Historic Children's Voices provides an important window into how young writers in the nineteenth century recorded their daily lives, wrote stories and poetry, expressed their beliefs and values, and commented on cultural changes of the time. On this site, researchers can view the digital library of diaries, newspapers, and books, as well as discover additional research tools and recordings of past programs to explore children's lives more deeply. Teachers will find a variety of guides and lesson plans to help bring the past to life for their students.
Primary Sources Digital Library
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Charles Herbert Wiggin diary, 1859-1860 | Massachusetts | 1859 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Edmund Quincy Sewall Jr. diary, 1840 | Massachusetts | 1840 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Elizabeth Stalker Jeffers diary, 1863-1864 | Massachusetts | 1863 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Emily Talbot Keller diary, 1858-1859 | Maine | 1858 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Esther "Ettie" R. Harlow diary, 1860-1861 | Massachusetts | 1860 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Francis Alvarez Hartley Nash | 1852 | Diaries and poems | |||
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Francis Bennett, Jr. diary, 1852-1854 | Massachusetts | 1852 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Georgiana Souther Barrows diary, 1842 | Maine | 1842 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Grenville Howland Norcross diaries, 1860-1875 | Massachusetts | 1860 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Hannah "Anna" Davis Gale diary, 1837-1838 | Rhode Island | 1837 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Harriet Foster Hawes diary, 1865 | Vermont | 1865 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Henry Augustus Martindell diary, 1869 | New Jersey | 1869 | Diaries and poems | ||
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J. N. Currier diary, 1867 or 1895. | New Hampshire | 1867 | Diaries and poems | ||
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James Ferdinand Fiske diary, 1857-1860 | Massachusetts | 1857 | Diaries and poems | ||
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James Lawrence Whittier diary, 1830-1831 | Massachusetts | 1830 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Josiah Gardner Bassett notebook, 1864 | Massachusetts | 1864 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Julia M. Dodge diary, 1871 | Massachusetts | 1871 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Kenneth Allen diary, 1874 | Massachusetts | 1874 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Louisa Jane Trumbull diary, 1829-1837 | Massachusetts | 1829 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Marion Boyd Allen diary, 1875-1876 | Massachusetts | 1875 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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On the Death of the rev'd Dr. Sewall | Massachusetts | 1769 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Percival Bonney diary, 1859-1861 | Maine | 1859 | Diaries and poems | ||
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Ruth Henshaw Bascom diary, 1789-1793 | Massachusetts | 1789 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Sally Ripley diary, 1799-1801 | Massachusetts | 1799 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Samuel Bartlett Parris diary, 1817 | Massachusetts | 1817 | Diaries and poems | ||
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To the University of Cambridge | Massachusetts | 1767 | Diaries and poems | 📄 | |
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Walter Goodrich diary, 1846 | Maine | 1846 | Diaries and poems | ||
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William Jones Hoppin diary, 1821 | Rhode Island | 1821 | Diaries and poems |