Special Collections
Series 4: Diaries and Journals 1881 - 1922
| Description | Date |
|---|---|
Clifton Johnson kept diaries, journals, and writings of his life in Hadley, MA, most extensively from the age of 15 to 22. He also kept journals of various trips in western Massachusetts and New York and to England. All diaries and journals are filed chronologically. |
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| Diary: autograph Diary and 3 copies of transcript |
1881 Jan 01 - 1882 Sept 28 |
| Diary: autograph Diary and 3 copies of transcript |
1882 Oct 01 - 1883 Dec 31 |
| Diary: autograph Diary and 3 copies of transcript |
1884 Jan 01 - 1885 Feb 28 |
| Diary: autograph diary signed | 1885 Mar 01 - 1885 Dec 31 |
| Chautanqua: autograph journal 4 p., autograph of Dr. Vincent Trip to Framingham, Chautanqua |
1885 Jul 20 - 1885 Jul 29 |
| Diary: autograph diary signed Diary, 3 copies of transcript |
1886 Jan 01 - 1886 Oct 31 |
| First Trip to N.Y.: autograph diary 7 p. |
1886 Jan 06 - 1886 Jan 13 |
| Camping Out: autograph diary 13 p. Trip to West Chesterfield. |
1886 Aug 08 - 1886 Aug 14 |
| Diary: autograph diary signed | 1886 Nov 01 - 1887 Aug 26 |
| Trip to N.Y.: autograph diary 9 p. |
1887 Jan 10 - 1887 Jan 21 |
| Diary: autograph diary | 1887 Sept 01 - 1888 Nov 07 |
| New York 1888: autograph diary 10 p. Sunday Morning in a Negro Church found with this journal. |
1888 Mar |
| Sunday Morning in a Negro Church: autograph diary 5 p. Bundled with New York 1888 journal. |
[1888 Mar?] |
| Camping Cummington: autograph diary 1 diary; 30 p. loose copy |
1888 Aug |
| Cummington Camping: autograph diary 5 p. |
1889 Jul 30 - 1889 Aug 06 |
| N.Y.: autograph diary Symphony concert with Elbridge Kingsley at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. |
1889 Dec 15 - 1990 Jan 05 |
| N.Y. Mission: autograph diary 10 p. Trip to New York City. Includes description of Madison Square Garden. |
1890 Mar |
| Franklin County: autograph diary 48 p. |
1890 Oct 24 - 1890 Oct 29 |
| Whately Glen: autograph diary 5 p. Trip with artist Elbridge Kingsley and wood engraver George Kruell. |
1891 |
| Winter Hills 1892: autograph diary 19 p. Trip to Cummington. |
1892 |
| Hampden, 1892: autograph diary | about 1892 Sept 30 |
| Recent Hockanum: autograph diary 11 p. loose |
1893 - 1900 |
| Berkshire 1893: autograph diary 21 p. |
1893 Apr |
| West Chesterfield 1893: autograph diary | 1893 Sept 01 |
| Whittier House: autograph diary 8 p. Visit to [poet John Greenleaf]? Whittier's hometown. |
1893 Oct 18 |
| Oct. 1893: autograph diary Description of Rocky Hill Church near Amesbury. |
1893 Oct |
| Crossing the Atlantic: autograph diary 53 p. Consists of "Crossing the Atlantic" 22 p., "Getting Ashore" 7 p., and "The Voyage Homeward" 24 p., all typescripts with handwritten inserts. Seems to be about Johnson's first trip to England in 1894. |
[1894 Mar 28 - 1894 Jun] |
| England - Chester, Wales, Shrewsbury: autograph diary Consists of "A Journey to Chester and Along the Welsh Coast" 9 p., "Chester and York" 3 p., "A Sunday in Wales" 12 p., "Through Middle Wales to Shresbury and Worcester" 4 p., "Stratford, Warwick and Kenilworth" 2 p., and "Market Bosworth" 3 p., "Hadley in England" 1 p. Possibly records Johnson's first trip to England in 1894. |
[1894 Apr - 1894 May?] |
| London: autograph diary 26 p. typescript with handwritten inserts Possibly records Johnson's first trip to England in 1894. |
[1894 May?] |
| With Mr. Howells: autograph diary 2 p. loose |
1895 |
| Trip to Hills: autograph diary Covers three different trips to the hills of Franklin County and Berkshire County in 1896. |
1896 Apr 02; 1896 Sept 23 - 1896 Sept 27; 1896 Nov 03 |
| Poughkeepsie Fight: autograph diary 6 p. Records Johnson fighting a drunk in Poughkeepsie, NY. |
1897 Sept 6 |
| July 5: autograph diary 7 p., 1 copy of typescript |
1890s? Jul |
| Block Island: autograph diary 7 p. Trip to Block Island in Long Island Sound. |
ca. 1890s? |
| New Ashford June 2 1901: autograph diary 3 p. |
1901 Jun 02 |
| Berkshire 1904: autograph diary 7 p. Trip to Pittsfield and Lenox. |
1904 Jul 25 - 1904 Jul 27? |
| Train Springfield to Holyoke: autograph diary 1 p. Short account on the train. On verso is autograph signature of Dr. --- (?) of Providence |
1915 Mar 17 |
| Hoosac Mt., Vermont, Lake George, Adirondacks 1922: autograph diary 21 p. Automobile trip with Anna Johnson and son Arthur. |
1922 Jun 04 - 1922 Jun 08 |