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GLC07239
Collection Item
Diary

D-Day Diary labeled "address book"

1943/03-1944/12

Follweiler, Frank, fl. 1944-1945

Diary kept in a green cloth address book written on board Tank Landing Ship LST-383 officer. Many of the diary entries are more like notes (p. "VII"): "Left ...Eng. Mon. June 5 for our fourth invasion ... D-Day is Tues June 6 .... Arrived Tues June 6...

GLC07239
GLC07218
Collection Item
Diary

Civil War diary of soldier in Co. B 23rd regiment Pa. Volunteers

1861/07-08/1863

Taber, Joseph S. C., fl. 1861-1863

Mentions Peninsula Campaign, rebel balloon, Harper's Ferry, and Gettysburg.

GLC07218
Collection Item
Diary

Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1865

1865/01/25 - 1865/07/09

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 665 - 856
This volume contains accounts of the end of the Civil War and the assassination and funeral of President Lincoln.
10 April 1865, p. 737: News of General Lee's surrender to General Grant.
13 April 1865 p. 739: "One of the...

GLC06846.05
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1820-1821

1820/12/24 - 1821/05/28

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

The author concentrates on family life, but also mentions news items that struck her as important. The entry for January 1 1821 reads, "Rec'd the glorious news of the acquital [sic] of the Queen of England - and the [cession?] of the Floridas to the...

GLC06846.01
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1863-1864

1863/08/04 - 1864/06/11

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 193 - 382
April 22: Author's mother's birthday
June 8: The author's mother dies.

GLC06846.03
Collection Item
Diary

Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1864-1865

1864/06/12 - 1865/01/24

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 383 - 664
In this volume, the author describes efforts to help freed slaves. 21 January 1865: "…brought an appeal for aid for the poor Negroes liberated by Sherman who are suffering in great need of everything. It is a gigantic...

GLC06846.04
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Sarah Gilpin

1865/07/10 - 1866/02/17

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 857 - 1139

GLC06846.06
Collection Item
Diary

Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1867-1868

1867/08/06 -1868/03/16

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 1444 - 1675
Note: Last page not numbered
August 21, 1867: The author records this date as "my birthday and my dear father's death-day."

GLC06846.07
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1868

1868/03/17 - 1868/12/31

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

56 p. numbered 1676 - 1732
32 p. blank
103 p. Unnumbered diary pages

GLC06846.08
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1869-1870

1869/09/02 - 1870/05/26

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Pages numbered 193 - 433

GLC06846.09

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