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Diary of Mrs. O.R. Olson. The pages are divided by days and each page is divided in five sections, each corresponding to each year (1939-1943). The handwriting is small, in cursive, and generally legible.

Diary of Mrs. Olson (1949-1952). The cover is rather deteriorated and has several stains. There is a golden, round, textured seal with the words Diary 1947 printed in red. The inside cover contains newspaper clippings, including a small paragraph describing Mrs. Olson’s successful social birthday party for her husband. The content includes details on the weather, daily routines, church and other social activities, and other aspects of life as a farmwoman.

Diary of Mrs. O.R. Olson (1947-1949). The cover has Daily Universal Diary printing on it. The first page has been ripped off. Each page corresponds to a day, and the writer has divided each page into three sections so that she may use this diary for three years, although her entries for the final year (1949) are very few (she began a new diary shortly after the first few days of 1949). The handwriting is in cursive generally legible. The content describes the weather, daily routines, and events such as social visits, deaths, etc. The latter entries are comprised of a few financial records, addresses, notes, to-do lists.

Diary of Mrs. O.R. Olson (1955-1959). Each page corresponds to a day and is divided in five sections, one for each year. Content includes details on the weather, daily routines, household chores, social events, and other aspects of farm life from a farmwoman’s perspective.

Diary of Mrs. O.R. Olson. Contains a calendar, a list of holidays and sections for memoranda, financial bookkeeping, addresses, and telephone numbers, all of which the writer has filled with written notes, remedies, entries, and reminders. Each listed day has been divided in three sections by the writer so that she may use this diary for three years. Handwriting is small, in cursive, and legible. Content mostly includes descriptions of weather and daily activities (visits, dinner, household tasks).