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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 2, Carroll Hopf, Gregory Gizelis, Mac E. Barrick, Susan Dwyer Shick, Amos Long Jr., William S. Troxell, Ruth K. Hagy

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Decorated Folk Furniture
• Foodways Acculturation in the Greek Community of Philadelphia
• David Stoner: Notes on a Neglected Craftsman
• Baptist Autobiography as a Folklife Source
• Bank (Multi-Level) Structures in Rural Pennsylvania
• Der Census Enumerator
• Leisure Time Activities in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
• Local Characters and Originals: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 18

Geography Field Trip To The Southeast And Cuba, Joyce Neth

Special Collections

Journal of Joyce Neth, written on a geography field trip to the southeast United States and Cuba from July 30 to August 21, 1955. Trip was led by UNK History faculty member Philip Holmgren.

Part of the Holmgren Collection, UNK Archives & Special Collections

Excerpts From Diary Of William B. Wilson, 1832-1836, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten, copied excerpts from the diary of William B. Wilson of York County, Pennsylvania dated circa 1832 to 1836, transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker. The notes pertain to apple butter, barn raising and repair, orchard planting and lightning rods.

Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson

Books in English

This ‘Diary' originally appeared in the Indian Temperance Magazine-On Guard-and at the request of friends interested in the welfare of our soldiers in India, I now publish it in a more permanent form. There is no attempt on my part to make a book; my sole object has been to give permanency to a simple record of work among soldiers in the late Afghan campaign. Having shared their trials and dangers, I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to their courage in battle, and to their patience in sickness-cheerfully enduring privations for the maintenance of the honour …

Diary: W.E. Johnson, W. E. Johnson

W.E. Johnson Papers

This file contains the scanned images of W.E. Johnson's diary that he kept as prisoner-of-war through 1864. Two versions of the scans are posted here: the main version a reduced-size PDF (13.5MB). An optimized PDF version (45.6MB) of the diary is also available for download on this page.

An automatically-updating draft transcription of the diary is available.

Excerpts From The Diary Of John Jay Johns: 1860-1899, John Jay Johns

Regional Items

Diary of John Jay Johns during the second half of the 1800s, describing life in the community of St. Charles, Missouri.

Diary Of Mary Sophia Symington (Boggs), 1854, Mary Sophia Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Full text of Mary Sophia Symington's 1854 diary.

This digitization is split up into 5 PDF files. Download all 5 for the full text.

Diary Of Dr. Robert H. Rhodes [Incl. Medical Training In New York And Voyage To San Francisco], 1848-1849, 1861, Robert H. Rhodes Dr.

Gold Rush Life

(Note: only page 1 is transcribed) Sept 14th 1848 I took leave of my dear home for New York for the purchase of completing my medical education. What my feelings [were] can be imagined but not described. I had not been absent from home for many years, and I felt [now] that I was taking my leave of all I held dear on earth forever. I expected to be absent for two or three years, and [ ] the changes that must in the common course of events take place. I could not feel otherwise than sad what added to …

Diary No. 10 From September 23, 1833 To December 31, 1843, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Journals, Diaries, & Commonplace Papers

Transcript of Diary No. 10 from September 23, 1833 to December 31, 1843.

The Diary Of Mary Easton Sibley (1832-1858), Mary Easton Sibley

Mary Easton Sibley Papers

Transcript of the diary of Mary Easton Sibley (1832-1858). This diary was transcribed by a student. Blank spaces (underlined) are words that were unreadable to the student. A long term goal is to digitize and make available the original document, which is housed in the Mary Ambler Archives.

1: William Dunbar Journal, William Dunbar

William Dunbar Collection

Journal from 1804-1805