament. She enjoys being with the boys that she knows and friends socializing. "Johnny Doherty called and asked if I'd like to go out. We went to Pete Marinos and had one bottle of beer. Then to Happy Daze and had one bottle of beer. Then to Collie where we talked for a long time. . Necked for two hours." Jan 1. "Went shopping with Ruth for our lunch for tomorrow. Johnny D called." July 30. "Ruth Ev her girlfriend and I went to see the Brewers play Toledo. Our Brewers lost 2-1 . " July 17. "This is a reference to the celebrated Toledo Mud Hens made famous by Max Klinger Jamie Farr in the hit series M.A.S.H.". Although sparse a social historian or a researcher looking at the role of women would find that her brief entries offer snippets of what life was like in mid-western America following WWII.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY; COLD WAR; EARLY 1960S; SOUTHEAST EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; BALKANS IN THE 1960'S; TITO'S YUGOSLAVIA; GREECE; AUSTRIA; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP; LIENZ; ATHENS; RICHARD WIDMARK; SIDNEY POITIER; COLLEGE OF MARIN; TRAVEL JOURNAL; TRAVELOGUE; CAR TRIPS IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE; AMERICAN TEACHERS IN EUROPE; RICHARD H. GOTT; 1962 FULBRIGHT RECEPIENTS; AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008063

‎REV HENRY H HARTWELL‎

‎1896 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A NEW HAMPSHIRE MINISTER COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER STILL GOING STRONG AT 77 YEARS OF AGE‎

‎ALLENSTOWN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Good. 1896. On offer is a detailed and quite fascinating diary written in the late 19th Century New England. The diary measures 6 inches by 3 1/2 inches and contains 365 pages. They are 100% complete. The leather-bound volume is in good condition and all pages are intact. The handwriting is legible. Henry Harrison Hartwell was born in Hillborough NH in 1819 and lived until 1913. He had a varied career but was best known as a well-respected minister in the Methodist Church. He served as a minister for 35 years in and around Allenstown and Suncook NH. He also served in several public offices most notably as Justice of the Peace Tax Collector and Superintendent of Schools. Following a breakdown of health he went out west to recuperate. Returning in four years he established an auction and commission merchant business in Allenstown. This diary dates from his time as a merchant. He is seventy seven at the time it was written. It is filled with the details and minutiae of operating a commission business: ". Bought of Mrs. Newdon 1 bedstead - $2.00 5 Chairs - $1.00 Bought Wm. 1 bedstead $0.25 Paid Osgood 1 bag meal - $0.80 J.W. Pipen work on windows in block - $1.00 . " Jan 13 1896. ". Bought of Widow Woman in "Old Pass House" 1 Cook Stove 1 Table 2 bedsteads 2 mattresses 2 sheep pelts 4 new chairs 2 R chairs 3 chairs 1 toilet table - total $7.05. Wood saw saw horse iron pail - $1.00 Total $8.05" Apr 17 1896. His diary is replete with such entries. It is evident that his business is active; He also mentions tasks around his home such as digging potatoes and picking apples. He notes municipal political events: "This is again the " Town Meeting " day. Good day. Good weather. Good travelling. And the Election has gone better to my liking than last year. FE Blodgett Wm D and Charles S Cleveland are Selectmen. CS Baker and John Hayes are "Road Agents". All Americans" Mar 10 1896. In the 'Miscellaneous' section of his diary he reflects on the year 1896 just finished and notes: ". we feel many and great have been the blessings of our heavenly father as experienced and enjoyed by us ." The very next line of the entry states simply ". our youngest son Edward F Hartwell died in Suncook June 15th . " A copy of the obituary is taped into the diary. This is a treasure trove of detailing commercial information and transactions in rural New England at the end of the 19th century. He records many names from both business transactions and from his daily life in the community which can serve as an excellent cross-referencing tool.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1890S NEW HAMPSHIRE REV. HENRY H. HARTWELL; SUNCOOK NH; ALLENSTOWN NH; RURAL NEW ENGLAND; METHODIST CHURCH COMMISSION BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS OPERATION IN 19TH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008071

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1925 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE AMERICAN WOMAN AND FAMILY DOING THE GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR IN GRAND STYLE‎

