This diary was recorded by Andrew Jackson Greene from July 18th through August 24th during the year of 1936. Inside are personal reflections from Greene about his family, his health, his schoolwork, and his reactions to church sermons or Sunday School lessons. He also chose to record information about community events and happening in and around Appalachian State Teachers College.

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.