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This list of open access, digitized diaries is designed to assist students and scholars interested in studying diaries. It is alphabetized by the diary author’s last name, or by the title of collective archives. Institutional hosts are indicated in parenthesis.

In the decade since this website was established, many websites have been redesigned, links have ceased to work, and diaries have been withdrawn from public access. I’ve preserved the original entries but labeled those that are no longer accessible.

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Last updated July 18, 2026.

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Abbott, Caroline (Internet Archive)

Adams, Abzuga (Zu) (Kansas Memory)

Adams, John (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Adams, John Quincy (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Adams, Charles Frances (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Adams, Sarah Eve (Duke U)

Ahmad al-Salih of Bone (British Library)

Alling, Charles (Hanover)

Allsop, W. J.A. (Mosman Library)

American Civil War Collection (U Tennessee Knoxville)

American Diary Project

Anonymous (Diary from the Warsaw Ghetto) (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Anonymous (Diary of a miner on the Ballarat goldfields) (State Library of Victoria)

Anonymous (Japanese civilian in Kuala Lumpur) Cambridge)

Anthony, Susan B. (Library of Congress)

d’Arblay, Frances Burney (New York Public Library)

Armstrong, James (Library of Congress)

Arnold, Gladys (Zooniverse) [transcription in process]

Avery, Louis Willyama (State Library of South Australia)

B

Bailey, Florence M. (Smithsonian)

Ballard, Martha

Bancroft, Hettie (Duke U)

Barber, Florence (William & Mary C)

Barnett, Violet (William & Mary C) [no longer accessible]

Barton, Clara (Library of Congress)

Beaux, Cecilia (Smithsonian)

Beckett, Mina McCormick (Ball State U)

Beckingsale, Emma (Carey Baptist College)

Bell, Alexander Graham (Library of Congress)

Bell, James (State Library of South Australia)

Beloit College Archives Diary Repository

Bennitt, John (Grand Valley State)

Blackjack, Ada (Dartmouth)

Blackwelder, Ruth M. (Smithsonian)

Bleecker, Elizabeth De Hart (NYPL)

Bobak, Molly Lamb (Library and Archives Canada) [no longer accessible]

Boissevain, Ingrid Jo, aka “Diary of Posh Schoolgirl”

Bonnin, Irene (State Library of South Australia)

Bowman, Alexander Grayson (U Arizona)

Boyle, Robert (Royal Society)

Bradley, Elisha (Duke U)

Bradway, John V. (Princeton)

Bragdon, May (U Rochester)

Brant, J. W. (Ball State U)

Breen, Patrick (U California)

Brevard, Keziah (U South Carolina)

Brewster, William (Biodiversity Heritage Library/Missouri Botanical Gardens)

Bright, Abbie (Kansas Memory)

Brisbane, William (Princeton)

Browne, Charlotte (New York Historical Society, New York Historical Digital Collections)

Browne, Edward Granville (Cambridge)

Brown, Joseph (U Delaware)

Brown, Theo (Worcester Polytechnic)

Brumfield, Julia

Buckley, Benjamin S. (Smithsonian)

Burche, B. F. (Princeton)

Burgess, William Hugh, “Diary of a Marylebone Schoolboy” (London Metropolitan Archives)

Burkett, Glenn J. (Ohio History Connection)

Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies (Brunel U)

Burrell, Sarah “Sate”

C

Camp, Elizabeth (U Michigan)

Cannon, George Q. (Church Historian’s Press, LDS)

Carter, Jimmy (Carter Library)

Carter, Robert “King” (U Virginia)

Cary, Harriette (William & Mary C) [no longer accessible]

Cass, Isabella (Stanford)

Chadick, Mary (Duke U)

Chadwick, Helen (Henry Moore Institute)

Chapman, Fanny

Charlotte, Queen (Royal Collection Trust)

Clarkson, Thomas (National Library of Wales)

Chernyaev, Anatoly S. (National Security Archive)

Civil War Collections (Michigan State U)

Civil War Diaries and Letters (Auburn U)

Civil War Diaries (New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Civil War Diaries and Letters (U of Iowa)

Civil War in Missouri (State Historical Society of Missouri)

Cook, James (National Museum of Australia)

Copland, Lucy

Corbett, Thomas P. “Boston” (Kansas Memory)

Cummins, Henry (Yale)

Currie, Arthur (McGill U)

D

Dargan, James F. (Cal State U Northridge)

Darwin, Charles (Cambridge)

Daum, Mildred Valeda (Indiana U)

Davis, Emilie (Villanova)

Davis, May

Davis, Stuart (Morgan Library & Museum)

Davis, Thomas (Duke U)

Dawson, George Mercer (McGill U)

Diaries in the Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)

Diaries Collection (U Vermont)

Dickens, Charles (New York Public Library)

Dickinson, Lavinia (Harvard)

Digital Archives of Latvian Folklore (U of Latvia)

Douglas, Martha (Royal BC Museum)

Douglass, Frederick (Library of Congress)

Douglass, Helen Pitts (Library of Congress)

Doyle, Margaretta Hirsch (William & Mary C) Check out this collaborative, student-edited project!

