Andrew Jackson Greene recorded daily entries in this diary from September 15th, through November 28th, during the year 1930. He recorded the ins and outs of his daily life. This includes visits from friends and family such as George Hayes as well as information about how his college classes are going. The school was really growing, and people other than locals were beginning to attend.

This diary was recorded by Andrew Jackson Greene on July 7th through July 29th of 1938. Greene was a professor at Appalachian State Teachers College. He centered many of his writings around the school, including specific details about his classes, the assemblies, the chapel meetings, special programs, and faculty meetings. He frequently wrote about the people in his life, both people from the college such as President Dougherty and Dean Rankin, and about others in the community such as Bill Whittington, Reverend R.C. Pointer, G.P. Eggers, and Carrie Smith.