Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
James Lockhart Autry Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0003
Abstract
Business papers, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia related to the James Lockhart Autry family of Texas (1875-present) and of North Carolina (1832), Tennessee (1824-1840) and Mississippi (1840-1875) show the life style of a family who moved into Texas and played an important role in developing both the social and economic framework of Houston. Among the business papers are correspondence and legal briefs from the terms Autry served as general counsel to the Texas Company, president of...
Dates:
1832 - 1998
Jeanmarie Amend Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 0410
Overview
The Jeanmarie Amend collection is a snapshot of the life of a student at Rice in the early 1980s. A prolific writer (both professionally and personally), Jeanmarie recorded several journals detailing her time at Rice. In addition to her school papers, the collection contains schoolbooks, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia--each contributing the the vibrant picture of Jeanmarie’s university days.
Dates:
1977 - 1982
John C. Crosby U.S. Civil War diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0287
Abstract:
A leather-bound hand-written diary kept by John C. Crosby, first from 1861 to 1862 during the United States Civil War while Crosby served in the Seventh Maine Regiment of the Union army (probably as a hospital orderly), recording daily activities in tending the sick while moving about on campaign; then, from 1865 to 1868 after Crosby’s return to civilian life, recording his activities and personal finances as a hired farm worker.
Dates:
1861 - 1868
John Duff Markland diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0220
Overview
The diary kept by First Lieutenant John Duff Markland includes an itinerary of the voyage of the HMS Albion in the East Indies 1803-1805, and several pages of poetry, but is primarily a series of sketches of ships, shore views, many in color, including drawings of flowers.
Dates:
1803 - 1805
Julian and Juliette Huxley papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0512
Abstract:
Journals, scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs by and about Julian and Juliette Huxley, covering family life; travels on behalf of UNESCO and for other research and personal purposes to Africa, Australia, and Europe; awards and honors; and academic and creative writing.
Dates:
1899-1988
J.W. Lively Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0315
Abstract:
Bound manuscript diary kept by J. W. Lively M.D. of Daingerfield, Connecticut, begun in December 1882 with entries dating to 1889, mostly recording his activities as a Methodist minister and including pages of financial accounts.
Dates:
1882 - 1889
Lt. John Anderson notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0158
Abstract:
This bound manuscript notebook, kept by Lt. John Anderson, describes the daily details of life in the 11th Light Dragoons of the British Army and Allied Effort during the French Revolutionary War. Anderson describes daily events, promotions, rules and orders regarding medical matters, church services, and the guarding of prisoners. The notebook also includes schedules for receiving bread and forage, copies of signed orders, statements from the Commander-in-Chief regarding battles, women...
Dates:
1794
Mary Fosselman Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 0318
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and academic papers of Mary Fosselman.
Dates:
1931 - 1941
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal
Collection
Identifier: MS 0311
Abstract:
On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. The journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico.
Dates:
1835
Miramichi House of Clear Lake guest book
Collection
Identifier: MS 0285
Abstract:
This guest book is filled with the signatures and comments of guests who visited the Peden family’s lake house in Clear Lake, Texas, called “Miramichi.” There are also several diary entries chronicling important events in the Peden family, as well as events that occurred at Miramichi.
Dates:
1907 - 1934