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"Farm and Campus 1921" is handwritten on cover. The diary and accounts ledger gives a brief look at the daily life of Myrtis and Joseph (Joe) Conry and their two young children in the late 1920's and 1930's Cookeville Tennessee. Written by Myrtis, the diary begins in March of 1928 and shares stories about what is happening in the Cookeville area and at T.P.I (Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now Tennessee Technological University) and in the world. In her writings she mentions the cost of the T.P.I. President's house, the Presidential election and the Tennessee's Governor's race of 1928, the burial of Cookeville Mayor Jere Whitson, the Vandy vs UT game of 1928, the books she is reading, the memorial service of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and former President William Howard Taft in 1930, the first speech to the American people by Benito Mussolini in January 1931, the first world broadcast of Pope Pius XI of Rome in February 1931 and many other local and world stories. The ledger portion of the book gives a brief look at what goods and services cost during this time period. There is also a brief family history of the Leonard family on page 270 of the ledger.

Group posed with some holding one of five Soil Conservation district signs, compliments of First Tennessee Bank: (row 1)Mr. and Mrs. Verble Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Pate Pointer, Lawrence LaFever, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Flatt, (row 2) Davis Watts of First Tennessee Bank, Carlen Mullins, Secretary of SCD's Board of Supervisors, Don Holloway, Executive Vice President of First Tennessee Bank, Tom Langford, Vice President of the bank, the Pointer's daughter, Nancy, and Billy Carlen President of First Tennessee Bank.

An adult male smiling behind a podium with a microphonee while the audience laughs.

A group of five adults, three male and two female, smile while the three males are holding awards from American Bank and Trust

A large group of adults sit around a table with papers strewn across it.

Group photo of adults standing at a ribbon cutting ceremony, one man sitting at the front.

Located at 237 South Willow Avenue, Cookeville, Tenn. Group photo of adult males standing at a ribbon cutting ceremony.