‎U. S. - EUROPE. Good. 1925. On offer is a richly detailed fascinating travel journal from the Roaring Twenties. Measuring 6.75 inches by 3.5 inches this journal contains 136 pages and is approximately 72% complete. The leather cover is in good condition and all the pages are intact. The pages are not numbered nor are they dated. The handwriting is clear and legible. The author is unknown. It was written in 1925 from late June until approximately the end of August. Context suggests this is a young woman who is travelling with her mother and either friends or other family members. The journal begins June 26th: "Gary and Frank and Ed drove me down to New York. - Met Mother Byron Ruth and Emma at the Commodore - Went to Palais D'Or for supper." June 26. They sailed the next day on the steamer New Amsterdam correctly SS Nieuw Amsterdam bound for Boulogne France. Once disembarked they head for Paris. She has an excellent eye for detail and keeps careful notes about all they see and experience: "Roomed and ate at Grand Hotel du Louvre - Food fair - rooms good - service in dining room rotten - elsewhere good. Cashed my first American Express check & studied the money - the exchange rate changed every day but averaged 20 francs for a dollar as we reckoned everything from that. Taxis go miles for a franc & expect a 10% tip. If we wanted a taxi for sightseeing we gave him 20 francs extra and he stayed all day if necessary. One man Mother and I had one day carried a rocking rooster on his hood and a white terrier in his lap ." July 7. "Saw Conciergerie - the old prison under the Palace where Marie Antoinette was kept before she was beheaded. We were shown her cell and the chair she used there - the actual blade which chopped off her head and numerous other relics". July 9. Visited Heidsieck's champagne factories where the wine has been seasoned in casks. It is bottled & put in cellars of which there are 20 miles upside down then turned around a little three times a day so that all the sediment will go to the cork. In a month the bottles are opened tested and sorted as to quality. Then bottled or doctored as necessary and is ready for the customer. Each process is done on a different level but all in cellars. None of the workers have rheumatism - probably because they drink champagne! ."July 11. "Next they off to Switzerland where they visited Montreux & Grinndelwald. From there they travelled into Italy stopping first in Milan: ". Taken to Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper". Has been restored by ironing out by modern artist. Belongs to government now." In Florence she stood in Savronola's Square: ". where Savronola was burned at the stake now holds reproductions of Angelo's David . The original did stand there as a hitching post but is now in the academy of Fine Art. ." On they went through Rome and Venice before turning northwards to Vienna. Her descriptions continue capturing interesting details often expressed with a wry humour: "Doges Palace full of paintings and not very homelike." From Austria they travelled through Germany and the Netherlands before crossing over to England. Her notes continue in the same detailed manner. Unlike many travellers they didn't just stay in London but continued on north. Her description of the storied Warwick Castle is delightful: ". They say King Edward had an affair with Lady Warwick and spent much time there. I don't blame him. It's a wonderfully romantic spot! ." They continued north to Edinburgh. While there they visited Rosslyn Chapel. This beautiful chapel was constructed in the 15th century by William Sinclair of Norwegian/Viking and Scottish heritage. The architecture is intricate the "Apprentice Pillar" and reeks of symbology. In the 1980's Rosslyn Chapel began to be associated in the public's mind with the Knights Templar and Freemasonry. Books were written linking the esoteric knowledge of both these orders to the fantastic symbolism frozen in the stone carvings of Rosslyn. This was only magnified with the publication of The Da Vinci Code and the subsequent movie where Rosslyn Chapel played a significant role. ". to Rosslyn Chapel & Castle. Chapel is small but the beautified thing we have seen. Story of the carving of the post the "Apprentice Pillar"; Architect couldn't think of a good design for it & so went to the continent and found his inspiration." Several days later they were in Liverpool boarding their ship for home. Her comments for the trip are quite few but her last one stands out: "Sunday morning we struck a schooner. Everybody dressed and took life preservers and stayed up until dawn.Towing the schooner to New York. May make us late." In her memoranda section she notes her shopping list and the names of shops and vendors such as Venice - Linens - Emma Centini Wear - Hotel Italie London - Mappin & Webb - Jewelry - Regent St. This is an outstanding travel journal. Rich in detail and very well-written a historian would find a wealth of information and details within its covers. There is sufficient detail that a researcher could easily use this as a cross-referencing tool.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; AUSTRIA; ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; 20TH CENTURY; 1920S; ROARING TWENTIES; JAZZ AGE; SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM; NEW AMSTERDAM; HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE; AMERICAN IN EUROPE 1925; GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE; CHARLES HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE; WARWICK CASTLE' ROSSLYN CHAPEL; KNIGHTS TEMPLAR; FREEMASONRY TRAVEL JOURNAL TRAVEL DIARIES OCEAN LINERS; TRAVEL IN EUROPE AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008068

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1896 ORIGINAL INFORMAL MANUSCRIPT LOG OF A VOYAGE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO LIVERPOOL HAND WRITTEN BY A KNOWLEDGEABLE SHIP SAVVY PASSENGER‎

‎NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA. Good. 1896. On offer is a unique and valuable informal log of a sailing ship from the age of the great clipper ships. This small paperback volume measures 8 inches by 5.25 inches. It contains 84 pages and is 65% complete. The body of the journal has separated from the cover but both are none-the-less in good condition. The handwriting is clear and legible. Siddartha is a commercial sailing ship sailing between Cape Tormentine New Brunswick Canada and Manchester UK. She departs August 19th 1896 and the journal ends on September 12th 1896 while she is still at sea. Siddartha is a barque which means she carries three or more masts. The sails are square rigged except for the aft-most or mizzen mast which is rigged fore and aft. Ships rigged in this manner required less crew and were generally faster than schooners and similar fully square-rigged vessels. The author is unknown. However context suggests that he is a passenger as both 1st and 2nd mates are referred to and crew would not have this leisure time. He seems well-acquainted with the Captain. Unlike a ship's officer he does not stand regular watches and spends much time either drawing or working on a ship model. However the author displays a comfortable familiarity with sailing and sailing ships. He is obviously literate and his writing is very good. The journal details a passage made by Siddartha between Canada and the UK. Casual research has not turned up much information on the vessel. The earliest reference to her indicates that she was in service at least as early as 1882. The last mention of her notes that she was abandoned off the Azores in 1899 and was reported as a floating derelict. The journal gives an excellent account of life on a commercial sailing ship.: "Sailed Wednesday AM Aug 19/96. Towed out by the tug William Aitken of Charlottetown . Breeze light. After casting off from tug set all sail and steered a straight-course for Pictou Isld. Light shower about 11 A.M. Dinner. Breakfast. Went on deck found sun shining brightly and the ship sailing along with all sail set before a stiff breeze from the North . Rolling slightly. Sighted Cape George about 8:00. The wind being smooth the Captain decided to run through the Straits of Canso. Ships course has been changed and we are heading a little to the east of Cape George. Sighted the Cape Breton shore about 9:00. Passed a steamer steering a course for the Island probably for Charlottetown from Halifax. Could not make out her name. Talk with the Captain. He says that late last night after I left the deck that the wind again failed and we dropped away under the Amet Island ." Aug 20 "Lat 40.10 Long 57.27 Course South by South Distance Run 140 miles" Aug 22. He notes passing fishing boats: ". 2nd Mate Kelly says we passed through a fleet of 14 fishing schooners last night. This morning there are 10 or 12 in sight and we can see the men out in their dory's fishing their trawls. The 1st Mate Mr. Hair rigged up a line and caught 2 nice sized cod fish . "Aug 23. Throughout their crossing he notes other ships that come within view including a small schooner a four-masted passenger liner and a Norwegian ship named 'Neptun'. As they approach the English Channel traffic picks up and he notes many other vessels - 19 in one day. As they pass the Skerries they pick up their pilot for the run to Liverpool. The voyage ends at the canal docks in Liverpool as the authors is preparing to take a canal boat to Manchester. This is an excellent example of a routine passage for a sailing ship across the Atlantic. A naval historian would find confirmation of the many details in the day-to-day operations of a large civilian passenger ship. A writer interested in this naval time period would find the daily routines rich in detail. From changing weather patterns to repairs made underway the notes are a quiet understated depiction of life on board.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SIDDARTHA; BARQUE; SAILING VESSELS OF THE 19TH CENTURY; OCEAN GOING TRADE COMMERCE MARINE NAUTICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN GRAND BANKS; CAPE GEORGE CAPE TORMENTINE NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA NOVA SCOTIA STRAITS OF CANSO LIVERPOOL UK ENGLAND BARQUES OCEAN TRAVEL SEA VOYAGES NAVAL HISTORY SAILS SAILBOATS BOAT CANADIANA 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 . paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008072

