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Diaries
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Civil War 
 An extensive directory of links to information on the United States Civil War. Includes Civil War slang, recipes and other aspects of home life, data about African Americans (in the "Colored Troops" section), details about prisons and prisoners; diaries, letters, and memoirs; archives; and how women, Canadians, Native Americans, and others served during the conflict. From a professor of finance with an interest in this period of history. http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 19, 2005 American Civil War Collections
Civil War letters and diary entries include transcriptions and digital images of the manuscripts. Each collection is annotated and tells whether the letters are from spouses, sweethearts, relatives, or others. The site also includes speeches, fictional writings, spirituals, and legal texts relating to the war. The newspaper collection is for students at the University of Virginia only. From the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center. http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 12, 2007 American Journeys
This site "contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later." Searchable, or browse documents by year in the Historical Highlights section. Also includes teacher resources. A collaborative project of the Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day. http://www.americanjourneys.org/ Topics: Geography, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 27, 2006 American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, 1909-1915
An exhibit of scientists Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin's almost six-year expedition to the Central African Congo River basin to catalog the plants and animals they found. Features biographies, notes, field photographs, diaries, illustrations, articles on the anthropology and zoology of the region, video clips, and interactive maps of early 20th century Congo (formerly Zaire). Searchable photos, field notes, anthropological objects, and publications. From the American Museum of Natural History. http://diglib1.amnh.org/ Topics: Environment, Geography, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science Last updated Sep 18, 2003 Anne Frank House
Web site of the Amsterdam museum located in the house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis during World War II. Contains a biography, photos, a history of the pogroms instituted against the Jews, the reasons the Frank family went into hiding, and information on their final days in the concentration camps. Also includes brief excerpts of her diary, its history, and its publication background. Available in several languages, including English and Spanish. http://www.annefrank.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, Museums by Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 15, 2004 Archives of American Art (AAA)
This site presents detailed descriptions of "roughly 16 million letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other documents" from the Smithsonian's many collections. The finding aids and catalog allow visitors to see exactly what's in the collection. An email reference service provides extended help. http://www.aaa.si.edu/ Topics: Archives, Art by Region, Artists, Correspondence, History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Chiang Kai-shek Diaries
"The Hoover Institution has been helping preserve the handwritten diaries of Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo since Chiang family members deposited them at Hoover in 2005. Those diaries of the former presidents of the Republic of China are on deposit at the Hoover Institution pending the creation of a suitable repository on Chinese territory." Features a brief description of the diaries (1917-1945) and an illustrated essay. From the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. http://www.hoover.org/hila/collections/19400629.html Topics: History, History By Place Last updated May 28, 2009 The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
A collection of about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials illustrating "nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California." Includes original illustrations, cartoons, letters, diary excerpts, speeches, sheet music, and other images and printed matter. Search or browse the material by subject, name, title, group, or theme. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jul 15, 2006 Delia Locke Diaries
Collection of digitized diaries of Delia (Hammond) Locke, part of a larger collection "of materials on the [Locke] family and Lockeford, California, the town they founded in the 1850s." The collection includes Locke's diaries from 1855 to 1879, which "provide a remarkable documentation of life in rural northern California in the 19th century." From the Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/lockediaries/ Topics: History Last updated Feb 26, 2009 Digital Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers
Brief diary entries from U.S. Army paymaster Robert Dunlap Clarke, written "from May to July 1868 at Forts Phil Kearny, Fetterman, Reno and C. F. Smith in present-day Wyoming" as Clarke "traveled along the Bozeman trail forts to conduct payment for the Army's troops." From the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. http://ahc.uwyo.edu/onlinecollections/digital/clarke/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Writing Last updated Aug 4, 2004 Documenting the American South (DAS)
Over 1,200 primary sources documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes Southern literature to 1920; first-person narratives, including diaries, memoirs, ex-slave narratives, and travel accounts; the church in black communities to 1920; materials documenting life during the Civil War; and a collection on the history of North Carolina to 1940. Searchable. From the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://docsouth.unc.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 17, 2004 DoHistory
