A Diary - the diaries of Harriet Nichols, a long time resident of Horseheads, NY. Beginning in the Spring of 1916, the diaries offer small glimpses into the daily lives of Harriet, her sister Bessie, and many of the events and people they came in contact with over the years.

We now have the diaries for most years, those missing are primarily 1932-1935, and 1939-1941. Who knows that these might also turn up for us one day. It's possible that these diaries actually exist in just two books, each covering multiple years. The diaries we currently hold are shown below... only those that have been transcribed (with the year on the binder) are selectable.

Occasionally a word or name has been difficult to decipher. Brackets [ ] are used where there is uncertainty about a word. The transcript follows Harriet's own misspellings, occasional lack of punctuation and use of lower case in some proper names. While earnestly trying to be as exact as possible, no doubt a few mistakes will be made, hopefully very few in number. The plan is to reproof the transcripts once they're finished to correct any transcription errors.