‎PETER H CHRISTIE‎

‎1871 ORIGINAL FASCINATING PAIR OF MANUSCRIPTS: A HAND WRITTEN DIARY DETAILING A NEAR IDYLLIC LIFE BY THE MAN WHO PIONEERED TROUT FARMING IN AMERICA ALONG WITH A ONE PAGE TALE OF CIVIL WAR HORROR‎

‎DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YOURK. Good. 1871. On offer is a fascinating combination including a diary from 1871 and a handwritten manuscript fragment referring to the American Civil War.This small diary measures 5 inches by 3 inches and the leather-bound volume is in good condition. It contains 365 pages plus memorandum pages and is about 53% complete. Entries are in ink until June 11 and subsequently pencil until August 29 when entries cease. There is a 2 week gap in May as well. The handwriting is small but legible. The manuscript is a single page of paper measuring about 10 inches by 8 inches. The handwriting is in pencil and covers both sides. From context a reader can see that the manuscript page is part of a larger document as text simply continues on to it and then leaves again in mid-sentence. The handwriting is in pencil and is still legible. PH Christie is the author of the diary. He lives in or near the hamlet of Cove in Dutchess County NY. Peter Harrison Christie 1838-1925 was a one of the first farmers in the United States to experiment with the hatching of fish. His business is mentioned in U.S. Senate documents New York State documents in 1870s and 1880s and in book "American Fish Culture" published in 1874. There are tantalizing references to a PH Christie of Cove Duchess County NY in a 1916 article of the American Fern Journal mentioning a farm owned by one PH Christie and some magazine articles related to fishing and trout farming. He was a secretary of the Hudson River Association for the Protection of Game and Fish since 1860s and a member of the County Committee appointed in 1877 "to stock the waters of the county and enforce laws relative to the taking of fish". P.H. Christie is also mentioned as a teacher of an evening penmanship course at Bryant Stratton Spencer & Co Business College in Cove. In the diary Christie appears to be a young man still living at home on the family farm. Entries focus around his work and describe many of the day-to-day tasks necessary to keep the farm running: ".worked all day about the house fixing the sausage machine fixing the and hanging up the fresh and cut the sausage and got the work about done . Jan 8 ". got my sleigh shoes patter made ." Jan 10. A number of entries refer to him raising chickens and the care of them: ". took care of my fowls and worked in the Hatching House with until 2 PM" Apr 9. Tucked between pages are 2 interesting articles cut out of newspapers. One is an article referring to bottles tossed into the ocean containing messages. It is undated. The second is a longer article about the headstone of a young man who died far from home. The interesting aspect of this however are the notations on the reverse. It is apparently an article extolling the virtues of some cough drops and contains dated testimonial comments. The notes are dated 1824 1825 and 1826. There is no other identifying information. The manuscript page is gripping. It recounts a sharp argument between the writer and a woman named Mary. We don't know their relationship but context indicates they are very close. She is determined to set off on an unspecified mission and he is adamant that she stay. She goes anyways promising to return by evening. When she does not return the writer goes out to find her. He approaches a nearby village where he discovers a patrol of Negro soldiers part of the Union army. He describes a scene of destruction and drunkenness and saw a woman her naked body laying face down on the ground. That however is not Mary and the page ends with him slipping away from the scene. This is an absolutely fascinating primary historical document. This is as close to real-life as any reader will get to the raw feelings of worry and fear that exist the ugly small encounters in a bloody war. Academic to readers - utterly real to this man. The diary offers a very ordinary almost bucolic picture of farming in 19th century America as Mr. Christie goes about his chores meets his friends and family and visits with neighbours. The manuscript recalls the horrors and naked violence of a war ended a mere 6 years earlier that cost 2/3 of a million lives. The contrast is stark. These documents would be valuable to a historian interested either in the Civil War or in rural life in America.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NEW YORK DUTCHESS COUNTY COVE 19TH CENTURY 1870S 1860S AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; GILDED AGE RECONSTRUCTION ERA PH CHRISTIE; PETER HARRISON CHRISTIE PETER H. CHRISTIE BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE UNION ARMY RURAL LIFE IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA FARMERS FARMING OPERATIONS FIRST TROUT BREEDERS IN THE U.S. TROUT HATCHING TROUT STOCKING PH CHRISTY TROUT BREEDING POND HUDSON RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF GAME AND FISH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ATROCITIES AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008075

‎EDWARD EVERETT LOVEJOY‎

‎1860s SUPER ORIGINAL PAIR OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED STUDENT OF THE NOTED NEWTON ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL‎

