Robert Proffit talks about Meat Camp's early history from the first settler John Green in 1788. Over the next few decades, people began to trickle in to Western North Carolina. He talks about the first churches in the area: Hopewell Methodist Church and Meat Camp Church. He also describes the civil war, how many members of the community enlisted with the confederate army, but after the war there wasn't much difference in Meat Camp. Proffit explains Meat Camp well with this statement: "there was never anything here to begin with except just natural things."

James Calvin Greer was born in Triplett, NC in 1908. Vera Greer was born in Caldwell County in 1913.

Mr. and Mrs. Greer both recall very hard childhoods and growing up in the Triplett area. Mr. Greer worked at the local sawmill during the Great Depression. They recall collecting herbs and bark to pay for groceries and clothes.

Inside the diary, one can find the story of a teacher, pastor, father, and husband. He wrote about the weather, his family and his work. This diary includes information on the Appalachian Training School such as important professors and administrators, certain names of campus buildings, and the daily concerns of the classroom. It also includes information about how people of the time period traveled. Greene walked many places, sometimes a train, and sometimes he found someone with a car to drive him.

Andrew Jackson Greene kept this diary from August 6th through November 10th, during the year of 1928. Each day, Greene recorded entries about the weather, community events, friends and family visits. He also included entries devoted to Appalachian Training School, he even names some of the buildings still found on the Appalachian State University campus today such as Justice Hall and White Hall.

This diary was recorded by Andrew Jackson Greene from June 22 through August 11, 1942. Greene’s writings are a collection of weather records and travel records and personal reflections about each day. He recorded where he walked to each day and who he visited with. He reflected on his faith, community events, family, politics, and personal matters. He also wrote often about his health and how well he was able to sleep. In closing the diary, he wrote that he hoped that when his time was up, he hoped to leave his family in a good condition