"A site that shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived." Explains how to find, organize, handle, and store original documents. using a book and film about the midwife Martha Ballard and her diary as an example. Created by the Film Study Center at Harvard University. http://dohistory.org/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 11, 2007 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
This combination of photographs by expedition photographer Frank Hurley, maps, diary entries, and brief explanatory text captures one of the great stories of exploration. In 1916, Sir Ernest Shackleton and five sailors made a remarkable boat and land journey to reach a whaling station and organize the rescue of the rest of his crew, stranded when their ship, "Endurance," was crushed in pack ice near Antarctica. From the American Museum of Natural History. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/ Topics: Geography, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Regions of the World, Transportation Last updated Jan 22, 2004 Florida in the Civil War
Includes an essay, a timeline of related events, photos, documents (diaries, letters, and memoirs), and resources for teachers. From the Florida Memory Project . http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 23, 2003 Hanover Historical Texts Project (HHTP)
This site's "principal aim is to make primary texts readily available." Texts are organized alphabetically by author within geographic regions and chronological eras. The texts are largely pre-twentieth century, starting with Ancient Greece and Rome . Find here English language originals and translations of diaries, letters, proclamations, declarations, political and philosophic treatises, constitutions, diplomatic telegrams, and more. http://history.hanover.edu/project.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Feb 25, 2004 The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools
Devoted to the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, and its economic influence on Seattle. Contains a chronology (1886-1916), discussion themes, classroom activities and resources, a bibliography, photographs, maps, and transcriptions of letters, diaries, and articles. From the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Klondike/Klondike%20Main.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Jun 23, 2009 Lewis and Clark Expedition: End of the Expedition: 18 Days in Pacific County, Washington
"The Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark is a nonprofit organization devoted to commemorating the bicentennial of the epic journey of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery, with special emphasis on the 18 days they spent in Pacific County, Washington" state. Provides an overview of November 7 to 25, 1805, plus diary excerpts and illustrations for each day. Also includes press releases, plans for the bicentennial, attractions, itineraries, membership information, and links. http://www.lewisandclarkwa.com/ Topics: History, Holidays and Observances Individually, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Aug 6, 2003 The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life by combining original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history." Includes photos, letters, videos, a World War II timeline, an episode guide, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Nov 8, 2004 Prairie Diaries
Companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program featuring diary entries from Kansas residents created for the "A Day in My Community" project that was designed "to leave a historical record of their lives at the beginning of the millennium." Includes personal stories about farming, pioneer trails, sports, and more. Provides audio clips of diary excerpts, tips on starting a community history project, and links to related NPR features. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1468140 Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, Writing Last updated Oct 2, 2004 A Return to Grey Gardens
Article about the diaries of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, who lived in Grey Gardens (a mansion in East Hampton, New York) with her mother Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale. Mother and daughter were the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and their story has inspired a documentary film and a Broadway musical. From New York magazine. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/23484/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 11, 2007 Sahara With Michael Palin
Companion to a book and documentary about British actor Michael Palin's 10,000-mile journey through 10 countries and one disputed territory in this desert region of Africa. The site features diary entries for all 99 days of his trip (including information about nature and history), a route map, dozens of photos, and video clips. http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/static-128 Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Travel Sites by Continent Last updated Aug 25, 2005 Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress
This collection documents Morse's invention of the electromagnetic telegraph, role in developing telegraph systems, "career as a painter, his family life, his travels, and his interest in early photography, religion, and the nativist movement." Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, maps, drawings, and material from various publications. Also features a biographical timeline and a family tree. Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/ Topics: Correspondence, Electrical Energy, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Technology Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Surveyors of the American West
This New York Public Library virtual exhibit highlights America's westward expansion through the photographs and searchable notes of photographer William Henry Jackson and of civil/mining engineer Robert Brewster Stanton. Three months of Jackson's diary entries made during the summer of 1869 along with many large format images and stereoscopic views are on display. Four volumes of Stanton's notes and selected photographs taken during two expeditions surveying the canyons along the Colorado River from 1889 to 1890 are also featured. http://digital.nypl.org/surveyors/ Topics: Geography, Geology, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, United States History Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861
