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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of a passage from Boston to California on board the ship Rob Roy

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .S283 folio
Scope and Contents

Daily passenger's log of a gold rush voyage by a Maine native, with entries dated from January 25 to August 10, 1850

Dates: 1850

Kate Douglas Wiggin collection

 Collection
Identifier: M187
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, journals, book and story manuscripts, commonplace books, notebooks and notes related to Wiggin's writing; also includes lectures on kindergarten subjects, clippings, photographs and material concerning her Irish "literary pilgrimage."

Dates: 1867 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1917

Kate Furbish collection

 Collection
Identifier: M070
Abstract

Kate Furbish (1834-1931) was a notable botanical illustrator; the bulk of Furbish's life's work--collecting, classifying, and drawing the flora of Maine--was done between 1870 and 1908. The collection includes sixteen bound volumes of Furbish's sketches and watercolors of flora, entitled "Maine Flora," loose artwork, journals, correspondence, and research materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1873-1909; 1873-2011, undated

Ledger and journal

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .R445
Scope and Contents

Bound ledger recording United States Christian Commission agent Redlon's expenses while stationed at Martinsburg, W.Va., Summit Point, Va., and Harper's Ferry, W.Va., from April through June 1865, along with a brief set of journal entries recounting Redlon's travels from Maine southward early in 1865 to join the Commission

Dates: 1865

Logbook

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .S767 folio
Scope and Contents

Printed journal with daily holograph entries documenting passages in unnamed ships from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, England, and from Liverpool to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1821

Dates: 1821

Maria Fuller diaries

 Collection
Identifier: M069
Abstract

Contains fifty diaries by Maria Fuller. The 1869 and 1870 diaries detail a trip to Washington, D.C., and include a description of her meeting with President and Mrs. Grant, General Sherman and other dignitaries.

Dates: 1869-1934; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1870

North Greenland Expedition journals

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .G537 folio
Scope and Contents

Bound ledgers containing daily entries documenting Peary's first North Greenland Expedition, including drawings and scrapbook items. Additional notes detail findings of North American birds, eggs, and nests

Dates: 1891 - 1892

Notes cliniques médecine

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .W662
Scope and Contents

Bound volumes with daily manuscript entries detailing clinical experiences of a physician in training, possibly in France

Dates: 1835

R. L. Mundy, Logbook

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .M863 folio
Scope and Contents

Log kept during the years 1867-1871, by R. L. Mundy, midshipman of the Royal Navy, documenting various training cruises by students of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, England, and including numerous manuscript charts and hand-drawn views of coastal landmarks, chiefly in the Caribbean region

Dates: 1867 - 1871

Record book of Rev. Jonathan Edwards Adams, of New Sharon, Maine, during his two month's [sic] service with the U.S. Christian Commission in 1863 at Alexandria, Washington & Gettysburg

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .A3367
Scope and Contents

Ruled journal issued by the U.S. Christian Commission recording field work by Jonathan E. Adams, including providing comfort and support for wounded Union soldiers during 1863, with details of medical treatments, causes of death, last wishes of the dying, Adams's itinerary, and his expenses

Dates: 1863