Diaries
Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:
A. B. Harden diary and letters
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.
Harley McDonald diary
Bound manuscript diary kept by Harley McDonald, documenting his voyage on the ship Hopewell and part of a voyage on the ship Hurricane.
Peter Holt Hatch papers
Papers of an emigrant to Oregon who lived in Oregon City and Salem. Includes extensive diaries, 1874-1897; account books, 1866-1893; and correspondence, genealogies, and ephemera. Also includes Peter Holt Hatch's letter proposing marriage to Sarah Cornelia Locey, his second wife; and a scrapbook of Edwin Thompson Hatch, son of Peter Hatch.
Henry E. Hayes diary
Original and typescript of Henry E. Hayes' diary, which covers his time gold mining near Nevada City, California, his coming to Oregon in 1851, and his activities making shingles in Clackamas County. Hayes (1831-1919), who was born in Hartford, Connecticut, eventually became a steamboat pilot, and had a farm at Stafford, Oregon.
E. R. Helig diary
Manuscript diary, January 5-25, 1899, kept by E. R. Helig while on board the schooner Charles L. Davenport, traveling down the Delaware River to Santiago, Cuba.
John Bunker Hemey diary
Manuscript diary regarding overland journey from Illinois to California.
Judson Himes diary
Diary kept by Judson Himes of Olympia, Washington.
Journal of the brigantine Hope
Photocopy extract from the journal of Joseph Ingraham describing the voyage of the Brigantine Hope from Boston to the Northwest coast of America.
David S. Hoyt journal
Martin Luther Kimmel papers
Papers of Martin Luther Kimmel consist of a manuscript diary, September-December 1917, of his enlistment at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and training at various Army posts in the U.S., with typescript transcript; and correspondence regarding Kimmel's book "The Torchbearers," 1966-1967.