Scope and Contents Diary (13.5 x 20 cm), red brick, 1915, (1920, 1921), partial and full page daily entries, on her activities in Sierra Madre, California; playing tennis, dancing lessons, Courtship with Harry Barker (future husband), sparse mention of local, national or world events("Lusitania sunk by Germans probably means war"(8 May). Subjects also include holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts, weather observations, daily household operations, correspondence from family and friends, health issues, lunches and social activities, deaths of friends and family, and local travel. Appears as though diary may have been double used, edited or updated in 1916-1921; entries in pencil. Uses shorthand for some entries in diary for sensitive items or practicing,and some French language entries. No entries 18 July - 17 August, 20 AUG - 3 September, 6-21 November. Updates from 1920 and 1921 include family and friends updates on marriage and death. Comments written after reading in 1937 and 1959. Diary (14 x 19.5 cm) green, 1959, writer was 70 years old, partial and full page daily entries (except for vacation during September) on her activities; sparse mention of local, national or world events (disliked raising taxes-voted against school tax, local crimes, bus strike, meat-cutters strikes); weather observations, daily household operations, correspondence from family and friends, health issues of self and Nadine Noble Sondergard (“invalid of the family” (31 March), historical society business and tours, lunches and social activities, financial status, pets (dog Moo-Moo), holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts, deaths of friends and family, local travel, and contains genealogical information on last two pages.