‎Massachusetts. Good. 1861. On offer is an outstanding pair of journals written at the outbreak of the American Civil War. Each volume measures 8 inches by 6 1/2 inches and contains 144 pages essentially 100% complete. The journals run from April 1861 through December 1862. They are hard cover and the pages are intact and in good condition. The handwriting is clear and legible. The author is Edward Everett Lovejoy. Research shows that he was born in 1845 in Boston MA and died at age 70 in Bangor ME in 1915. At the time of writing Lovejoy was a student at the well-known West Newton English and Classical School. An Illustrated Biographical Catalogue of the Principals Teachers and Students of the West Newton English and Classical School West Newton Mass p118 . This school was established by Nathaniel Topliff Allen and he was assisted by his brother George. Both of these men and their brothers and wives were noted educators. Nathaniel Bell George Bell and his wife are mentioned in the journals. To quote from historical notes associated with the Allen Papers: "The school was progressive in every way providing equal educational opportunities for girls as well as boys in racially mixed classes. The inclusion of gymnastics as part of the educational offering along with a pure kindergarten were also educational firsts. Allen required student's to keep daily journals that were critiqued every two weeks. ." Lovejoy's diaries are certainly part of these daily journals. Not only are they scrupulously maintained they are also evaluated and his teachers notes can be found in the margins. Most of the entries naturally refer to school life activities. He notes class presentations assignments and daily interactions with staff and friends. He studied English Grammar Spelling Mathematics Natural Philosophy Geography Music and French as well as taking part in sports such as cricket swimming and baseball. He was also elected 2nd Lieutenant for the schools cadet corps. "Mr. William read my name this morning to be in the first class in . I have been in Mr. James Allen's class . but now I have to speak up here before the school and recite today in spelling. Mr. N.T. Allen gives us words from the dictionary and we write them in the little books and hand them in to him and he corrects them."Apr 26 1861 The margin note from his teacher reads: "Well begun in many respects. Sorry to see so many words misspelled". Today I recited in Botany then in Geography then in Grammar then in Natural Philosophy. We had a very hard time in Natural Philosophy. There were so many engines to explain about and explain all about the different pieces of machinery and their use" May 22 1861. He mentions a visit to the Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens and seeing a white whale Beluga June 6 Slipped into that page is a printed excerpt from the Boston Journal describing the exhibit. By far the most interesting entry is dated April 21 1861: "I heard that yesterday that a man on State Street Boston was discussing with another and one said something about secession and the other man drew a pistol and shot the other down but did not kill him." Apr 21 1861 He goes on to describe a subsequent riot by a mob in Baltimore. This riot known as the Baltimore Riot of 1861 or the Pratt Street Massacre took place when a mob of Confederate sympathizers set upon a column of Union soldiers passing through to Washington. It resulted in the first Union deaths of the Civil War: ". while the troops were marching along one man snatched a musket from one of the troop and shot him through the back and killed him ." Apr 21 1861. The Civil War came to his door when his parents visited him at school to tell him that an acquaintance who worked for his father had died from exposure on duty. May 26 1862. Records indicate that after graduating he went into business apparently trading in lumber and stocks. These two journals are an outstanding resource for a historian studying American education in the mid19th century. They provide a fascinating glimpse into the efforts during this time of turmoil to provide a classical education to young people. They could also form the basis for an interesting comparison to education efforts today.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON WEST NEWTON NEWTON VILLAGES MIDDLESEX COUNTY 19th CENTURY 1860s EDWARD EVERETT LOVEJOY; WEST NEWTON ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; ALLEN FAMILY PAPERS; HISTORIC NEWTON; AMERICAN EDUCATION IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY PRATT STREET MASSACRE BALTIMORE RIOT OF 1861 19th CENTURY CURRICULUM SCHOOL EDUCATION IN AMERICA SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 19th CENTURY NATHANIEL TOPLIFF ALLEN 19th CENTURY EDUCATORS AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008077

‎JOHN ROBERTSON‎

‎1870 - 1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CENTRAL WISCONSIN FARMER WHO CHRONICLES THE TOILING AND TIMES OF A RURAL LIFE IN AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND‎

‎TOMAH WISCONSIN. Good. 1870. On offer is an excellent detailed record of farming in the US mid-west in the later 19th century. This diary is absolutely full of minute detail of farming life over a nearly 5 year period from 1870 to 1875. Written in central Wisconsin the diary is in very good condition. It measures 5 1/2 inches by 3 3/4 inches and has 120 undated pages and the diary is 100% complete. The handwriting is very good and quite legible. John Robertson is a young farmer living near the community of Tomah WI. Along with working his own farm he helps his father on the family farm as well as various neighbours. Entries take the form of essentially 1-line comments about the principal activitys of the day. They begin in October 1870 and extend to May 1875. Mostly they detail the unending tasks necessary to keep a farm running: "Drawed stone firewood chopped wood for father" Mar 25 1870; "I dragged 1/2 day . sowed wheat at grs grandfathers" Apr 17 1870; "Cut some of fathers oats David I raked up and bound my oats 3/4 day . "Aug4 1870. Life followed seasons with land being prepared crops sown and tended to harvests completed. Wood had to be chopped fences mended tools and implements repaired etc: "I went to woods for steer. Got it" Dec 5 1870; "Fixed my Sleigh" Dec8 1870. He notes local events of importance: "Went to town for election" Apr 4 1871; "Went to town. Election" Mar 7 1874. Social events are noted such as when he made arrangements for a barn-raising bee at his farm: "Had my Bee. Had 48 hands helped me had dance at night" May 26 1874. He notes his wedding to Maggie McMullins: "Went to Joe McMullins all of us My wedding got Married at Night" Jan 1 1875. This is an excellent chronicle of daily life on a mid-western farm during the 1870's. For a historian examining rural life at that time it is rich in specific facts and information. Although the entries are brief and often terse the sheer number of them provide a fine perspective of life at that time.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1870S "GILDED AGE" UNITED STATES CENTRAL WISCONSIN WISCONSIN CRANBERRY COUNTRY JOHN ROBERTSON TOMAH WI MONROE COUNTY RURAL LIFE IN WISCONSIN FARMING LIFE US MID-WEST FARMING OPERATIONS AGRICULTURE LOCAL HISTORY THE BADGER STATE AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND BARN RAISING BEE WORK FROLICS RURAL TRADITIONS IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA RURAL COMMUNITY LIFE MARGARET JANE MCMULLEN EARLY SETTLERS IN TOMAH AREA MONROE COUNTY PIONEERS AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008085

‎FRANK ?‎

‎1893 - 1920s FASCINATING ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING A SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS MAN'S LIFE OVER A 43 YEAR SPAN‎

