This collection consists of two volumes of diaries from Loanda Augustina (Lake) Warren, one from 1879-1880 when she lived with her husband in Olathe, Kansas; and one from 1893-1895 when she had moved back to upstate New York after his death. The collection also includes transcriptions of the 1879-1880 diary and a letter dating from 1884.

Single diary written by an older woman who lived her entire life in the state of New York. Topics include daily activities, physical health and emotional states for herself and those around her, the weather, visitors and those she visited, etc.