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Phyllis Johnson kept this pocket diary while attending grammar school and high school in Hartford, Connecticut, from January 1, 1925-February 4, 1929. She composed entries almost daily between January and September 1925, and commented on her experiences at school, her activities and travels during summer vacation, and her friends.

Phyllis Johnson kept this pocket diary while attending grammar school and high school in Hartford, Connecticut. She composed most of her brief entries from January 1, 1925-September 22, 1925, and wrote further entries sporadically between June 15, 1926, and February 4, 1929. She commented on her experiences at school, her activities and travels during summer vacation, and her friends.

Johnson had just turned 12 when she received her pocket diary, and wrote regularly about her experiences at school, church, and home throughout much of 1925. Though she succeeded academically and at one point achieved the highest marks in her grade, Johnson's teachers frequently reprimanded her for excessive talking. She often mentioned her male friends and acquaintances, and occasionally commented on her romantic feelings for them. Her social activities included attending baseball games, traveling to the beach, and dressing up with female friends. During the summer of 1925, she discussed her family's trips to the Mohawk Trail and the state of New York. She mentioned the Scopes trial in her entry of July 15, 1925 (pp. 196-197), suggesting a brief satirical prayer for atheists. After February 1926, Johnson wrote less frequently, but continued to list the names of her friends and significant changes in her life. The final pages of Johnson's diary contain notes, addresses, and sketches.

• Arm patch (May 22, 1925, p. 271)
• Pair of eyes (July 6, 1925, p. 187)
• Phyllis Johnson dressed in fancy clothing and accompanying hat (July 9, 1925, p. 190)
• Two girls dressed in circus uniforms (July 29, 1925, p. 210)
• Floor plan of the Johnson family's new house (June 15, 1926, p. 271)
• Three women's heads, shown in profile, and a woman's leg (undated, end of volume)

• A paper with her initials written in blood (see entry of January 12, 1925)
• Diagrams of two classrooms, showing students' seats
• A torn portion of an advertisement for Merriam cash boxes
• Several blank sheets of paper from a small notepad

This diary contains the religious and personal reflections of Rebecca Fish Root, of Hartford, Connecticut. Root wrote about personal hardships, her Christian faith, and family news in the early 19th century.

This diary (18 pages) contains religious and personal reflections written by Rebecca Fish Root of Hartford, Connecticut, from May 1804-February 1823. Most of Root's entries pertain to her religious beliefs and faith, particularly during times of personal difficulties such as the deaths of family members or financial insolvency. In several entries, Root discussed death, bereavement, and the role of her faith after the deaths of her father (1804) and her eldest daughter (1820). She also mentioned church services by preachers including "Doct. Strong," "Mr. Hawes" and "Mr. [Lyman] Beecher from Litchfield." Root visited towns such as New Haven, Bethlehem, Norwich, Lyme, and Coventry. In later entries, she remarked on her feelings of social isolation.

Her diary contains references to the Root family's financial difficulties throughout the 1810s and early 1820s; the Roots were forced to move out of the Fish family home to a neighborhood three miles outside of town. Root also mentioned events such as her son's return from eight months of imprisonment in England during the War of 1812 (December 1813) and the deaths of twelve neighborhood children in March 1815.