See also
Guide to Materials on Women located in Alderman Library's Special Collections
Reading Room.
"The information contained in this guide/index covers approximately one-third
of the collections located in the manuscript division of the Special Collections
Department." Compiled in 1993; useful for locating original women's diaries
in Special Collections. Print version of this guide is also available in Special
Collections.
Online
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: LETTERS
AND DIARIES
In Virgo. Searchable full text database of diaries and letters written by participants
in the American Civil War.
NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN'S
LETTERS AND DIARIES
In Virgo. Searchable full text database of American and Canadian women's letters
and diaries written from the colonial period until 1950.
Additional web sites:
Microform
AMERICAN WOMEN'S DIARIES: NEW ENGLAND. New Cannan, CT: Readex, 1984-. Reels
1-21. Micfilm 1741 (Alderman Microforms)
[with:]
GUIDE AND INDEX TO WOMEN'S DIARIES: A READEX MICROFILM COLLECTION FROM THE FILES
OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Caanan, CT: Readex, 1984-. Micfilm
1741 Guide (Alderman Microforms)
AMERICAN WOMEN'S DIAIRES: SOUTHERN WOMEN. New Canaan, CT: Readex, 1988-. Reels 1-34 [with printed guide]. Micfilm 2246 (Alderman Microforms)
RECORDS OF ANTE-BELLUM SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS FROM THE REVOLUTION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1985-. Series A-N [with printed guides]. Micfilm 1705 (Alderman Microforms). See online scope/contents notes, which refer to many diaries contained in this huge collection
SOUTHERN WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY, PAPERS AND DIARIES. Bethesda, MD: UPA, 1991. 338 reels with printed guides. Micfilm 5727 (Alderman Microforms) See online contents/scope notes for this set (select second bulleted heading.)
See also Personal
Papers held in microform at UVA.
A listing of microform holdings representing dozens of names from American politics
and public affairs, including a few women, e.g. Eleanor Roosevelt, Lydia Maria
Child, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Lugenia Burns Hope.
Print Compilations (with excerpts)
COVERED WAGON WOMEN : DIARIES & LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890.
Edited by Kenneth L. Holmes. Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark Co., 1983. (11 vols)
F 591 .C79 1983 (Alderman Stacks)
A DAY AT A TIME: THE DIARY LITERATURE OF AMERICAN WOMEN FROM 1764 TO THE PRESENT.
Edited by Margo Culley. NY: Feminist Press/CUNY, 1985.
CT3260 .D395 1985 (Alderman Stacks and Clemons Stacks)
DIARIES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN: A MIDWESTERN AMERICAN SAMPLER.
Edited by Suzanne L. Bunkers. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001.
CT3260 .D53 2001 (Alderman Stacks)
FIRST WHITE WOMEN OVER THE ROCKIES; DIARIES, LETTERS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE SIX WOMEN OF THE OREGON MISSION WHO MADE THE OVERLAND JOURNEY IN 1836 AND 1838. Edited by Clifford Merrill Drury. Glendale, Calif., A. H. Clark Co., 1963-1966. (3 vols). BV3703 .D7 (Alderman Stacks)
HARDSHIP AND HOPE: MISSOURI WOMEN WRITING ABOUT THEIR LIVES, 1820-1920. Edited by Carla Waal and Barbara O. Korner. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997. CT3260 .H33 1997 (Alderman Stacks)
HO FOR CALIFORNIA! : WOMEN'S OVERLAND DIARIES FROM THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY.
Edited by Sandra L. Myres
San Marino : Huntington Library, 1980. F593 .H6 (Alderman Stacks)
OVERLAND IN 1846; DIARIES AND LETTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA-OREGON TRAIL. Edited by Dale Lowell Morgan. Georgetown, Calif., Talisman Press, 1963. (2 vols) F592 .M7 (Alderman Stacks)
PRIVATE PAGES: DIARIES OF AMERICAN WOMEN, 1830'S-1970'S. Edited by Penelope Franklin. NY: Ballantine Books, 1986. CT3260 .P75 1986 (Alderman Stacks)
TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT DIARIES. Edited by Philip Dunaway and Mel Evans. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. CT105 .D8 1957 (Alderman Stacks)
WOMEN'S DIARIES OF THE WESTWARD JOURNEY. Edited by Lillian Schlissel. New York : Schocken Books, 1982. F593 .W65 1982 (Alderman Stacks)
Print Essays About Diaries (with excerpts)
American Diaries
Kagel, Steven E. AMERICAN DIARY LITERATURE, 1620-1799. Boston: Twayne, 1979. PS409 .K3 (Alderman Stacks)
Kagle, Steven E. EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN DIARY LITERATURE. Boston: Twayne, 1986. PS409 .K33 1986 (Alderman Stacks)
Kagle, Steven E. LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN DIARY LITERATURE. Boston: Twayne, 1988. PS409 .K34 1988 (Alderman Stacks) and Online
Foreign Diaries
Ponsonby, Arthur Ponsonby, Baron. ENGLISH DIARIES. New York: Doran, 1923.
