Diaries
Subject
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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
A manuscript account of a journey from Wilmington to Baltimore and back
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030068195]
Identifier: MS-0523
Overview
A manuscript account (written in 1818) of a journey from Wilmington to Baltimore and back, with a brief description of the former city, and a more lengthy, detailed discussion of the latter. Signed by "Rustic."
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy papers
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Identifier: MS-0038
Overview
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936). The papers of Arthur O. Lovejoy span the years 1872 to 1963 and include correspondence, manuscript notes for lectures, notebooks, diaries, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, photographs, drafts, typescripts, galley proofs, and books owned and...
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Arthur Oncken Lovejoy papers
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers
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Identifier: MS-0005
Overview
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (October 23, 1831 – January 9, 1924), was an American classical scholar. This collection spans the years 1847 to 1925 and consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, biographic data, diaries, notes, notebooks, drafts, published and unpublished writings, books and offprints, addresses, translations, students seminary papers, and index cards with citations for the Syntax of Classical Greek.
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Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers
Canby A. Alexander diary
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0723
Overview
This diary was started by Canby A. Alexander in January 1883, when he was 10 years old and living in Cecil County, Maryland. At 10, Alexander was no longer enrolled in school but instead was occupied with the family farm and the comings and goings of his extended family, neighbors and friends. The Alexanders may have been descendants of Robert Alexander, once a delegate to the Continental Congress, who later defected to the Royal Navy. His estate became the town of Elkton, Maryland. Canby...
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Canby A. Alexander diary
Carl Alfred Jacobson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0449
Overview
Carl Alfred Jacobson (1876-1952) was a scientist and chief editor of The Encyclopedia of Chemical Reactions from 1946 to 1956. The collection consists of diaries dating from 1899 to 1947 and reprints of publications dating from 1908 to 1930. The diaries form the bulk of the collection.
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Carl Alfred Jacobson papers
Daniel Coit Gilman papers
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Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents note
The papers document Gilman's wide-ranging interests especially his travels in Europe and work as attaché in St. Petersburg (1854-1855), his years (1855-1858) at Yale, and his presidencies of the University of California (1872-1875) and the Johns Hopkins University (1876-1902)Gilman's correspondence contains a number of letters from prominent, contemporary educators, scientists, politicians, and literary figures. The collection includes a large number of photographs of Gilman's...
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Daniel Coit Gilman papers
Elisabeth Gilman papers
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Identifier: MS-0235
Overview
Elisabeth Gilman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December 25, 1867. She was the younger daughter of Daniel Coit and Mary (Ketcham) Gilman. Her father was a college professor and the first president of The Johns Hopkins University. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, newspaper clippings, printed material, memorabilia, and photographs.
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Elisabeth Gilman papers
Elizabeth Daum diary
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030051670]
Identifier: MS-0162
Overview
This collection consists of the diary of Elizabeth Daum, which provides an account of Miss Daum's trip to Europe by ocean liner, July to October, 1926. Elizabeth Daum resided in Scranton, PA in 1926. Her travel diary indicates she was an unmarried, young adult who made a trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe in 1926. Other biographical information of Miss Daum has not been found.
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Elizabeth Daum diary
Erna Magnus papers
Collection — 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030072502]
Identifier: MS-0042
Overview
Erna Magnus was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1896, and was an author and educator in both Germany and the United States. The collection consists of two items: a typescript manuscript of Magnus's study, "Gainfully Employed Women in Chicago," (1943) and a travel diary written in German describing a trip to Germany, July 15-August 28, 1974.
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Erna Magnus papers
Guinilda Ethelia Mummey commonplace books
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0512
Overview
The collection consists of two handwritten journals spanning the years 1825 to 1828. The journals belonged to Guinilda Ethelia Mummey, mother of author and editor Edward Spencer.