The Diary: Three Centuries of Private Lives

Diary of Frances Eliza Grenfell (1814–1891), 1841–42. Gift of Sir John Pope-Hennessy in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Morgan, 1974.

Warning penned in the diary of Frances Eliza Grenfell (1814–1891), 1841–42. Gift of Sir John Pope-Hennessy in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Morgan, 1974.

Cover of the marriage diary of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), 1842–43. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Cover of a diary of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), kept after the birth of their first child, 1844–52. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Diary of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), with an entry by their daughter Una, s1844–52. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.

Diaries of Paul Horgan (1903–1994), 1972–74. Gift of the author, 1979.

Diary of Paul Horgan (1903–1994), 1968. Gift of the author, 1979.

Diary of Paul Horgan (1903–1994), 1968. Gift of the author, 1979.

Diaries of Elizabeth Eastman Morgan (born 1795), 1818–34. Archives of The Morgan Library & Museum.

John Newton (1725–1807). Olney Hymns. London: W. Oliver, 1779. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.

Index to the diary of John Newton (1725–1807), 1756–72. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.

Cover of the diary of Mary Ann and Septimus Palairet, 1843. Gift of Arnold Whitridge, 1962

Self-portrait by Mary Ann Palairet, from the diary she kept with her husband, Septimus, 1843. Gift of Arnold Whitridge, 1962.

John Ruskin (1819–1900), Self-Portrait, in Blue Neckcloth, Watercolor and gouache, Gift of the Fellows; 1959.23

Diary entry made by John Ruskin (1819–1900) after his 1878 breakdown. Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), engraved by by M.J. Dansforth after a painting by C.R. Leslie

Cover of the diary of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), 1825–32. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, ca. 1900.

Title page of an illustrated manuscript of Bartholomew Sharpe's diary, made by William Hacke, 1680s. Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.