Du Bois, Alexander (U Massachusetts Amherst)

Duncan-Wallace, Alexander Munro (Cambridge)

Dupont, Stephen (Library of Congress)

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Edison, Thomas (Rutgers/Internet Archive), see also Thomas Edison Papers Digital Edition

Edmondson, Belle (Documenting the American South)

Egerton, Alfred Charles Glyn (Royal Society)

Embury, Philip A. Journal 1 and Journal 2 (California State Library, From the Page)

Emerson, Mary Moody (Northeastern U)

Evans, Charles (State Library of Victoria)

F

Fairbank, Thomas (Cambridge)

Field, Michael [a.k.a. Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper] (Dartmouth)

Fike, Didamie Emaline Hicks (U Southern Mississippi) [no longer accessible]

Flaxman, Ann (Romantic Circles)

Fleischmann, Aloys (University College Cork)

Foote, Shelby (From the Page)

Frank, Anne (Association for Research and Access to Historical Texts). Note: Access to the digitized manuscript is limited by copyright law and U.S.-based IP addresses are blocked. More information and a link to the diaries.

Frankowski, Elizabeth (Toledo-Lucas County Public Library)

Frobisher, Joseph (McGill U)

Fujimoto, George, Jr. (U California)

Fugimoto, Toranosuke “George” (U California)

G

Galt, Louise A. (William & Mary C)

Garriott, Ralph J. (Indiana U)

Gass, Claire (McGill U)

Getty, J. Paul (Getty Museum)

Gibson, George W. (Ball State)

Gibson, Samuel J. (Library of Congress)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (Harvard)

Glass, Jinny (U Southern Mississippi)

Goddard, James Stanley (McGill U)

Godwin, William (Warwick U); see also digital facsimiles (Digital Bodleian)

Goodenough, Mandana (U Vermont)

Graham, David Crockett (Smithsonian)

Gran, Tryggve (Canterbury Museum)

Graves, Jeremiah White (see also Graves’ diary on Facebook)

Graves, Robert (U Victoria)

Gray, William Fairfax (Southern Methodist University)

Guevara, Ernesto “Che”

Guion, Mary (New York Historical Society; New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Gunn, Thomas Butler (Lehigh U)

H

H.D. (Yale)

Hadfield, Joseph (McGill U)

Hall, Charles Francis (Smithsonian): Vol 1, Vol 2

Hall, Marion Spencer (Smithsonian)

Hanau, Stella Bloch (Bernard)

Hand, Sadie Winters (Digital Long Island, New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Harris, Addie S. (Utica College, New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Hart, Lydia H. (William & Mary C)

Harvey, Annette (Southern Methodist U)

Hasbrouck, Julia Lawrence (Stone Ridge Library, New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Hawk, Norene (Ball State U)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (New York Public Library)

Hayami, Stanley (Online Archive of California): check out the virtual reality exhibit of his diaries and letters created by the Japanese American National Museum

Heap, Anthony (London Metropolitan Archives)

Heian-Period Chronicles (contains numerous diaries) (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)

Heydenreich, Ludwig Heinrich (Google Arts & Culture, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte)

Hill, Abbey Williams (U Puget Sound)

Hill, Edward (St. Mary’s College)

Historic Iowa Children’s Diaries Collection (U Iowa)

Historical Diaries (Utah State U)

Hogg Quintin, Lord Hailsham (Margaret Thatcher Foundation)

Holliday, Cyrus K. (Kansas Memory)

Hooke, Robert (London Metropolitan Archives)

Horner, Vaughn (Ohio History Connection)

Hosley, Dexter P. (Princeton)

Hoyt, David Starr (Princeton)

Huet, Albert (U Florida)

Hummel, R. Stuart (Stanford)

Hunnius, Carl J. A. (Kansas Memory)

Huntington, Cornelia (a.k.a. Martha Wickham) (Digital Long Island, New York Historical Digital Collections)

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de Iturbide, Agustin (Southern Methodist U)

J

Jackson, William Henry (New York Public Library)

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (multiple diaries) (U California)

Jay, John (Columbia)

Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ Library)

Johnson, Lady Bird (LBJ Library)

Jones, Sarah E. (Internet Archive)

Jusando sono yon [The Thirteen Children] (Princeton)

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Kelsey, Dandridge E. (Kansas Memory)

