Collection number: MC 311
Size:
(8 boxes)
(2.33 cu.ft.)
About the Writers of the New Hampshire Diary Collection, 1769-1951
The writers represented in this collection are men and women who lived and worked in New Hampshire during the latter half of the 19th century. All except one diary dates from 1856-1911. The writers were men and women, aged early adulthood through later life, and mostly rural. 2-3 individuals were from larger towns such as Manchester or Salem, while the rest were from farms or rural communities. While most were farmers, a few other trades are represented, such as stone cutting, wagon repair, and teaching.
About the New Hampshire Diaries Collection, 1769-1951
The diaries cover a broad cross section of the state, mostly focusing on farming, agricultural cycles, weather, family life, and social life and customs. Several individuals mention specific details of weather, crop varieties, lumbering and stone cutting trades, and trades of goods and services. Nearly every volume is rich with genealogical information of the family and surrounding townspeople. For more detail, see information included in specific folders.
The last box of the collection contains non-New Hampshire diaries: Hartford CT, Beverly MA, Vinalhaven ME, Wiscoy NY, Plainfield VT, and Mercer VA.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder Number], [Box number], New Hampshire Diaries Collection, 1769-1951, MC 311, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Series of Purchases, ca. 1990-2017.
Collection Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical by county then town where the writer lived or is presumed to have lived.
Collection Contents
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Folder 1 | Belknap: Gilford: Ida M. Hatch Morrill Diaries (1873, 1874, 1876) | |
| Folder 2 | Belknap: Gilford: Ida M. Hatch Morrill Diaries (1873, 1874, 1876) | |
| Folder 3 | Belknap: Gilford: Ida M. Hatch Morrill Diaries (1886, 1887) | |
| Folder 4 | Belknap: Laconia: Arthur W. Dinsmoor Diary (1897) | |
| Folder 5 | Carroll: Sanbornville: Ivory Stevens Loud Diary (1900) | |
| Folder 6 | Carroll: Wolfeboro: Mary L. Berrett Diary 1907-1911) | |
| Box 2 | ||
| Folder 1 | Cheshire: Hinsdale: Nancy A. W. Priest Diary (1856) | |
| Folder 2 | Cheshire: Stoddard: Susan A. W. Joslin Diary (1853) | |
| Folder 3 | Grafton: Bristol: Marietta Sanborn Brown Diary (1880) | |
| Folder 4 | Grafton: Bristol: Daisey Dearborn Diaries (1884-1889) | |
| Folder 5 | Grafton: West Lebanon: Samual Wingate Jones Diary (1850-1899) | |
| Folder 6 | Hillsboro: Manchester: John Edward Baker Diary (1891-1894) | |
| Folder 7 | Hillsboro: Manchester: Harriet and Henry Dowst Diaries (1867, 1902) | |
| Folder 8 | Hillsboro: Manchester: Mary H. Thayer Diary (1856) | |
| Folder 9 | Hillsboro: Milford: Elizabeth Ann Dutton Diary (1868) | |
| Folder 10 | Hillsboro: Nashua: Joseph G. Caron Diary (1941-1944) | |
| Box 3 | ||
| Folder 1 | Hillsboro: New Boston: George C. Andrew Diary (1863-1864) | |
| Folder 2 | Hillsboro: Wilton: John Kimball Diary (1835-1841) | |
| Folder 3 | Merrimack: Bradford: Anonymous Woman's Diary (1871) | |
| Folder 4 | Merrimack: Allentown: Henry Dowst Diary (1880) | |
| Folder 5 | Merrimack: Boscawen: Fred Henry James Diaries (1890-1892) | |
