This diary was recorded by Andrew Jackson Greene from April 8 through June 3, 1939. Beginning the new diary, Greene claimed that he ”hoped to leave on record that life is composed of the common things.” He believed that it is perfectly acceptable to magnify them. He continued to write in this diary, as the previous volumes, his reactions to events and people that he came into contact with. Usual topics range from Willowdale Church, Appalachian State Teachers College, his family and friends, and Watauga County local news and events.

Andrew Jackson Greene recorded in this diary daily from July 13 through December 28, 1941. Inside one will find a recollection of the day’s events through Greene’s eyes. Many of these entries include information about what he ate that day, the weather, who came to visit him, and who he talked to on the phone. He was in the hospital when he started this diary, and he never regained his full strength. This diary was mostly spoken by Greene and his friends acted as his scribes because he was unable to write it himself.