Andrew Jackson Greene kept this diary from December 18, 1930 through February 28, 1931. This diary sees Greene through Christmas, the start of a new semester, and the start of a new year. He resolved to, in the new year, ”be more cheerful and to see more good things in living.”

This diary was recorded from September 10 through November 7, 1931. In this diary, Greene provided an abundance of information about the Appalachian State Normal School. President Dougherty told students of the idea of making the school into a teacher’s college. This was a big time of change for the school. It was growing and work was intense. The football team was gaining interest, and excitement. Greene also wrote about the traveling he did, from Boone, to Mabel, to Kentucky, to Elizabethton, to Vilas. Greene also included much community information such as a first-hand account of the Stone murder trial.