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1986 Detailed Diary of a Visit to Cold War Ussr (Soviet Union) Kept by an Observant Louisiana Educator

PEGGY PUGH · 1986 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,155.99 (€1,956.07 | £1,631.64 | ¥344,325)

Moscow, Russia, Ussr, Soviet Union: Cold War Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Travel Diary, 1986. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting travel journal of an American couple who travelled to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, a time of intense circumstances between the USA led by R…

1932-1934 Early Handwritten Research of Renowned X-Ray and Optics Physicist Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer

DR. ROY CLARENCE SPENCER · 1901 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,155.99 (€2,863.34 | £2,388.44 | ¥504,031)

Nebraska, U. S, University OF Nebraska: Brace Laboratory, University of Nebraska. Hardcover. On offer is an incredible piece of American scientific history, being two years’ worth of the original handwritten research of renowned physicist, Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer (1901-1981). T…

1940 Remarkable Scrapbook Diary of British Woman Observing the Early Days of World War 2 (Wwii) and Recounting the Blitz Bombing

MARJORIE MAUD LUSH · 1940 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,559.99 (€2,322.60 | £1,937.39 | ¥408,846)

Hampton, England, Britain: The Blitz Bombing England War Effort Farmer Woman, 1940. Hardcover. On offer is a superb, first-hand account of ‘the Blitz’ - the bombing of southern England in the early days of World War Two, combined with a journal of a young entrepreneurial woman e…

1936-40 Manuscript Diary of a Rutland, Vermont Grandmother Who Is the Wife of the Town’S Creamery Owner

EVA B. LAMPHERE · 1940 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$729.99 (€662.30 | £552.45 | ¥116,584)

West Rutland, Vermont, 1940s. Hardcover. On offer is an excellent 5-year diary from New England focused on the daily life of a middle class, middle aged woman and those in her circle. The diary belonged to Eva Jane Bassett Lamphere (1886-1975) to parents Jane Pullen and Wellingt…

1940s Pair of Diaries Handwritten by a Wealthy Toronto Area Woman

ELEANOR L MACRAE · 1944 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,475.99 (€2,246.39 | £1,873.82 | ¥395,431)

Greater Toronto Area, Canada, 1944. Hardcover. Offering two 1940s handwritten diaries by 61-year-old Eleanor L. Macrae, which provide an outstanding look at life in urban Canada during and immediately following World War II. Macrae's entries are lengthy and detailed, portraying …

1878 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of Hard Work and the Rural Pioneer Life

JOSEPH MAREAN · 1878 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,285.99 (€1,166.74 | £973.23 | ¥205,381)

LIBERTY CENTER IOWA IA, 1878. . On offer is an original manuscript diary dated 1878 handwritten by Joseph Marean of Liberty Centre, Warren County Iowa. This is a super account of the day by day doings of Joseph and his wife Mary from Tuesday, January 1st to Tuesday, December 31s…

1918 Diary of a Wisconsin Doctor and Newlywed Serving in World War One and Shipping out to France in a Medical Unit

HUGH M FOGO · 1918 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,450.99 (€1,316.44 | £1,098.10 | ¥231,732)

Gillingham, Wisconsin, France, 1918. Softcover. On offer is an outstanding diary describing an American medical officer’s experiences in the final year of WWI. This diary belonged to Hugh M Fogo (1886-1963). Fogo was born in Gillingham, Wisconsin to parents Caroline Morrow and H…

1942 Diary and Extensive Ephemera Collection of a Pennsylvania Man Who Worked As a Weaver and Served in the Us Army During Wwii

MAX JOSEPH ASTUCK · 1942 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,755.99 (€1,593.16 | £1,328.92 | ¥280,442)

Pennsylvania, United States, 1942. Hardcover. On offer is a delightful collection that includes the diary of a WWII soldier from Pennsylvania, and an extensive amount of accompanying ephemera that tells the story of the man behind the uniform. The diary belongs to Max Joseph Ast…

1928 Diary of a Michigan Teacher on the Trip of a Lifetime, Cruising Through Europe, Grand Tour-Style

HELEN T. MITCHELL MARUSKA · 1928 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$489.99 (€444.55 | £370.82 | ¥78,254)

Michigan, Quebec, Onboard A Ship, Europe, 1928. Hardcover. On offer is a very interesting travel diary dating from the later 1920’s detailing a trip to Europe. This travel diary was kept in 1928 by Helen T. Mitchell (later Maruska) (1904-1972). Helen was born to parents Charles …

1928 to 1962 Archive of Diaries of a White Collar London Man Who Is a Member of the Ancient Order of Foresters

R.A THOMSON · 1928 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,850.99 (€1,679.35 | £1,400.82 | ¥295,615)

London, England. Softcover. On offer is a remarkable collection of 27 diaries detailing over a quarter of a century of life in London between 1928 and 1962, and membership in an old and respected fraternal order. This is an outstanding collection of personal diaries that covers …

