Diaries of South Hampton Roads

These diaries will deal with everything from the 1500s to present.  These diaries may be original copies, transcribed copies, or even have been edited and published.  The location of these diaries will be held in different institutions around the country and even around world.

1800s

Early 1800s:

Williams, Frederick (Capt.) 

Originals - Papers of Frederick Williams, 1800-1880 at Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, Va) https://worldcat.org/en/title/30065064   

Published - Williams Frederick and Eleanor P Cross. 1972. The Voyages of Frederick Williams. Chesapeake Va: Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake Virginia.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/533933   

Civil War (1861-1865):

Eccleston, Sarah Chamberlin

Sarah Chamberlin Eccleston diary, 1864-1916 - Penn State

https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/chamberlin/id/90/

 Goodwin, Eugene

Jasper County, Iowa (Iowa GenWeb)

Diary of Eugene Goodwin

http://iagenweb.org/jasper/military/goodwin_diary/1862/

 Greene, Cloe Tyler Whittle

Digitized copies at: https://cdm16821.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16821coll24/search/searchterm/Cloe%20T.W.%20Greene%20Diaries/field/digita/mode/exact/conn/and

Originals at: Furman University (Greenville, SC)

Lamb, William

Typescript of the diary of William Lamb, 1861

Box 1, series 5, William Lamb Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.    http://hdl.handle.net/10288/16797

Moyer, Michael

Dunn, Leia K., "MS-027: Michael Moyer Co. C 173rd Pennsylvania, Civil War Diary" (July 2001). Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids. Special Collection and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/27/

Sparrow, Thomas

Thomas Sparrow diary (East Carolina University, NC)

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1467

 Valentine, Herbert E.

 Herbert E. Valentine Civil War Diary (Wake Forest University, NC)

-          Main page - https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/50

-          Incident at Fort Monroe (page 9 and 10, 1862)  http://hdl.handle.net/10339/3981

-          “A Trip Across Hampton Roads, Feb 6, 1864,) page 100-108 http://hdl.handle.net/10339/3966

Wallace, Elizabeth Curtis

 Wallace Elizabeth Curtis Eleanor P Cross and Charles Brinson Cross. 1968. Glencoe Diary : The War-Time Journal of   Elizabeth Curtis Wallace. Chesapeake VA: Norfolk County Historical Society.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/18940877   

1900s

1910s:

Wilson, Jeffrey T. 

JEFFREY T. WILSON DIARY 1913  - VT

https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/wilsondiary