Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
William Carr Lane Diary Transcript
Collection
Identifier: AC 127-P
Scope and Content
One handwritten transcript of a diary written by Lane from 1852 to 1853, and one photocopy of the transcript. The diary provides details of Lane's trip over the Santa Fe Trail from St. Louis to Santa Fe, descriptions of Santa Fe and its people, and disputes over the United States-Mexico boundary. The transcript was used by Ralph E. Twitchell in the publication of Carr's diary in 1917.
Dates:
1852-1853
William Denison Whipple Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-950-BC
Abstract
The collection contains military journals and account ledgers, maps, letters and other correspondence, photographs, an engraving and personal papers related to the military career and personal life of United States Army Major General William Denison Whipple.
Dates:
1853-1865; Majority of material found in 1853-1865
W.W.H. Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 059
Scope and Content
Collection consists of handwritten manuscripts of "El Gringo" and "The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico," a handwritten transcript of Don Antonio de OtermÃn's journal of 1681 to 1692, and three 1904 letters from Davis to L. Bradford Prince concerning the donation of these materials to the Historical Society of New Mexico. The OtermÃn journal was copied from the original during Davis's tenure as Secretary of New Mexico, and includes descriptions of the Pueblo revolt of 1680 and attempts by the...
Dates:
1681-1904