Holy Cats!

Take a trip back into the past with Holy Cats! A collection of transcriptions of historical ephemera (diaries, journals, letters) and photographs, from the handwritten diary of a young man in Boston, 1904 to the musings of a girl adjusting to life in 1865 during the Civil War. Updated daily/weekly. To read an entire transcribed work, click on the category.

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Categories

  • 1865 Post-Civil War Journal
  • 1904 Boston Diary
  • FAQ
  • Letters
  • Misc.
  • Photographs
  • What is Holy Cats?

Recent Posts

  • 1904 Diary: Jan 6-7 (Of Celery and Ventriloquists)
  • 1904 Diary: Jan. 2-3
  • 1904 Diary: Jan. 1
  • Hold on...
  • Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922
  • Photos: Satan Claus is coming to town
  • Photos: Men in Trees
  • Photos: Julia Roberts circa 1875
  • Letters: "What a pity he ever went South!"

Archives

  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006

Willie's Boston

Civil War Era

  • Civil War Fashion 2

Journal & Diary Transcriptions

  • Aisling.net

1904 LINKS

CIVIL WAR LINKS

  • Soldier journals
  • Eliza Andrews Diary

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Archives

  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006

Categories

  • 1865 Post-Civil War Journal
  • 1904 Boston Diary
  • FAQ
  • Letters
  • Misc.
  • Photographs
  • What is Holy Cats?