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这本文集包括波士顿的约翰·阿普尔顿·诺尔斯的论文, Dedham, 和Cohasset, 质量.，主要是日记，1902-1903,1917-1918,1920-1949. 前两本日记记录了诺尔斯在哈佛大学(1903届)的学习情况。, 体育运动, 还有社会活动, 包括仓促布丁表演和与艾格尼丝·林肯(后来的迪恩)等人的约会, 以及与诺尔斯家族事务有关的条目. 1917年开始的日记讨论了诺尔斯作为圣. 克罗伊纸业公司. and other business and financial matters; his separation and divorce from his first wife Anna (Clement) Knowles (later Dowd); visits with his sons John and Robert; events leading to World War I; his service during World War I as captain in the 军官预备队, 包括在麦克弗森堡和奥格尔索普的训练, Ga., 和A连在法国作战, 第326步兵, 82nd Division; and injuries sustained in a gas attack and his recuperation at the hospital. 条目还描述了各方, 晚餐, 舞蹈, 电影, 戏剧, and other social activities; membership in clubs such as the Harvard Club, 戴德姆乡村和马球俱乐部, and others; attendance at athletic events; visits with his sisters Harriette and Leslie and their families; health matters, including his struggle to give up alcohol; marriage to his second wife Nancy Boyle; and news of World War II, 包括空袭和定量配给.

收藏还包括剪报、信件、照片、蜉蝣等剪贴簿., 主要和哈佛体育有关, 1897-1920; an inventory of Knowles' estate, 1912; a volume of accounts of his great-grandfather Capt. 威廉·阿普尔顿讲述了汉密尔顿号船的故事, 1829-1830; and miscellaneous 诺尔斯和阿普尔顿家族的文件， 包括家谱和一些家书.