27 Letters Spanning 108 Years Related to the Société Des Auteurs Et Compositeurs Dramatiques

MULTIPE AUTHORS · 1880 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,975.99 (€1,792.76 | £1,495.42 | ¥315,578)

France, N.D.. Ephemera. On offer is a terrific collection of correspondence with France's most prestigious literary societies, the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SADC) , which translates to the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SDAC). These letters spa…

1918-1919 Unique Handwritten Wartime Meditation from the Mind of a Wwi Musician Second Class Clarinetist

LEON DANIEL SORBER · 1918 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,455.99 (€1,320.98 | £1,101.89 | ¥232,531)

Salem, Oregon, 1918-1919. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting handwritten notebook that defies categorization, written by American military clarinetist Leon Daniel Sorber (1895-1968) during the later part of WW1. Sorber was born in Salem, Oregon, enlisted in the United States …

1911-1915 Diary of an Engaging Pittsburgh High and Carnegie Tech Student Coming-of-Age Before Enlisting in the Great War

EDWARD DUDLEY TUCKER · 1893 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.43 | £1,253.25 | ¥264,472)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA. Hardcover. On offer is diary filled with the musings of a student, age 17 when he begins writing, that provides exceptional insight into the experience of a teenage boy in the years before World War One. The diary belonged to Edward Dudley Tucker (1…

1938-1939 Diary and Academic Notes of the Scientist Who Discovered the Cause of the Swine Flu That Caused the Spanish Flu Pandemic

DR. WILLIAM IAN BEARDMORE (WIB) BEVERIDGE · 1908 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,575.99 (€2,337.12 | £1,949.50 | ¥411,401)

United States, Canada, Mexico. Softcover. On offer are notes and a journal of one of the world’s preeminent pathologists, Dr. William Ian Beardmore (WIB) Beveridge (1908-2006) , known as “the man who found the cause of the great epidemic”. Beveridge identified the origin of the …

1944 Diary of a Lubbock, Texas High School Senior Who Juggles Soldier Suitors and Bucks Societal Norms

FRANCES ARLINE FARMER · 1944 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.43 | £1,253.25 | ¥264,472)

Lubbock, Texas, 1944. Leather. On offer is the 1944 diary of 17-year-old Frances Arline Farmer (b. Sept 18, 1926 - d. March 6, 2017) , a senior at Lubbock High School. Arline plays piano and fiddle. She is best friends with a girl named Pody. However, much of her writing centres…

1702 French Death Notice Connected to French Nobility and the Case of Marguerite Mercier

MESSIEURS MERCIER AND JACQUEMET OF BOURGES. · 1702 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$179.99 (€163.30 | £136.22 | ¥28,746)

Bourges, France, 1702. Ephemera. On offer is a simple note concerning a death that has links with one of France’s most notorious trials andhints at past misdeeds in the local community. The document is a note, sent to an unidentified recipient concerning the Archbishop of Bourge…

1986–2007 Diaries of a Woman Musician in Search of Voice and Home, a Two-Decade Chronicle of Ambition, Body, and Identity from Straight Relationships to Queer Domesticity Across Los Angeles and Dublin

ANONYMYZED FOR PRIVACY · 1986 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,275.99 (€2,972.21 | £2,479.25 | ¥523,196)

Los Angeles, California, Dublin, IRELAND, 1986. Hardcover. On offer is a remarkable archive of five diaries kept by a woman born in the Midwest who moved to California with dreams of becoming a singer. This woman is a musician and author who keeps these diaries from age 19 throu…

1903-1905 Diaries and Ephemera of a Talkative Indiana Quaker Mother of 11 Keeping House and Keeping Busy in the Community

CATHERINE ELIZABETH MEIER · 1854 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,155.99 (€2,863.34 | £2,388.44 | ¥504,031)

Indiana, United States. Softcover. On offer are two diaries of a woman describing in great detail life in the mid-west at the end of the 19th century. The author of the diaries is Catherine Elizabeth Meier (1854-1934). She was born near Bucyrus, Ohio to parents George and Cathar…

1913 Diary of a Chatty, Widowed New York Grandma Enjoying Old Age While Giving All She’S Got to Her Children and Grandchildren

ELIZA J. WEBSTER MASON · 1913 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$799.99 (€725.81 | £605.43 | ¥127,763)

Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn, New York, Rhode Island, Civil War Veteran, Maine, 1913. Hardcover. On offer is an excellent example of a Wanamaker diary and detailed NYC map dating from pre-WWI America. The diary belonged to Eliza J. Webster Mason (1842-1926) , wife of George E. M…

1961 Diary and Ephemera of the Honorable Andrew Jackson Musselman Jr, Florida Lawyer, Member of the House of Representatives and Judge

ANDREW JACKSON MUSSELMAN JR. , JACK MUSSELMAN · 1961 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,055.99 (€1,865.34 | £1,555.96 | ¥328,354)

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States, 1961. Softcover. On offer is a fascinating daily diary kept by a lawyer who would go on to be elected to Florida’s House of Representatives and be appointed to the bench. The diary is large, measuring 12 inches by 7.5 inches. There are 365 …