PR908 .P6 1923 (Alderman Stacks)
Ponsonby, Arthur Ponsonby, Baron. MORE ENGLISH DIARIES: FURTHER REVIEWS OF DIARIES FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON DIARY READING. London: Methuen, 1927. PR908 .P62 1927 (Alderman Stacks)
Ponsonby, Arthur Ponsonby, Baron. SCOTTISH AND IRISH DIARIES FROM THE SIXTEENTH
TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WITH AN INTRODUCTION. London/NY: Methuen/Doran, 1927.
PR908 .P7 1927 (Alderman Stacks)
Bibliographies: Finding Published Diaries
General Works:
Havlice, Patricia Pate. AND SO TO BED: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DIARIES PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1987. Z5301 .H38 1987 (Alderman Reference)
American Diaries:
Arksey, Laura et al. AMERICAN DIARIES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED AMERICAN DIARIES AND JOURNALS. Detroit: Gale, 1983. Vols. 1-2. Z5305 .U5 A74 1983-87 (Alderman Reference and Special Collections)
Briton, Davis. GUIDE TO MORMON DIARIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1977. Z7845 .M8 B58 (Alderman Stacks)
Cole, Garold. CIVIL WAR EYEWITNESSES : AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES, 1955-1986. Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, c1988. (3 vols) BV3703 .D7 (Alderman Stacks)
Cole, Garold. CIVIL WAR EYEWITNESSES : AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES, 1986-1996. Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2000. (3 vols) BV3703 .D7 (Alderman Stacks)
Mattes, Merrill J. PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES : A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVEL OVER THE GREAT CENTRAL OVERLAND ROUTE TO OREGON, CALIFORNIA, UTAH, COLORADO, MONTANA, AND OTHER WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1812-1866. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1988. Z1251.W5 M37 1988 (Alderman Stacks)
Matthews, William et al. AMERICAN DIARIES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN DIARIES WRITTEN PRIOR TO THE YEAR 1861. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1945. Z1247 .M3 1945 (Alderman Reference) and PE11 .C3 v.16 1945 (Alderman Stacks)
Matthews, William. AMERICAN DIARIES IN MANUSCRIPT, 1580-1954; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1974. Z5305 .U5 M32 1974 (Alderman Reference, Stacks, and Special Collections)
CIVIL WAR DIARIES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES, 1960-1994: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS IN THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Compiled by Albert E. Smith, Jr. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1998. LC1.12/2:C49/2 (Alderman Library Government Information Resources)
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES, 1602-1800, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DIARIES, ORDERLY BOOKS AND SEA JOURNALS. Compiled by Harriette Merrifield Forbes.Topsfield, MA: 1923. Z1251 .E1 F6 1923 (Alderman Special Collections)
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS, TRAVELS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Compiled by E. Richard McKinstry. Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Museum, 1997. Z1236 .M35 1997 (Alderman Stacks)
Foreign Diaries:
Batts, John Stuart. BRITISH MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: AN ANNOTATED LISTING. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1976. Z6611 .B6 B38 1976 (Alderman Reference and Stacks)
Matthews, William. BRITISH DIARIES. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1950. Z2014 .D5 M3 1950 (Alderman Reference)
Matthews, William. CANADIAN DIARIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1950. Z1374 .M3 1950 (Alderman Stacks)
PRIMARY SOURCES IN EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY, 1914-1945: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED MEMOIRS AND DIARIES. Compiled by Frederic M. Messick. NY: Greenwood, 1987. Z7964 .G7 H84 1985 (Alderman Stacks)
Women's Diaries:
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED WOMEN'S DIARIES. Compiled by Jane DuPree
Begos. Pound Ridge, NY: Begos, 1977. Z7963 .B6 B44 (Alderman Stacks)
AutoBiographies,
Memoirs, Journal Writings, Personal Narratives
From Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography
University of California at Santa Barbara.
Bailey, Susan. WOMEN AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE: AN ANNOTATED GUIDE TO SOURCES. NY: Garland, 1983 Z7964 .G7 B34 1983 (Alderman Stacks)
Davis, Gwen. PERSONAL WRITINGS BY WOMEN TO 1900: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH WRITERS. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989 Z1229 .W8 D38 1989 (Alderman Reference)
Goodfriend, Joyce D. THE PUBLISHED DIARIES AND LETTERS OF AMERICAN WOMEN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1987. Z5305 .U5 G66 (Alderman Reference)
Huff, Cynthia. BRITISH WOMEN'S DIARIES: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED NINETEENTH-CENTURY WOMEN'S MANUSCRIPT DIARIES. NY: AMS Press, 1985. Z7964 .G7 H84 1985 (Alderman Stacks)
VIRGO SEARCH STRATEGIES FOR DIARIES
Keyword searches:
diar$ and literature [will retrieve 'diary', 'diaries', 'diarists', etc.]
diar$ and bibliography
Virginia and diaries [for locating many individual diaries]
diar$ and statesm$n
memoirs and wom$n
Subject searches:
American diaries women authors
women united states diaries
women diaries
English diaries
personal narratives [relating to individual events or time periods]
Compiled by C. Jared Loewenstein,Reference Services Librarian,Alderman Library
March 1998
Updated by Gary Treadway, Librarian for History, August 22, 2005