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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Marasic Liddell Family Papers, 1870-1955 (bulk 1900-1930)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 294
Summary

Diaries, family bible, Sunbeam Society records, composition book of original poetry and prose works, and photograph album of Annie Marasic Liddell, a wife, mother, cook, shopkeeper, and Chippewa Herald correspondent in Anson, Wisconsin (Chippewa County), during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Dates: 1870-1955 (bulk 1900-1930)
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Barland Family Papers, 1825-2008

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AG-Eau Claire Micro 35-Eau Claire Micro 19
Summary Personal and business papers of three generations of the Barlands, a family with strong ties to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, together with papers of several related families, the Newlands, the Reads, the Schlegelmilchs, and the Wilsons. Included are personal letters, diaries, photographs, financial records, and genealogical materials. The papers document the life of Thomas Barland, a minister and inventor who emigrated from Scotland to Illinois and then to Eau Claire (1853). Barland's...
Dates: 1825-2008
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Effie Elsie Converse Papers, 1882-1932

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BT
Summary

Diaries and poetry of a woman from the Town of Brunswick, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, who later lived in the city of Eau Claire. The diaries, 1882-1920, relate in detail the daily activities of Miss Converse, her family (which included a brother, Royal William, 1829-?, and a sister, Clarissa, 1828-?), and friends. Two volumes of her poetry date 1896-1932. In 1939, Miss Converse married Thomas H. Rooke in Eau Claire.

Dates: 1882-1932
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Florence M. Larkin Papers, circa 1883-1974

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CL
Summary Extensive correspondence and personal papers of Florence Larkin of Eau Claire, Wis., together with smaller quantities of correspondence and papers of her husband and relatives in the Sullivan and Robertson families. The papers document Larkin's student years at Vassar College, teaching school in Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Michigan, work for the YMCA Women's Service in Europe during World War I, marriage to Edwin Larkin in her late forties, and active membership in the Eau Claire civic and...
Dates: circa 1883-1974
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Henry William Barber Diaries, 1858, 1867-1870

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 256
Summary

The 1858 diary of Henry William Barber covers the time of Henry and Cecelia Barber’s journey from Westfield, New York to Dead Lake Prairie in Pepin County, Wisconsin, where the Barber’s built one of the first frame houses of the prairie. The 1867-1870 diary is filled with accounts of daily activity, mainly related to farming.

Dates: 1858, 1867-1870
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

James Newman Clark Collection, 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 249
Summary Personal and business papers of James Newman Clark (1842-1928), a farmer, taxidermist, and ornithologist in Meridean, Wisconsin. Clark was an interested bird watcher and self-trained taxidermist, and he kept careful notes on correct identification of specimens. Clark’s ornithology collection was donated to the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 1959 where it was displayed in L.E. Phillips Science Hall. Papers also relate to the donation and display of Clark’s collection at the...
Dates: 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates: 1837-1947
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Norman “Kee” Hahn Papers, 1940-1968, 2011 (bulk 1940-1944)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 349
Summary

Letters, news articles, photographs and artifacts relating to Norman Kee Hahn, a World War II veteran. Hahn was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1916. Hahn served in the Canadian Royal Air Force from 1940-1942, and then fought for the United States as a pilot for the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945.

Dates: 1940-1968, 2011 (bulk 1940-1944)
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Ted Simpson Papers, 1990-2018

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 365
Summary

Collection documenting Ted P. Simpson’s experience with K Company, 159th Aviation regiment (18th Airborne Corps) during the Gulf War and of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm from 1990-1991. Simpson was a Sergeant in the United States Army and a Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U). Materials include a diary and correspondence (including transcriptions), photographs of his experience, a chronology list of events, and an oral history interview from 2018.

Dates: 1990-2018
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Van Gorden Family Papers, 1940-1945

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CE
Summary Transcriptions completed by Cyrena Dierauer of her grandfather’s diary (1940-1945) and her father’s World War II letters home. Harry Van Gorden kept the diary while living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he operated a gasoline supply business and several gas stations. His diary entries reflect family life of the times, the gasoline business during World War II, and his interest in news events of the day. The letters are from his son, Archie “Red” Van Gorden, written while serving with the...
Dates: 1940-1945
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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