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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Alma Olive Huseby Dempsey diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 316
Abstract

Three composition books containing the journal of Alma Olive Huseby Dempsey of Jefferson County, Oregon, kept from December 23, 1915, to March 31, 1918. Includes details of daily life, housework, family, travel, weather, and general community news.

Dates: 1915-1918

William H. Dierdorff family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 977
Abstract

Diaries, notebook, address book, and cashbook of William H. Dierdorff (1849-1903), and photographs and postcards relating to the family of his son William H. Dierdorff (1898-1975). Dierdorff emigrated to Oregon in 1856, and after working as a civil engineer and draftsman, became a Presbyterian minister.

Dates: 1896-1966; Majority of material found within 1896-1899

Euphemia Dimick memoir and other writings

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1056
Abstract

Writings by Euphemia Dimick (1877-1967) of Oregon, including diary entries and a memoir titled "Through the Wilderness." The writings relate to Dimick's experiences raising her daughter, Ruth Elizabeth Dimick (1916-1974). Ruth Dimick had athetoid cerebral palsy, a condition marked by difficulty with motor skills, which was not well understood or accommodated in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1916-circa 1951

Lucia S. Fear papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1550
Abstract

Papers and family photographs of Lucia S. Fear (1862-1957). Fear was born in 1862 in Kansas, and worked as a lawyer there in the early 1880s. She and her family later moved to Portland, Oregon, where she participated in the Mazamas climb of Mt. Hood in 1894 and was a member of the Portland Woman's Club.

Dates: 1882-1913

Fred Floed account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 797
Abstract

Account book, later used as a diary, of Fred Floed, a merchant in Roseburg, Oregon.

Dates: 1875-1880

Charlotte Gardner diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2257
Abstract

Handwritten copy, made by Eleanor J. Graves, of Charlotte Coffin Gardner's journal of a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, California, and Washington Territory, then back to Nantucket, June 23, 1852-May 10, 1855.

Dates: 1852-1855

Eli Sheldon Glover papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2721
Abstract

Papers of inventor and artist Eli Sheldon Glover include diaries describing travels across the United States, correspondence with his son, and patents and advertisements for his inventions.

Dates: 1875-1909

Gould family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2680
Abstract Collection consists primarily of diaries by members of the Gould family, including a typescript diary of Albert L. Gould, 1860, regarding a trip from Iowa to eastern Nebraska; a typescript diary of Jane Gould, 1862, regarding her overland journey from Iowa to California; diaries of George A. Gould, 1874-1921, regarding farm work, ranching, hunting, fishing, and family activities in Coos County, Oregon, and in California; diary of Harriet Gould, 1891-1917, regarding family, work, and friends...
Dates: 1860-1921

Alden Bradford Graham diary and ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2657
Abstract

Manuscript diary, 1879, regarding a trip from Hantsport, Nova Scotia to Portland, Oregon, with accounts; manuscript ledger, 1890-1895, of passengers and cargo carried by steamers of the Oregon City Transportation Company, including the steamers Altona, Latona and Ramona.

Dates: 1879-1895

A. B. Harden diary and letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 11
Abstract

Diary of A. B. Harden (1814-1887), who emigrated to Oregon in 1847, and letters to his family. The diary describes Harden's journey to Oregon and his life in Oregon, while the letters include information about life in Oregon, developments in the war between Euro-American emigrants and Liksiyu (Cayuse) people, names of local legislators, and poetry by Harden.

Dates: 1847-1848