The collection amounts to .10 cubic feet and composed of one diary kept for the years 1918 through 1922. It measures 3.5”x6”x1” and is bound in black leather with gold gilt edges and lettering. Front and endpapers are plain green paper. The number 13 is stamped in red on the first green page.

The diary is approximately 392 pages filled with one page for each calendar year divided into five sections with dark blue lines so that each date contains the information for what occurred that day each of the five years, and 17 memoranda pages for recording additional information. Each section starts with 19 and the user fills in the year(s) they are using the book. Fainter blue lines are provided for the user to write on. The cover script reads “A Line A Day” and has a decorative etching underneath. Both are gold embossed. The title page reads “WARD’S “A LINE A DAY” BOOK. Condensed, Comparative Record For Five Years. “Nulla dies sine linea.” (No day without a line).” It is trademarked Ward’s Stationery, Boston. The reverse of the page contains Copyright information: “Copyrighted 1892 BY SAMUEL WARD COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS.” A prefatory on the next page gives suggestions for use.

The pages of the diary are in good condition and easy to read. The front and back covers are moderately worn with some creases and cracks along the edges. The material on the lower right-hand corner of the front cover has been worn to the point where the red inner core is showing. The leather on the spine is mostly gone with just a 2” strip remaining near the top attached at the front only.