Twelve glass plate negatives, each measuring 5x7", depicting rural scenes, perhaps from or near Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas, including what appear to be sod-constructed buildings and farmlands. One image is an interior shot of a wood stove, wicker rocking chair, and other furniture. Occasionally a single individual or at most two men appear in the images.

The diary is a daily record of farming and cash accounts from 1915 to 1916, and includes records of payments to farmers cooperative associations. The diary was transcribed and edited by his son, Henry L. Peterson.