Index and Transcript (with a photostatic copy of the diary)
- US TxAM-C 97-1/2
- File
- Undated
Part of John Henry Bliler Diary
- All materials are contained in a blue three-ring binder with labels on the front cover and spine "CIVIL WAR DIARY OF JOHN HENRY BLILER", the front label including the sequence of years "1862-1863-1864-1865". Created by previous owners, Roy K. Bliler and his wife, Dixie K. Bliler of Houston, Texas.
- Single-page index photocopy, titled "INDEX TO CIVIL WAR DIARY [J.H. BLILER]", includes a chart with headings for "DATE [of diary entry], HAND PAGE [handwritten diary page number], TYPE PAGE [typewritten transcript page number], LOCATION [geographical place names]" repeated in three columns. Rubber stamped in black ink on the back twice with three-line name and address: "Roy K. or Dixie A. Bliler, 3213 Heatherwood Drive, Bryan, Texas 77801," with a 7-digit phone number written in ink below the address. Also, an original pencil copy of the index, without title, but with clearer note than the photocopy in the bottom margin for asterisks marked inside some "HAND PAGE" cells, which are keyed to "FIGHTING".
- Typed transcript photocopy, titled "CIVIL WAR DIARY OF JOHN HENRY BLILER" - 1862-1862-1864-1865 crossed out in ink on page one, but thereafter the year-appropriate to the entries on the page of the transcript is circled in the title, which occurs on each page of John Henry Bliler. The original paper was three-hole punched on the left side of the page, and numbered by hand in the lower left and right corners of each page 1-63, 63 [i.e. 64]-66. Page one is labeled below the title by hand as "Preface," and p. 66 had "THE END" typed at the end of the text in the original copy.