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