| Folder 6 | Merrimack: Boscawen: Maximillian Jewett Webber (1842) | |
| Folder 7 | Merrimack: Bow: C. H. W. Carter Diaries (1898-1900) | |
| Folder 8 | Merrimack: Bradford: Elizabeth A. Eastman Wheeler Diary (1877-1879) | |
| Folder 9 | Merrimack: Concord: Mary Louise Phillips Diaries (1902) | |
| Folder 10 | Merrimack: Epsom: James Babb Diary (1819-1820) | |
| Box 4 | ||
| Folder 1 | Merrimack: Epsom: Andrew J. Hall Diary (1861-1862) | |
| Folder 2 | Merrimack: Franklin: Stone Cutter's Diary (1883-1887) | |
| Folder 3 | Merrimack: Hopkinton: Abraham Brown Horticulture Diary (1788-1808) | |
| Folder 4 | Merrimack: Newbury / Fishersville: Moses Cilley Diary (1804) | |
| Folder 5 | Merrimack: New London: Nettie Davis Holmes Diary (1902) | |
| Folder 6 | Merrimack: Pembroke: Charles O. Moulton Diary (1862) | |
| Folder 7 | Merrimack: Sutton: Charles C. Marshall Diary (1864) | |
| Folder 8 | Merrimack: Warner: Addie A. Rand Diaries (1872, 1875) | |
| Folder 9 | Rockingham: Chester: Cara Lane Diary (1895-1899) | |
| Folder 10 | Rockingham: Deerfield: Byron Swett Diary (1905-1907) | |
| Folder 11 | Rockingham: Derry: Tyrell Family Diaries (1910-1911) | |
| Box 5 | ||
| Folder 1 | Rockingham: Fremont: James W. Carr Diary (1892) | |
| Folder 2 | Rockingham: Hampstead: Tristram Little Diary/ Account Book (1835-1843) | |
| Folder 3 | Rockingham: Hampton: Washington Harrison Hobbs Diaries (1872-1873) | |
| Folder 4 | Rockingham: Kensington: Susie L. Brown Diaries (1875-1876) | |
| Folder 5 | Rockingham: Newmarket: Thomas Jewett Chesley Diaries (1899, 1909) | |
| Folder 6 | Rockingham: Newmarket: Thomas Jewett Chesley Diaries (1911, 1912) | |
| Box 6 | ||
| Folder 1 | Rockingham: Nottingham: James Hersey Butler Diary (1856-1857) | |
| Folder 2 | Rockingham: Rye: Anonymous Farmer's Diary (1877) | |
| Folder 3 | Rockingham: Salem: Nellie Stanley Diary (1868-1898) | |
| Folder 4 | Strafford: Barrington: Lydia S. Hall Diary (1872) | |
| Folder 5 | Strafford: Dover: Mechanics' Steam Mill Co's Clerk's Diary (1860) | |
| Folder 6 | Strafford: Durham: John Chesley Diaries (1866, 1878) | |
| Folder 7 | Strafford: Durham: Ellen Clark Diary (1865) | |
| Folder 8 | Strafford: Durham: Benjamin Doe Diary (1840) | |
| Folder 9 | Strafford: Farmington: Jeremiah Jones Diary (1850-1853) | |
| Box 7 | ||
| Folder 1 | Strafford: Madbury: Madbury N.H. Journal (1843-1854) | |
| Folder 2 | Strafford: Rochester: Roy Tebbetts Foss Diaries (1890-1891) | |
| Folder 3 | Sullivan: Langdon: Joseph B. Russell Diary (1888) | |
| Folder 4 | Sullivan: Sunapee: Lear Family Diaries (1864, 1865) | |
| Folder 5 | Sullivan: Sunapee: Lear Family Diaries (1868, 1877) | |
| Folder 6 | Sullivan: Sunapee: Lear Family Diaries (1928, 1951) | |
| Folder 7 | Sullivan: Sunapee: Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Angell Lear Diary (1882) | |
| Box 8 | ||
| Folder 1 | Hartford: Hartford, CT: Anonymous Author Almanack and Diary (1769, 1771-1772) | |
| Folder 2 | Essex: Beverly, MA: George B. Gordon Diary (1864-1870) | |
| Folder 3 | Knox: Vinalhaven, ME: Sadie Alley Diary (1909) | |
| Folder 4 | Allegheny: Wiscoy, NY: Nesmith Family Diary/Daybook (1866-1870) | |
| Folder 5 | Washington: Plainfield, VT: Matthew Harvey Watson Diaries (1922-1925) | |
| Folder 6 | Loudoun: Mercer, VA: Henry D. Whitefield Diary (1934-1935) | |