Kikuchi, Charles (Online Archive of California)

Kimble, Sam (Internet Archive)

King, William Lyon Mackenzie (Library and Archives Canada)

Kirby, Mary (New York Historical Digital Collections)

Kolic, John (Sterling Hill Mining Museum)

Kroff, Charles (U of Oklahoma)

L

Lacey, E.S. “Gordon”: Diary 1, Diary 2, Diary 3 (Mosman Library)

Larnard, J. A. (Princeton)

Lamb, William (William & Mary C) [no longer accessible]

Lamson, Genieve (U Vermont)

Last, Nina (LSE, Endell Street Military Hospital Digital Collection)

Lawrence, T. E.: Diary A. Diary B [no longer accessible]

Lazzell, Blanche (Smithsonian)

Lewis, Llewelyn (Ohio History Connection)

Lister, Anne (West Yorkshire Archive Service)

Liston, Henrietta Marchant (National Library of Scotland): watch an introductory video about the diaries

Littlefield, Elizabeth B. (Internet Archive)

Livingston, David (Livingston Online)

Llewhellin, Winifred

Locke, Delia (U of Pacific)

Lowry, Janice (Smithsonian)

Lucas, Melchior (Wroclaw U Library): read about the return of the diary

Lundy, Victor A. (Library of Congress)

M

Machen, Lewis H. (Library of Congress)

Machyn, Henry

Madi, Maria (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Madison, James (Library of Congress)

Maggs, Robert (Ball State U)

Malbone, James M. (New York State Military Museum)

Manet, Édouard (Morgan Library & Museum)

Manuscripts of the American Civil War (Notre Dame) [no longer accessible]

Marsh, Caroline Crane (U Vermont)

Martin, Mary (Trinity College Dublin) [no longer accessible]

Matthews, Zenas (Southwestern U)

McCoy, Esther (Smithsonian)

McEntee, Jervis (Smithsonian)

McPhail, Leonard C. (U.S. National Archive of Medicine)

Meyers, William H. (New York Public Library)

Montagu, Ralph (Yale)

Moore, George F. (Internet Archive)

Morgenthau, Henry (FDR Library)

Mormon Missionary Diaries (Brigham Young)

Morse, Samuel (Library of Congress)

Mosher, Clelia D. (From the Page)

Moss, William Pearce (U Newfoundland)

Mountain, Eva (William & Mary C) [no longer accessible]

Muir, John (U of Pacific)

Mundy, James Wallace (State Library of South Australia)

Myers, William H. (New York Public Library)

N

Naranja, José (via Instagram)

Nash, Solomon (New York Historical Society, New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Needham, Joseph (Cambridge)

Neely, Thomas (Ball State U)

Nelson, D. W. (Ball State U)

Nightingale, Henry O. (U California, Calisphere)

Nijinsky, Vaslav (New York Public Library Digital Collections)

O

Ogilby, William Law (Royal BC Museum)

Operation War Diary (Zooniverse) [no longer available]

Orwell, George

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Paine, Claire Eva (Kansas Memory)

Patton, George S. (Library of Congress)

Peary, Marie Ahnighito (U New England)

Penfield, Helen Kermott (McGill U)

Percy, Algernon Heber (Southern Methodist U)

Perry, Blanche (Portal to Texas History)

Peticolas, Theodore Victor (Grand Valley State U)

Pioneer Lives (U Iowa)

Pippitt, Henry (U Tennessee) [no longer accessible]

Plummer, Adam Francis (Anacostia Community Museum) [no longer accessible]

The Power of My Pen to Describe: Ten American Diaries, 1750 to 1900 (Notre Dame)

Putnam, Frederick (Ball State U)

Putnam, Sarah Gooll (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Q

Quilter, A.W. (Smithsonian)

R

Ravenel, Henry William (U South Carolina)

Read, Whitley (Grand Valley State U)

Reader, Samuel (Kansas Memory)

Reed, Charles Wellington (Library of Congress)

Rich, Mary, Lady Warwick (Yale)

Richards, George F. (Church Historian’s Press, LDS)

Ringo, Mary (Library of Congress)

Robb, Eugenia (William & Mary C) [no longer accessible]

Roberts, Robert J. (Royal BC Museum) [transcription in process]

Robinson, Elizabeth (Smithsonian)

Rogers, Henry B. (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Rollin, Frances Anne (Smithsonian)

Rosenberg, Alfred (US Holocaust Museum)

Rowley, Mrs. (Internet Archive)

Rudashevski, Yitskhok (YIVO Cernia Slovin Online Museum) [diary no longer accessible; see the interactive museum exhibit built around the diary]

Rural Diary Archive (U of Guelph)

Ryan, Thomas L. (Ball State U)

S

Sabine, Edward (Royal Society)

Sanders, Joseph (Library of Congress)

Sasson, Siegfried (Cambridge)

Satterthwaite, Margaret Conway (MesoWeb)

Senesh, Hannah (National Library of Israel). For more on Senesh.