‎SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS. Fair. 1893. On offer is a most unusual and interesting pair of journals. They date from 1893 and 1896 respectively. They measure 8 inches by 4 1/4 inches and contain 184 pages. The binding of one journal is quite worn and the 2nd is almost detached. Many of the pages in the first journal are loose but all are accounted for. The writing is quite legible. The author's name is Frank. From context we know that he was born in 1873. He lives in Somerville MA. The journals are interesting as they are essentially snap shots of his life taken at different times between 1893 and 1926. The first covers that entire period. The 2nd volume has several entries dated Dec 27 and 31 1899 and Jan 1st 1900 and Mar 14th 1900. The first volume is the most detailed. It begins with him taking a train trip west to visit the Chicago World Fair. He describes his journey west in some cases with simple pencil sketches accompanying his notes. "Grazing country hop growing flock of sheep looking for their lake . Lake Ontario 10:20 Chicago World Fair. After a fine night sleep I am about to go to breakfast will communicate further during the day being the first real day at the Fair" June 6 1893. "Figures in Chocolate solid weight of Venus de Milo" 14:50 Sousa Band electrical illumination Torches on Building" He states on June 7th that he is finished with the Fair. But subsequent entries showed that he stayed a few extra days. He notes the places that he stops on his return trip as well such as Hamilton ON and Buffalo NY He doesn't actually state when he arrives home - the entries simply cease. The next entries are in 1896: "After three years it is very interesting to look over the foregoing . my notes strike me as childish and not noteworthy" Dec 10 1896. During this section of his journal he bemoans his being unemployed and describes his pain at the death of his father. It is a very difficult time for him personally and the reader can feel his sense of loss and depression. He reflects on the time passed: "We are on the eve of moving our household back to Somerville back to the homestead. Our funds have sunken low - some paintings are on the market and furniture has been sold and I - the only son and who should be the mainstay of the family - I am out of work!" The next entries skip ahead three years. "This now nearly three years since I have seen this book and many changes have taken place in that time. They are changes which have influenced my entire life and to judge from the present outlook the influence has been the reverse to what it should be Sept 30 1899. He does finally find work: "In six days I shall start for the West. I go for the Contractors Plant Co. And to sell the Portable Gravity Concrete Mixer." Dec 20 1899 He is optimistic although he does lament not having someone in his life to love. He makes no more entries for 5 years. "Not quite 5 years since I've wrote here. Great have been the changes! . I have a daughter now five weeks old and as happy a Godsend as one could wish! . All happy and contented. My affairs are in good shape and full of better promise." Aug 23 1904 He notes that he now owns his own home and his own belongings. He writes optimistically of the future. The next entry is 16 years later. He notes that he found the journal when he was unpacking boxes after a move. There has been illness and he has been in the hospital while his son was bed-ridden with a serious kidney ailment. ". We shall pull him through with God's help" Mar 30 1920. Six years later he comes back to the journal. He notes that his son recovered and is quite healthy. However his wife suffers from unexplained nerve pain. He talks about being fortunate: ". We are fortunate in the worlds goods because we have more than we need and some of the luxury is ours. We have a Cape Cod house which we all enjoy. ." May 31 1926. He takes real pleasure in his son and daughter and sees the future with optimism. His last entry is in October 1926. He expresses concern for their economic future: "A new note enters into our lives. The matter of business causes worry as it slips down and down . I should like ten years more of full earning power. ." Oct 15 1926. Three years later at age 56 he along with millions of Americans will be plunged into the depths of the Great Depression. For a historian taking a long view this is a fascinating look into the mind of a young man as he grows and grapples with the challenges of building a life for himself. He came of age during the Panic of 1896 when the economy crashed taking with it hundreds of banks and thousands of businesses. He struggles through this crisis and builds a successful life. One wonders how he fared in the later years of his life.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX COUNTY 19TH CENTURY EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1890S 1900S 1920S ROARING TWENTIES CHICAGO PROGRESSIVE ERA THE PANIC OF 1893; CHICAGO WORLD FAIR; WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION TRAIN TRIPS IN 1890S SOMERVILLE MA; THE GREAT DEPRESSION AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008089

‎JOSEPHINE AND SHIRLEY CORNELL‎

‎1897 - 1898 & 1899 ORIGINAL TRIO 3 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN OF TWO 2 MASSACHUSETTS SISTERS FILLED WITH COMINGS GOINGS AND DOINGS OF A POPULAR PAIR OF YOUNG LADIES‎

