Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lorenzo Whiting Blood diary
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-032
Abstract
The volume is a 131-page manuscript diary kept by Blood from May 17, 1835 to July 28, 1844. All entries are shorter than a full page, apart from a few exceptions. The diary begins with Blood describing his abusive childhood, and he then introduces himself as a freshman at Wesleyan University. During his freshman year, he became a member of the Missionary Lyceum student organization, and he traveled across Connecticut preaching at the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield, the American...
Dates:
1835-1844
Found in:
University Archives
James Oliver Longstreet diary
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 1000-025
Abstract
James Oliver Longstreet's personal diary from the year 1856 covers the second semester of his junior year at Wesleyan, as well as the first semester of his senior year. Many events are recorded in the diary, including the 1856 presidential election and the founding of the Middletown chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Longstreet also discusses his work as a teacher in North Guilford, Connecticut and North Branford, Connecticut.
Dates:
1856
Found in:
University Archives