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21 Title:   Etheldred Rainey diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rainey, Etheldred  
  Dates:   1861, 1893  
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The collection consists of a diary of Etheldred Rainey, while serving in Phillips Legion of the Georgia State Reserves during the Civil War from October-December 1861. Entries chronicle in great detail his camp and actions in the field at Raleigh and Fayetteville (North Carolina), Johnson City (Tennessee), and Virginia. The collection also consists of a transcript of the diary, and obituary clippings for Rainey and his wife, Elizabeth.
  
  Identifier:   ms1152  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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22 Title:   George W. Howard diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Howard, George W.  
  Dates:   1885  
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The collection consists of a diary of George W. Howard of Barnett, Warren County, Georgia for 1885. The diary contains short entries discussing business matters, farm management, trips and visits, and events that took place in Barnett, Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   ms1816  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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23 Title:   Reverend John Newton diaries  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Newton, John, 1732-1790  
  Dates:   1781-1826  
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The collection consists of two diaries of Reverend John Newton containing entries dating 1781-1790. Newton writes about locations of silver, gold, copper and lead mines; hunting, farming, and family health; and includes some information on Newton's services as a physician and a minister, first in the Carolinas and then in northeast Georgia. The collection also contains loose material relating to Newton's estate and medical accounts and remedies recorded by Dr. Moses Newton.
  
  Identifier:   ms2022  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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24 Title:   Alphonse Bloemer World War I diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bloemer, Alphonse  
  Dates:   1918  
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The collection consists of a diary kept by Alphonse Bloemer while serving in World War I, from January 14, 1918-November 19, 1918. Bloemer writes about his trip from Camp MacArthur, Texas to New Jersey, to Brest, France; and building barracks, stables, hospitals, and roads. A few entries regard shell shock cases and men killed in battle. The collection also contains two photographs of the soldiers of Company B, 107th Engineers. The accompanying copy of Wally: his cartoons of the A.E.F., by Private Abian A. Wallgren has been cataloged. The call number is Hargrett Manuscripts Folio D526.2 .W344 1919.
  
  Identifier:   ms2101  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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25 Title:   Anonymous World War II diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1939-1945  
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The collection consists of an anonymous and undated diary kept by a pilot (possibly from the 57th Bombardment Wing) while flying missions in Italy during a four month period. Diary entries describe bombing raids on individual towns.
  
  Identifier:   ms2296  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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26 Title:   Dennis Johnson farm journal  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Johnson, Dennis  
  Dates:   1850-1859  
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The collection consists of a journal kept by Dennis Johnson of Oothkaloga, Bartow County, Georgia regarding weather conditions, planting and harvesting of various crops, use of various farm animals in work, and work assigned to farm laborers.
  
  Identifier:   ms2500  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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27 Title:   John J. Smolka collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smolka, John J., 1911-  
  Dates:   1940-1982  
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The collection consists of a diary and journals kept during World War II. Smolka records weather, and daily activities in the United States Marine Corps recording recreational activities on the Marine base at Mt. Martha Balcombe, Australia, and on the island of Puvuvu. The collection also contains an autobiographic sketch in which Smolka recounts his life until 1968.
  
  Identifier:   ms2704  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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28 Title:   Charles Wood diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wood, Charles, active 1857-1869  
  Dates:   1857-1869  
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The collection consists of a diary of Charles Wood. Early entries relate to Wood's activities as a law student and his political views. Entries in 1861 describe his journey from Richmond, Virginia to Tallahassee, Florida after being assigned as aide-de-camp to General John B. Grayson, who was Commander of the Dept. of East Florida. Wood describes the various towns he traveled through and upon arriving in Tallahassee, the illness and death of General Grayson. In 1863, he writes a short entry discussing the war's impact on his personal philosophy. The volume also contains personal financial accounts from 1868-1869.
  
  Identifier:   ms2734  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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29 Title:   Eliza Jane Arnett diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Arnett, Eliza Jane, 1843-1915  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of a diary of Eliza Jane Arnett from January 12 - June 30, 1864. Diary entries discuss family and home life, visits and visitors, and social life in and around Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. The collection also contains a transcript of the diary and some genealogical notes.
  
  Identifier:   ms2831  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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30 Title:   William Tate journals  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Tate, William, 1903-1980  
  Dates:   1933-1937, 1958-1978  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of the personal journals of William Tate, a former dean at the University of Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   ms2847  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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31 Title:   Henry Holcombe Tucker diaries  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Tucker, Henry H. (Henry Holcombe), 1819-1898  
  Dates:   1854-1855, 1859, 1875  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of four diaries of Henry Holcombe Tucker. He writes about daily activities, and in the diary for 1859, Tucker writes of the places he has resided, schools he attended and is associated with, and family history.
  