"Explore the turbulent times of 'Bleeding Kansas.' Hundreds of personal letters, diaries, photos, and maps bring to life the settling of Kansas during the fierce debate over slavery." Features topics such as territorial politics, border warfare, immigration, and biographies of historical figures. Document archives are accompanied by a timeline, bibliography, lesson plans, images of "The Annals of Kansas," and related links. Browsable and searchable. From the Kansas State Historical Society and the University of Kansas. http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, History, Labor, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
A collection of "49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ Topics: Christianity, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
"The Valley Project details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern, from the time of John Brown's Raid through the era of Reconstruction." Contains photographs, maps, "thousands of original letters and diaries, newspapers and speeches, [and] census and church records, left by men and women in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania." Many of the sources are searchable. http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Veterans History Project
This site describes a project to collect "oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)." Includes guidelines for participating in the project, including tips for interviewing veterans and writing memoirs. From the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/vets/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History Last updated Apr 3, 2005 War Diaries of the First World War
"This database contains the digitised War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. ... The War Diaries are not personal diaries, rather they are a historical record of a unit's administration, operations and activities during the First World War." Searchable. "Online Help" includes information on interpreting the diaries. From the National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/02/020152_e.html Topics: History, History By Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 19, 2009 The Warsaw Ghetto
Dozens of documents relating to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of April and May 1943, in which Jews fought back against the Nazis in World War II. Includes contemporary reports, biographies of participants, government documents, and excerpts from newspaper articles, books, and diaries. From the Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/warsawtoc.html Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Nov 9, 2004 We Do Not Know His Name: Klatsassin and the Chilcotin War
This site examines a war in 1864 between the Tsilqhot'in people and the colony of British Columbia, Canada. The site "is essentially an archive of primary documents with some secondary interpretations." Transcribed materials include colonial correspondence, colonial dispatches, newspaper articles, court documents, and diary and journal entries. Also includes a timeline, biographical information, maps, and photographs. Part of the Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History project. In English and French. http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/klatsassin/home/indexen.html Topics: Correspondence, History, History By Place, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated May 10, 2004 Web de Anza
This site "provides students and scholars with primary source documents and multimedia resources covering Juan Bautista de Anza's two overland expeditions from the Sonoran desert to northern California, leading to the colonization of San Francisco in 1776." Includes maps, pictures, timelines, the text of the diaries of de Anza and the Franciscan friars who were with him, biographies of key figures, a bibliography, and more. From the University of Oregon. http://anza.uoregon.edu/ Topics: Geography, History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Mar 21, 2006 Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion 1820-1890
A selection of archival materials from Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum, including "logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels," providing "a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject, name (author), and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2003 What's Cooking? Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian
Tells the story of how Julia Child "gave her kitchen to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History." Includes diary entries of museum staff responsible for dismantling and packing the more than 1,200 individual items, and highlights a few of the cooking tools found in the kitchen (the "set for three enormously popular public-television series"). Also features cooking stories from Child. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Behring Center. http://americanhistory.si.edu/kitchen/ Topics: Food & Cooking, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Aug 19, 2004 The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers
This presentation of almost 50,000 images "documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work which led to the world's first powered, controlled and sustained flight. Included ... are correspondence, diaries and notebooks, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and other documents, as well as the Wrights' collection of glass-plate photographic negatives." Also features a timeline and family tree. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wrighthtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Transportation Last updated Nov 20, 2009 Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A "digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century." From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/wipionexpAbout.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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