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

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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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A Thank You

I'd like to thank all the Something Awful forum members who turned Willie's 1904 Diary into a truly multi-media experience, from looking up the books Willie mentions reading , the songs he was listening to, the clothes he was wearing, photographs of 1904 Boston and even tracking Willie down on the census and finding out what became of him after 1904.  Thank you, goons!

Posted by Mel on 08/22/2006 at 11:10 AM in 1904 Boston Diary, FAQ, Misc., What is Holy Cats? | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)