Schenker, Heinrich (King’s College London)

Scheuerman, Harry

Schiefer, Clara Louise (William & Mary C)

Schulz, Augustus (Kansas Memory)

Scott, John, Sir (Princeton)

Scott, Robert Falcon (British Library) [no longer accessible]

Sharp, John (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)

Sheldon, Ella (U of the Pacific)

Shimek, Bohumil (Smithsonian)

Shiner, Michael (Navel History and Heritage Command)

Shore, Emily (U Virginia)

Siedler, Amelia (U Southern Mississippi)

Smith, Mary Alta (Ball State U)

Smith, Barbara Hillard (Massachusetts Historical Society)

Smith, Philander (Ball State U)

Smith, Margaret Bayard (Library of Congress, From the Page)

Smith, Ross (State Library of South Australia)

Spafford, Horatio Gates (Library of Congress)

Spight, Thomas (U Southern Mississippi)

Stanton, Robert Brewster (New York Public Library)

Stedman, John Gabriel (U Minnesota)

Stephen, Dorthea Jane (Duke U)

Stevens, Lucy Pier (Southern Methodist U)

Stone, Henry Lane (Kentucky Historical Society) [no longer accessible]

Storer, Ebenezer (Congressional Library & Archive) Read about the pandemic-related content of this diary.

Student Diaries (Vassar)

Sturley, Ruth (U Tennessee Knoxville)

Sweat, Margaret Jane Mussey (U New England)

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Taft, Horatio Nelson (Library of Congress)

Tam, Reuben (Smithsonian)

Tatum, Robert (U Tennessee Knoxville)

Tennant, Stephen (National Education Network) [no longer accessible]

Terrell, Frederick Leopold (State Library of South Australia)

Thiele, Barbara (Kansas Memory)

Thistlewood, Thomas (Yale)

Thompson, Harriet (Indiana State U Library)

Thorburn, Tottie (Sydney Living Museums)

Thoreau, Henry David (Morgan Library, U California Santa Barbara)

Thompson, Ellen Powell (New York Public Library)

Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau (Library of Congress)

Tilden, Ezra (Gilder Lehrman)

Tolstoy, Leo

Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 (Brigham Young)

Tresidder, Mary Curry (Stanford)

Truman, Harry S. (Truman Library)

Tuttle, Sarah

Twist, Eva A. (U New England)

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V

Vanmatre, Cyrus (Ball State U)

Van Rensselaer, Killaen (Digital Long Island, New York Heritage Digital Collections)

Van Valen, Alexander (Smithsonian)

Vargus, Alberto (Smithsonian)

Violette, M. A. (Princeton)

Victoria, Queen (Oxford U) [only accessible to UK readers]

Voices of Civilian Internment: WWII Singapore (Cambridge)

W

W., Mrs. (U Southern Mississippi)

Wainwright, Jacob (Livingston Online) Read about the diary in The Guardian.

Walker, Ann (Read about the discovery of Walker’s diary by the In Search of Ann Walker research group; see also Anne Lister’s diaries, linked above)

Wallace, Ellen (Kentucky Historical Society, From the Page)

Walp, William Harrison

Washington, George (Library of Congress)

Waterhouse, Loyal Nelson (Princeton)

Watkins, Harry (U Michigan)

Wells, Emmeline B. (Church Historian’s Press)

Wetmore, Hannah Edwards (Yale)

Wharton, Thomas Kelah (New York Public Library)

White, Capt. William A.

Whitney, Orson F. (Utah State U)

Wight, Claire Lilian (William & Mary) [no longer accessible]

Willard, Frances (Frances Willard Historical Assn.) [no longer accessible]

Williams, Daisy (Sweet Briar C, Internet Archive)

Williams, Jennie

Williamson, Alice (Duke U)

Wilson, Charles Algernon (State Library of South Australia)

Wilson, John C. (Indiana U)

Withers, Anita Dwyer (Documenting the American South)

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project)

Women’s Travel Diaries (Duke)

Women Working, 1800-1900: Diaries, Memoirs, and Journals (Harvard)

Wood, Beatrice (Smithsonian)

Woolf, Virginia (Woolf Online)

Wordsworth, Dorothy (Morgan Library & Museum)

World War I Diaries (State Library and State Archives of North Carolina, From the Page)

Wright, Orville and Wilbur (Library of Congress)

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Y

Yamada, n.a. (Smithsonian)

Z

Zeman, Zoya (U Southern Mississippi)

Last updated: July 18, 2026