The collection Includes published letters and diaries from individuals writing from 1500 to 1900. Sources include journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings. Represented are all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous and the not so famous. Contains biographies.
The contents of the database have been selected from, Women's diaries, journals, and letters: an annotated bibliography (Cheryl Cline. Garland, 1989); American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954: a descriptive bibliography. (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1974); And So to bed: a bibliography of diaries published in English. (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987); and other sources.