Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Charles L. Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC252
Abstract

Collection includes two diaries; an overland account of Anderson's journey from Wisconsin to Carson City, 1862-1863; a medical record book, 1863-1866; letters; receipts; and photographs.

Dates: 1862-1866

Dangberg Family Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-01
Abstract

H. F. Dangberg was a German-American who settled in northern Nevada in the mid-19th century. He, along with various family members, are responsible for several ranches and business enterprises in the region. Collection contains records of the Dangberg Ranch and associated businesses from the 1854-1954.

Dates: 1854-1954

Jack Dieringer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-24
Abstract

Andrew “Jack” Dieringer (1925-2020) graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1948 with a degree in biology. He began working for the Nevada Fish and Game Commission directly out of college and continued there until his retirement in 1983. Collection includes daily diaries kept by Dieringer from February 1951 to his retirement in 1983 and record his daily work activities, meetings, and trips to the field.

Dates: 1951-1983

Alfred Doten Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC08
Abstract Diaries relating to Alfred Doten's trip from Plymouth, Mass. by sea to California in 1849, his life as a placer miner and rancher in California, and as a newspaperman in Nevada; literary, biographical and historical manuscripts; a complete file of the Como Sentinel and its successor, the Lyon County Sentinel; and clippings of Doten's articles. Other papers relate to Governor C. C. Stevenson of Nevada, the construction of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the town of Gold Hill, Nevada, and...
Dates: 1834-1972

Josephine Freeman Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-18
Scope and Contents

Manuscript diaries of life in California and at the Sierra Nevada Mountain's summer home.

Dates: 1888-1994; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1932

John J. Garrity, Jr. Waterfowl Hunting Logs

 Collection
Identifier: NC1428
Abstract

John J. Garrity, Jr. served in Vietnam and Laos. He was an avid waterfowl hunter who kept records of his hunts from the 1960s through the 1981/1982 season. The collection contains waterfowl hunting logs created by Garrity from 1961-1982 that document his hunting outings, including the number of waterfowl taken and with whom he went hunting. Some of the entries also include photographs.

Dates: 1961-1982

General Federation of Women's Clubs Report

 Collection
Identifier: NC856
Abstract

The General Federation of Women's Clubs was an organization of various women's service clubs. The collection contains minutes of a meeting held in Detroit, Michigan.

Dates: 1935 June 4-12

Clel Georgetta Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 99-42
Abstract Clel Evan Georgetta (1901-1979) was White Pine County's Assemblyman for two terms and a member of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee (1935-1942). He was instrumental in passing the six-week divorce residency requirement and authored laws on range and water rights. The collection includes typescripts of Georgetta's fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, both published and unpublished, much of it based on Nevada themes, characters, and locales; personal diaries letters to daughter...
Dates: 1916-1979

C. C. Goodwin Historical Writings Journal

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-59
Abstract

C. C. Goodwin was a writer, politician, and journalist. He lived in Nevada from 1860-1880, and was associated with the Virginia City newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise. Collection contains one journal of unpublished writings on historical events and people in which Goodwin was interested.

Dates: late 19th century

Aroet Lucius Hale Journal Transcriptions

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-51
Abstract

Aroet Lucius Hale, born on May 18, 1828, was an extremely active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and an early emigrant to Utah Territory. Hale died on December 13, 1911 in Grantsville, Utah. Collection contains two journals by Aroet Lucius Hale transcribed by Kathlyn Cranney Mayes Stubblefield in 1990 describing the life of Hale and his emigration from Dover, New Hampshire to Grantsville, Utah.

Dates: 1990