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Diary contains lists of students, faculty and staff names and addresses of [presumably] the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry 1926-1923. Also contains written, pasted and typed quotes, including some about workers education.

Begins with a list of books to read; then brief day-to-day entries of the first Summer School for Women Workers in Industry at Bryn Mawr, June 15-August 10, 1921. Begins writing again 6/11/1922 when she left Minneapolis to go back to Bryn Mawr for the Second Summer School of Women Workers in Industry; these entries were more descriptive than the first summer's. The school began June 15, 1922 and went on until approximately August 8, 1922; her entries continued until August 19th, 1922. The rest of the journal contains handwritten names and addresses of Y-ETA Officers 1922; handwritten notes of conference from 1924, notes of a radio talk by Dr. Neff on December 27, 1923, notes from a speech at the Y.W.C.A. in New York City, 1924. Also, Esther's written "Debate on Special Legislation for Women Workers in Industry given at Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, by Esther L. Oberg July 1921." Writings on unemployment and poverty – type written; hand-written notes on subject/lecture, and a hand-written outline.

The journal appears to be a planner, with United States cities and states populations of 1923; also included are weights and measures, and a few other charts and lists including "United States War Department Mileage 1923," "Safety Rules for Pedestrians," "Safety Hints to Drivers," and "Business Forms." Also included are maps and charts including "Table of Wages by the Month" and "Table of Wages by the Week." These lists and charts were included in the journal and not written by Esther. The journal/planner begins in January 1924, where Esther began writing brief descriptions of her day in each designated daily section. She mentioned her classes began on January 2, 1924 at Brookwood College and that she had just arrived in Katonah, New York. She noted Woodrow Wilson's dead Feb. 3, 1924 and attended his funeral on Feb. 6, 1924. Her entries become less frequent toward the end of February. From her entries, it seemed that she travelled back and forth from New York to Bryn Mawr and to meetings with the Y.W.C.A., or "Y" throughout the end of February to early April, 1924. Writings stop at June 7, 1924; pick up again August 9, 1924 before stopping again Oct. 5, 1924. There are some listed names and addresses in back of journal.