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diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. Use "journals (accounts)" when referring to an individual's or an organization's account of occurrences or transactions.

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Betty White diaries

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669176]
Identifier: ViU-2019-0139
Dates: 1941 - 1942
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Climate Capsule journals

 Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 6/14/7
Content Description

Twenty-seven "climate capsule" journals created as part of the 2019 Spring semester English course “Climate Fiction” taught by Professor Mary Kuhn (2019; 0.6 cubic feet). The journals consist of weekly observations and reflections from either specific routes or locations at the University of Virginia and Charlottesville, along with comments on cultural pieces regarding climate issues. The climate capsule journals are sealed until 2030.

Dates: 2019
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Mary Helen Detmer journal

 Collection — Box BW 12, Folder: 1 [X030899230]
Identifier: MSS 16372
Scope and Contents

Mary Helen Detmer journal (0.04 cubic feet), 1996 May 23 - December 10, containing entries related to her garden and her life at the University of Virginia Pavilion I.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Frances Parkinson Keyes family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2017-0187
Dates: 1851-1998
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

DeWitt Clinton Gallaher scrapbook and diary transcript

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: X030899351]
Identifier: MSS 15598
Scope and Contents Note

The DeWitt Clinton Gallaher scrapbook and diary transcript (1863-1925; 0.25 cubic feet) consists of a travel diary of New England and Europe (1869-1870), chronology of Civil War battles (October 1863- April 1865) and an album of newspaper clippings on general topics including the University of Virginia and Professor Basil Gildersleeve (1915-1925). The transcript of his travel diary contains vivid descriptions of his travels.

Dates: 1863 - 1925
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Hubard family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0077
Dates: 1850 - 2000
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John G. Staysa Civil War Diary

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU-2023-0026_001: [Barcode: X031579410]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0026
Dates: January 25 - June 2, 1862
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John W. Peyton diaries and account books

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2020-0038
Dates: 1862 - 1911
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

William S. Kibler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15270
Scope and Contents The collection contains the papers of William S. Kibler (1911-2002), a high school teacher and educator, Stanley, Virginia, ca. 1925-2002, 23,684 items (103 Hollinger boxes; 43 linear feet) including his diaries, 1936-2002 April, recording in detail Kibler's daily activities as well as his impressions of events, travel journals and manuscripts for chiefly foreign trips, slides, postcards, and photographs, chiefly concerning his trips, both high school and college papers, literary work, and...
Dates: 1925-2002
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Betty White Loving diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669176]
Identifier: MSS 16055
Content Description

Betty White Loving chronicles her years as a teenager and student at Scottsville High School, and writes about events, names of people, and places she has visited.

Dates: 1941 - 1942
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 11487
Scope and Contents Note This Fitzroy Maclean papers consist (1827-1996; 44 cubic feet) of the professional and personal papers of Scottish soldier, diplomat, politician, author, and traveler, Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean (1911-1996) of Dunconnel. It includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, lectures, speeches, photographs, memorabilia, and research material pertaining to his military, diplomatic, political and literary career as well as family and...
Dates: 1827-1996
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -16476
Content Description This collection documents Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's time in Peru, and contains his journal, a typed transcript of the journal by Mary Noland Young, photographs (chiefly albumen prints) of items, places, and peoples in the Amazon, correspondence (including drafts and translations), and legal documents. Also present are oversize blueprint maps of the Peruvian Amazon region drawn by Noland, a "Map of a Section of South America - Peru, a Vertical Cross Section of the Continent...
Dates: 1872 - 2020; Majority of material found in 1872-1906, 1964, 2020
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Papers of Garrard Glenn, 1901-1951

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-1
Abstract

Small collection of professional correspondence, UVA Law School memorabilia and personal diaries.

Dates: 1901 - 1951
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Personal Papers of Richard J. DeMartino as History Consultant to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2017-02
Abstract

Interesting historical chronology related to the IMTFE. Includes many Japanese documents and photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1936 - 1948
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Addison H. Smith papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15056
Scope and Contents The Addison H. Smith papers (1917-1970; 1.6 cubic feet) includes many letters between 1917 and 1919 to Addison Smith’s mother and his battlefield diary from 1918, which describes in vivid detail the voyage to Europe and his work as an ambulance driver in France. It also includes his certificates of discharge and service in the United States Army Ambulance Service, photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection dates between the years of 1917 to 1922, and...
Dates: 1917-1922; 1970; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1922
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

The Homan W. Walsh Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-5
Abstract

Thirty four agenda notebooks (1930-1963).

Dates: 1930-1963
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

The Journals of William Minor Lile

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-89-1
Dates: 1882-1932
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Petra Vogt papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -16480
Content Description This collection contains journals, artworks, correspondence, and photographs that illuminate the life and work of Petra Vogt, a poet, actress, artist, and model, known for her involvement with the Living Theatre, Ira Cohen, and the Bardo Matrix Press during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular interest are thirty-four journals, chiefly by Petra Vogt, with poetry, prose works, diary entries, and intricate rapidograph drawings along with collage, paintings, and other artworks within; about 150...
Dates: 1966 - 1978
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

World War I soldier's diary and papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2020-0019
Dates: 1915-09 - 1917-04
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

World War I soldier diary and papers

 Collection — Box BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16717
Content Description A concisely written diary documenting the realities of life on the Western Front as experienced by chemical warfare soldiers in the British Army. The diarist makes his first proper entry upon being transferred from the Machine Gun Section to the Chemical Section in September 1915, only a few weeks before the first British mobilization of chemical weapons during the Battle of Loos. Following his month-long training at Helfaut, he is attached to the 15th section of the 187th Company, first...
Dates: 1915-09 - 1917-04
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library