Diary
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
MC12. Charles M. Shepherd Papers
Collection — Blueprints
Identifier: MC-12
Scope and Contents
Farmer and breeder born in Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois in 1841. Purchased 188 acres of the Strawbridge Estate in 1883 including the homestead built by Thomas Strawbridge Jr (1798-1880) in the 1840's. UIS now stands on that farm. Photocopy of a diary kept by Shepherd in 1878 regarding his farming and hunting activities, and trips to Springfield and the weather. Also contains a student paper written by R-Lou Barker discussing the family history, a transcript of the C.M....
Dates:
Created: 1874-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1976-2007; Other: Date acquired: 05/12/1980
MC18. Donner-Hill Family Papers, 1890-1982
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-18
Scope and Contents
A Sangamon County family based in Loami. Descendants of the historically significant Donners whose 1846 emigrant trip to California ended tragically in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains.Photographs, news clippings, memorial books, correspondence, recipes, a scrapbook, and a diary documenting family relationships, reunions, trips, personal events, and group activities in the lives of the Donners descending from Irven and Emma Martin Donner, and of the Hill family, as related to this...
Dates:
Created: 1890 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
MC48. Oscar L. Ulery, Personal Papers, 1901-1970
Collection
Identifier: MC-48
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of daily diaries and sundry letters, receipts, account books, a Ulery family genealogy, and other personal papers documenting the weather, expenses, daily work and experiences; farming and dairy activities in Macoupin and Christian Counties; and police magistrate duties in Morrisonville.
Topics include Morrisonville's Shiloh Church, its UNO Club, crops, shucking corn, cows' breeding histories and dairy yields, hired hands, and income from sales of eggs, butter, hides,...
Dates:
Created: 1901 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1977
P/Crowley. Robert Crowley, Personal Papers. RESTRICTED
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: P-Crowley
Scope and Contents
Personal papers of Robert Crowley, Emeritus Professor of Human Development Counseling, 1970-1994. Crowley recieved his PhD in psychology from University of Michigan and was a founding faculty member of Sangamon State University. This collection is composed Crowley's day planners and journals roughly covering a portion of his service at SSU from 1973-1989. These booklets briefly note the topics of meetings and their attendees, notes about courses and student activities, titles of books he...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1994