‎BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS WILMINGTON. Good. 1897. On offer are a rare collection of three family diaries dating from the late 19th century. Belonging to two sisters the diaries offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives of 2 middle-class young women at the turn of the century in Boston MA. The group of the two diaries 1897 & 1898 measures 5 inches by 3 inches. The first contains 181 pages and the second 365 pages each plus memoranda and are approximately 95% and 75% complete respectively. The third diary 1899 measures 3.25 inches by 2.25 inches and contains 365 pages. It is approximately 85% complete. The 1897 diary shows wear on the cover but it is intact as are all pages within. The other two diaries are in good condition as well. Also included is an envelope containing ephemera dating back to 1859. Many of these small items provide a wealth of information. These diaries belong to Josephine and Shirley Cornell. They lived in Wilmington north of Boston MA. Two of them belonged to 18 year old Josephine Cornell. Josephine's diaries cover the years 1897 and 1898. The third diary from 1899 is written by Josephine's sister Shirley M. Cornell. Their father is Henry Lyman Cornell a music teacher and their mother was Harriet S. W. Cornell. They had an older brother Worthington Cornell and three younger siblings - France Henry Jr. and Katherine. Josephine eventually married to Joseph Robert Hodgson on October 31st. 1905. The family also lived in Malden and Medford Massachusetts. She passed away 1960. The diaries are replete with the happenings that fill a young woman's life. There are references to family incidents such as their father breaking his leg after being thrown out of a buggy dancing school many trips to Boston balls buggy rides vacations music lessons at the conservatory and much much more. The diaries open with this: "Last night I went to a New Year's party and didn't get home till 12:15 at which time I was 18 years old. Today papa and mama gave me a ring with a lovely garnet in it and ma gave me a fine big bible and this diary. G. Peck sent me a fancy calendar in the mail and F. Roberts a 1 lb box of Hugler's." Jan1 1897 "They had the sleigh party tonight. Abner took Shirley. They had six horses. There were only 23 went and they had to pay 55 cents a piece. They went to Watertown where they got out and had hot chocolate and got home about 11. I didn't go. Feb 5 1897. She notes William McKinley's inauguration which was the first inauguration ever to be filmed: "McKinley's inauguration day. Fair. I went over to L. this morning and again this afternoon. George is home today sick. There was a big explosion in the subway of Tremont of Boston. 10 killed 50 injured. Mrs. Root was in a store opposite. All the windows along the street smashed." Mar 6 1897. She notes her sister Lill's birthday May 5th a summer boat trip July 21st and her sister Shirley visiting the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor. Sept 25 The autumn is taken up with many social events. 1898 continues with her social swirl: "Ma has been making over an Indian Muslin that Rose H. gave me. It is awful pretty. All embroidered. I wore it tonight to the "Officers Party" with Harvey. I danced every dance but last and had a lovely time. We came down in a hack at 6 o'clock. This year Jack H. was Major. He was influenced to take Ruth the daughter. My cousin Harris was an Ex Major yes!" Feb 18 1898. In April the reader is introduced to someone who will come to play a large role in her life. Her friend Lill had brought a friend of hers over to visit a few times - Jack Hodgson. On April 19th he is accompanied by his brother Joseph. Josephine and Joe will marry eight years later. "Most all the cyclists have gone to Concord. I went to ride all around Malden. Lill for Fred and S. went to Lill's and played cards. Rained all afternoon. Joe and Jack Hodgson and Lill came over in evening. G. Peck asked me to go to ride Saturday." Apr. 19 1898. She was not unaware of larger events going on: "Hurried up to Park St. from which at 7 this morning to see the Lawrence Light Guards depart for Gloucester. Big crowd. N. H. L. Cadets escorted them to the station. . May 24 1898. The Lawrence Light Guard was a militia unit from the immediate area that was leaving to fight in the Spanish American War that had broken out in April of that year. She notes the fall of Santiago de Cuba to American troops miss-identifying it as Saratoga: ". Saratoga fallen. Capture of Spanish fleet. War seems going on all this time and I've written nothing about it. Oh my." July 12 1898. The third diary belongs to her sister Shirley. It covers the year 1899. Again it takes the form of a chatty recollection of comings and goings with friends and social events. "President McKinley is making a visit to Boston and France and I went in town to see him on his arrival. We also saw plainly Delong Alger Gov. Wolcott Maj. Quincy Sec. Gage etc. Went to a whist party over to the Misses Robinson's" Feb 16 1899. Tonight came of the final ball which should have closed the dancing school but five more lessons are to be given. Harry came out with W. to go and stay over night. Mattie Tarbell and Mr. Wright also passed the night. I went to bed 1:50. Danced every one but one. Mar 10 1999 Her entries stopped in September. Accompanying the diaries is a small envelope containing about 2 dozen assorted newspaper clippings announcements calling cards and photographs. These however date much earlier - generally late 1850's to early 1860's. There is no explanation as to why they were part of the diaries and there does not seem to be an obvious family connection to the Cornells. A small placard announces Wood's Minstrels playing at the Athenaeum in South Boston on Thursday September 8 1859. Among its featured presentations are The Patriotic Darkey and Darkies on the Levee. There is a captioned undated photograph of Libby Prison. Libby Prison was an infamous Confederate prison at Richmond Virginia during the American Civil War. It gained a notorious reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. A newspaper clipping lists ships that have arrived in Boston harbor from all over the world. Included in the listing is the ship's name her owners and from where she was sailing. A historian would find this a rich collection of information. There is a great deal of small detail as well as a wider perspective of life at the end of the 19th century. The sisters reference many people by their full names which makes this an excellent genealogical reference tool. An urban historian or geographer focused on the City of Boston would find a wealth of information in these as well as being an excellent cross-reference tool.It is a superb look at life at the close of the 19th century through the eyes of 2 young women who enjoy a comfortable stable life in the Boston area.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 19TH CENTURY 1890S CORNELL SISTERS; JOSEPHINE CORNELL; SHIRLEY CORNELL; JOSEPHINE HODGSON LAWRENCE LIGHT GUARD; USS CONSTITUTION; OLD IRONSIDEDS; PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY; BOSTON BOSTON HARBOR WILMINGTON MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEDFORD YOUNG WOMEN IN 1890S AMERICA YOUTH LIFESTYLE AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY TREMONT STREET SUBWAY EXPLOSION PARTIES IN 1890S SOCIAL LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BOSTON ENTERTAINMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WOOD'S MINSTRELS AMERICAN MINSTRELS SHOW LIBBY PRISON PHOTO MIDDLESEX COUNTY GENEALOGY RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008090

‎NOT IDENTIFIED‎

‎1908 - 1911 ORIGINAL CHATTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO DOES A GREAT JOB DETAILING HER LIFE AND LOCAL EVENTS‎

‎ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. Fair. 1908. On offer is a chatty diary covering parts of 1908 1909 1910 and 1911. No one year is complete and entries often skip days or weeks. The front cover is missing and the back cover is only very loosely attached. The pages are sewn together. The righting is clear and legible. The writer lives in Erie PA an industrial manufacturing city that was a key link in the iron and steel industry on the Great Lakes. From context the writer appears to be a woman living with her husband and family. Her second entry notes the arrival of the 8 hour work day for telegraphers. The tone is chatty and entries include references to business personal and social life events: "The Erie strike has been declared settled and this is the day the old machinists were to return to work but none of them did. Dr. Burdette's class met tonight. Paul Huff has been taking treatment for increasing his speed in running a typewriter. This is Shrove Tues. Pancake social at Christ Church parish house this evening" Mar 3 1908. The entry for Saturday Nov 20th 1909 is typical of the talkative stream-of consciousness style of writing employed: "This was a fair day but not much sunshine. Didn't work this afternoon but Charlie and Lewie went back. In the afternoon I did a little varnishing work . using FW Devoe and Co's Oil Dark Oak Stain . the gasman came and read the meter .Esther went to the matinee of the Chicago Stock 'Genesee of the Hills' . Ma got a new hat today . we had cornmeal pancakes for supper . there were no turkeys on sale at the market . Dr. William H Crawford president of Allegheny College arrived from Europe this morning to straighten out the financial affairs of the College . Mr. Crawford will return to Rome in a short while to join his family who are spending the winter in that city . James Braggs was promoted from assistant baggagemaster to baggagemaster at the Erie station .the annual bazaar of Zion Church was held . mother and Mrs. Huff went to this sale and bought some german cookies ." Nov 20 1909. And so it goes. Factual event thoughts and gossip fill the pages: "The engagement of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Elinor Alexander of New York was announced several days ago. Mrs. Roosevelt has left for Africa with her daughter to meet her husband and return with him to the United States. ." Feb 15 1910. "Over half of the employees of the Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Co of that city have gone out on strike and several small riots occurred . " Feb 21. The entries end as abruptly as they began with an entry in July 1911: "Mrs Glancy made her usual appearance this morning. The price or cotton and cotton fabric has risen considerable of late and the reason is that a cotton trust has been originated" July 10 1911. A social historian would find this an interesting collection of facts and bits of corroborative information for life in this small Great Lakes industrial city in the years before WWI.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ERIE PA INDUSTRIAL STRIFE IN PRE-WWI AMERICA PENNSYLVANIA ERIE COUNTY NORTH-EAST 20TH CENTURY 1900s 1910s PROGRESSIVE ERA ERIE RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1908 PENNSYLVANIA RAPID TRANSIT CO EARLY 20TH CENTURY WOMEN AND HOUSEWORK IN 1900S ECONOMY OF THE GREAT LAKES AREA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICA ERIE COUNTY SOCIAL HISTORY AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008095

