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 35 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
John William "John Billy" Peyton diaries and account books
Collection
Identifier: MSS 4944
Content Description
Peyton's diaries cover the Civil War and Reconstruction periods and frequently mention conflicts, specifically the Yankees and how many people were killed on both sides of battlefields. His diary entries describe the Yankees being at his home and near his neighbors in Rapidan, Virginia. Many southern generals are mentioned including General (Stonewall Thomas) Jackson, General (J.E.B.) Stuart, and General (Richard S.) Ewell. There are also references to President (Andrew) Johnson. ...
Dates:
1862 - 1911
Photocopied pages from the journal of Guy Charles Moore Godfrey, 1893-1902
Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 1
Identifier: uva-lib:2229408
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates:
1893-1902
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear, circa 1800-1956, bulk: bulk 1863-1943
Series — Box 1-6: Series uva-lib:2221993
Identifier: uva-lib:2221993
Scope and Contents
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
circa 1800-1956; Majority of material found within 1863-1943
Series III. Walter Reed, 1806-circa 1955, bulk: bulk 1874-1936
Series — Box 16-33: Series uva-lib:2223908
Identifier: uva-lib:2223908
Scope and Contents
Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:
1806-circa 1955; Majority of material found within 1874-1936
Series VI. Alphabetical files, circa 1860-circa 1966, bulk: bulk 1940-1956
Series — Box 58-61: Series uva-lib:2229293
Identifier: uva-lib:2229293
Scope and Contents
Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates:
circa 1860-circa 1966; Majority of material found within 1940-1956
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
John G. Staysa Civil War Diary
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X031579410]
Identifier: MSS 16812
The Homan W. Walsh Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-5
Abstract
Thirty four agenda notebooks (1930-1963).
Dates:
1930-1963
The Journals of William Minor Lile
Collection
Identifier: MSS-89-1
UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 72 Velma Sandlin teacher training diary
Unprocessed Material — Box MSS 16758_NewAdditions_02: [Barcode: X032762575], Folder: ViU2024-0150_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0150
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
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
Collection of W. W. Yen materials
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: X030869155]
Identifier: MSS 16323
Scope and Content Note:
This collection consists of three published books and one notebook. The Moral philosophy notebook and Standard Masonic Monitor have been digitized by the library.
Dates:
1899-1974