The collection amounts to 0.50 cubic feet and is composed of twelve diaries from 1918, 1939-1943, 1944-1948, 1949-1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957-1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 which details the daily life of Teresa Bowmaster. The size of the diaries ranges from 3”x5” to 5”x7” the diaries are all in good condition, there are no missing pages, some pages have ink stains on them however, they are still legible. Most of the covers are in good condition as well with the exception of four: the spine cover of the 1955, 1963, 1965 diaries are torn off and the spine of the 1964 diary is torn but still attached. Some of the diaries have newspaper clippings tucked inside them and they are in good condition as well.

The entries are in good condition, all of the entries are written in either blue or black ink, there are some ink stains on several entries however, all the entries are still legible. The entries themselves appeared to recall the events of the given day and each entry noted the weather conditions of the day, the high and low temperature of the day, and the actual temperature of the day.