‎GRACE MERRITT‎

‎1903 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN‎

‎EVANS MILLS NEW YORK WATERTOWN. Good. 1903. On offer is a delightful diary of 18 yr old Grace Merritt of Evans Mills NY a small village in upstate NY just south of the St. Lawrence River. The cover has come loose but the binding of all of the pages is intact. The handwriting is clear and legible. The diary measures approximately 8 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches. It covers the period from January 1 1903 until July 25 1903. While most entries are short there are several that extend over more than a page. Grace's mother had passed away years earlier and she had assumed the role of homemaker for her father and younger sister Nina. The diary is replete with references to daily life and community happenings. ". Henry Drake and Mr. Kinney helped pa butcher today". Jan 16. ". Been to work all day at the meat and lard." Jan 19. ". Worked nearly all the A.M. Went down to Mrs. Kinney's in the afternoon and carried home the sausage cutter and a piece of spare rib". Jan 28. "Not a very pleasant day. I hung out the clothes to dry moped the floor and done all the other work and Nina helped do some of the work. Papa went to the village. Nina went up to Mrs. Bakers but did not go in and came back and staid to Jessie's the rest of the P.M. Nina and I went down to the I. O. G. T. We had a big time. We took in 2 new members. The Companions had a Sugar Social and invited the Foresters but papa did not go" Mar 28 . "Pa ployed ploughed part of the day. Bertha Lyons came down before we had breakfast to go with Nina to school. Papa helped Mr. Drake get off a rut hole out here. Nina took down 1 1/2 dozen eggs at $1.50/doz." Apr 15. Also included in the diary are several other items. Two postcards confirm the community - Evans Mills and her father's name - William. There is a label of Lincoln brand preserves in good condition. There is also a damaged cover of a poetry book titled Harvest of Thorns. Another interesting insert of a pamphlet titled How To Become A Member Of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Accompanying it is a handwritten note dated June 14 1927 twenty five years after this diary was written in which Grace asks for application forms. Of note is that it is signed Grace Messina. Grace married in May 1918. There are a great many references to local people and this would be an excellent reference point for someone doing research on local families in Jefferson County NY. It is an excellent reference for gender studies as it shows clearly the day-to-day lifestyle and expectations on a young woman at the turn of the century in rural America. A social historian would find the diary a treasure trove of details among the web of relationships in this small community. Through the words of this diary a reader meets a lovely young woman growing up on the cusp of enormous social changes.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1900S GRACE MERRITT; GRACE MESSINA; EVANS MILLS NY; DIARY LIFE IN UPSTATE RURAL NEW YORK; GENDER STUDIES; SOCIAL HISTORY; GENEALOGY; WATERTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY RURAL LIFE IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PROGRESSIVE ERA INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT FARMERS EARLY 20TH CENTURY EPHEMERA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION YOUNG WOMEN IN 1900s YOUNG WOMEN CONDUCT OF LIFE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN 1900s UPSTATE NEW YORK RURAL AMERICA AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008094

‎MARIAN PURCELL‎

‎1910 - 1915 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR 4 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LOS ANGELES WOMAN DETAILING PRE WORLD WAR I LIFE IN LOS ANGELES‎

‎LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. Fair. 1910. On offer is a pair of leather bound diaries written by Marian I Purcell. The diaries cover parts of 1910 1913 1914 and 1915. This first diary is a small leather-bound notebook measuring 6 inches by 3 1/2 inches. It is in fair condition. It covers the period Sept 16 1913 to Sept 14 1915. The bulk of the entries are in the last half of 1914. Marian Purcell was born Sept 16 1892 in Fort Wayne IN where she lived until she was 17. The first book covers the period July 19 1910 to Jan 6 1911 but there are many gaps in entries. They are typical of a teenage girl of the time. They note essentially social interactions with friends and family. "Slept till quite late . fooled around all day" July 19 1910. "Delight A and her mother were over in A.M. and P.M. …just fooled around in eve went over to Tad Werner and Charlie called over We went to " July 28 1910. Just laid around all day in eve ma and pa and I all went walking in late" Aug 21 1910 She notes on Oct 1 1910 that her family is moving to Los Angeles CA. She makes it very clear that she does not want to move: "Left . for California hated to come" Oct 1. The second book is a 5-year diary. However the entries do not cover all of the time period. Entries begin in Sept 1913. In the Memoranda section she notes: "Went to Business College to learn shorthand from April-14-13 - June 14-1913". Although here are frequent gaps there is enough information to know when she was married her husband's name some addresses where they lived and what type of work she did. She married William L Harris June 18th 1914. They note that she worked in an office likely the Los Angeles Herald Examiner which was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper of the time. There are numerous references in 1913 about . at the office . On May 2nd 1914 she notes: "Quit work at Examiner to get ready to be married" May 2 1914. There are no further references to her working. Subsequent entries focus on interactions with friends and social events. It appears she never worked again outside of her home. There are no references to children or other family members although some of the named individuals may well be related There are no references to outside events and she seems very focused on her own life and experiences. "At office all day. In eve went to see "The Quaker Girl". It was fine". Sept 14 1913. "To the office. Did not come back for afternoon. In eve stayed home" Nov 18 1913 "Payday Gribbeu's were over Velma Billy and I went to picture show & Porters" Nov 26 1913. "My wedding day. The day of my life. Married at 8:00 in evening by Deacon Mac Cormack on roof gardens of the Pickwick Left that night stayed at the left the next A.M. for Catalina" June 18 1914. The last entry was made in August 1915: "Stayed home all day - in eve was home ." Aug 9 1915. Additionally there are newspaper clippings mostly referring to her wedding several photographs that appear to be of her and her new husband and several post cards. There is also a copy of her formal wedding invitation. These two diaries give a look into the life of a young woman in the early years of the 20th century. A historian especially on studying daily life in pre-WWI Los Angeles would find this to be an interesting description of social life at that time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARIAN PURCELL WILLIAM L HARRIS LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER SOCIAL HISTORY LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA FORT WAYNE INDIANA UNITED STATES EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1910s PROGRESSIVE ERA BUSINESS COLLEGE STUDENTS PRE-WW1 LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE ERA WOMEN IN 1910s AMERICA YOUTH LIFESTYLE IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT THE EARLY 19th CENTURY WOMEN'S OCCUPATIONS IN 1910s WORKING WOMEN IN 1910s AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008097