  Identifier:   ms3121  
  Repository:   University of Georgia Archives  
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32 Title:   Joshua Breyfogle family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Breyfogle family  
  Dates:   1860-1910  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of two items relating to the Breyfogle family and their experiences fighting in the Civil War: a diary of M. J. Breyfogle from 1864, detailing marching in Scottsboro, Alabama, Dalton, Tunnel Hill, Lafayette, and Henry County, Georgia, describing weather, positions, battles, and skirmishes; a typescript copy of an original letter, dated March 27, 1903, written by J. D. Breyfogle to his sons, detailing battles in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia. The collection also includes a typed genealogy of the Breyfogle family, and six family photographs.
  
  Identifier:   ms3124  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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33 Title:   Mary Tisdale Bond albums  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bond, Mary Tisdale  
  Dates:   1823-1886  
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The collection consists of two albums of handwritten poetry, acrostics and some diary notations written by Mary Tisdale Bond. One of the albums includes some friendship poems and drawings of flowers. The first page of that album states "January 1823 - written at Turkey Creek, Wilkinson County, Geo. our first home after marriage..." Also mentioned are moves to Mississippi and Arkansas (Warren and Pine Bluff).
  
  Identifier:   ms3145  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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34 Title:   Smedley family theater collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smedley family  
  Dates:   1898-1919  
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The collection consists of papers tracing theater life of the Smedley family from 1898-1919. In his diary, Edwin A. Smedley writes about time spent in New York and Providence. New York entries regard interviews, agents, looking for work, rehearsals at Carnegie Hall, Amateur Night, C.S. Church, and several visitors. Entries from Providence regard family activities, relaxation, spending time on the beach and boat, and ball games. Most entries begin with a weather update, and the final pages include addresses of friends and family members, and travel and performance schedules. Journal B contains several newspaper clippings regarding Ellis Smedley, Edwin Smedley, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mabel Tailaferro, Edith Taliaferro, Archie Boyd, the Smedley Sketch Club, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The collection also includes some photographs, The Little mother script by Katherine Stagg, broadsides, programs, and memorabilia from the theater.
  
  Identifier:   ms3270  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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35 Title:   Isaiah Smith papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smith, Isaiah, 1833-1922  
  Dates:   1860-1867  
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The collection consists of a diary kept by Isiah Smith from 1860-1867. Smith writes about family, friends, work, church, singing, the weather, army camp, hospital duties, and fellow soldiers. The collection also includes photographs of Isiah Smith, his family, and CSA discharge. The photographs are undated.
  
  Identifier:   ms3302  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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36 Title:   Abraham Albert World War I diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Albert, Abraham  
  Dates:   1918-1919  
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The collection consists of a World War I diary kept by Abraham Albert from April 14, 1918-March 3, 1919. Albert writes short entries regarding his locations in France, and scouting school, shelling, and woods being flooded with mustard gas. The final few pages of the diary contain a list of names of soldiers in Company K.
  
  Identifier:   ms3427  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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37 Title:   Perry P. Powell diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Powell, Perry P.  
  Dates:   1865  
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The collection consists of a diary of Perry P. Powell beginning while still at home in Waukegan, Illinois. After enlisting, Powell heads for Camp Butler in Springfield, Illinois. He describes arriving in Memphis, Tennessee, the weather, orders, and rumors of the capture of Richmond and General Lee, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, explosion of the steamer Sultana in the Mississippi River, and the capture of Jefferson Davis.
  
  Identifier:   ms3433  
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38 Title:   Asbury L. Stephens papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stephens, Asbury L., -1879  
  Dates:   1863-1866  
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The collection consists of an account book with recipes for dentistry, and two diaries with content covering the Civil War during 1862-1865, written by Asbury L. Stephens of the 81st Ohio Infantry. The collection also includes a letter from Alice Crews to her sister and two photographs of Stephens.
  
  Identifier:   ms3535  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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39 Title:   George D. Forbes Civil War diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Forbes, George D.  
  Dates:   1865  
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The collection consists of a diary of George D. Forbes from January 1-November 12, 1865, detailing events from Summit Point, Camp Babcock and Stevenson's Station, Virginia; and Savannah and Hawkinsville, Georgia. He describes the weather, rumors, orders, positions, and administrative duties.
  
  Identifier:   ms3583  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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40 Title:   C. P. Lacey diary and cased image  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lacey, C. P.  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of a Civil War diary of C. P. Lacey from January-November 1864. Lacey writes of frequent battles, including Resaca, Georgia, and of approaching and battling towards Atlanta, Georgia. The collection also includes a cased photograph on glass of Lacey as an older man.
  
  Identifier:   ms3586  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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