‎GLENN FOLGER‎

‎1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE WHO BRINGS HIS SKILLS BACK TO THE FAMILY FARM ONLY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AND TAKE UP LAW‎

‎OLCOTT NEW YORK. Good. 1910. On offer is an excellent record of farm operations in upstate New York immediately prior to WWI. Measuring 6 inches by 3 inches the leather-bound volume is in very good condition and contains 368 pages including Memoranda. It is 100% complete. The handwriting is neat and legible. Glenn Folger was a young man who worked on his family's fruit farm near Olcott NY. Informal research suggests that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1904. Subsequently he returned to Olcott to work on the family farm. The daily entries are generally focused on the weather conditions and the tasks carried out that day. Although there is a general routine to daily and seasonal farm tasks taken as a whole across the entire year the journal gives a very detailed and full description of the operations of this family farm. "Went after two Jersey heifers at Mr. F.R. Wheeler's Farm . built manger for cattle in east-closed shed . sawed and split wood . Sam Lockwood and I measured off line of our farm from road to Lake on which we expect to place our Windsor cherry trees . NYC Station at Burt Burned this morning" Jan 24. "Finished drawing car of manure from Burt. Finished cutting cornstalks this afternoon" Feb 4. "Finished drawing and burning brush from #1-NP. Began removal of brush from #2 NP. Sold hand spray rig to Sam Lockwood and he got it this morning. Led 'Topsy' to Tompkins. Dragged the road to dry it off. Wayne and I drove to Olcott and Burt tonight. Confirmed rumour that Mr. Burt Van Horn has sold his place and cold storage to W.O. and H.W. Davis of New York for $125000". Mar 26 Through the year his journal records caring for livestock cattle pigs etc. planting and harvesting vegetables asparagus corn cabbage and potatoes and the management of orchards of apples cherries peaches and plums - the main focus of the farm. Along with these he notes the on-going maintenance of the farm - building repairs irrigation maintenance and the myriad other tasks necessary to keep the farm successful. His journal includes many local references such as Wilson Burt Newfane all small villages in the immediate area as well as places further afield - Buffalo New York City. In September he notes: ". I went up to the school and made a contract with Miss Carrigan to be teacher" Sept 13. However there is no further record of him taking up those duties. There are frequent references to a woman named 'Gerry' and on December 24 they became engaged. He later returned to University and earned a law degree. He was admitted to the New York State Bar and opened a legal practice in Poughkeepsie NY. He was the founding President of the Rombout Hunt Club which is still in existence today. For a historian especially one focused on rural American life this is a fine journal that presents an excellent portrait of a family farm at the turn of the last century. The author is well-educated and writes clearly and well. It provides a very stark contrast to the highly technical and mechanized farming operations a century later.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1910s UPSTATE NEW YORK UNITED STATES WESTERN NEW YORK BUFFALO NIAGARA COUNTY M. GLENN FOLGER; GERALDINE L. WOOD FRUIT FARMING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK; FARMING OPERATIONS NIAGARA COUNTY CROPS NIAGARA COUNTY ORCHARDS LOCKPORT FARMERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE; ROMBOUT HUNT CLUB; ATTORNEYS IN POUGHKEEPSIE NY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ALUMNI UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE NIAGARA COUNTY BUSINESSES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICANA 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008096

‎EMMA JANE SMITH‎

‎1919 - 1921 FASCINATING POST WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PIOUS WOMAN IN SERVICE TO A CORNWALL ENGLAND FAMILY‎

‎CORNWALL ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM UK. Good. 1919. On offer is a diary that provides a fascinating look into the life of a 41 year old woman who works in service to an English family immediately following WWI The notebook is in very good condition and the entries are quite legible. It measures 8 in by 6 1/2 in and contains 141 pages. It is 100% complete. It covers the time period Jan 1st 1919 until Oct 24th 1921. Two to three entries are made each week. Church life plays a very important role and virtually every entry contains quotes from scripture or references to going to church services quite regularly. There is little reference to her daily tasks other than passing remarks about going shopping or having a difficult day with a child. Most geographical references are to locations in Cornwall UK. 'Wingfield' is frequently referenced as home and it was located on the edge of Plymouth. This is confirmed by numerous references to 'the Hoe' a large open space in Plymouth. She has a very active social life with a small group of friends and daily rounds of meeting for tea going bathing swimming together and long walks comprise much of her entries. There is little reference to events in the outside world. ". Went down and walked along the sands sat on high rock after and did some knitting. Peace Treaty was signed at Versailles this afternoon" June 28 1919."Went over to Penhenver in the morning to see submarine k14 pass" Sept 1st 1919. Most entries are similar to these: "Went to the Meeting church service in the morning & called to see Ethel D who is so ill. Went over to see A and H and had tea there. 12 altogether at tea and Mr. Gully was there - the blind brother. I enjoyed it very much. Went to the gospel and Mr. G preached Acts 7:55 ." Sept 28 1919. "Paid a visit at last to Mrs Bowen felt impressed to go since getting up. I had a very happy time with her one felt the warmth of Christian love coming out. After tea I called to see Ethel D. She is still very ill" Oct 8t 1919. "Mr. G went to Newquay today also Mr. T to see about electric lights for "Rockland" Mar 9 1920. "It is a lovely day today. We took our tea to Porth and had it on the rocks the waves dashing up. 11 years today on a Friday John passed away I thought about him" Apr 16 1920. And so the entries go - much focused on her immediate life and those in her small circle of friends. This diary gives a wonderful look inside what may appear to be an ordinary unremarkable life. But closer scrutiny can yield many nuggets of information for a social historian or someone involved in gender studies. It offers a great deal of local information about places in Cornwall UK.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CORNWALL UK ENGLAND BRITAIN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND EMMA JANE SMITH PLYMOUTH UK THE HOE NEWQUAY WINGFIELD HALT PENHENVER GENDER STUDIES POST WW1 PERIOD IN BRITAIN 1920S 1910S EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROARING TWENTIES IN BRITAIN LIFESTYLE IN 1920'S BRITAIN WOMEN IN INTERWAR ENGLAND SMALL-TOWN LIFE IN INTERWAR ENGLAND CORNISH GENEALOGY CORNWALL LOCAL HISTORY LIFE IN CORNWALL BETWEEN THE WARS 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

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